Experience
Since 1974, Barrister & Solicitor Parry Sound, Ontario
Sole Practitioner
Commencing February, 1998.
Partner
Powell, Cunningham, Kennedy & Grandy, 1978-1998.
Associate
Powell & Cunningham, 1974-1978.
Education
BA, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1968.
LL.B, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1971.
Community Activities
President, Parry Sound Law Association, 2000 - Present.
Coach, Minor Hockey - Atom, Peewee, Bantam, Midget and Juvenille House League
and Rep Teams from 1983-1995, with advanced coaching certificates.
Director, Parry Sound Hockey Club, from 1986-1995.
Founding Director, Parry Sound Jr. A Shamrocks, from 1994-1997.
Director and various Committee Chairmanships, St. Joseph Hospital, 1981
- 1992; Vice-President 1988-1992.
Director and various Committee Chairmanships, West Parry Sound District
Museum, 1984 - Present; Chairman 1994 to 1999. (Ministry of Citizenship
Volunteer Award 1993)
Member, St. James United Church.
Graduate and Past Member, Parry Sound Power Squadron.
Member, Health Protection Appeal Board, 1986 to 1993; Vice-Chair 1991 to
1993.
Family
After law school, Joel spent a year working for the International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) in Bonn, Germany.
There he met and married Leena, who was a student from Finland working in
the same office. They have a son Jacob, a daughter Maija, a daughter-in-law
Lesley, a son-in-law Jonny and a grandaughter named Ella Grace.