Witnesses
Witness Name
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Dates
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Dr. Barry McLellan, former Chief Coroner of Ontario
Dr. Michael Pollanen, Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Province of Ontario
(panel)
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November
12,
13,
14,
15, &
16,
2007
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Dr. Jack Crane, State Pathologist for Northern Ireland
Dr. Christopher Milroy, Chief Forensic Pathologist, Forensic Science Service, Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield and Consultant Pathologist to the UK Home Office
Dr. John Butt, Forensic Pathologist, former Chief Medical Examiner in Alberta and Nova Scotia
(panel)
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November
19,
20,
21,
22, &
23,
2007
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Dr. James Cairns, Deputy Chief Coroner of Ontario
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November
26,
27,
28, &
29,
2007
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Dr. James Young, former Chief Coroner of Ontario
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November
29 &
30,
2007
December
3 &
4,
2007
February
8,
2008
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Dr. Michael Pollanen, Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Province of Ontario
(additional
information)
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December
5 &
6,
2007
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Dr. David Chiasson, former Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Province of Ontario and Director of the Pediatric Forensic Pathology Unit,
Hospital for Sick Children
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December
7,
10, &
11,
2007
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Dr. Helen Whitwell, Forensic Pathologist, U.K.
Dr. Pekka Saukko, Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
(panel)
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December
12,
13, &
14,
2007
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Maxine Johnson, Administrative Coordinator, Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Pathology Division
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December
17,
2007
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Dr. Don Perrin, Pathologists' Assistant, HSC
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December
17,
2007
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Dr. Glenn Taylor, Head of the Division of Pathology, HSC
Dr. Ernest Cutz, Pathologist, HSC (additional information)
(panel)
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December
18 &
19,
2007
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Dr. Joseph de Nanassy, Head, Division of Anatomical Pathology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Dr. Jean Michaud, Head, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Hospital and CHEO
Dr. Blair Carpenter, Head, Division of Anatomical Pathology, CHEO (past)
(panel)
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December
20 &
21,
2007
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Dr. Bill Lucas
Dr. James Edwards
Dr. Albert Lauwers, Regional Supervising Coroners
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January
7 &
8,
2008
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Dr. Katy Driver
Dr. Dirk Huyer
Dr. Michelle Shouldice, HSC SCAN Team
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January
9 &
10,
2008
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Dr. Paul Thorner, HSC Division of Pathology
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January
11,
2008
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Inspector Robert Keetch, Sudbury Police
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January
14,
2008
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Sgt. Larry Charmley
Cst. Scott Kirkland, Peterborough Police
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January
15,
2008
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Dr. Rocco Gerace
Michele Mann
Elizabeth Doris, CPSO
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January
16,
2008
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Dr. David Dexter
Dr. Chitra Rao
Dr. Michael Shkrum, Regional Pathology Units
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January
17,
18,
2008
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Ed Bradley
Brian Gilkinson
Terri Regimbal, Crown counsel
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January
21,
22,
2008
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Dr. Robert Wood, Odontologist
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January
23,
2008
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Sgt. Greg MacLellan, OPP
Inspector Brian Begbie, Kingston Police
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January
24,
2008
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Dr. Legge
Dr. Eden
Dr. McCallum, Regional Supervising Coroners
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January
25,
2008
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Dr. Charles Smith
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January
28,
29,
30,
31,
2008
February
1,
2008
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Mr. Justice John McMahon
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February
6,
2008
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David Gorrell
John Struthers
Bruce Hillyer
(panel of three defence counsel)
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February
8,
2008
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Policy Roundtables:
Credentialing and Growing the Pediatric Forensic Pathology Service in Ontario
Panelists:
Drs. Stephen Cordner
(Australia)*, Randy Hanzlick
(United States)*, Christopher Milroy (England), Michael
Pollanen (additional
information), Dr. Michael Shkrum, and Prof. Avrum Gotlieb
