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Touchstones – Special Invitation from the Equality Committee Chair

L-R: Aleem Bharmal, Chair of the Equality Committee and Patricia Blocksom, Q.C., winner of the 2011 CBA Touchstone Award

Members of the CBA, we are writing to encourage your engagement in our equality work.

The Equality Committee of the CBA has exciting projects underway that will provide benefits to our membership and advance innovation towards equality in the Canadian legal profession.

A Measuring Diversity resource is in development in consultation with a working group with representation from across Canada, consultant Dr. Lorraine Dyke of the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, and Canada’s legal leaders and firms.

The RARE Finds project has been launched and continues to grow. It provides resources for lawyers and law firm leaders on issues relating to attrition, advancement and re-entry into the legal profession for members of historically marginalized groups, as well as an inspiring showcase of CBA member success.

I write to draw your attention to current opportunities. Even if your current work has not yet involved active CBA participation or leadership roles within the organization, that just means you haven’t done it yet. There is a place for you in the CBA.

Please consider each call below to be a personal invitation.

1. The Call for Nominations are open for Standing Committees. Spaces are open on the Equality Committee for the 2012-2013 year.
2. The Equality Leader Designation and Equality Leader Summit working groups are putting together plans for new Equality Committee projects.
3. Nominations are open for the Touchstone Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions of an organization or individual to advancement towards equality under Canadian law.
4. The Touchstones Newsletter Committee is seeking articles for the 2012 edition of our newsletter.
5. Not sure you are ready to commit to involvement right now but interested in CBA’s equality work?  Sign up for regular updates.
6. For tips on equality and inclusion, check out our YouTube diversity videos.

Please contact Rebecca Bromwich at equality@cba.org for information on any of the items mentioned above.

Aleem Bharmal
Chair, CBA Equality Committee

CONTACT:

Equality Committee
E-mail: Equality@cba.org

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