The following is a list of members of Synod Council and its committees . For more information, contact Pamela Boisvert, Secretary of Synod, at 416-363-6021 (1-800-668-8932).
Synod Council
The membership of Synod Council is as follows:
Office Holders:
- The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Bishop of Toronto (Chair)
- The Rt. Rev. Riscylla Shaw (Suffragan Bishop)
- The Rt. Rev. Kevin Robertson (Suffragan Bishop)
- Marg Creal (Chancellor)
- The Rev. Lisa Newland (Honorary Clerical Secretary)
- Sheila Robson, ODT (Honorary Lay Secretary)
- Canon Robert Saffrey (Executive Director) non-voting
Committee Chairs:
- Chancellor Marg Creal (Risk and Governance Committee) also listed above
- Delores Lawrence, ODT (Human Resources Committee)
- George Lewis, ODT (Finance Committee)
- Stuart Hutcheson, ODT, and Peter Patterson, ODT, (Property Committee)
Bishop’s Appointments:
- The Rev. Kenute Francis
- The Rev. Lucia Lloyd
- Major the Rev. Canon Brad Smith
- The Rev. Kevin Wong
Elected at Synod:
- Chris Ambidge, ODT
- The Rev. Canon Simon Bell
- The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields
- The Rev. Canon Sister Constance Joanna Gefvert, SSJD
- The Rev. Maria Ling
- Heather McGregor, ODT
- The Rev. Jesse Parker
- David Toycen, ODT
- Canon Laura Walton, ODT
- Eirene Wee
Committees of Synod Council
Audit Committee
- Don Gillespie, CA (Chair)
- Johan Van’t Hof, CPA, CA
- Anne Todd, CMA
- Susan Tremayne-Moon, CPA, CA
- Staff: Tracey Gordon (Finance Department Assistant)
Finance Committee
- George Lewis, ODT (Chair)
- Mario Bartolozzi
- The Rev. Molly Finlay
- Leslie Hajdu, ODT
- Vice-Chancellor Mark Hemingway
- The Rev. Leonard Leader
- Staff: Tracey Gordon (Finance Department Assistant)
Property Committee
- Stuart Hutcheson, ODT (Co-Chair)
- Peter Patterson, ODT (Co-Chair)
- Michael Davies, LLP
- Laura Johnston
- The Rev. Mark Regis
- Peter Tovell, ODT
- Vice-Chancellor John van Gent
- Staff: Canon Robert Saffrey (Executive Director)
Human Resources Committee
- Delores Lawrence, ODT (Chair)
- Vice-Chancellor Gail Smith
- Heather McGregor, ODT
- The Rev. Michael Perry
- Orphtee Quarco
- David Town
- Staff: Deborah Journeaux (Director of Human Resources)
Risk and Governance Committee
- Chancellor Marg Creal (Chair)
- Vice-Chancellor Brian Armstrong, ODT
- Vice-Chancellor Paul Baston
- The Rev. Canon Joan Cavanaugh-Clark
- The Rev. Canon Dr. Byron Gilmore
- Vice-Chancellor Mark Hemingway
- John Nicholl
- The Ven. Cheryl Palmer
- Vice-Chancellor Gail Smith
- Staff: Pamela Boisvert (Secretary of Synod)
Committees of Synod
Agenda Committee
- Sheila Robson, ODT (Honorary Lay Secretary), Chair
- The Rev. Yohan Dumpala
- Constance Kendall, ODT (Assistant Honorary Lay Secretary)
- The Rev. Lisa Newland (Honorary Clerical Secretary)
- Jayachandran Solomon
- Staff: Pamela Boisvert (Secretary of Synod)
Constitution and Canons Committee
- Chancellor Marg Creal, Chair
- The Ven. John Anderson
- Vice-Chancellor and Registrar Paul Baston
- Charlie Cutts
- The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields
- The Rev. Susan Haig
- Vice-Chancellor Mark Hemingway
- Vice-Chancellor Gail Smith
- Vice-Chancellor John van Gent
- Staff: Pamela Boisvert (Secretary of Synod)
Investment Committee
- David MacNicol, Chair
- Edward Stephen Rodaway
- Peter Stanley
