Margaret Ostrowski, QC is the recipient of a Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the “Business and The Professions” category. Margaret is acknowledged in her field for her professional leadership and consistent commitment to excellence, her many achievements and business acumen to facilitate change and create opportunities, and her respect for and engagement with her community, clients and colleagues.

Not only is Margaret a lawyer who volunteers at an aboriginal pro bono legal clinic that she helped establish, she is currently an adjudicator on four tribunals. Margaret is an active volunteer with a goal: to make the legal profession and justice system better for all. She has enriched many organizations, including the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch and the Law Courts Education Society, with her service. Nominated for numerous awards and recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s Touchstone Award, Margaret is an exceptional member of the professional and volunteer community.