He was appointed head of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in January 2018. Mr. Bryant is a barrister and Ex Officio Bencher at the Law Society of Upper Canada. A former Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Bryant is also a mediator and negotiator for First Nations, and Chair of the Public Accountants Council of Ontario. Previously, he served as Special Advisor to Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, and as a commercial litigator at McCarthy Tetrault LLP. In the '90s, he clerked for the present Chief Justice of Canada, and served as Lecturer in Law at King’s College, London, and Adjunct Professor at U of T and Osgoode Hall. He is presently a Director at Pine River Institute, John Howard Society Ontario, and Prison Fellowship Canada.