BarTalk February 2003
Volume 15, Number 1

Grants Approved

The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of BC met in November 2002 and approved funding totalling $4,261,300 for the following 2003 continuing programs.

BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, (Advocacy Access Program) - $136,900

BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, (Law Reform/Public Legal Education Program) - $20,800

BC Human Rights Coalition, (Legal Advocacy and Education Program) - $132,300

Debate/Speech Association of BC, (Law Foundation Cup Debates) - $14,300

Downtown Eastside Residents’ Association, (Advocacy Services Program) - $103,300

Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, (Legal Advocacy Program) - $33,000

Greater Vancouver Law Students’ Legal Advice Program, (Operating) - $121,000

Law Foundation Lay Advocacy Education and Training Fund, $54,600

Law Courts Education Society, (Northern Public Legal Education Program for First Nations Communities) - $60,800

Law Society of British Columbia, (CANLII Virtual Law Library) - $65,000

Legal Services Society, (Operating) - $3,272,500

UBC Faculty of Law, (Projects/Scholarships) - $127,300 (First Nations Clinical Program) - $65,500

UVic, Faculty of Law, (Projects/Scholarships) - $54,000

New Appointments to the Board of Governors

The Law Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of five new Governors to the Board, each for a term of three years.

Madam Justice Pamela Kirkpatrick was called to the Bar in 1978 and practised law at McCarthy & McCarthy until 1989 when she was appointed Master of the Supreme Court of BC in Vancouver. She has been a Justice of the Supreme Court since 1992.

Warren T. Wilson, QC was called to the Bar in 1968 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1993. He is a partner with the Vancouver firm of Borden Ladner Gervais. Mr. Wilson served on the CBA National and Provincial Council for six years, and chaired the CBA National Member Services Committee 1990-1991. Mr. Wilson served as a Bencher of the Law Society of BC from 1991-1999 and as President in 1999.

Dev Dley was called to the Bar in 1979. He is Associate Counsel with the Kamloops firm Mair Jensen Blair. Previously, Mr. Dley was Commissioner for the Western Hockey League (1996-2000).

Grant J. Gray was called to the Bar in 1982. Mr. Gray is a sole practitioner and litigator in Kelowna. He served as a Director of the Legal Services Society until 2002.

Cindy McKinley is Manager, Human Resources Planning & Development, BC Hydro. From 1980 until 1993, Ms. McKinley worked for the federal government in various capacities, including policy, planning, and grant making.

The Foundation wishes to thank Madam Justice Alison Beames, Andrew Croll, Madam Justice Victoria Gray, and Marina Pratchett, QC, who concluded their terms in 2002, for their time and commitment to the Foundation.

This article was published in the February 2003 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.