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Elise Dolinsky

Secretary

Pronouns: she/her/hers — Elise currently practices civil corporate/commercial litigation in Vancouver. Her experience as a summer student at the Calgary Legal Guidance in the Homeless Outreach Law and Domestic Violence Family...

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Kyle Thompson

Board Chair

Pronouns: he/him/his — Originally from Toronto/Haudenosaunee, Mississauga and Anishinabewaki Territory, Kyle is a lawyer who graduated from the University of British Columbia's law school and has gratefully lived on the unceded...

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Maryam Putris

Director at large

Pronouns: she/her/hers — Maryam is a first generation immigrant. She was born in Baghdad, Iraq and was raised on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Stó:lō Coast Salish peoples. She...

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Thea Sheridan-Jonah

Treasurer

Pronouns: she/her/hers — Thea is a white settler with mixed European ancestry who grew up on unceded Mi'Kmaq land in New Brunswick then in Treaty 14 and the Head of the...

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