Welcome from the Chair October 02, 2018 Bianca Thomas, Legal Counsel, BMO Financial Group, and Chair of the Women Lawyer's Forum The 2018-2019 Chair, Bianca Thomas, welcomes the section and introduces plans for the coming year.
A (Feminist) Review of Breakdown: The Rise and Fall of Heenan Blaikie October 01, 2018 Erin Cowling, Flex Legal Network & OBA WLF Secretary, A feminist book review on Norm Bacal's Breakdown: The Rise and Fall of Heenan Blaikie.
Networking Options for Introverts: Shapr October 01, 2018 Rachel Sachs, Lawyer & OBA WLF Newsletter Editor How Shapr can help you reduce the stress and potential awkwardness associated with networking.
The Disconcerting Reinstatement of Robin Camp June 05, 2018 Diane Baker Mason Diane Baker Mason offers her opinion on why the Law Society of Alberta's recent decision to reinstate former judge Robin Camp is a troubling one.
Meet Your WLF Executive - Outgoing Chair, Ashley Waye June 01, 2018 #OBA_WLF Executive Ashley Waye is the 2017-2018 Chair of the Women Lawyers Forum Section Executive. Ashley has led this year's executive with good judgment, collaboration, openness, and passion. Read on to learn more about this experienced family lawyer and litigator.
Meet Your WLF Executive - Part 3 June 01, 2018 #OBA_WLF Executive Get to know Anna Wong in this third installment of "Meet Your WLF Executive".
Book Review: Full Disclosure by Beverley McLachlin June 01, 2018 Erin C. Cowling A review of the debut mystery novel - set in Vancouver - from former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin.
Ottawa Programming April 03, 2018 Rachel Sachs (Program Co-Chair) The WLF event, Finding Your Fit, in Ottawa provided young lawyers and law students a chance to hear from 3 female lawyers on their varied careers in academia, politics and practice.
Meet Your WLF Executive - Part 2 April 03, 2018 #OBA_WLF Executive Read on for the second installment of "Meet Your WLF Executive". More bios to come in our final edition.
Indigenous Women Missing from #metoo April 03, 2018 Elana Finestone, Legal Counsel at the Native Women’s Association of Canada Indigenous women’s voices are missing—figuratively and literally—in the #MeToo conversation while Indigenous women are over-represented among Canada’s missing and murdered women. The #metoo movement is simply not accessible to the most marginalized women. For some Indigenous women, the safer choice is not to testify about sexual assaults to protect themselves and their families. It’s not safe for them to say, “me too”.