Alumni Spotlight
In 2007, 25-year-old Johann Du Plessis was building a growing practice in tax law in Cape Town, South Africa, when tragedy struck—his father-in-law passed away in a car accident. He and his wife moved to neighbouring Namibia, his wife’s home country, to be closer to the grieving family. The move… Click to Continue Reading.
Hardeep Chahal remembers when his fascinating with the law began: a Grade 12 Law class with Mr. Olson at Norkam Secondary School in Kamloops, BC. Chahal grew up knowing he’d pursue a professional career, an ambition handed down from his father, an engineer who’d immigrated to Canada in 1969. Because… Click to Continue Reading.
Jena Karim doesn’t hold back when talking about the joys and heartbreaks of her work. At 41 years old, the U.S.-based Karim has spent the past two decades in the international-development field, working to strengthen new democracies around the world. That means, in her words, “election reform, fighting for transparent… Click to Continue Reading.
If there’s one constant in the world of finance, it’s change. And that makes financial law one of the most dynamic, challenging areas of legal practice. In a country like Canada—with its track record of strong regulation and financial stability—rapid change also poses a major challenge: how do we foster… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Nozanin Saidaminova, Commercial Contracts Manager at the University of Victoria, about her journey from Tajikistan to Canada, her experience at Osgoode, and her advice for future students. Nozanin grew up in the beautiful and mountainous country of Tajikistan. Since childhood, she was interested in both law… Click to Continue Reading.
Meet Diana Mojica: Originally from Mexico, Diana completed the LLM In Canadian Common Law in 2016. After graduation, she started working first as a student-at-law, then in 2017, after being called to the Bar, as in-house legal counsel for the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC), a provincial regulator. Diana’s… Click to Continue Reading.
Qaiser Fahim remembers clearly the life-or-death dilemma that set him on a path to Osgoode Hall. He was working in Saskatchewan as a bioethicist, providing consultation to physicians and families on some of the prickliest ethical problems encountered in the province’s hospitals—including end-of-life decisions. On this occasion, Fahim faced what… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Matias Gabriel Zerbino, Senior Tax Manager at Scotiabank, and our very own Taxation Law LLM alumnus, to discuss his professional journey and how he got to where he is today. Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Matias was raised in a small… Click to Continue Reading.
Each year the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) receives submissions for its four regional best student paper awards. We’re pleased to announce that David Cade, LL.M. Taxation (2021) received the CTF-Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Award for the best Ontario paper of 2020-21, for his paper, Reimagining the Offshore Investment Fund Property Rule:… Click to Continue Reading.
In 2015, Dian Thompson wasn’t just busy—like many young law students, she was pretty much completely out of bandwidth. In the middle of a full courseload as a law student at Kingston, Jamaica’s Norman Manley Law School, the 31-year-old was simultaneously juggling a legal internship, work at a community legal-aid… Click to Continue Reading.
Meet Yanique Russell: Osgoode’s application agent for Latin America and the Caribbean, and graduate of not one – but two – Professional LLM programs. Yanique Russell is an internationally qualified lawyer from Jamaica who holds a UK Law degree. In satisfying her NCA requirements, she completed two LLM programs with… Click to Continue Reading.