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WSIAT

Public Biography
Rosemarie McCutcheon was appointed as the Chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) in August 2019. Prior to that appointment, Rosemarie was a vice-chair at WSIAT, with concurrent roles in the oversight and delivery of the WSIAT’s professional development programs, and later, as Alternate Chair - Registrar. Rosemarie started her legal career in litigation, but she has long been committed to public law, having earned the Samuel Lerner Q.C. Prize for attaining the highest combined grades in Public Law, Civil Litigation and Family Law upon her call to the Ontario Bar in 1997. Rosemarie holds an LL.M. (Administrative Law) and an LL.B., both from Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2021, Rosemarie was the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s Ron Ellis Award for Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Law.

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Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; McMaster University

Degree(s)
LL.B.; LL.M.
Year of Graduation

WSIAT

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Full-time
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Other, please indicate below
Agency Type Code
Adjudicative agencies (ADJ)
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Chair

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Chair
Statement of Interest
ACCLAIMED
I am writing to express my interest in joining the SOAR Board of Directors. I am
currently the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Workplace Safety and
Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT), and I have served in that capacity since
August 2019. I have been reappointed for a three-year term, effective January 9,
2022. Prior to my current appointment, I served as a Vice-Chair at the WSIAT,
both in full-time and part-time capacities, for approximately 19 years. The WSIAT has long been supportive of SOAR’s mission to provide leadership,
education, innovation, and information to the administrative justice community, as
well as SOAR’s non-partisan approach to focusing on the public interest. I have
been involved in SOAR’s educational programs over the years, including acting
as a facilitator at the Adjudicator Training Course and participating in the
organizing committee for the Front Line Adjudicator Training Course. I consider it a privilege to serve in the administrative justice sector, which has a
widespread impact on the lives of citizens. SOAR plays a key role in promoting
excellence in adjudication in this important field and I would appreciate the
opportunity to support SOAR’s work as a member of the Board of Directors.
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Rosemarie

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Chair

McCutcheon

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English (United States)

McCutcheon, Rosemarie

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