Professional History
2007-Current, Barrister and Solicitor, Private Practice
2002: Recipient Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
1996-2007 Judge, Provincial Court of British Columbia
1994-1996 Medical and Health Care Services Appeal Board of British Columbia
1984-1996, Barrister and Solicitor, Private Practice
1984: Call to Bar and Admission as Member of Law Society of British Columbia
Education:
2014: Advanced French, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence
2011: Certificate, Negotiation Workshop, Harvard Negotiation Institute, Harvard Law School
2010: Masters Degree, International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford
1988: Certificate, Accelerated French, Institute for American Universities, Avignon
1983: Bachelor of Laws, University of Windsor
1980: Bachelor of Arts (International Relations), University of British Columbia
Organizations and Activities:
Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia, including Co-Vice-Chair, Member of Governance Committee, Executive Committee, Learning & Research Committee, and Chair of Employee Relations Committee.
Law Society of British Columbia, including Tribunal Member of Complaints & Discipline (2011-2018)
Canadian Bar Association
Executive Member, National Criminal Justice Subsection (2008-2015), Canadian Bar Association.
Yale County Rep for BC Branch Canadian Bar Association, including Truth & Reconciliation Working Group (2016-2019)
List of Counsel, International Criminal Court, The Hague
Legal Services Society of BC, Gladue Aboriginal Advisory Panel (2011-2015)
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Daniel Pearl Foundation
Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association (retired member)
International Commission of Jurists (Canadian Branch)
American Judges Association (retired member)
International Association of Women Judges – Canadian Chapter (retired member)
Amnesty International
Rotary International
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
Member Kellogg College, University of Oxford
World Society of Victimology
