EDUCATION
1969 – University of Toronto, B.Sc.
1972 – Osgoode Hall Law School, 1972
1974 – Bar Admission Course, admitted to the Ontario Bar
2015 – Law Society of Upper Canada, Honorary LL.D.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Appeared as counsel at every level of court in the Province of Ontario, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
- 2022-Present – Adjudicator, Capital Markets Tribunal, Securities Commission
- 2022-Present – Arbitrator, Arbitration Place Toronto
- 2004-2021 – Justice, Court of Appeal for Ontario 1998
- -2004 – Justice, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- 1994-1998 – Russell Juriansz, Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto
- 1987-1994 – Associate and Partner Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto
- 1978-1987 – Counsel, then General Counsel & Director of Legal Services Canadian Human Right Commission, Ottawa
- 1977 – Story Editor, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vancouver
- 1976-1977 – Consultant, Metro Toronto Task Force on Human Relations
- 1975-1977 – Partner, Kram & Juriansz, Barristers & Solicitors Toronto
- 1974 – Associate, Merrick, Young, Merrick & Cannings, Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto
- 1972-1973 – Articling Clerk, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Barristers & Solicitors Toronto
TEACHING
- 1984 -1986 – The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law (Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law)
- 1982-1986 – Bar Admission Course, Ottawa
- 2012 – Advocacy, International Criminal Court, The Hague
- Multiple years – Advocacy, Crown Counsel Summer School, London, Ontario
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chair, Federal Judicial Advisory Committee for the GTA,
President, Ontario Superior Court Judges’ Association
Participated in Canada’s contribution to the peace process in Sri Lanka facilitated by Norway, by making presentations in Sri Lanka about Canadian federalism in 2004. Member, Tri-Court Technology Committee
Member, Canadian Judicial Council Technology Subcommittee
Chair, Ontario Family Law Rules Committee
Board Member, Law Commission of Ontario
Board Member, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
Member, Attorney General’s Justice-Media Liaison Committee
Appeared before Parliamentary and Legislature Committees
President, The Legal & Literary Society (the students’ association of Osgoode Hall Law School)
EDITORSHIPS
Board of Contributing Editors, The University of Ottawa Law Review, 1984-1988
Editor in Chief, Charter and Human Rights Litigation (CHRL), Federated Press, 1993-1998
Editorial Advisory Board, "The Equal Times", Bedford House Publishing Corporation, 1988 -1990
Editor, Blakes Report, 1989-1991
Editorial Board, "Employment and Labour Law Reporter", Butterworth's Canada Ltd.,
Executive Editor, "Managing Diversity", Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1992-1995
HONOURS & AWARDS
- 1972 - Osgoode Hall Law School Dean’s Gold Key (for outstanding achievement and contribution to school life)
- 2012 - Trailblazer Award, Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers
- 2012 - Distinguished Career Award, South Asian Bar Association of Toronto
- 2014 - The Honourable Russell Juriansz ’72 Bursary created by Osgoode Hall Law School
- 2014 - Blakes/Juriansz Inclusivity Fund jointly created by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and Osgoode Hall Law School
- 2015 - Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, Law Society of Upper Canada
- 2016 - Pioneer Award, South Asian Bar Association of North America
- 2021 - Juriansz and Joachim Award for Excellence in Human Rights created by SABA, to be awarded annually
- 2022 - Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Gold Key for Lifetime Achievement
