Education / Work

• Called to the Bar in 2000, Graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1998

• Executive Director / Lawyer of the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (2008 - present)

• Law Student at CLASP and at Parkdale Community Legal Services

• Staff Lawyer at Renfrew Country Legal Clinic

• Staff Lawyer at Mississauga Community Legal Services

• Practice Areas Include: Immigration, Employment, Income Security, Tenancy, Human Rights Advocacy

• Test cases (SCC, Federal Court, FCA)

• National / International advocacy on gender / race equity, including speaking to United Nations Committees

• Co-author of Canada's guiding toolkit on Forced Marriage

• Member of the Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Steering Committee

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Volunteer Work

• Past Chair of Bloor Immigration and Life Skills, an NGO that is mandated to service clients impacted by domestic violence and immigration issues

• Past Vice-Chair of Sandgate Women's Shelter for survivors of domestic violence

• Member of Ontario’s Roundtable on Violence Against Women and on province's Anti-Racism Consultative Committee

• Member of Legal Aid Ontario’s Clinic Advisory Committee

• Member of Toronto Police Services Anti-Racism Advisory Panel

• Member of Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Steering Committee

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Awards / Recognition

• Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in the Promotion of Women’s Equality

• Lexpert Zenith Award: Celebrating Women in the Law

• Legal Aid Leader, Canadian Bar Association

• Woman of the Year, Social Service Network, York Region

• Female Lawyer of the Year, South Asian Bar Association