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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Canadian Heritage

Jenifer Aitken, Assistant Deputy Minister Strategic Policy, Planning and Corporate Affairs

2017/09/18

71

Jérôme Moisan, Director General Strategic Policy, Planning and Research Branch

   

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Ritu Banerjee, Senior Director Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence

   

House of Commons

Iqra Khalid, Mississauga—Erin Mills

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Gilles Michaud, Deputy Commissioner Federal Policing

   

Treasury Board Secretariat

Carl Trottier, Assistant Deputy Minister Governance, Planning and Policy Sector

   

Margaret Van Amelsvoort-Thoms, Executive Director People Management and Community Engagement, Governance, Planning & Policy Sector

   

Government of Ontario

Sam Erry, Associate Deputy Minister Cabinet Office, Inclusion Diversity and Anti-Racism Division

2017/09/20

72

Akwatu Khenti, Assistant Deputy Minister Cabinet Office, Inclusion Diversity and Anti-Racism Division

   

Christopher Williams, Senior Research Advisor Cabinet Office, Inclusion Diversity and Anti-Racism Division

   

Muslim Canadian Congress

Tarek Fatah, Founder

   

Ontario Human Rights Commission

Shaheen Azmi, Director Policy, Education, Monitoring and Outreach

 

 

Renu Mandhane, Chief Commissioner

   

The Northgate Group Corp.

Michel Juneau-Katsuya, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

As an individual

Ayesha S. Chaudhry, Associate Professor and Chairholder of Canada Research Chair in Religion, Law and Social Justice

2017/09/25

73

Canadian Association of Black Lawyers

Shawn Richard, President

   

Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Clinic Director

   

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario

Shalini Konanur, Executive Director and Lawyer

   

As an individual

Raymond J. de Souza

2017/09/27

74

Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow

Raheel Raza, President

   

International Christian Voice

Peter Bhatti, Chairman

   

Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor

   

Canadian Muslim Forum

Mohammed-Nur Alsaieq, Outreach Coordinator

2017/10/02

75

Samer Majzoub, President

   

Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association

Faisal Bhabha, Associate Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

 

 

Yavar Hameed, Barrister & Solicitor

   

Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council

Kevin Barlow, Chief Executive Officer

   

Senate

Murray Sinclair, Senator

   

As an individual

Anver Emon, Professor of Law & Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and the Rule of Law University of Toronto

2017/10/04

76

Jasmin Zine, Professor, Sociology and Muslim Studies Option Wilfrid Laurier University

   

National Council of Canadian Muslims

Ihsaan Gardee, Executive Director

   

Eve Torres, Public Affairs Coordinator

   

As an individual

Sherif Emil, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medecine, McGill University, Director, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital

2017/10/16

77

Farzana Hassan, Author, Columnist

   

Cardus

Andrew P.W. Bennett, Senior Fellow

   

Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada

Laurence Worthen, Executive Director

   

Voice of Vedas Cultural Sabha

Budhendranauth Doobay, Chairman

   

As an individual

Reuven Bulka, Congregation Machzikei Hadas

2017/10/18

78

African Canadian Legal Clinic

Tamara Thomas, Policy Researcher and Analyst

 

 

B'nai Brith Canada

David Matas, Senior Legal Counsel National Office

   

Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer National Office

   

Canadian Council of Imams

Sikander Hashmi, Spokesperson

   

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Shimon Fogel, Chief Executive Officer

   

Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House

Serah Gazali, Community Member

2017/10/23

79

Narges Samimi, Community Member

   

Manitoba Islamic Association

Idris Elbakri, Past President

   

Osaed Khan, President

   

Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador

Ayse Akinturk, Executive Committee Member

   

Haseen Khan, Executive Committee Member and Treasurer

   

Mansoor Pirzada, President

   

Canadian Labour Congress

Elizabeth Kwan, Senior Researcher

2017/10/25

80

Larry Rousseau, Executive Vice-President

   

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada

Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director

   

Iranian Canadian Congress

Soudeh Ghasemi, Vice-President

   

Pouyan Tabasinejad, Policy Chair

   

American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Zuhdi Jasser, President

2017/10/30

81

Armenian National Committee of Canada

Shahen Mirakian, President

   

Muslim Food Bank and Community Services Society

Muainudin Ahmed, Director

   

Azim Dahya, Chief Executive Officer

   

Trinity Western University

Robert Kuhn, President

   

World Sikh Organization of Canada

Balpreet Singh, Legal Counsel

   

As an individual

Don Hutchinson, Author

2017/11/01

82

Assembly of First Nations

Perry Bellegarde, National Chief

   

Jed Johns, Senior Advisor

   

Canadian Association of Jews and Muslims

Shahid Akhtar, Co-Chair

   

Barbara Landau, Co-Chair

   

York Region District School Board

Cecil Roach, Coordinating Superintendent of Education, Equity and Community Services

   

As an individual

Ali Rizvi, Author

2017/11/06

84

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Julia Beazley, Director Public Policy

   

Bruce Clemenger, President

   

National Congress of Chinese Canadians

Frank Huang, National Secretary-General

 

 

Ottawa Police Service

David Zackrias, Head Diversity and Race Relations

   

As an individual

Karim Achab, Professor of linguistics University of Ottawa

2017/11/08

85

Yasmine Mohammed, Author

   

Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council

Aurangzeb Qureshi, Vice-President Public Policy and Communications

   

Faisal Khan Suri, President

   

Statistics Canada

Yvan Clermont, Director Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

   

Rebecca Kong, Chief Policing Services Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics