The Honourable Mr. Justice Stephen Goudge has been part of the Board of Governors since 2009.
Professional Experience:
• Member, Civil Rules Committee (Present)
• Member, Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee on Professional Responsibility (2001 – Present)
• Board member, Pro Bono Law Ontario (2002 – 2006)
• Lecturer, University of Toronto Faculty of Law in Labour Law and Native Rights (1974 – 1985)
• Was managing partner of the firm Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
• Practiced with the small litigation firm of Cameron Brewin and Scott until it merged with Gowling and Henderson in 1983
• Was active in the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Achievements:
• Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1982 Professional Responsibility (2001 – Present)
• Judicial Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Was an elected Bencher of the Law Society of the Upper Canada (1991 – 1996)
• Appeared before many administrative tribunals and Courts at all levels in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada
• Appointed on April 25, 2007 by the government of Ontario to conduct the Inquiry into Paediatric Forensic Pathology, which reported on October 1, 2008
Education:
• BA, Political Science – University of Toronto
• M.Sc., Economics – London School of Economics
• LL.B. – University of Toronto
Called to the Bar:
• 1970
