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Path to Successful Career on Bay Street constance L. Sugiyama Constance L. Sugiyama is the Vice Chair of Canada Health Infoway and was the first woman Chair of the Hospital for Sick Children. Recognized over her 35 year career on Bay Street as a leading Canadian corporate and mergers and acquisitions lawyer, Constance has held leadership positions in several major law firms, most recently as Deputy Chair and partner of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. She has also been recognized for professional excellence and leadership by Women in Capital Markets (2009), International Alliance for Women (2010) and named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network in 2009 and 2011. Constance has served on many public and private sector boards as well as advisory committees including, the Hospital for Sick Children, Canada Health Infoway, The Toronto International Film Festival Group, SickKids Foundation, Luminato, Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Asia <strong>Pacific</strong> Foundation of Canada, Ontario Exports Inc., The Nikko Securities Co. Canada, Ltd., the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, and the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation and Women in Capital Markets. Constance recently joined Ryerson University as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in its Law Research Centre. raj anand Raj Anand is a partner and an arbitrator and mediator with WeirFoulds LLP. His practice includes the areas of administrative, human rights, constitutional and employment law, civil litigation, professional negligence and discipline. He is a former Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and has also served on several administrative tribunals: the Boards of Inquiry under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Police Services Act, as -20- www.facl.ca Co-Chair of the University of Toronto Tribunal and now on the Law Society Hearing Tribunal. He is a member of the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee, the Articling Task Force, and the Professional Development and Competence Committee, and the Chair of the Working Group on Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees. He has won numerous awards, including the 2010 award for Distinguished Career from the South <strong>Asian</strong> Bar Association. In 2013 he will be an inauguaral McMurtry Fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School. jeffrey w. Lem Jeffrey W. Lem, a partner in the real estate group in the Toronto/Markham offices of Miller Thomson LLP, received his B.Comm. from the University of Toronto in 1984, a J.D. from the Osgoode Hall Law School in 1987, and an LL.M. from the Osgoode Hall Law School in 2002. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989 and admitted to the rolls as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2000. Jeffrey is certified as a Specialist in Real Estate Law by The Law Society of Upper Canada and has been awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s Award for Excellence in Real Estate. He has also received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating (AV®), and has been recognized in the real estate field in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Leaders in their Field, and The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers. Jeffrey is currently an editor-in-chief of the Real Property Reports and a Regent of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA).
Abdul-Basit Khan Abdul-Basit Khan is a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Law and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto. He also holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University. Abdul- Basit articled with the national law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in 1998-1999 and is currently a partner in Blakes Toronto Employment & Labour Group. He currently practices in all areas of management-side employment and labour law, including labour relations matters, employment standards disputes, human rights complaints and wrongful dismissal litigation, acting exclusively on behalf of employers. Abdul-Basit has presented papers and seminars on a variety of employmentrelated topics.From 2002 to 2009, Abdul-Basit was a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIRCAN), Canada’s leading Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group. In 2005, he was appointed as Chair of CAIRCAN’s Board, a position he held until 2009. Abdul-Basit has presented papers and seminars on a variety of employment-related topics. Where great work and great people come together MONTRÉAL OTTAWA TORONTO CALGARY VANCOUVER NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON BAHRAIN AL-KHOBAR* BEIJING SHANGHAI* *Associated Office Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | joinblakes.com www.facl.ca -21-
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