Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

Pascale Daigneault, LL.B. 1987 ICD.D, has been named the new chairperson of The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL)’s Board of Directors by Minister of Transport, the Honourable Marc Garneau.

Vivene Salmon, LL.B. 2009, has become the first person of colour to be named President of the Canadian Bar Association. She will officially take over the role in September 2019. 

The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is saddened to learn of the death of Thomas A. McDougall Q.C., LL.B. 1966, who passed away peacefully before sunrise on Monday, August 5 in Ottawa. As Chairman Emeritus and Founding Partner of Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall, he and the firm have had strong ties to the law school for decades.