Appendix A: Organizations and Individuals Contributing to the Project

A.    Organizations and Experts

The following list includes all organizations and experts who provided written submissions to one or more of the consultation papers or were interviewed by LCO staff. Some of the organizations listed participated in multiple ways over the course of the project.

The Advisory Group for this project was integral to its success. The members of the Advisory Group are listed at the front of this Report.

•    Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
•    Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes
•    ADR Institute of Ontario
•    The Advocates’ Society
•    African Canadian Legal Clinic
•    Celine Allard, Family Law Lawyer
•    Lori Alywin, Family Law Lawyer
•    ARCH Disability Law Centre
•    Professor Bernie Aron, Humber College
•    Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario
•    Association for Better Care of Children
•    Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario
•    Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
•    Julie Audet, Family Law Lawyer
•    Professor Martha Bailey, Queen’s University, Faculty of Law
•    Professor Nick Bala, Queen’s University
•    Professor Becky Batagol, Monash University
•    Steven Benmor, Family Law Lawyer
•    Better Care of Children
•    Professor Rachel Birnbaum, Western University
•    Nathalie Boutet, Family Law Lawyer
•    Burlington Counselling & Family Services
•    Canadian Council for Muslim Women
•    Canadian Equal Parenting Council
•    Canadian Hearing Society
•    Canadians for Family Law Reform
•    Centre Colibri
•    Centre de Justice de proximite Grand Montreal
•    Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Sudbury
•    Centre Francophone de Toronto
•    Le Centre Passerelle pour femmes du Nord de l’Ontario
•    Children’s Aid Society of the County of Simcoe
•    City of Greater Sudbury
•    La Clé d’la Baie, Penetanguishene
•    Clinique juridique communautaire Grand-Nord
•    Community Advocacy and Legal Centre
•    Community Legal Education Ontario
•    Connecting Region Ottawa
•    Sally Cozens
•    Dalhousie Place
•    Department of Justice Canada
•    Disabled Women’s Network Canada
•    Professor Susan Drummond, Osgoode Hall Law School
•    Downtown Legal Services
•    Risa Ennis, Family Mediator
•    Philip Epstein, Family Law Lawyer
•    Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter
•    Family Law Information Centres
•    Family Law Service Centres
•    Family Services Ottawa
•    Family Services Toronto, Families in Transition Program
•    FCJ Refugee Centre
•    Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne
•    Findhelp Information Services/211 Toronto
•    Halton Women’s Place
•    Income Security Advocacy Clinic
•    Institute for Research on Public Policy
•    Jewish Family and Child Service of Toronto
•    Kelly Jordan, Family Law Lawyer
•    Keewaytinok Native Legal Services
•    Robert Klotz, Klotz Associates
•    LawPro
•    Law Society of Upper Canada
•    Professor Robert Leckey, McGill University, Faculty of Law
•    Legal Aid Ontario
•    LGBTQ Parenting Network
•    Carolyn Lloyd, Family Law Lawyer
•    Luke’s Place
•    Roland Luo, Family Law Lawyer
•    Svetlana MacDonald, Family Law Lawyer
•    Alfred Mamo, Family Law Lawyer
•    Manitoulin Legal Clinic
•    Mimi Marrello, Family Law Lawyer
•    Mary-Jo Maur, Family Law Lawyer
•    Eric McCooeye, Family Law Lawyer
•    The Mediation Centre of Simcoe County
•    Metro Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children
•    Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
•    Ministry of the Attorney General
•    Mississauga Community Legal Services
•    Professor Mary Jane Mossman, Osgoode Hall Law School
•    Mouvement des Intervenant.e.s en Communication Radio de l’Ontario (MICRO)
•    Multilingual Community Interpreter Services
•    Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk, Osgoode Hall Law School
•    Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto
•    Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre
•    Office of the Children’s Lawyer
•    Ontario Association for Family Mediation
•    Ontario Association of Social Workers
•    Ontario Bar Association
•    Ontario Collaborative Law Federation
•    Ontario Court of Justice
•    Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
•    Ontario Native Women’s Association
•    The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
•    Ontario Works, Greater Sudbury
•    Peel Family Justice Centre
•    Pro Bono Law Ontario
•    Pro Bono Students Canada
•    Tanya Road, Family Law Lawyer
•    Professor Carol Rogerson, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
•    Linda Irvine Sapiano, Family Law Lawyer
•    Karen Selick, Family Law Lawyer
•    Christopher Spear, Family Law Lawyer
•    Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
•    Nicole Tellier, Family Law Lawyer
•    Toronto Police Service
•    Toronto-based group of transitional and housing support workers
•    Professor Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto
•    Vanier Community Service Centre
•    Lisa Wice, Mediator
•    Lois Winstock
•    Lorne Wolfson, Family Law Lawyer
•    Women’s Community House

B.    Commissioned Research Papers

In major projects such as this, the LCO issues a call for the preparation of research papers in particular subjects relevant to the project. It relies on these papers in the same way as any research. The papers do not necessarily reflect the LCO’s views.

Lesley Jacobs and Brenda Jacobs, Multidisciplinary Paths to Family Justice: Professional Challenges and Promising Practices, June 2010.  Available online at http://www.lco-cdo.org

Noel Semple, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Family Service Delivery: Disease, Prevention and Treatment, June 2010.  Available online at http://www.lco-cdo.org