The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project has appointed Dr. Penny Reedie as Project Director. Dr. Reedie takes over from Ms. Nicole Jauvin who served as Interim Project Director for the past four months.
Dr. Reedie served as Canada’s High Commissioner to New Zealand from 2005-2009. Following her return to Canada, Dr. Reedie joined the Communications Security Establishment as Associate Chief. She has worked at the Privy Council Office as Director of Operations for Security and Intelligence, was a senior executive with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and served as the Associate Regional Director-General for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, based in Halifax.
Earlier in her career, Dr. Reedie worked in the Department of Justice, the Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Department of Finance. In the late 1980s she worked for the Department of Justice in New Zealand on the review of penal policies while pursuing her doctorate in Criminology.
The Rt. Honourable Sir Dennis Byron, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) retains a strategic policy role with the Project.
ABOUT THE JURIST PROJECT
The JURIST Project is a five year regional Caribbean judicial reform initiative funded under an arrangement with the Government of Canada. The Project is being implemented on behalf of Global Affairs Canada and the Conference of Heads of Judiciary of CARICOM (the Conference), by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which was appointed by the Conference as its Regional Executing Agency (REA).
The Project has been working with judiciaries in the region, for the past two years, to support their own efforts to improve court administration and strengthen the ability of the courts and the judiciary to resolve cases efficiently and fairly. The Project is currently being implemented in six countries and will be expanded to include other territories in the region. The overarching goal is to establish a judicial system that is more responsive to the needs of women, men, youths and businesses.
