CAIC Board Members

PRESIDENT: Reverend Brian Burch serves on the Endowment Committee of the Student Christian Movement of Canada. He brings a long history of involvement in co-operative and non-profit endeavours, including serving on the Board of the Ontario Worker Co-operative Federation, as a member of the Finance Committee of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada and as a treasurer of the Ontario Region of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. He is president of St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society, which used the resources of CAIC to help in the development of 177 units of affordable housing for the homeless and vulnerable in Toronto.

DIRECTOR: Reverend Paul Hansen, C.Ss.R. is a Redemptorist priest of 40 years who has spent most of his life working for Biblical Justice. A former member of the Church's Ecumenical Coalitions seeking justice, Paul became chair of the Board of KAIROS after returning from a seven year stint in Rome leading his Order's commitment to Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. Paul is on the Social Affairs Commission of the Ontario Bishops, an Executive member of ISARC- Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition and on the Board of the Human Development Foundation Mercy Centre Bangkok, Thailand. He has travelled extensively in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe concerned about our global family and it's seeking justice. After a sabbatical in the Middle East, Paul returned to Canada to lead his Orders Canadian commitment to Biblical Justice. For these reasons, Paul is committed to the work of CAIC. He looks forward to serving on CAIC's board on behalf of the St. John Neumann Foundation.

VICE-PRESIDENT: Sr. Doryne Kirby, IBVM is a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary also widely known as Loretto Sisters. After many years of mostly secondary teaching in Port Colborne, Stratford, Toronto and Guelph Sr. Doryne became Coordinator of the RENEW programme within the Archdiocese of Toronto. Then for eleven years she worked for the Canadian Religious Conference in Ontario as the Coordinator of Social Justice. The office was located on Laird Drive and as CAIC was located in the same building she came to know the CAIC staff and to appreciate their commitment and dedication to their work. The IBVM have official status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) at the United Nations and for two years Sr. Doryne was the IBVM representative in New York. Currently she is the Local Coordinator at Loretto College on the campus of the University of St. Michael's College.

TREASURER: Ms. Arlene Kubiak, is the Accounting Officer for The Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese of London, in Ontario. She has spent her full career in London holding various administrative/accounting positions with both public and privately traded companies. Attending night school at Fanshawe College she obtained her certification in General Business with a Finance Major. For several years Arlene has volunteered with Revenue Canada to prepare income tax returns for low income families. Arlene has been a welcome addition to the CAIC board.

DIRECTOR: Mr. Don Middleton is a member of the Trinity-St. Paul's United Church. Don started his volunteer work in 1953 as the President of the Ontario Junior Farmer's Association, and went on to work in many other agricultural organizations as well as: the Canadian Association for Adult Education, The Ontario Division of the Community Planning Association, the Conservation Council of Ontario, the Farm Tax Review Board and the Foster Parents Plan of Canada. Don brings a keen interest in social housing initiatives to CAIC's board.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE: The board is supported by an Advisory Committee that consists of individuals (Paul Connelly, Ted Hyland, Karen Knopf, Paul Plecash and André Schroer) from the business community whose perspective complements the Board's familiarity with social justice issues and two part-time contract workers who provide office and financial management (Valerie Lemieux and Beth Coates).

CAIC
146 Laird Drive, Suite 111
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3V7
Phone: 416-467-7797
Toll-Free: 1-866-241-CAIC (2242)
Fax: 416-467-8946
Email: caic@caic.ca

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