Organizing Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario
Panelists:
Drs. David Ranson (Australia)*,
Randy Hanzlick (United States)*,
Michael Pollanen, David Chiasson and Glenn Taylor
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February
11,
2008
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Policy Roundtables:
Enhancing the Relationship Between the Coronial Service and the Pediatric Forensic Pathology Service
Panelists:
Drs. Stephen Cordner
(Australia)*, Albert Lauwers, Michael Pollanen and the Chief Coroner,
Dr. Bonita Porter
The Death Investigation Team in Pediatric Forensic Cases
Panelists:
Dr. David Ranson (Australia)*,
Det. Sgts. Chris Buck and Gary Giroux, Crown counsel John Ayre,
and Dr. Albert Lauwers
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February
12,
2008
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Policy Roundtable: Oversight and Accountability
Panelists:
Professor Lorne Sossin*,
Drs. Stephen Cordner and
David Ranson (Australia)*
and Dr. Ray Prime
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February
13,
2008
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Policy Roundtable: The Best Practices of Pediatric Forensic Pathology in a Particular Case
Panelists:
Drs. Stephen Cordner
(Australia)*, Christopher Milroy (England), David Chiasson, and Michael Pollanen
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February
14,
2008
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Policy Roundtable: Effective Communication between Pediatric Forensic Pathology and the Criminal Justice System
Panelists:
Professor Gary Edmond (Australia)*,
Dr. David Ranson (Australia)*,
Professor Kent Roach, Professor Erica Beecher-Monas (United States), and
Professor Kathy Gruspier*
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February
15,
2008
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Policy Roundtable: Crown, Defence and the Court
Panelists:
Professor Michael Code,
Bruce MacFarlane (Manitoba)*,
Marlys Edwardh (lawyer), Paul Lindsay (Ass't Deputy Attorney General for Ontario),
Paul McDermott (Assistant Crown Attorney), Rob Buchanan (Legal Aid Ontario), and Nye Thomas (Legal Aid Ontario)
(additional information)
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February
19,
2008
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Policy Roundtable: Viable Complaints Processes
Panelists:
Professor Joan Gilmour,
Professor Lorne Sossin*,
Dr. Rocco Gerace, and Dr. Catherine Yarrow
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February
20,
2008
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Policy Roundtables:
Pediatric Forensic Pathology and Potential Wrongful Convictions
Panelists:
Alastair MacGregor, Q.C. (England), Dr. Michael
Pollanen, Bruce MacFarlane (Manitoba)*,
Mary Nethery, and Kerry Scullion
Pediatric Forensic Pathology and Potential Child Abuse
Panelists:
Professor Nicholas Bala*,
Agnes Samler, Jane Fitzgerald and Andrew Koster
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February
21,
2008
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Policy Roundtables: The Judicial System and Expert Scientific Evidence (Two roundtables)
Panelists:
The Honourable Patrick LeSage Q.C., The Honourable Mr. Justice Marc Rosenberg,
Professor Gary Edmond (Australia)*,
Andrew Robertson, Q.C. (England) (additional
information), Professor Erica Beecher-Monas (United States), and Alastair MacGregor, Q.C. (England)
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February
22,
2008
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Policy Roundtables (In Thunder Bay):
The Delivery of Forensic Pathology Services
Panelists:
Dr. Roger Strasser, Founding Dean of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Dr. Martin Queen,
Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Sudbury Regional Hospital; Dr. David Eden, Regional
Supervising Coroner, Northern Ontario; Dr. David Chiasson, Director of the Ontario Pediatric Forensic
Pathology Unit, Hospital for Sick Kids; Dr. William McCready; Dr. Bonita Porter
The Organization of Death Investigation
Panelists:
Dr. Shelagh McRae, Investigating Coroner; Det. Insp. Dennis Olinyk, Ontario Provincial Police;
Dr. David Eden, Regional Supervising Coroner, Northern Ontario; Dr. Martin Queen,
Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Sudbury Regional Hospital; Dr. David Chiasson, Director of the Ontario Pediatric Forensic
Pathology Unit, Hospital for Sick Kids; Mr. James Sargent, funeral director, Thunder Bay
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February
28,
2008
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Policy Roundtables (In Thunder Bay):
Traditional Practices Regarding Death of Children in Aboriginal Community
Roundtable 1
Barriers to Pediatric Forensic Death Investigations in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Panelists:
Deputy Chief John Domm, NAPS; Chief Connie Gray-Mckay, Mishkeegogamang First Nation; TBA,
Pikangikum First Nation; Dr. Martin Queen, Forensic Pathologist; Dr. David Eden, Regional Supervising Coroner
Roundtable 2
Limitations and Impact of Criminally Suspicious Investigations in Pediatric Death Cases
Panelists:
Mary Jean Robinson, Area Director, NAN-Legal Corp.; Barb Hancock, Tikinagan Child and Family Services
Roundtable 3
Community Involvement with Death Investigations
Panelists:
Jim Morris, Sioux Lookout Health Authority; Dr. David Eden, Regional Supervising Coroner
Roundtable 4
Improving Communications Between Aboriginal Communities and the OCCO
Panelists:
Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler; Representative of Chiefs of Ontario TBA;
Dr. Bonita Porter, Chief Coroner; Dr. David Eden, Regional Supervising Coroner; Kimberly Murray,
ALST Executive Director
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February
29,
2008
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*An asterisk indicates those participants who have provided research papers to the Commission.
For the paper, click on the name.
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