Board of Directors

Michael Greene, Q.C.  is a born and raised Albertan who practises law with Sherritt Greene Immigration Lawyers in Calgary and instructs Immigration and Refugee Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. Michael is a past National Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Citizenship & Immigration Section and former President of the Alberta Civil Liberties Association. He received the 1995 Suzanne Mah Award from the Alberta Human Rights Commission for “exemplary human rights, principles and ideals in the practice of law”.

Salimah F. Janmohamed is a lawyer operating a law practice under the banner of SFJ Law, focusing on corporate, banking, real estate and litigation matters.  Prior to starting her own practice, Salimah was an associate with Macleod Dixon LLP (the predecessor to Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP) and a member of the Banking Group.  In addition to serving on the ACLRC Board, Salimah also serves on the Board of Sport Calgary, as the chair for governance affairs.  Salimah has previously served on the Board of Mount Royal University Foundation and as the member for legal affairs on the Ismaili Council for the Prairies. Salimah also volunteers with the Regional Conciliation and Arbitration Board for the Prairies, which provides free dispute resolution and mediation services in her community, and with Student Legal Assistance as a resource lawyer.

Brian Edy has been a member of the Law Society of Alberta since 1983 and has practiced with the law firm of Edy Dalton. Presently, he is retired from his litigation practice and does volunteer work through Calgary Legal Guidance. He has a B.A. History and LLB Law. Mr. Edy has appeared at all levels of Canadian Courts. He has been a co-counsel in the successful Supreme Court of Canada Vriend Case for the intervenor Alberta Civil Liberties Association. He has served on the National Board of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association for over twenty-five years and is also a past director of the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre, and a past president of the Alberta Civil Liberties Association. Mr. Edy has been active in access to Justice issues by serving for five years on the Alberta Legal Aid Regional Appeals committee. He served as a Police Commissioner on the Calgary Police Commission for two terms. During that time, he was elected as Vice Chair of the Police Commission and served as the Chair of the Citizen Complaint Committee.  In 1993 Mr. Edy received the Suzanne Mah award for Human rights in recognition of “exemplary human rights principles and ideals in the practice of law and in service to Albertans”. He received the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005.

Alastair R. Lucas, K.C. is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute of Resources Law (CIRL), Faculty of Law, University of Calgary. He is a former Dean of Law and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. Al has served as an Acting Member of Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board, Policy Advisor at Environment Canada, and Director of the Sustainable Energy Development (SEDV) Interdisciplinary MSc Program at the University of Calgary. His interests concentrate on energy and environmental regulation, oil and gas law, administrative law and constitutional law, with special focus on comparative environmental and energy law.

Stephanie Chipeur holds the Azrieli Accelerator Professorship in Law & Disability Policy at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law and the School of Public Policy.  Stephanie has a JD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. She completed her LLM and DCL at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. In 2014, Stephanie was injured in a car accident and became a wheelchair user. As a member of the disability community, Stephanie brings lived experience to her research on disability law and policy.

ACLRC’s longstanding Board Chair, the late Dr Edwin Webking, served on the Board from 1984 to 2013. He made several contributions to Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Canada, Alberta and his hometown of Lethbridge. It is an honour to have known him. Click here to read more about his legacy.