February

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) announced its roster of award winners for 2015.

Ottawa – University of Ottawa Law Professor Martha Jackman is the winner of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2015 Touchstone Award

Olivier D. Girardeau, a law student at the Université de Montréal, has been chosen by the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) as the 2014 winner of the Edward K. Rowan-Legg Award.

The Canadian Bar Association has announced that Michael Mulligan, of Mulligan Tam Pearson in Victoria, has won the 2015 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference Ally Award

Geoffrey D. Creighton, recently-retired Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer at IGM Financial Inc. (IGM), is the winner of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2015 Douglas Miller Award.

Christian Whalen, Deputy Advocate and Senior Legal Counsel with the New Brunswick Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 John Tait Award of Excellence. The award is presented each year to a public law or office sector lawyer who has achieved the highest standards of professional conduct and competence and made significant contributions to social justice or community affairs, and who exemplifies preeminent public service.

University of Toronto Law Professor Stephen Waddams is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law which recognizes outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in Canada.

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has named Nicole LaViolette, law professor at the University of Ottawa, the winner of the 2015 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC) Hero Award.

William (Mick) Ryan, Q.C., of Stewart McKelvey in Halifax is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence that recognizes distinguished or exceptional service to the objectives and goals of the Canadian Bar Association.

The RCMP has laid charges against SNC-Lavalin for corrupt practices arising out of links to projects in Libya.