Annual general meeting — minutes, 27 May 2023

Text section 1

Canadian Law and Society Association Annual General Meeting May 27, 2023 Minutes Attending: Lyndsay Campbell, Jimmy Xing, Maia Wengar, Sally Ruiz, Vincent Wong, Angela Lee, Richard Moon, Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, Michael DaSilva, Peter Gossage, Claire Seeger, Irina Ceric, Greg Marquis, Clare De Chirico, Emily Hitchman, Asmaa Jisri, Rob Lapper, Jeremy Boulanger-Bonnelly, Emily Snider, Pierre Cloutier de Repentigny, Bruce Ryder, Jula Hughes, Annie Bunting, Rebecca Sutton, Debbie DeGirolamo, Adriene Tessier, Chante Barnwell, Kenneth Vigeon, Jeffery Warnock, Carl Baar, Thomas McMorrow, Nicole O’Byrne, Véronique Fortin, Joao Velloso, Palma Paciocco, Sara Ross, Vinicius da Silva, Sara Turnbull (by Zoom). Lori Chambers – Calls to Order and reminders to sign-in Move to approve agenda: Jula Hughes, 2nd William Herbert – Passed Announcements and questions? None. Approve Minutes from 2022 AGM: Nicole O’Byrne & - Passed Business arising – None New Business President’s Report Very good year. Tremendous conference as part of the midwinter meeting – thanks to the team. A fun time was had by all but also a rich intellectual experience. So wonderful to be back with people and hear about people’s work. Looking forward to more of the same. Membership strong. Thriving and active group. Excellent journal in William’s capable hands. Everything moving along nicely with the organization. Many people within the executive either have their terms ending or are leaving the country for exciting opportunities. Open positions – Joshua Shaw as Grad member at large and treasurer – cannot continue because international residency. Sara Ross has run conferences for several years moving on to new challenges. Secretary while Dale Ballucci is on sabbatical. Need at least two members at large. Also note: New President will be elected 2024 Elections Treasurer – Phil Boyle - acclaimed Secretary – Kelly Gallagher-Mackay – acclaimed Joao Velloso – Conference VP - acclaimed Sarah Turnbull will stay on as Communications Officer New Members at large acclaimed: Pierre Cloutier de Répentiny - Carleton Rebecca Sutton - Scotland Debbie De Girolamo –Queen Mary University of London Irina Ceric - University of Windsor Jeremy Boulanger-Bonnelly, McGill University *For Fall meeting … let’s recruit actively for coastal/Quebec/prairie representation Membership Report Bruce Ryder presents – Membership numbers very strong. 257 paid up members – possibly highest ever. Up from 132. Biggest driver – return to in-person conferences, enthusiasm for in-person scholarly engagement. Big surges leading up to midwinter in Brantford. 6 emeritus. 85 students. 148 regular. 18 post-doc/sessional members. We have a mix of stalwarts and brief-members. 2018-19/ big numbers of the brief numbers. 275 members who have not renewed – they are a good pond for future recruitment. Geographic membership broader than board. All provinces except PEI represented. Disciplinary homes. Approximately half of membership based in law faculties – incredible disciplinary diversity. The commitment to interdisciplinarity continues to drive membership. Early days – political scientists were drivers – now, only a few. Now – sociolegal studies departments (huge growth – now about 40 members), 11 members from Criminology, 10 History, 22 in Sociology. And literally dozens of other disciplines. Also significant number of practitioner/independent scholar members. 45 universities. Our fees go to provide student support. VP Conference Report – Sara Ross Thank you to: Dean Donna Young of Lincoln Alexander Law School at TMU - as our keynote Palma’s work as ground coordinator invaluable Osgoode’s sponsorship of four RA’s very helpful, and also support for final cocktails. Sonia Lawrence as CALT liaison Members of conference committee: developing call for papers, review abstracts, planning panels. 150 participants. Great numbers. Presidents’ Reception on 28th. Go get drinks from Congress. A key challenge this year – with the pandemic – what do we want to do about hybrid participation? Decided it was important. First hybrid Congress so it was an option – while we can have a lot of remotely accessible options – very expensive when it’s a part of Congress. (Plus cost to attend). Next year Congress at McGill May 8-17 As part of the Federation of HSS – many new initiatives. Publication funding etc. Lots of options for hosting outside Congress as well, potentially: next year’s conference, and midwinter. Welcome to Joao whose capable hands give us all confidence. Much appreciation for Sara’s 9 years of fantastic service to the CLSA Board. Treasurer’s Report – No new report and no major changes since midwinter. Outgoing treasurer will manage expenses related to Congress before handover. Motion for waiver of public accountant auditor. We feel confident that this is not a needed. Lyndsay, Nicole – brief discussion to confirm there is no legal requirements around audit. Confirmed that the only req, from Companies Act, is that we have this motion. Passed unanimously. Communication Director Bulletin has come out. If members have anything they need to share please contact Sarah Turnbull or email address on the website. Much appreciated. Grad Student Report Unavailable. Grad students meeting separately to confirm student reps. Prize Announcements. Bruce, Lori, Pierre, Nicole – Book Prize Committee – tough slog – got books late! Late deliveries. Honourable mention is: Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson, Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation (HarperCollins 2022). Jim Phillips, Philip Girard, R. Blake Brown, History of Law in Canada, Volume 2: Law for the New Dominion, 1867-1914 (Osgoode Society 2022). This committee is fun. You read books outside of what you’d normally read. Volunteers – Nicole O’Byrne, Bruce Ryder, Kelly GM If you are interested – there are fascinating interviews with these authors – on the Witnesss to Yesterday Podcast hosted by ex-CLSA President Nicole O’Byrne and supported by UTP French Language Prize is awarded biannually – next year English Language Article Prize Winner – Alex McLelland & Chris Brudent. Ethics and Confidentiality: Reflections and Lessons Learned Post- Parent & Bruchert v. R and Magnotta. CJLS 37(2). Runner up – Mary Ann Vaillanatos. Marginal Citizens: Interracial Intimacies and the Incarceration of Japanese Canadians, 1942-49. CJLS 37(1). Roderick MacDonald Graduate Student Paper Prize The winner of the grad student paper prize (Roderick A. Macdonald Graduate Student Essay Prize 2023) was Liam Michaud. Prosecuting overdose: The use of manslaughter charges and enhanced penalties against people who use, share, and sell drugs The runner-up was  Josh Lamers. Reading Black Death into Ontario’s Coronial Context: Black Child Welfare Survivors and Family Policing as Death-Making Volunteers for future positions – English Language Book Prize - Sara Ross, Annie Bunting, Joao Velloso French Language – Pierre, Lori Chambers & an open call for third position Grad – Sara, William Canadian Journal of Law and Society Thanks to the team – Vero, Tom, Eric, Sara, Pascale, Justine. Still doing very well. In second year of funding from SSHRC. Supporting CLSA with student funding for the Conference. Though royalties from CUP were lower than usual but better than projected for the pandemic. Transition to gold open access. Members who are not able to access please let team know. Brand new cover design for new volume – beautiful new cover. A key advantage of members despite Open Access – continue to have access to archived journal issues – just login as member on CLSA website Our team has worked hard to produce hard to produce French Companion documents to support francophone authors in accessing unilingual English platform. Numbers up, especially in French. Thanks Vero for networking. Two special issues upcoming in 2024: 1) Pandemics and Paradigms in 2023, 2) Person-Centered Justice in 2024. Will be doing outreach through a survey to boost peer review participation if you are interested. Adjourned by consensus