- Julian Scarfe
- Kennedy Marshall, ODT
- Graham Beck
- Rev. Ian LaFleur
- Rev. Canon Dr. Eric Beresford
- Staff: Tracey Gordon (Finance Department Assistant)
Other bodies
Synod is responsible for appointing various bodies. They include:
York Rectory Commissioners and Committee on Etobicoke Glebe
The following Commissioners were appointed by Synod for the distribution of the First York Rectory Fund and the Etobicoke Glebe for 2023:
- Chancellor Marg Creal
- Joy Packham, ODT
- The Rev. Shelly Pollard
Advisory Commission on Termination of Clerical Appointment
The following people were elected by Synod for 2023:
- Vice-Chancellor Brian Armstrong, KC, ODT (Chair)
- The Rev. Canon Joan Cavanaugh-Clark
- Kennedy Marshall, ODT
Area councils
Trent-Durham
- The Rev. Samantha Caravan – Regional Dean of Peterborough
- The Rev. Joan Cavanaugh-Clark – Victoria-Haliburton Deanery – Diocesan ACW Chaplain
- Cormac Culkeen – TD Area Youth Coordinator
- Bill Moore-Ede – Durham-Northumberland Deanery – Finance Committee member
- Walter Howell – Peterborough Deanery
- The Rev. Lucia Lloyd – Durham-Northumberland Deanery
- The Rev. Canon Ted McCollum – Regional Dean of Victoria-Haliburton – Finance Committee Chair
- The Rev. Augusto Nunez – Durham-Northumberland Deanery – Migrant Worker Ministry
- Thom Park – Oshawa Deanery – Finance Committee member
- The Rev. Jesse Parker – Regional Dean of Durham-Northumberland
- The Rev. Barbara Russell – Durham-Northumberland Deanery – SJAC Rep
- Major The Rev. Canon Brad Smith – Victoria-Haliburton Deanery
- The Rev. Frank Tyrell – Peterborough Deanery
- The Rev. Canon Ruthanne Ward – Regional Dean of Oshawa
- Doug Willoughby – Oshawa Deanery – PWRDF Rep
York-Credit Valley
- The Rev. Susan Climo, Regional Dean (chair)
- Jenni King Feheley, elected
- Dr. Anita Gittens, ODT, appointed
- Emeka Ichoku, appointed
- The Rev. Robert Mitchell, appointed
- Emily Moore, appointed
- Joshua Moothedom, appointed
- The Rev. Michael Stuchbery, elected
York-Scarborough
- The Rev. Andrea Christensen (St. Timothy, Agincourt)
- Robert Horne, ODT
- The Rev. Leonard Leader (St. George on Yonge)
- Sarah Mair, Youth member
- Ian Physick, Youth member
- Ryan Ramsden, ODT (Grace Church in Scarborough)
- Maxwell Wynter (St. George on Yonge)
- The Rev. Pamela Rayment, Regional Dean of Eglinton
- The Rev. Canon Geoff Sangwine, Regional Dean of St. James
- The Rev. Canon Greg Carpenter, Regional Dean of Scarborough
- The Rev. Shelley McVea, Regional Dean of Toronto East
- The Rev. Nicholas Morkel, Regional Dean of York mills
York-Simcoe
- The Ven. John Anderson – Regional Dean of Huronia
- Vice-Chancellor Brian Armstrong, KC, ODT – York-Central Deanery
- The Rev. Canon Simon Bell – Nottawasaga Deanery
- Mae Cox, ODT – Huronia Deanery
- Janice Hodgson, ODT – Holland Deanery
- Richard Lachapelle – Holland Deanery
- Gordon Launchbury – Huronia Deanery
- Sarah Layman – Area Youth Coordinator
- The Rev. Canon Erin Martin – Regional Dean of Holland
- Julie Poore, ODT – Huronia Deanery
- Sandy Richmond, ODT – Nottawasaga Deanery
- Susan Schuschu, ODT – Tecumseth Deanery
- The Rev. Susan Snelling – Regional Dean of Nottawasaga
- The Rev. Mark Stacey – Regional Dean of York-Central
- Canon Laura Walton, ODT – Huronia Deanery
- The Rev. Canon Darrell Wright – Regional Dean of Tecumseth – AC Chair