Janet L. Bobechko

Memberships

•Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
•Chair, Ontario Bar Association (Environmental Law Section) - 2010 to 2012
•Executive Committee Member, (National Environmental and Energy and Resources Law Section)
•Member, Board of Trustees, Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA), 2012 - present
•Member, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), 2012 - present
•Canadian Brownfield Network, Advisory Panel inaugural member - August 2004 to 2009
• Tech in the City Fundraising Campaign Cabinet - George Brown College - 2004/05
•The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, repeatedly recommended practitioner in Environmental Law, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012
•Co-Chair Brownfields Committee, Ontario Environmental Industry Association - May 2004 to present
•Instructor, George Brown College, Construction Law, Winter Semester, 2003, 2004, 2005
•Contributing Editor, Environmental Law Journal, published by Federated Press, 2000 to present
•Committee member - Legislation and Law Reform, 1993 to 1999
• An Overview of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act - Fall 1994, co-author of submission for House of Commons review of CEPA for CBA-National Environmental Law Society, Legislation and Law Reform Committee
•Executive Member at Large, Environmental Law Section, 1991 to present - Regional Coordinator, 2004 to 2006
•Vice Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1996 to 2000
•Chair, Bill 133 Committee October 2004 to 2007
•Submission to Standing Committee on Bill 133, May 16, 2005
•Committee member, Brownfield Legislation, 2001 to present
•Chair, Policy & Practice Committee, 1995 to 1997
•Committee member, Lender Liability, 1995 to present
•Committee member - Government Relations, 1994 to 1998
•Committee member - Environmental Auditors and Site Assessors Accreditation, 1994 to 1998
•Committee member - Environmental Mediation and Arbitration, 1994 to 1998
•Chair of Committee - Bill 7, Amendments to the Municipal Act, August 1993
•Committee member - Waste Management Act, 1992
•Committee member - Bill 26, Environmental Bill of Rights, submissions to Minister of Environment & Energy, November 1992
•Ontario Environmental Industry Association, Member, 2001 to present
•Air and Waste Management Association, Member, 2001 to present
•Congress for the New Urbanism - Environmental Task force, Member, 2001 to present
•Canadian Environmental Defence Fund, Director, 1993, 1996 to 2003
•Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association, Member, 1992 to 2003
•Urban Development Institute - Contaminated Sites Committee member, 1996 to 2004
•Women's College Hospital Research Ethics Committee Board member, 1997 to 1999
•Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2001 to 2004
•Member, Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC)
•Member, Renewable Energy Appeal Committee for the Environment and Land Tribunal Ontario, 2013