Jamie McIntosh

Founder and Executive Director, IJM Canada

Rev. Jamie McIntosh serves as the Executive Director of International Justice Mission Canada. As the founder and executive leader of IJM's Canadian partner, Jamie provides strategic and visionary leadership to IJM Canada.  He also contributes to the development of IJM's global strategy, provides counsel and support to IJM staff overseas, and meets regularly with government officials, justice professionals, and business and religious leaders in Canada to advance the cause of the oppressed.

After commencing undergraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario in London, Jamie received advanced leadership training through Genesis Fellowship in Santa Rosa, California. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Studies from North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jamie is a graduate of Executive Arrow, a leadership program for senior non-profit executives pioneered by Dr. Leighton Ford. He recently completed the Master of Studies program in International Human Rights Law at Oxford University.

During overseas deployments, Jamie has provided assistance in securing the release of families from bonded slavery and participated in investigative operations leading to the rescue of forced child prostitutes. His responsibilities have taken him to Africa to gather documentary footage on torture, police misconduct and violent property grabbing; to Latin America to conduct groundwork for a new field office; and to Southeast Asia to collaborate with officials on human trafficking and child sex tourism countermeasures.

Prior to founding IJM Canada in 2002, Jamie worked for four years with an international relief and development agency as an advocate for children at risk. An ordained minister, he has also served as a pastor in two churches in California, receiving a denominational appointment to oversee the youth ministries of more than 35 churches in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jamie also serves as a founding member of the Canadian Police Chiefs International Service Agency. He has been called upon to give testimony before the House of Commons’ Status of Women committee for its research into human trafficking in advance of the report “Turning Outrage into Action”. Jamie has conducted briefings on modern slavery and sex trafficking for Senators and Members of Parliament, and has given addresses on human rights and student activism on Parliament Hill. For the past several years Jamie has served as a guest lecturer for the Ontario Police College’s "Investigating Offenses Against Children" course. He has written articles on police misconduct, illegal detention, illegal land seizure and torture. Jamie and the work of IJM have been featured on CBC Television, CBC Radio One, Global, CTV, CityTV, Canada.com and in The Ottawa Citizen and The London Free Press.

Jamie and his wife Elizabeth have two children, and make their home in London, Ontario.