Official roster and appointment verified · Updated 18 September 2026
Public judicial record
- Full name
- Christopher D. Simard
- Reasons signature
- C.D. Simard
- Court
- Court of King’s Bench of Alberta
- Location on official roster
- Calgary
- Appointment announcement
- 23 June 2023 — Department of Justice Canada
The official announcement states that Christopher D. Simard, then a partner at Bennett Jones LLP in Calgary, was appointed a Justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta in Calgary. The court’s current roster independently lists his full name and Calgary location.
Monitored decision
Pickle v University of Lethbridge, 2026 ABKB 659 — reasons dated 17 September 2026; docket 2301 09854. The court set aside the 2023 lecture cancellation for failure expressly to consider Charter rights. No new lecture was ordered, no remittal or requested formal declaration was granted, merits reasonableness was not decided, and costs remained unresolved.
Court-issued reasons hosted by JCCF · Source note and provenance.
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