The Honourable Mr. Justice Hugh L. Fraser was elected as Chair of the Hockey Canada Board of Directors on December 17, 2022. He is a retired Judge, having spent three decades as a Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada. During his time as a fulltime Judge he served as Local Administrative Justice in Ottawa, as well as a three year term as Regional Senior Justice for the East Region of Ontario. Since his retirement from full-time Judicial service he has been employed as an Arbitrator, Mediator, and Workplace Investigator. Justice Fraser received his B.A. (Hons.) from Queen’s University in 1974 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa Law School in 1977.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Justice Fraser was employed as a lawyer in private practice. He also served on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for seven years and authored several leading decisions on discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Justice Fraser is an Olympian, having competed for Canada at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and is recognized as an international expert in sports law. He has been on the Court of Arbitration for Sport for 28 years and served on the the first ad hoc Court at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, in 1996. He has been a member of several other ADR panels in North America and Europe including, the PGA/LPGA Anti-Doping Panel, the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal, the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), the Swiss Arbitration Association, and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

Justice Fraser has resolved disputes throughout Canada and the U.S. as well as in Australia, Brazil, Grenada, Malaysia and Switzerland.

Justice Fraser currently serves as an independent Arbitrator with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, (USOPC), the USOPC Athletes’ Advisory Council, and the United States Anti-Doping Agency. He is also a Commissioner with Athletics Canada and is a panel member with JAMS (Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services) one of the largest ADR providers in the world. Justice Fraser is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. In 2020, he was named a co-recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s President’s Award, given for significant contribution to the legal profession in Canada.

On December 29, 2021, Justice Fraser was appointed as Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the highest civilian honours in the country.

As Group Head for BMO Wealth Management, Mr. Deland Kamanga leads the strategic direction for a broad range of businesses including Private Wealth Canada (BMO Nesbitt Burns and BMO Private Banking), U.S. Wealth Management, BMO Global Asset Management, BMO InvestorLine and BMO Insurance.

Deland has more than 30 years of banking experience, most recently as Head, Global Markets within BMO Capital Markets, providing markets-based solutions to BMO’s corporate, institutional and government clients. He is a member of BMO’s Executive Committee and also serves on the board of InvestorLine, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp.

Deland is a dynamic senior leader who strongly advocates for causes within BMO and in his community. He is a proud champion of diversity and participates in a variety of BMO’s employee groups and initiatives, including BMO Black Professionals Network Canada, which he founded as an executive sponsor. Deland received the 2021 Catalyst Champion Award in recognition of his trailblazing contributions to advancing women and championing inclusion in the workplace. He serves on the BMO Leadership Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Deland is a member of the SickKids Board of Trustees and SickKids Foundation in Toronto and serves on the board of Women in Capital Markets, the Jackie Robinson Foundation as Director and as Co-Chair for BMO’s Employee Giving Campaign. He is also a dedicated mentor to young professionals, inspiring them to bring their very best to the workplace and motivating them to achieve their career goals.

He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Dr. Appelt was born in St. Mary, Jamaica, and attended high school and college at West Indies College in Mandeville, Manchester. She studied Microbiology and Biochemistry in London, England and in 1966 attended McGill University where she worked as a researcher in medical biochemistry for several years. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy.

In 1979, she moved to Oakville, Ontario with her husband. In 1987, she was appointed as Canada’s first female Afro-Canadian Court of Canadian Citizenship judge where she served for 11 years.

The major themes in her life are helping children and families live better lives, and speaks often to groups, schools and organizations on the topics of religious human rights, violence against women and children, and issues that affect immigrants and visible minority women.

She has served a five-year appointment by the Province of Ontario as an adjudicator with the Custody Review and the Child and Family Services Review Boards. In 2007, Dr. Appelt was appointed to the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Review Tribunal.

In 2020 Dr. Appelt was asked to serve as Chair of the COVID Community Advisory Group for SickKids-led largescale antibody testing and data collection study to understand the prevalence of COVID-19 infection in Black Canadian communities.

Dr. Appelt has been active in numerous local and national organizations including the Board of the United Way of Greater Toronto, the Community Foundation of Oakville, the Healthy Community Funders of Halton, the Christian Women’s Club, the Ontario Black History and the Canadian Multiculturalism Council. She is a founding member of the Black Business and Professional Association and the Harry Jerome Awards and Scholarship Fund. She is a founding member of the Black-Jewish dialogue of B’Nai Brith Canada, a member of the Board of the Yee Hong Geriatric Centre in Scarboro, Ontario and a member of the advisory board of the Institute of Public Policy and Religion in Washington, D C. She is past Chair and Director of the Harborfront Corporation in Toronto, and serves on the Board for the International Center for Human Rights and Democratic development, and the Harmony Movement of Canada. She is the patron of the Viola Desmond Awards at Ryerson University

Over the years Dr. Appelt has supported her country of birth. She presently acts as an advisor to the Minister, Culture Gender, Entertainment and Sport and serves as a director of the Institute of Jamaica. She is an advisor to the President, Northern Caribbean University and a patron for PACE (project for advancement of childhood education) in Jamaica and Canada and a director of the Institute of Jamaica.

Dr. Appelt resides in Oakville, Ontario where, in addition to her service to others, she enjoys painting and cooking for her grandchildren.

Air Canada is Canada’s largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world’s most comprehensive air transportation network.
The carrier was created by the Government of Canada in 1937, at which time it was known as Trans-Canada Air Lines, making it among the oldest airlines in the world. Early on in its history, the carrier began service to the West Indies and Caribbean region, which today remains a very important market for Air Canada.
In 1948, using its new North Star aircraft, Trans-Canada began twice-weekly service flying a circuit from Montreal to Nassau-Kingston-Port of Spain, with Barbados added to the schedule the following year. The region featured prominently in the development of the airline from its earliest days, when it was much smaller and only flew about 530,000 passengers a year – the same amount it now carries in less than four days.
The airline’s service to the Caribbean expanded steadily as the airline evolved into a privately owned, Canadian global champion. This growth reflects not only the demand from Canadian travellers seeking warm weather during the harsh Canadian winter, but also the deep and longstanding family, business and trade relations existing between Canada and the region.
Air Canada prides itself on being an economic driver in the communities it serves. It supports the tourism industry by offering 525 hotels across the Caribbean through Air Canada Vacations, but its activities extend far beyond this. Along with cargo carried on its regular flights, Air Canada also operates cargo freighters to the region. In 2023, Air Canada carried about 7,000 tonnes of freight to-and-from Caribbean markets. The majority was imports to Canada, and the trade included shipments from Canada such as manufactured goods and e-commerce items, and imports such as pharmaceuticals and fruit, herbs and other perishables.
This past winter the airline flew to 28 Caribbean destinations and operated 320 flights weekly. For more than 75 years, Air Canada has served the region, and is committed to deepening furthering this already strong relationship.
Furthermore, for three years, Air Canada has been proud to partner with the University of West Indies, contributing to the success of the UWI’s Toronto Benefit Gala. We recognize exceptional Canadian Caribbean nationals, supporting scholarships for UWI students facing financial challenges. Air Canada is committed to our partnership and supporting the UWI and its students as they achieve new heights.