1. WEL CONGRATULATES THE LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO (LCO) 3 NEW MEMBERS, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 21, 2021:
Randall Kahgee (member-at-large): Randall Kahgee is Senior Counsel with Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP in Toronto and specializes in indigenous rights law, with an emphasis on community-based processes and government-to-government negotiations.
Shalini Konanur (member-at-large): Shalini Konanur is a lawyer and the Executive Director of the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO), a not-for-profit organization in Toronto that provides direct legal services to low-income South Asian populations across Ontario.
Neha Chugh (representative for the Law Foundation of Ontario): Neha Chugh is a criminal defence lawyer practicing in Eastern Ontario since 2011, and since 2014 has been the owner and managing partner of Chugh Law Professional Corporation.
2. WEL CONGRATULATES RACHEL BLUMENFELD, TEP, ON RECEIVING THE STEP FOUNDERS AWARD 2021.
Rachel is an outstanding member and contributor to STEP Canada, and currently serves as Deputy Chair. Her passion and support for STEP has helped the Society achieve the highest standards in education and member services. This Award is given to members who have made ‘an exceptional and outstanding long-term contribution to the Society beyond that normally expected of a member, through office in their branch, or elsewhere in the voluntary life of the Society’.
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