Lisa Barrett has been a social justice activist since her early teens.  She’s a director with  the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Vancity Credit union and a member of the Policy Council for the Canadian Community Economic Development Network. She’s also a member of the BC Civil … [Read more...]

Clive Ansley has been actively involved with China and Sino-Canadian relations for almost 55 years. He speaks and reads Chinese and holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chinese Studies and Law from Canadian universities, as well as a graduate degree in Chinese Law from the School of … [Read more...]

David F. Sutherland Q.C. has practiced civil litigation with a special interest in freedom of speech since 1980. He has represented media at all levels of court and has provided a full range of media law advice to journalists, editors, publishers, broadcasters, web hosts, and other lawyers including … [Read more...]

Peggy Stanier retired in July 2020, after 38 years of practice as a civil litigator, litigation solicitor and research lawyer in the areas of motor vehicle accident, personal injury, insurance, corporate/commercial, estates and administrative law.  She focused on the research and analysis of complex … [Read more...]

Paul Schabas is a litigation partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto.  He has a wide-ranging trial and appeal practice, with extensive experience in commercial litigation, arbitrations, white collar criminal and regulatory matters, constitutional, media and public law.  He frequently … [Read more...]

Renee Racette is a Cree First Nation and Métis individual from Cowessess First Nation and the Lebret Métis of Qu’Appelle Valley located in south-eastern Saskatchewan.  Renee is a former school teacher having taught in Saskatchewan’s north.  This life changing experience led Renee to law school.  … [Read more...]

Jane Henderson, Q.C., was born and raised in Vancouver, moving to Victoria in 1975 to attend the University of Victoria Law School.  Her law practice has been primarily in the area of Family Law and is now restricted to Mediation, Arbitration, and Parent Coordination. Throughout her career, Jane … [Read more...]