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2008 Fall Launch and Award of Excellence Luncheon
The CBABC Women Lawyers Forum held a Fall Launch and Award of Excellence Luncheon on October 29, 2008 in celebration of its sixth year of successfully promoting the stature and influence of women in the legal profession. The first Award of Excellence was presented to Maria Morellato, QC in recognition of her many distinguished career achievements and outstanding contributions to women in the legal profession as a change agent, leader and mentor.
"The first annual Women Lawyers Forum was a great success with 210 people attending the Awards lunch at the Sutton Place Hotel. Six outstanding women lawyers were nominated Rosanne Kyle, Maria Morellato, QC, Alison Murray, Margaret Ostrowski, QC, Susan Paish, QC and Marina Pratchett, QC and the award went to Maria Morellato, QC at Blakes. All six nominees were profiled as each is a wonderful role model for other women lawyers. The award recognizes an exceptional woman lawyer who has taken risks, fostered change and ultimately opened doors for women lawyers." -Linda Robertson, Chair, Women Lawyers Forum
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Maria Morellato, QC
Award of Excellence Recipient
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Miriam Maisonville, CBABC President, Maria Morellato, QC and
Linda Robertson, Chair, CBABC Women Lawyers Forum
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We wish to congratulate and honour the nominees for the first CBABC Women Lawyers Forum Award of Excellence:
- Rosanne Kyle, Miller Thomson LLP;
- Maria Morellato, QC, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP;
- Alison Murray, Murray Jamieson;
- Margaret Ostrowski, QC, Immigration & Refugee Board;
- Susan Paish, QC, Pharmasave Drugs (National) Ltd., CEO; and
- Marina Pratchett, QC, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Miriam Maisonville, Rosanne Kyle, Marina Pratchett, QC, Alison Murray, Maria Morellato, QC, Anne Chopra and Linda Robertson
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Joan Brockman, a Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, was presented with the 2008 CBA Cecilia I Johnstone Award in recognition of her outstanding work to advance the standing and influence of women in the legal profession. As a legal scholar and educator, Professor Brockman has persuasively argued that law remains a highly gendered field, but one that can be reformed. Her reports to law societies have been instrumental in the development of model workplace policies for law firms, changes to codes of conduct rules relating to sexual harassment, the provision of parental leaves, innovative new workplace accommodation, and revision to professional development in aid of eliminating gender disparities.
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Professor Joan Brockman
2008 Cecilia I Johnstone Award
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Professor Joan Brockman and
Kerry-Lynne Findlay, QC, CBABC Past President
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Miriam Maisonville, Deborah Zutter, Carol Anne Finch-Noyes, Jennifer Chow, Anne Chopra, Sara Fisher, Linda Robertson,
Vivienne Stewart, Nicole Howell, Wendy Lee, Vivian Yuen, Kuan-Ming Mandy Lai and Caroline Nevin
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[posted November 3, 2008]
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