OUR TEAM

MYRA LUCIA (President) lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and has worked in the banking Industry for over 20 years. She has raised her two daughters to have a strong sense of service to the public. She believes in community, giving back and being a global citizen through her volunteer work with organizations such CISV and Inspiring HOPE.


JOY D. CALLAHAN (Treasurer/Secretary) Lives in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia and is an office administrator and a passionate volunteer. For two consecutive years 2015, 2016, she was the winner of Sport Nova Scotia Ricoh Awards for Volunteer of the Year - Soccer. While her son played elite Soccer with the provincial team and at high school Division 1, she managed 10 provincial teams for Soccer Nova Scotia. She now turns her interest to access for justice in the family courts.  
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​BRIAN CHO (Vice President) is a Physiotherapist in Halifax, Nova Scotia and holds a Doctorate of Physiotherapy from Melbourne University in Australia. He is a member of Canada’s Citizens’ Climate Lobby, working to address climate change in a fair and equitable manner taking into account the complex social determinants of health. He sits on the public advisory council for the Health Data Research Network of Canada to help advance knowledge translation, equitable collection, and use of health data to improve healthcare outcomes to all Canadians.

DEREK LEWIS (Board Member) is a Treaty-Holding Mi'kmaw from Millbrook First Nation. He is an award winning entrepreneur and owner of Muin Clothing Co. Derek was the first Indigenous cell phone game developer in Canada and the first Mi'kmaw to own a diploma-granting College. 

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BIBHAS VASE (Board Member) hails originally from Newfoundland. He is a criminal defence lawyer currently working in both Vancouver and Toronto on prison justice and civil forfeiture cases. Bibhas is passionate about protecting human rights, large and small, including the corrosive incremental erosion that can happen through legal bureaucratic action and inaction.


MICHAEL BEALS (Friend of the Board) is a poet and a student at Dalhousie University, majoring in journalism and psychology. He is also a second class certified stationary engineer. He is passionate about restorative justice, and upholding the common humanity that unites us. He sits on the Centre's Access to Prison Justice Committee and is a past Vice-President of the Centre.


ROGER MELLAN (Accountant) is a Chartered Professional Accountant qualifying as a Certified Management Accountant and a Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst. Roger has his own accounting firm, Mellan Financial Services in Membertou, Nova Scotia. Roger has a passion for corporate finance and valuations. He has a soft-spot for children and youth, with a focus on Indigenous rights. He promotes the values of integrity, fairness, inclusion, and diversity in all of our communities. ​

LISA TERYL (Volunteer Coordinator) is senior legal counsel and legal mediator with Teryl Scott Lawyers Inc. (1995-present) and served for six years as senior legal counsel at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission (2009 to 2015). She has written a book entitled, Nova Scotia Law: Everything You Wanted To Know But Couldn’t Afford To Ask (Pottersfield, 2002)––a local best seller––which was an early effort to address access to justice.

YISONG WEI (Board Member) hold a BSc, Pharmacy, from Jianxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is retired from Dalhousie University's Immunology Research Laboratory. She moved to Canada from China in 1994, and currently lives in Toronto. She shares the ideal of Canada being a multicultural country. She believes that achieving a better harmony in our community requires everyone’s effort. By being a Friend of the Board, she wishes to make a difference to help protect the ideal of multiculturalism.