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Charlotte-Anne Malischewski</a></li> <li><strong>Human Rights Commissioners</strong> <ul> <li><a href="#sasha-kiran-cragg-gore">Full-time Commissioner Sasha Kiran Cragg-Gore</a></li> <li><a href="#jose-ordonez">Full-time Commissioner Jose Ordonez</a></li> <li><a href="#dianna-scarth">Part-time Commissioner Dianna Scarth</a></li> <li><a href="#julie-lassonde">Part-time Commissioner Julie Lassonde</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Accessibility Commissioner</strong> <ul> <li class="p"><a href="#michael-gottheil">Commissioner Michael Gottheil</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Pay Equity Commissioner</strong> <ul> <li><a href="#lori-straznicky">Commissioner Lori Straznicky</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </nav> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>      <div class="panel panel-default mrgn-bttm-0">     <div class="panel-image-object" data-img="/sites/default/files/2022-11/Charlotte-Anne_Malischewski_0.jpg"></div>  <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 col-md-push-4 col-lg-push-3"> <div class="panel-body">     <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2 id="charlotte-anne-malischewski">Charlotte-Anne Malischewski</h2> <p><em>(Interim Chief Commissioner) Deputy Chief Commissioner</em></p> <p>Charlotte-Anne Malischewski was appointed Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission in October 2022 and has been serving as Interim Chief Commissioner since December 2022. She brings to the role extensive experience in human rights and administrative law and a deep commitment to building a more just and equitable society.</p> <p>Since joining the Commission, Ms. Malischewski has had the privilege of working with the diverse and dedicated people of the Commission to advance human rights through anti-racism, reconciliation, accessibility, and the recognition of socio-economic rights, and to modernize the Commission鈥檚 operations to support its many roles as a human rights advocate, a complaints screening body, an auditor, and, more recently, home to regulatory and advocacy functions in accessibility, pay equity, and housing.</p> <p>Prior to joining the Commission, Ms. Malischewski worked as civil litigation lawyer in Toronto where her practice included administrative law, civil and professional liability, commercial matters, and constitutional cases. Throughout her time in private practice, she maintained an active pro bono practice that included representing refugees, privacy rights litigation, and a landmark constitutional challenge to the practice of solitary confinement in federal prisons. Ms. Malischewski also has experience working in the non-profit sector and conducting human rights research in Canada and abroad.</p> <p>Born and raised in St. John鈥檚, Newfoundland, Ms. Malischewski holds a BA Honours in International Studies and Music from Earlham College, a Masters with Distinction in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law and Bachelor of Laws (B.C.L. and LL.B.) from McGill University鈥檚 Faculty of Law. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>      <div class="panel panel-default mrgn-bttm-0">     <div class="panel-image-object" data-img="/sites/default/files/2023-02/_Sasha-Kiran%20Cragg-Gore_selected_001.JPG"></div>  <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 col-md-push-4 col-lg-push-3"> <div class="panel-body">     <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2 id="sasha-kiran-cragg-gore">Sasha Kiran Cragg-Gore</h2> <p><em>Full-time Commissioner</em></p> <p>Sasha Kiran Cragg-Gore was appointed as full-time Commissioner at the Canadian Human Rights Commission in October 2022. He brings to the position extensive experience in the areas of the law that intersect with the lives of low-income people including criminal law, family law and immigration law.</p> <p>Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Cragg-Gore worked as a Coordinating Board Member at the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada where he adjudicated refugee appeals and coordinated a team of fellow decision-makers. He has played multiple roles including the national lead on professional development and new member training.</p> <p>Mr. Cragg-Gore also worked as a duty counsel lawyer in the Ontario court system with Legal Aid Ontario and as a staff lawyer at the <span lang="fr">Centre francophone du Grand Toronto</span>, a francophone legal clinic that provides services to low-income populations. At the Centre francophone, he represented clients mainly in refugee, immigration and family law. He also developed initiatives and programs to support people living with HIV/AIDS and victims of domestic violence.</p> <p>Mr. Cragg-Gore has assisted in resettling Syrian refugees, sat on the steering committee of the St. James Town Community Corner and provided pro bono legal services to the 2SLGBTQI+ community through the 519 legal clinic. He was also a board member of the Scarborough Community Legal Services clinic that provides legal advice and representation to low-income individuals in Scarborough before joining the Commission.</p> <p>Mr. Cragg-Gore was born and raised in downtown Toronto by an East Indian mother and a Caucasian father. He holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science and Psychology as well as a law degree from McGill University, with an interest in aboriginal law and aboriginal legal perspectives.</p> <p>Mr. Cragg-Gore is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and also has a proficiency in Portuguese and Hindi.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>      <div class="panel panel-default mrgn-bttm-0">     <div class="panel-image-object" data-img="/sites/default/files/2023-02/_Jose%20Ordonez_selected_001.jpg"></div>  <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 col-md-push-4 col-lg-push-3"> <div class="panel-body">     <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2 id="jose-ordonez">Jose Ordonez</h2> <p><em>Full-time Commissioner</em></p> <p>Jose Ordonez was appointed full-time Commissioner at the Canadian Human Rights Commission in January 2023. He brings to the position extensive experience in human rights and access to justice for vulnerable and marginalized individuals.</p> <p>Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Ordonez worked as a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board where he decided over refugee claims and specialized in gender-based cases. Mr. Ordonez worked domestically and internationally with gender-based violence survivors and people from various backgrounds affected by discrimination, poverty and mental health issues.</p> <p>Mr. Ordonez has acquired expertise on issues related to gender-based violence, including trauma, intersectionality and sensitive approaches to questioning survivors. At the Immigration and Refugee Board, he took part in a gender taskforce, which heard claims specifically related to domestic violence, sexual violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, amongst others. Mr. Ordonez worked for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to assist national authorities to investigate and prosecute conflict-related sexual violence in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also trained police officers, judges, prosecutors and social workers on international children鈥檚 rights and human trafficking in Costa Rica, Honduras and Azerbaijan.