Public Interest and Innovation Committee (Former Advocacy and Innovation Committee)

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Public Interest and Innovation Committee (former Advocacy and Innovation)

The Public Interest and Innovation Committee (formerly Advocacy and Innovation Committee) is a standing committee of SOAR. Its terms of reference are as follows:

REPORTING TO: SOAR Board of Directors

OVERALL PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE: To follow emerging issues and promote innovation in administrative justice

KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES

  • Monitor current and emerging public interest issues in administrative justice
  • Identify innovative ideas of relevance to the administrative justice community
  • Foster and implement projects to support innovation in administrative justice

MAJOR COMMITTEE TASKS

  1. Make recommendations to the Board of Directors on how SOAR can best respond to administrative justice issues and promote innovative ideas
  2. Make recommendations to the Board of Directors on how SOAR funding can best be used to support innovative projects
  3. Pursue or collaborate on research on emerging issues of concern to the SOAR membership
  4. Create and maintain processes for the active engagement of the SOAR membership in the work of the Committee
  5. Foster working relationships with other organizations to develop partnerships on public interest issues of concern to the administrative justice community

NUMBER OF MEETINGS: 9-10 per year

STAFF LIAISON: SOAR Executive Director

SELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Members will include members of the Board of Directors and interested individuals in the broader SOAR community

DURATION OF COMMITTEE: Standing committee

 

The Committee members, as of January 2024, are:

Members

Maureen Carter-Whitney, Committee Co- Chair - Immigration and Refugee Board

Katharine Evans, Committee Co-Chair- Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal

Heather Gibbs,  Immigration and Refugee Board

Michael Huynh- IPO Ontario

Anne Gottleib- Condominium Authority Tribunal

Josephine Racioppo -Tribunals Ontario

Romona Gananathan- Tribunals Ontario

Rosemarie McCutcheon - Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal

Lori Marzinotto - former License Appeal Tribunal Vice Chair

Ex-Officio Member

Daphne Simon- SOAR Executive Director

 

If you are interested in becoming involved in the work of the Committee or have suggestions for further projects that the Committee could undertake, please consider volunteering by contacting our Executive Director, Daphne Simon, at daphne@soar.on.ca.

 

 

Public Interest and Innovation Committee (former Advocacy and Innovation) Updates

Report on Findings Based on Comparative Study of Reappointments and Term Limits Across Canadian Jurisdictions

Posted on December 10, 2015

This report, commissioned by SOAR, outlines key findings and themes following a study of other Canadian jurisdictions on reappointments and term limits. The report discusses the study’s findings but does not set out SOAR’s views on the best approaches that should be followed in Ontario.  

SOAR Study on the Impact of the Government Directive on Term Limits for OIC Appointments

Posted on February 19, 2015

The SOAR Advocacy and Innovation Committee has published three documents of interest to the membership:

  • Study on the Impact of the Government Directive on Term Limits for OIC Appointments
  • Appendix to the Study on the Impact of the Government Directive on Term Limits for OIC Appointments
  • SOAR Report on Tax Status for Part-Time OICs

Please use the following links to download a copy of each document.

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