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About Us

Registered officially in January 2023 as a Canadian non-profit organization, the Transparency Institute is operated by a volunteer board and relies on your contributions to continue our work. The Board is also supported by volunteers who serve on various committees. Membership includes the right to vote at the Transparency institute Annual General meeting.

Governance:

The Board is democratically elected by members at the Annual General Meeting. Any committee members or donors may apply for membership through a letter or email addressed to the Board which includes a biography and the committee of interest. The application may be approved by a majority vote of the Board. The board does not profit from the Institute; pursuant to transparent and accountable stewardship, there will be online public disclosure of the bylaws, annual reports, and financial statements that also disclose any services or products that might be purchased from a 3rd party vendor or contractor or employee or Board member.

OUR BOARD

Research Mission:

Enhance research-informed decision-making and cooperation among various levels of government and other stakeholders, which includes the general public, through evidence-based research that includes comparative, policy, and field research, of complaints and compliments transparency best practices in priority research locations that include over 50,000 law enforcement organizations in Canada, USA, UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand.

Education Mission:

Advance education for democratic institutions’ priority sectors, priority locations, and the general public on law enforcement misconduct, service, policy, internal, formal, and informal complaints accountability and compliments transparency; through the public ranking of organizations and governments’ implementation of best practices.

Training Mission:

Reduce the disproportionate cost of the lack of transparency on the reputation of good officers and the s7 Charter of Rights to life, health, safety, and security of low-income individuals, female officers, Indigenous people and visible minorities through the development of training materials for on-site and off-site conferences for democratic institutions priority sectors that include:

Police associations or boards or chiefs or officers or professional standards or investigators or adjudicators or legal services, councillors;
Public safety ministers or deputy ministers or chiefs of staff or directors of policy;
Access to information personnel, crown counsels, defence or employment lawyers, legal aid and human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations “NGO” transparency personnel;
Ombudsmen or auditor generals or privacy or conflict of interest or integrity commissioners or Human Resource “HR” or other government complaint processing personnel.

Board Of Directors

Ade Olumide

Chair

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Joseph Regis

Director

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Caleb Voltaire

Director

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Deji Ogunyemi

Director

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Peter Williams

Director

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Ade Olumide

Chair of the Board

Ade Olumide is a democracy rights defender, he holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, Masters in Business Management, he also studied Supply Chain Management and developed the revenue planning system for a $4 billion dollar manufacturer. He was a Policy Advisor for an Ontario legislator and is currently studying constitutional law for administrative tribunals. As the former president of the Municipal Taxpayer Advocacy Group, Ade drafted a motion on affordable Hydro and persuaded 37 municipalities across Ontario to pass the motion.

Joseph Regis

Board Director

Joseph Regis was the Chair of the Ottawa Police Election Coalition for Safer Communities (OPECS). He is also the founder and Executive Director of the Community for Social Integration and Recreational Activities Ottawa (CSIRO), a Canadian-based settlement NGO that provides referrals on government programs and services, employment services translation, and counseling, including the rights to information, freedom of expression, participate, assembly and association. In addition, he has been working as a manager for the government of Canada for over 7 years.

Caleb Voltaire

Board Director

Caleb Voltaire is an entrepreneur, and a former law enforcement officer. He is the founder and Executive Director of 7257040 Canada Inc, a firm that focuses exclusively on transportation processes across a wide variety of organizations. The business specializes in coordinating the movement of goods, products, materials, and people, ensuring adherence to industry regulations and policy changes.

Deji Ogunyemi

Board Director

Deji Ogunyemi is a registered Realtor in Ontario with Facilities Management experience and a serial investor, he holds a Bachelor in Pharmacology. He has experience in Sales and Marketing Pharmaceutical Products and also in Real Estate Property Development, which cuts across the Residential and Commercial Real Estate markets. In addition, Deji has an interest in other businesses where he has investments in automobile repairs, sports and leisure companies.

Peter Williams

Board Director

Peter Williams worked as an IT consultant and then IT professional in management for the government of Canada and for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for approximately 15 years. His experience includes the transportation Industry for the International Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees (IATSE873). He was a member of the Ottawa Taxpayer Group (OTAG) whose no-new-money approach was adopted by Mayor-elect Jim Watson, and whose departmental budget freeze campaign was championed by outgoing Mayor Larry O’Brien.