ABOUT THE SECTION

Year Created:  2007

Executive
Chair: Dr. Jacqueline Parai (Ottawa)
Vice-Chair: Dr. Christopher Milroy
Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Matthew Bowes (Halifax)
Member at Large: Dr. Kristopher Cunningham
Resident member: Dr. Andrew Williams

Objectives

• To promote forensic pathology in Canada and to act as an advisory body on forensic pathology to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP)
• To enhance the inter-provincial communication among forensic pathologists in Canada
• To develop guidelines and other documents to enhance the quality of forensic pathology in Canada
• To facilitate continuing professional development in forensic pathology by providing educational events at the CAP-ACP Annual General Meeting

Resources

• Canadian Association of Pathologists, Forensic Pathology Section, Guidelines for Medicolegal Autopsies in Canada (First Edition, 2008)
• Third Annual Report of the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OFPS), July 27, 2011 – July 26, 2012.
• OFPS Annual Report 2017-19