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Staff of the Canadian Constitution Foundation

 

Staff

 

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Christopher Schafer, B.A. (Hon), M.A., LL.B.
Executive Director
Prior to joining the Canadian Constitution Foundation as Executive Director, Chris Schafer was an associate at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Ottawa, where his practice areas included constitutional and regulatory law. Chris holds an Honours B.A. in Political Science (Wilfrid Laurier), a Masters in Political Science (University of Western Ontario) and an LL.B. (Osgoode Hall Law School). A published author, Chris has written several studies and numerous articles on public policy and legal issues for think tanks, journals, and newspapers.

  

 

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Karen Selick, LL.B.
Litigation Director
Karen Selick earned her LL.B. from the University of Toronto. Since her call to the Bar in 1978, she has practiced in the areas of tax planning, civil litigation, wills and estates, and matrimonial law. Karen is a prolific writer, whose legal and public policy commentary has been published in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Lawyers Weekly, Canadian Lawyer, Western Standard, and other publications. She joined the CCF in 2009.

 

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Adam Revay, B.A.
Operations Director
Adam Revay earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Calgary in 2006. He now serves the Canadian Constitution Foundation as its Operations Director.  Since joining the CCF in 2008, Adam has been involved in redesigning the CCF website and in co-ordinating the Foundation’s involvement in social media like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Adam produced the CCF’s first in-house YouTube video titled, “U of C: University of Censorship.” He was also instrumental in planning and organizing the Foundation’s 2008 and 2009 annual law conferences.  Adam enjoys the great outdoors and is an experienced skier. He is also a computer hobbyist and an avid gamer. Adam lives in Calgary with his wife Chloé.

  

 

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Derek From, B.R.S., B.A. (Hon), J.D.
Legal Counsel
After graduating with a Bachelor in Religious Studies from Briercrest College, Derek From completed a degree in philosophy at the University of Waterloo. Midway through grad school, Derek married his wife and took a post teaching music theory and recording arts. In lieu of returning to graduate studies in philosophy, Derek entered the University of Western Ontario’s law program and was awarded a Juris Doctor in the spring of 2009.  As a musician who has worked with many different record labels in the last ten years, Derek is interested in copyright law. Likewise, because of his background in political philosophy, Derek is also interested in constitutional law, administrative law, and philosophy of law.  In July of 2009, Derek relocated to Calgary and joined the Canadian Constitution Foundation as an articling student.

 

Senior Fellows

 

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Peter Jaworski, B.A., M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Peter Jaworski is a Visiting Instructor in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and a Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies.A graduate of Queen’s University (BA), the University of Waterloo (MA), the London School of Economics (M.Sc., and Bowling Green State University (Ph.D.), Dr. Jaworski has previously taught at Bowling Green State University and the College of Wooster.