Alumni News

2019

• uO Alumni Association Honours Frances Tibollo, JD 2015: Fighter for justice

  Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2019

  Frances Tibollo, JD 2015, made headlines in 2018 when she negotiated the release of two Canadian women being held unjustly in a Cambodian prison.

  “What took place was a cultural misunderstanding,” says Tibollo, uOttawa’s 2019 winner of the Young Alumni Award.

• Katherine Cooligan, LLB 1989, Delivers TEDx Talk on Tackling Fear and Unleashing Your Full Potential

  Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2019

  Despite the reality of gender-based differences in leadership, women can unleash their full potential even in the face of fear and doubt. Imagine having an empowering tactic to push you through the paralysis of fear and give you the courage to make bolder moves and provide a greater impact as a woman in leadership.

• Honourable Judge Llana Nakonechny, LLB. 1985, appointed judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto

  Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2019

  The Honourable Llana Nakonechny, LLB. 1985, was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto. She replaced Justice F.P. Kiteley, who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective September 1, 2018.

• Thirteen uOttawa Common Law Alumni Throw Their Name in the Hat for Law Society of Ontario Bencher Positions

  Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2019

  Thirteen Common Law Alumni are running in the 2019 Law Society of Ontario Bencher Election. As members of Convocation, benchers play a critical role in the governance of the Law Society and the regulation of Ontario’s legal professions in the public interest. Winners will sit on the Board for a four-year term.

• Ottawa Business Journal calls Ottawa Lawyer Katie Black, LL.B. 2009, a “RockStar” for Legal Accomplishments and Work to Support Refugees

  Posted on Friday, March 29, 2019

  The Ottawa Business Journal recently published an article calling Katie Black, LL.B. 2009, a ‘rockstar’ – and it’s not hard to see why:

  “She’s clerked for Beverley McLachlin, the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Within six years, Black made partner at Ottawa law firm Caza Saikaley LLP. She helped bring more than 4,000 refugees to Canada by co-creating a program to deliver free legal services to private sponsors of Syrian refugees....

• From Law to Business: Lessons from Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein, MBA, LLB 2009

  Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  In the 10 years since Harley Finkelstein, MBA, LL.B. 2009, was in Fauteux Hall, he has gone on to complete his articling, be called to the bar, and then promptly join what has become Canadian e-commerce giant, Shopify. He has since been named COO of the company, and was back in Fauteux Hall on March 13 to speak about his journey.

• David W. Scott, OC, QC (LL.B. 1960, DU ), proud and distinguished Common Law alumnus, has passed away at the age of 83

  Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  David Scott, OC, QC, LL.B. 1960, D.U. 2001, has passed away at the age of 83. Mr Scott had a relationship with the University of Ottawa that spanned more than six decades.  He was fiercely proud of his alma mater and continued to take an interest in the faculty and its students until his final days.

• uOttawa’s record of Excellence in Mooting Continues at Philip C. Jessup National Moot

  Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2019

  The 2019 uOttawa Common Law team finished as the Runner-Up National Canadian Champions at the Philip C. Jessup Moot. Team members include Mitchell Dorbyk (2L), Peter Knowlton (2L), Maggie MacDonald (3L), and Benjamin Rabinovitch (2L), coached by Professor Anthony Daimsis and Jolene Hansell (JD 2018).

• Big Thinking: “A call to action: Rethinking leadership in the global response to forced migration” presented by Allan Rock, LL.B. 1971, President Emeritus

  Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019

  On February 28^th, The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted a Big Thinking lecture event featuring Mr. Allan Rock, President Emeritus of the University of Ottawa, former Senior Advisor to the World Refugee Council, Professor in the uOttawa Faculty of Law, and former federal minister. The lecture, entitled A call to action: Rethinking leadership in the global response to forced migration, drew on a recent report from the World Refugee Council and called for those present to take action in the area of forced migration.

  Big Thinking on the Hill is a breakfast lecture series which brings leading Canadian researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities to Parliament to speak on policy-relevant topics with members of Parliament, senators, public servants, and other stakeholders.

  Big Thinking is a key activity of the Federation in promoting the importance and relevance of research in its disciplines. Delivering a lecture is a privilege offered only to researchers from the Federation’s member universities and partners.

  Many MPs, Senators, and others attended the event, and it was clear from participants’ engagement that they valued the opportunity to learn from Mr. Rock and his insights and research.

   

• Professor Nelson Arturo Ovalle Diaz oversees RGD issue on Canada and human rights in the Americas

  Posted on Monday, March 4, 2019

  Professor Nelson Arturo Ovalle Diaz (LLM ’05, LLD ’15) has directed production of a special issue of the University of Ottawa’s Revue générale de droit (RGD). The RGD special edition was published on January 15, and is entitled “Canada’s Role in Protecting Human Rights in the Americas.” It is now available to the University community.