1) The Canadian Centre for Court Technology (CCCT) was established to improve access to justice in Canada through the use of technologies by providing a forum for groups involved in court technologies to share and collaborate. 2) The CCCT has accomplished incorporating as a national non-profit, launching a bilingual website, conducting a national survey on technology in courts, and partnering with the Association of Canadian Court Administrators. 3) The CCCT is funded through contributions from the federal, provincial, and territorial governments as well as law foundations, and seeks to cover day-to-day operations through continued funding.

1. Canadian Centre for Court TechnologyCentre Canadien de TechnologieJudiciaireImproving Access to Justice through the Use of TechnologiesAméliorerl’Accès à la Justice grâce aux Technologies

2. Meta-Organization

3. Genesis3National Center for State CourtsThe need for a “made in Canada” versionThe recognition that:We live in a digital worldAccess to justice needs to be improvedTechnology is part of the solutionBut there is no forum for sharing

4. Canadian Judicial Council4Judges Technology Advisory CommitteeBlueprint for the Security of Judicial InformationMetadata PolicyPolicy for Electronic Access to Court RecordsNeed to collaborate with everyone involved in the development and implementation of policiesand technologies

5. Feasibility of a CCCT-CCTJ5Forum in Vancouver, August 2005Court administrators (ACCA)AcademicsLawyersDeputy ministers of justice (Federal, Provincial, Territorial Min of Justice FPT)Judges of three levels of courtsNJI, JTACCFCJ

6. Composition of the Board6

7. Current Board of Directors7Jean L. Beauchamp, Nominee of the Barreau du QuebecRay Bodnarek, Deputy Minister of Justice, Alberta. Nominee of FPTChristiane Coulombe, General Director of the Court of Appeal of Quebec, Nominee of ACCAAssociate Chief Gurmail Gill, BC Provincial Court, Nominee of the Canadian Association of Chief JudgesGordon R. Kelly (Blois, Nickerson) Nova Scotia. Nominee of the Canadian Bar AssociationJustice Fran Kiteley, Ontario Superior Court – selected by the four judges on the BoardChristine Mosher, Executive Director, Court Services, Nova Scotia. Nominee of ACCA

8. 8Kim Pasula, Chief Executive, Public Legal Education Network of Alberta and President and Board Chair. Nominee of PLEACJustice Robert M. J. Prince, Nova Scotia Provincial Court. Nominee of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court JudgesGerald Tegart, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, Saskatchewan, Nominee of FPTChris Walpole, Acting Director, Business Solutions Branch, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario. Nominee of ACCAA.C.J. Andre Wery, Quebec Superior Court. Nominee of the Canadian Judicial CouncilJustice Larry Whalen, Ontario Superior Court. Nominee of the Canadian Association of Superior Court JudgesAcademic TBACurrent Board of Directors

9. Purpose of CCCT-CCTJ9Bilingual umbrella organization In which all groups interested in greater efficiencythrough the use of technology in the justice system Have opportunities to shareand collaborateTo improve access to justice

10. Accomplishments10Incorporated as a national non-profit organization early 2007Work and produce documents in French and EnglishInvestigated funding and governance models and select and implement the most appropriate modelDesign and launch a web site: www.ccct-cctj.caNational conference in August, 2008Partner with ACCA

11. Accomplishments11National survey of the use of technology in Canadian CourtsJudging in 2020 - In a courthouse or in cyberspace? CTC2010New Brunswick courtsUpcoming: FPT meeting and CFCTIntellaction Working GroupsE-FilingCourt WebsitesCourt technology ClearinghouseE-LearningJudicial Leadership in Court Technology ListservNewsfeed and Blog

12. www.ccct-cctj.ca/forum

13. Canadian Forum on Court TechnologySeptember 22-23, 2010Ottawa, BrookstreetHotel3 tracks: Past, Present and FutureSpeakersJudgesDeputyMinisters and Attorney GeneralAcademicsCourt AdministratorsLawyersFromFederaland ProvincesUSAJoin the discussion

14. Funding14Secure funding to cover day to day operationsSources of funding: FPT 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; Law Foundation of BC; SOQUIJ; Governments of Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and Nova ScotiaIn kind funding: Governments of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia???

15. ACCA + CCCT = Success

16. Questions?