Innocence Canada Governance
Innocence Canada (formerly the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted or AIDWYC) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1993 and incorporated in 2000.
Innocence Canada’s mandate is to identify, advocate for, and exonerate individuals who have been convicted of a crime they did not commit and to prevent wrongful convictions through legal education and reform.
By-Laws
Both the Innocence Canada and the Innocence Canada Foundation Boards are regulated by a set of By-Laws. Please click on the links below to view the by-laws.
Innocence Canada By-Laws
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Innocence Canada Foundation By-Laws
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Board of Directors
Innocence Canada and the Innocence Canada Foundation are each governed by a unique, volunteer Board of Directors.
Ron Dalton
Innocence Canada Co-President, Exoneree & Accountant
Jonathan Freedman
Innocence Canada Co-President, Psychology Professor at the University of Toronto
Debbie Oakley
Chair of the Provincial Judges Pension Board
Paul Bennett
Innocence Canada Secretary and Barrister
Jerome Kennedy, K.C.
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Roebothan McKay Marshall
James Lockyer
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Lockyer, Zaduk and Zeeh and founding member of Innocence
Canada
Sean MacDonald
Civil & Criminal Defence Lawyer at Sean T. MacDonald Law Office
Joanne McLean
Criminal Defence Lawyer
Jane McMillan
Professor, St. Francis Xavier University & Former Canada Research Chair of Indigenous
Peoples and Sustainable Communities
Maria Shepherd
Paralegal at Shepherd Advocacy and Litigation, and Exoneree
Bhavan Sodhi
Chief Program Officer at the Innocence Project
Tamara Duncan
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Martin and Associates
Dan Brodsky
Emeritus Board Member, Criminal Defense Lawyer
Jonathan Freedman
Innocence Canada Foundation President; crossover representative with IC; Forensic Psychology Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Dennis O’Connor, O.C. K.C.
Former Ontario Court of Appeal Justice; Former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario; Lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais
Seymour Epstein
Business Executive
Stephen Goudge, K.C.
Former Justice of the Court for Appeal for Ontario; Head of The Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario
Brian Greenspan
Criminal Defence lawyer at Greenspan Humphrey Weinstein
Robert Lapper
Former CEO of Law Society of Ontario; QC in Vancouver, British Columbia
Debbie Oakley
Crossover Representative with IC; Chair of the Provincial Judges Pension Board, former ED for IC and ICF, and Executive Consultant
Billy Wine
Innocence Canada Secretary, Businessperson
Patrick LeSage, K.C.
Honourary Innocence Canada Foundation Life Member, Former Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Jerome Kennedy, K.C.
Chair of the Case Review Committee and Criminal Defence Lawyer at Roebothan McKay Marshall
Joanne McLean
Criminal Defence Lawyer
Daniel Brown
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Daniel Brown Law
The Honourable Melvyn Green
Retired Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice
Tamara Duncan
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Martin and Associates
Scott Hutchison
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP
James Lockyer
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh
Sean MacDonald
Civil & Criminal Defence Lawyer at Sean T. MacDonald Law Office
Anne Tucker
Retired Superior Court of Ontario Justice
Mark Sandler
Criminal Defence Lawyer
Bhavan Sodhi
Chief Program Officer at the Innocence Project
Erin Dann
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Embry Dann
Nader Hasan
Criminal and Constitutional Lawyer