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Newsletters
April 2011 Joe Cheng is on the cover of this month's Ontario Lawyers Gazette
FACL Annual General Meeting FACL is delighted at the great turnout at this year AGM, which was held on April 16, 2011. We are pleased to announce the 2011/2012 FACL Board:
Executive: Julia Shin Doi (President) Rosa Kang (Treasurer) Geoff Leung (Secretary) Jeff Fung (Vice President, Fundraising) Ian Hu (Vice President, Communications & Membership) Anna Wong (Vice President, Operations)
Members at Large: Maryka Omatsu Jacqueline An Paul Jonathan Saguil Immanuel Lanzaderas Chia-yi Chua Gail WongFidelia Hung Carolyn Chambers Otto Mok Cynthia Aoki Jason Tam Kenway Yu
Student Directors: Victoria Au Andrea Yau Profiles of our new Board members will be available on the website: http://www.facl.ca/Board-Of-Directors.html. We wish to extend our sincere appreciation to former Board members Jason Leung, Derek Yu, Elaine Hua, Joseph Cheng, Ricky Tang, Jamie Chiang, Haiyun Wang, and Yan Wang for all of their hard work and dedication to FACL over the past several years. We also wish to thank all of those who ran for a position on the Board and encourage you to stay involved in FACL -- we will definitely need your help over the next year to continue to build our organization, raise our profile in the community, and advance our mission.
New FACL Contact Information Please note that we have updated our e-mail address for general communications and membership inquiries to facl.ontario@facl.ca. If you wish to contact members of the Executive specifically, please e-mail: executive@facl.ca. For information about our annual conference (which will be held later this year in the fall), please e-mail: conference@facl.ca. If you have questions about FACL programs and activities geared toward students, please e-mail: students@facl.ca. Finally, you can also find us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Call for Aid to Earthquake/Tsunami
Victims FACL extends its sincerest condolences to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami, as well as the nuclear aftermath. We encourage FACL members to contribute to the disaster relief efforts. You are invited to a fundraising event hosted by Toronto to Japan titled Hope Blossoms, which will take place on April 21, 2011 -- for more information, please see the attached flyer and/or visit: http://torontotojapan.ca. You are also invited to a fundraising concert organized by the National Association of Japanese Canadians (National Office), The Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association, and Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (OISE University of Toronto) -- for more information, please see the attached flyer and/or contact Ken Noma.
LSUC Bencher Elections The 2011 LSUC bencher election campaign is currently underway; the deadline to vote is April 29, 2011 at 5:00 PM. There are seven FACL members running for bencher: Lee Akazaki, Raj Anand, Kevin Doan, Avvy Go, Julie Jai, Jeffrey Lem, and Wennie Lee; for further information about their campaigns and/or other candidates, please review the Voting Guide. Also, as reported in Canadian Lawyer Magazine, the Law Times, and Precedent Magazine, FACL -- in association with the OBA's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee (SOGIC), the Women's Law Association of Ontario (WLAO), the South Asian Bar Association (SABA), the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL), the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association (ACLA), and the Hispanic Ontario Lawyer Association (HOLA) -- has surveyed bencher candidates about their perspectives on equity, diversity, and access to justice in the profession and in the larger community. To view the survey and candidates' responses, please visit: http://www.facl.ca/2011-bencher-elections-survey.html.
Career Opportunities 1. Simmons, da Silva + Sinton LLP Simmons, da Silva & Sinton LLP, a full service law firm located in Brampton / Mississauga, is looking for an intermediate/senior commercial litigator. The ideal candidate is a skilled and pragmatic lawyer looking for an opportunity to work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment with a view to building a practice. For more details, please see the attached flyer. 2. Sherritt International Corporation Sherritt International Corporation is seeking a talented lawyer to fill the role of Legal Counsel at its corporate head office in Toronto. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience working in a law firm or corporation and will be called to the bar or be eligible for a call to the bar in a province of Canada. Experience with corporate/commercial law, securities, mining, construction, project finance and/or commercial lending would be considered an asset. Principal duties include negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, assisting with M&A transactions, drafting and reviewing continuous disclosure documents and managing external counsel. Some travel to our operations in Alberta, Cuba and Madagascar may be required. The position is for a 10-12 month contract, with the possibility of becoming a full-time position for the right candidate. For further information, please contact Adam Segal (asegal@sherritt.com or 416.935.2432). Sherritt International Corporation is a world leader in the processing and refining of nickel and cobalt from lateritic ores with projects and operations in Canada, Cuba, Indonesia and Madagascar. Sherritt is the largest coal producer in Canada and is the largest foreign energy producer in Cuba, with extensive oil and power operations across the island. Sherritt’s common shares are listed on the TSX under the symbol “S”.
Awards and Recognition
2011 Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Awards FACL is proud to announce that Board member Immanuel Lanzaderas is one of 75 finalists for Canada's Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Awards, as presented by RBC and Canadian Immigrant Magazine, an online and print resource dedicated to helping Canadian immigrants settle in Canada successfully. These Awards celebrate the achievements and contributions of immigrants to Canada; past winners include Olympic champion Donovan Bailey, VANOC chief John Furlong, and CBC's Ian Hanomansing. Immanuel's work with the student clubs at the University of Toronto and Queen's University Faculty of Law, his volunteer efforts with Legal Aid, his church, and in the larger community, and his tireless dedication to FACL demonstrate his commitment to social justice and equity for all Canadians. We encourage you to support Immanuel and vote online at http://www.canadianimmigrant.ca/top25 (search under "L" for "Lanzaderas") before the deadline on April 18, 2011. Winners will be announced in the third week of May 2011.
CBA Touchstone Award The Touchstone Award celebrates the accomplishments of an individual or an organization who has excelled in promoting equality in the legal profession, the judiciary, or the legal community in Canada. The Award recognizes successful promotion or furthering of equality at the national level and/or a significant contribution relating to race, gender, disability, sexual orientation or other diversity issues in the recipient’s community. It will be presented at the Touchstone Reception held as part of the CBA Canadian Legal Conference in August. The nomination deadline is May 1, 2011. For further details, please visit: http://www.cba.org/CBA/Awards/touchstone_award/.
Events and Conferences FACL wishes to thank all members who attended the event on March 29, 2011, co-hosted by the Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic and the LSUC to celebrate the launch of Road to Justice, a website dedicated to increasing awareness about the historical injustices in the form of legislated discrimination imposed by Canadian governments on people of Chinese descent in Canada. (For those who were unable to attend the launch, the webcast of the event will also be archived on the LSUC's website.) We encourage you to visit the website to learn more about the inspirational stories of Chinese Canadians and the role of legal professionals and activists in fighting against legislated discrimination.
Diversity in Leadership: Racialized
Minorities and the Canadian Criminal Justice System FACL members are invited to the annual Diversity in Leadership Conference being hosted by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), in partnership with the Durham Regional Police Service. This year’s theme relates to racialized minorities and the Canadian Criminal Justice System. The conference, which is being held on May 4-6, 2011, aims to foster an open dialogue among all stakeholders to identify current challenges and future strategies that enhance the system’s relationship with an increasing visible minority population. For more information, please visit: http://www.uoit.ca/diversityinleadership (the registration deadline is April 22, 2011).
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