CURRICULUM VITAE NAME:
CHRISTOPHER K. MCNAUGHT EDUCATION
Jarvis Collegiate Institute ( Toronto ) Neuchâtel Junior College ( Switzerland )
Trinity College ( University of Toronto ) - Hons. B.A. ( Classics ) 1968 Faculty of Law ( University of Toronto ) - L.L.B. 1973
Call to the Bar ( Law Society of Upper Canada ) - 1975
LECTURING EXPERIENCE ( 1992- present )
Sessional Lecturer/Contract Instructor Dept. of Law, Carleton University
- 3rd & 4th year, lecture & seminar; delivered in-class and on CUOL ( Online & Rogers Digital ); courses include: Young Offenders & the Law; Crime, Law & Political Process; Crime & State in History ( a history of criminal law ); Public /
Administrative Law
- created 4th year seminar course: Notorious Legal Battles
- Special Topic - 4th yr. & graduate, multi-faculty enrolment- 2004-2012: Globalization, Law, Sovereignty & Security ( Crime & Social Policy )
( 2007- present )
Lecturer Dept. of Philosophy& Ethics, Dominican University College (Ottawa)
- Current Issues in Applied Ethics - courses include: Security & Terrorism, Law Crime & State in History, (current) Western ethics, democracy, and the continued viability of the rule of law.
( 1992-2000 )
- numerous courses delivered to federal officials, investigators, and inspectors, on various subjects: eg. Advanced Evidence, Criminal Law Theory & Process Public lectures, Symposia
- Where Conscience is the Only Compass, paper presented at Just vs Moral War
Symposium, Dominican University College, Nov.12, 2010 ( to be published fall, 2011 )
- The New Dance of War: The Secular Side-step, paper presented at Political Justification of Violence in Just War Symposium, Dominican University College, Nov.10, 2011
- cable TV, panels, high-school & university forums; topics including health advocacy, alcohol & the law, law as a career ( Toronto & Ottawa )
LEGAL EXPERIENCE ( 1975-7 )
Federal Prosecutor ( Department of Justice, Toronto & Region )
- Narcotics, Juvenile, UIC, Immigration, Customs & Excise, Competition Act ( 1977- 92 )
Private Practice ( sole practitioner/defence counsel, Toronto )
- Criminal trial & appellate advocacy, including Ontario Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Canada, numerous reported cases, including Narcotics, Armed Robbery, Sexual Assault, Murder, Impaired driving, major Commercial Fraud / Breach of Trust, Young Offenders
- Administrative advocacy, appearances before Ontario Securities Commission, Criminal Injuries Comp. Board, Immigration Appeals, Liquor License Board - Civil litigation, Employment and Contract law, Personal Injury
- Canadian Lawyer Magazine, Board of Editorial Advisors & Feature Writer, extensive contribution of feature articles, interviews, columns ( 1977-83 ) - Guest Judge, Moot Court Program, Faculty of Law, U. of Toronto, (10) yrs.
( 1992- 2012 )
Legal Counsel, Federal Department of Justice ( Ottawa ) ( 1992- 4 )
Counsel, Indian & Northern Affairs (DIAND) Legal Services
- negotiator, Aboriginal Self-government, Justice ( Siksika First Nation, Alta.) - drafted Indian Act legislation ( eg. First Nations Monies Management Act ) - advised Deputy Minister directly on key files ( Ipperwash, Victor Buffalo ) ( 1994-1999 )
Counsel, Health Canada Legal Services
- legal opinions & national training seminars developing enforcement policy, Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act
- policy, drafting, Tobacco Act ( 1997 ) and subsequent Tobacco Sponsorship Amendments
- worked directly with successive Ministers of Health in shepherding above legislation through Parliament; spoke on behalf of Ministers on related issues before House & Senate Committees
( 2001- 2012 )
Counsel, Dept. of Justice
- liaison with Canada’s litigation agents & document analysis in support of Canada’s civil action regarding tobacco contraband & tax fraud under the R.I.C.O. Act in the U.S. ( 2000-2003 )
- liaison with Canada’s litigation agents & document analysis in support of Canada’s civil action in Canada regarding tobacco contraband & tax fraud ( 2003-2010 )
- litigation support role and document analysis for Canada’s legal position in several tobacco-related class action suits involving ‘Light and Mild’ and Third Party issues
International experience
- developed working relationships with international NGO’s: ASH, U.K. & Australia; NSRA, CCS, CSIH, Canada; SPOK, Ukraine; Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids, U.S.
- ( 1999-2003 ) mandated by Minister to lead Health Canada & DOJ investigative teams on ( 9 ) 2-week visits to British American Tobacco Depository in Guildford, U.K. to support Canada’s tobacco-related litigation
- Special Presenter, Youth for Health Ukraine/Canada project conference, Kiev, Ukraine, 2001; presented major segment on tobacco control issues in
industry advertising to youth and women; invited to lead seminar with Ukrainian health professionals ( SPOK ) at Canadian Embassy, Kiev
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Author ( historical fiction ): The Ambulance Driver ( Baico Publishing, 2008 ); The KELI DOWRY ( Baico, March, 2010); screen-play, adapted from The Ambulance Driver; third novel, Tatyana: A Novel of the New Republics, in preparation
- Free-lance journalist: feature writer & Editorial Advisor, Canadian Lawyer
magazine ( 1977-83 ); feature writer, Ski Canada; contributing writer, Departures, Leisureways, Showbill magazines; numerous newspaper articles
- Artist: water colours, pen & inks: gallery shows ( Toronto ); commissions; book & media illustration
- guest speaker: book-clubs, Toronto & Ottawa, presentations to creative writing classes, local high schools
OTHER INTERESTS & EXPERIENCE
- Competitive swimming and water polo: eg. Maui Channel Swim; Ottawa Titans Water Polo Club
- Quebec Winter Carnaval: Course de canots ( 8 years ) - Underwater archaeology
- Royal Commonwealth Society, Board Member * *
REFERENCES
John Neale (past Chair & Pres., Random House/Doubleday Canada) 30 Butternut Street Toronto ON M4K 1T7 (416) 466-7425 Caroline Fobes General Counsel Department of Justice
Public Safety Canada, Legal Services 269 Laurier Ave
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8 (613) 949-9724 ( personal reference ) Ian Glen 147 Glebe Avenue Ottawa ON K1S 2C4 (613) 233-1538
Personal contact data: Chris McNaught 143 Glebe Avenue Ottawa ON K1S 2C4 (613) 236-8026 ( res) [email protected]
