Posted on July 11, 2023
SOAR recently conducted preliminary research on current adjudicator performance evaluation practices, with a focus on Ontario tribunals. We hope this research will be a first step in a broader project of developing best practice guidelines for tribunals that wish to engage in such evaluation activities. The report includes recommendations for next steps.
Posted on November 16, 2018
This document sets out principles that apply to the reappointment of members to adjudicative administrative tribunals in Ontario and in particular to the 37 adjudicative bodies with statutory judicial powers governed by the Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009 (ATAGAA).
Posted on August 7, 2018
This document sets out principles that apply to the appointment of members to adjudicative administrative tribunals in Ontario and in particular to the 37 adjudicative bodies with statutory judicial powers governed by the Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009 (ATAGAA).
Posted on May 29, 2017
Posted on April 12, 2016
This paper was prepared for the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR) as part of SOAR’s Advocacy and Innovation Committee's ongoing consideration of the issues of appointments and re-appointments of Order-in-Council appointments in Ontario. It supplements research done in 2014-15 by Aisha Amode, available on the SOAR website. The current paper was prepared by Zinejda Rita in April 2016. Ms. Rita is a law student at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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.
Posted on April 28, 2015
Posted on February 19, 2015
The SOAR Advocacy and Innovation Committee has published three documents of interest to the membership:
Please use the following links to download a copy of each document.
The Public Interest and Innovation Committee is a standing committee of SOAR. Its terms of reference are as follows:
Identify emerging public interest issues and innovative ideas of relevance to the administrative justice community.
Make recommendations for how SOAR can best pursue or respond to issues and ideas, and advocate on behalf of the SOAR membership on matters of concern to the membership.
Create and maintain processes for the active engagement of the SOAR membership in the work of the Committee.
Foster working relationships with other organizations to develop partnerships on public interest issues of concern to the administrative justice community.
The Committee has embarked on a project which will lead to a statement of principles on re-appointments for members of adjudicative tribunals. The first phase of this project consists of a study of the impact of the “ten-year cap” on appointments. We hope to have this research completed in the next few months and to make it available as a contribution to a discussion about the impact of the cap on Tribunals, members and the public. The second phase of the project will involve research into how other jurisdictions deal with the issue of term limits on appointments to adjudicative tribunals.
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.
