| Term in Office |
Name |
| 2018-2020 |
Karyn Pugliese |
| 2015-2018 |
Nick Taylor-Vaisey |
| 2011-2015 |
Hugo Rodrigues |
| 2007-2011 |
Mary Agnes Welch |
| 2003-2007 |
Paul Schneidereit |
| 2001-2003 |
Robert Cribb |
| 1999-2001 |
Boni Fox |
| 1996-1999 |
Tom Arnold |
| 1994-1996 |
Wendy McLellan |
| 1992-1994 |
David Stewart-Patterson |
| 1991-1992 |
Shirley Muir |
| 1990 |
Julian Sher |
| 1988-1990 |
Stephen Bindman : Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) 1988-1990; name changed to Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) 1990
|
| 1986-1988 |
Don McGillivray : Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)
|
| 1985-1986 |
Nick Fillmore : Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)
|
| 1983-1984 |
Wendy Jackson : Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)
|
| 1982-1983 |
Harvey Schachter and Jean Dussault : Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)
|
| 1978-1981 |
Jock Ferguson and Jean-Claúde Leclerc : Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ); co-chairs 1978-1979
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