</p> <p>Mr. Ordonez represented domestic violence survivors and individuals from marginalized communities in their family law and child protection proceedings as a Staff Lawyer at Legal Aid Ontario. While in law school, he interned at Global Affairs Canada and at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.</p> <p>He holds a Master of Laws in Public International Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands, a Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Science from Western University.</p> <p>Mr. Ordonez is fluent in English, French and Spanish.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>      <div class="panel panel-default mrgn-bttm-0">     <div class="panel-image-object" data-img="/sites/default/files/2020-10/DianaScarth.jpg"></div>  <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 col-md-push-4 col-lg-push-3"> <div class="panel-body">     <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2 id="dianna-scarth">Dianna Scarth</h2> <p><em>Part-time Commissioner</em></p> <p>Dianna Scarth has spent the greater part of her career promoting human rights and addressing issues of discrimination and harassment. She resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts, her Master of Social Work, and her Bachelor of Laws degrees.</p> <p>Ms. Scarth spent the early part of her career working as a probation officer, as a social worker in an adolescent treatment centre, and as a field instructor for social work students. Those experiences deepened her understanding and personal commitment to issues of human rights and social justice issues.</p> <p>Ms. Scarth served as Executive Director of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission from 1996 to 2012. It was a period of growth and change for the Commission,during which mediation options were expanded, a systemic approach to complaint resolutions was adopted and a number of new education programs for employers and youth were created under her direction. It was in this role as Executive Director for the Commission that Ms. Scarth received the Government of Manitoba Service Excellence Award for Leadership in 2008.</p> <p>After leaving the Manitoba Human Rights Commission, Ms. Scarth took on various other roles including Visiting Professor in the Global College and Human Rights and Diversity Officer at her alma mater, the University of Winnipeg.</p> <p>In 2017, she was appointed a member of the Manitoba Accessibility Advisory Council which has the responsibility to make recommendations to the minister regarding the development of standards under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act.</p> <p>Ms. Scarth has always remained involved in community roles, including most recently as board advisor for the Legal Help Centre from 2012-2017.</p> <p>Ms. Scarth was appointed part-time Commissioner to the Canadian Human Rights Commission in July 2018.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>      <div class="panel panel-default mrgn-bttm-0">     <div class="panel-image-object" data-img="/sites/default/files/2022-11/Julie%20Lassonde_3.jpg"></div>  <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 col-md-push-4 col-lg-push-3"> <div class="panel-body">     <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2 id="julie-lassonde">Julie Lassonde</h2> <p><em>Part-time Commissioner</em></p> <p>Julie Lassonde (she/they) is a bilingual lawyer, a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Qu茅bec, and an accredited mediator. She holds a joint Bachelor of Civil Law and Bachelor of Laws from McGill University, and a Master of Laws with interdisciplinary studies in visual arts from the University of Victoria.</p> <p>Over the past few years, Me Lassonde has developed a business focused on social justice, in particular in the areas of harassment, discrimination and violence, including domestic violence. Her work has spanned training, mediation in workplaces, universities, and communities, as well as legal work in family law, mainly in the public and non-profit sectors.</p> <p>From 2018 to 2020, they were a part-time member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board of Ontario. They have been a member of several committees and boards of directors, including the Association des juristes d鈥檈xpression fran莽aise de l鈥橭ntario (AJEFO). Their previous work also includes heading a family law research project at the Law Commission of Ontario, and managing the construction of the first Francophone women鈥檚 shelter in Toronto.</p> <p>Me Lassonde is passionate about art. She won the Innovative Electronic Theses & Dissertations Award for her master鈥檚 thesis at the University of Victoria titled 芦 Performant le droit 禄, which combined the domains of law and performance art.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>      <div class="panel panel-default mrgn-bttm-0">     <div class="panel-image-object" data-img="/sites/default/files/2022-09/MichaelGottheil.jpg"></div>  <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 col-md-push-4 col-lg-push-3"> <div class="panel-body">     <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2 id="michael-gottheil">Michael Gottheil</h2> <p><em>Accessibility Commissioner</em></p> <p>Michael Gottheil is Canada's first Accessibility Commissioner, appointed under the Accessible Canada Act.</p> <p>Mr. Gottheil brings many years of leadership experience in the Administrative Justice sector, having previously served as Chief of Commission and Tribunals of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, Chair of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and Executive Chair of both the Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario and the Social Justice Tribunals Ontario. A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, he also practiced labour, employment and human rights law for close to 20 years. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and seminars, and has written widely on human rights, accessibility and inclusion, administrative law, institutional design and alternative models of dispute resolution.</p> <p>Mr. Gottheil is a experienced adjudicator and mediator. He has contributed to the rich body of human rights and administrative law jurisprudence in Canada. He has also successfully resolved complex, multi-party matters in the private, public and broader public sectors. His various senior executive roles within the public sector has provided him with acute insights into the challenges and opportunities for creative resolutions of disputes involving important public policy issues.</p> <p>Mr. Gottheil is committed to fostering collaboration between government, the private sector, community organizations and across civil society more broadly. 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