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Women's Committee

Following the mandate of FACL Ontario to be a “diverse coalition of Asian Canadian legal professionals working to promote equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian Canadian legal professionals and the wider community,” the Women’s Committee in particular supports and advances racialized women legal professionals.


Survey on Navigating Leave, New Parenthood and Return to Work – By FACL Women’s Committee and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP 


Are you considering being or have you been a new parent?  Do you identify as an Asian-Canadian in the Ontario legal profession?  We want to hear from you!  Let us know how becoming a parent has or has not affected your legal career, and what you think can be done to improve the new parenthood experiences of Asian-Canadian legal professionals.  The information gathered from this survey will be shared completely anonymously with upper-level management and hiring teams in the legal profession to help improve the experiences for new parents.  
 
Please consider completing and sharing this survey widely with others.  To thank those who participate, your contact information, if voluntarily provided, will be added to the draw for a year’s worth of David’s Tea ($100 gift certificate)!  All personal information will be completely confidential and answers completely anonymous. Please click here to complete the survey.

Goals

Members

Leadership

Carissa Wong – FACL Director Co-Chair

Me-Hae Hur – FACL Director Co-Chair

Annecy Pang – FACL Student Director Co-Chair

Committee Members

Karen Lau-Po-Hung

Nicky Kim

Kari Chan

Rachel Gold

Monica Lee

Jane Huh

Megan Martin

Past Events And Testimonials

Anti-Asian Hate Response

Women’s Committee is committed to sharing best practices of Responding to Hate and Discrimination (https://on.facl.ca/hate-discrimination-guides/) with women’s communities and organizations. Racialized women constitute some of the most vulnerable, marginalized and economically disadvantaged members of our society.

Needs Assessment

Working in conjunction with FACL’s Community Outreach Committee, Women’s Committee is actively surveying the community to better understand the challenges that Asian women face in accessing legal services and protecting their rights in Ontario.

Get Involved

Please email us at facl.ontario@facl.ca with Women’s Committee in the subject line —your name will be forwarded to the Committee Chair who will be in touch with you.

We welcome ideas and initiatives from interested volunteers.

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