Acknowledgments

• Author: Matthew Gourlay/Brock Jones/Jill D. Makepeace/Glen Crisp/Renee Pomerance
• Pages: 25-26

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank my law partners, M arie Henein, Scott Hutchison, Danielle Robitaille,

Alex Smith, and Christine Mainvi lle, for their continued support of my ex tracurricular

endeavours, including this on e. Thanks as well to my co-authors for their exempla ry

collaboration, and to the team at Emond for skillf ully shepherding this volume toward

completion. Finally, special thanks to Christin e for her patience and good humour dur-

ing the production of this boo k, and for everything else as well.

—MG

Writing a book of this magnitude takes a g reat deal of time, effort, and p atience. I am

indebted to my co-authors, who despite the odds see mingly always being stacked

against us, produced and updated su ch amazing content over the last few years. I would

be remiss if I did not also acknowle dge my sincerest thanks to the following individuals

who co-wrote sections of the book with me und er tight timelines and with their usu al

brilliance and notable talent:

• Matthew Shumka (Cha pter 13, Documentar y Evidence)

• Alex Van Kraligen (Chapter 15 , Intersection of Proceedings, Par t II, “Criminal Law

and Civil Litigation”)

• Christine Ash bourne (Chapter 15, Intersection of Procee dings, Part III, “Criminal

Law and Family Law”)

• Cathryn S awicki (Chapter 15, Intersection of Proceedin gs, Part IV, “Criminal Law

and Immigration Law”)

I would like to thank Mary Jarrell, Emm a Rhodes, and Mary Birdsell for their help an d

insight into all matters involving children, yout h, and the law. Without your ongoing

support and friendshi p my knowledge and appreciation of this crucial a rea of the law

would never have risen to the level it has.

It is difficult to put into words how much I appreciate the mentorship of Jus tice

Susan Himel of the Superio r Court of Justice, whom I had the great p rivilege of serv-

ing as an articling student m any years ago. Your continued support of all my ac ademic

endeavours will never be forgotten .

I also could not possibly forget to extend my de epest and sincerest thank s to Lori

Newton and Chief Justice Lise Mai sonneuve, who took a great chance on me wh en

they brought me in as counsel in the Of fice of the Chief Justice. Despite the great

demands of that position, they st ill permitted me to work on this book at the same time.

Creating and developing truly innovative an d virtual courts across Ont ario during the

pandemic granted me a persp ective I would never have otherwise had. The secti ons of

the book addressing vir tual proceedings and digital evidence are considerab ly stronger

as a result. I am simply in awe of your patience and ded ication to the improvement of

the administration of justice in Onta rio.

—BJ

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