Professional Activities - National

Canadian Bar Association

2004	Chairperson – fundraising – Legal Conference and Expo - Winnipeg
1998-2005	Member (Chairperson) of the National Communications Committee
1997-1998	Member of the National Executive Committee (Board of Directors)
1997-1998	Member of the Finance and Planning Directorate
1994	Member of the National Member Services Committee and the National Membership Committee
1994-1995	Chairperson of the committee responsible for organizing the Plenary Sessions and the Continuing Legal Education Seminars – 1995 National General Meeting - Winnipeg

Professional Activities - Provincial

Manitoba Bar Association

1999	Life Council Member
1997-1998	Past President
1996-1997	President
1991-1999	Council member
1989	Chairperson of the Law Day Organizing Committee
1984-1985	Member of the Mid Winter Planning Committee

The Law Society of Manitoba

1997-present	Member of the Legal Fees Advisory Committee – Chairperson – Legal Fees Dispute Arbitrations

Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission

2002-present	Commissioner

Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP

2002-present	Chairperson – 125th Anniversary Committee
1999-present	Member of Technolaw Practice Group
1998-2000	Member of the Business Development Committee
1994-1999	Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Practice Group
1989-present	Registered Trade-mark Agent

Buchwald Asper Gallagher Henteleff

1991-1993	Coordinator of the Business Law Group

Manitoba Provincial Court

Member of the Judicial Selection Committee – five separate occasions

University of Manitoba

1985-1987	Student representative on the Senate
1986-1987	Member of the Manitoba Law Students Association and Co-Chairperson of the Graduation Committee

Legal Teaching, Writing and Presentations

The Law Society of Manitoba

2001	“Identifying Intellectual Property Issues and Taking Steps to Protect Intellectual Property in an Organization”, an all-day program entitled “Intellectual Property Issues for In-house Counsel, Guide to Law and Issue Identification” presented as part of The Law Society of Manitoba - Continuing Legal Education Session for In-house Counsel

Faculty of Law – University of Manitoba

1993-1999	Sessional Lecturer – Solicitor’s Transactions Course

Manitoba Telephone System

1995	“Trade-mark Law Update”

The Women’s Enterprise Centre

1995	“Intellectual Property”

Portage la Prairie Chamber of Commerce

1995	“That’s the Way the Oreo® Cookie Crumbles: and Other Trade-mark Tidbits”

Summer Edition – Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson Quarterly Report

1995	“Businesses Change, but can Trade-marks?”

Winnipeg Business Community

1994	“Doing Business in the United States”

Purchasing Management Association of Canada

1994	“Intellectual Property Update"

Saint-Boniface Business Community

1993	« La propriété intellectuelle: bien fantôme ou non? »

Community Involvement

Province of Manitoba

2000-2003	Member of the Executive Committee and Founding Member of the Arts & Culture Enhancement Initiative (provincial lobby group mandated to encourage funding by the Province of Manitoba of non-profit arts & culture organizations)

St Boniface General Hospital

2002-2003	Member of the Capital Fundraising Committee – Heartcare Campaign

Festival du Voyageur Inc.

1995-1997 and 1999-2003	Member of the Board of Directors
1999-2002	President – responsible for organizing Canada’s largest winter music and cultural festival
1999-2002	Chairperson of the Fort Gibraltar Committee – mandated to ensure the funding and oversee construction of La maison du bourgeois (Governor’s House) as the final phase in the development of the Fort Gibraltar Historic Site Complex
1997	Chairperson – Comité de fonctionnement
1996-1997	Chairperson – Ad Hoc Committee mandated to restructure the relationship with stakeholders of the Festival du Voyageur Inc.

7th International Winter Cities Winnipeg Inc.

1996-1997	Member and Legal Counsel to the Board of Directors

B’Nai Brith Canada

1995-1998	Member of Adjudication Panel (League for Human Rights of B’Nai Brith Canada, B’Nai Brith “Media Human Rights Awards”)

Paroisse Précieux-Sang

1997	Member of the parents’ Comité de Catéchèse
1994	President of the Conseil paroissial / Parish Council
1992-1994	Member of the Conseil paroissial / Parish Council

Taché Nursing Centre and Foyer Valade

1995-1997	Chairperson of the Labour Relations Committee
1995-1997	Member of the Board of Directors

Employment

Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP

1994-present	Partner practicing in the areas of Intellectual Property Law and Corporate / Commercial Law

Buchwald Asper Gallagher Henteleff

1988-1993	Lawyer practicing in the areas of Corporate / Commercial and Intellectual Property Law
1987-1988	Articling Student

Silpit Industries

1981-1982	Merchandise Manager

Eaton Stores – Western Canada

1978-1981	Buyer - Menswear

Memberships

1994-present	Member of the International Trade-mark Association
1992-present	Member of the Chambre de commerce francophone de Saint-Boniface – past member of the Board of Directors
1988-present	Member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
1984-present	Member of the Canadian Bar Association
1984-present	Member of the Manitoba Bar Association
1984-present	Member of l’Association des juristes d’expression française du Manitoba – past member of the Board of Directors

Languages Spoken & Written

Fluent in Français and English

Education

1988	Admitted to the Manitoba Bar
1987	Bachelor of Laws – University of Manitoba
1983	Bachelor of Arts (one year pre-masters) – University of Manitoba
1979	Eaton Management Certificate
1967-1976	Secondary – École Précieux-Sang
1963-1967	Elementary – Académie St. Charles

Awards

2004	Recipient of The Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence. Presented by the Canadian Bar Association in recognition of distinguished or exceptional service to the objectives and goals of the Association See: http://www.cba.org/CBA/Awards/st_laurent/

Interests and Hobbies

Jogging, reading and oil painting

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