John Stefaniuk

John Stefaniuk engages in a broad practice with emphasis on environmental law, development, natural resources and energy, and municipal law matters. He has particular experience in relation to contaminated sites, mining and mine rehabilitation, forestry, Indigenous consultation and accommodation. He appears before government licensing bodies and administrative tribunals including the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission and Municipal Board, municipal councils, provincial legislative committees and in all levels of court in Manitoba in connection with environmental, resource, regulatory municipal and property issues.

John is a roster member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation. For 16 years he has been on the organizing committee for the annual Environmental Law Forum.

John is a contributing author to the legal texts The Law of Climate Change in Canada (Mahony) and Contaminated Sites in Canada (Griffiths) and a regular contributor to Mid-Canada Forestry and Mining magazine on issues of environmental and resource law and Indigenous rights and consultation.

John was elected Vice-President of the Canadian Bar Association and will represent its 37,000 members as President in 2023/24. He currently chairs its Finance Committee and has served on a number of committee and subcommittee roles. He is Past President of the Manitoba Bar Association and a former chair of the CBA National Environment Energy and Resource Law Section. John is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research.