Supreme Court Law Review, 3rd Series, Volume 14

Derek B.M. Ross, LL.B. (Western), LL.M. (Toronto), is Executive Director and General Counsel for Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF). He has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and has acted for public interest interveners in a number of cases involving the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He has also appeared before legislative and Parliamentary committees to present on legal and constitutional issues.

Derek is a centre associate with the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Constitutional Law and Legal Studies, and a former Vice-Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Section. Derek also served as editor/co-editor of Assisted Death: Legal, Social and Ethical Issues after Carter (2018), Canadian Pluralism and the Charter: Moral Diversity in a Free and Democratic Society (2019), The Forgotten Fundamental Freedoms of the Charter (2020), and Forgotten Foundations of the Canadian Constitution (2022).

Dr. Mary J. Shariff is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, where she currently serves as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs. Dr. Shariff brings academic leadership to legal and human rights education, leading both the University’s interdisciplinary Master of Human Rights (M.H.R.) program and its Master of Laws (LL.M.) program. A Canadian legal scholar with a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin, her work bridges law, strategy, bioethics, health, environment and human rights. She is recognized nationally and internationally for her scholarship, expert opinions and contributions to policy, law reform and public dialogue. An experienced educator, Dr. Shariff teaches and supervises research of students in all three programs at the Faculty of Law: the J.D., LL.M. and M.H.R.

Melanie R. Bueckert, LL.B., LL.M., is Legal Research Counsel with the Manitoba Court of Appeal. She earned her LL.M. from the University of Manitoba in 2008 based on her studies of electronic employee monitoring law in Canada. Ms. Bueckert was previously an associate with Pitblado LLP in Winnipeg, practising privacy, labour and employment law after being called to the Manitoba Bar in 2004. While in private practice, she wrote numerous articles and gave presentations on privacy and employment law matters. Ms. Bueckert is an active member of the National Privacy and Access Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and served on the Section's executive for many years.