Governance
The CAJ is governed by a board of directors, elected by chapters or through regional or national elections held prior to the annual meeting. Members of the board must be practising journalists as defined by the CAJ bylaws. The 2011-12 CAJ board of directors: President Hugo Rodrigues, The Expositor, Brantford, Ont.(National director) Vice-president and chair Dale Bass, Kamloops Daily News, Kamloops B.C. (B.C. region representative) Vice-president Michel Remy, The Square Foot (Montreal chapter representative) Communications co-ordinator Melissa Lampman, The Calgary Herald (Alberta / NWT representative) Past-president Paul Schneidereit, Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, N.S. National directlr Ellin Bessner, Centennial College, Toronto National director Elizabeth Thompson, ipolitics.ca, Ottawa, Ont. National director David Wiwchar, Independent, B.C. National Capital Region chapter director Simon Doyle, the Wire Report, Ottawa, Ont.
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