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member of the American Bar Association,
serving on the councils of its Business Law
and Science and Technology sections. She
founded CAN-TECH's Women in Tech-
nology Committee and remains actively
involved in CAN-TECH. Lifshitz has also
served as a Director of e Jane Goodall
Institute of Canada and President of the
Board of Directors of the Children's Aid
Society of Toronto.
Charles McCarragher
TD Bank
Technology Transactions
Charles McCarragher leads TD's Con-
tracts and Real Estate Law teams. He has
been instrumental in driving and/or lead-
ing a number of transformational proj-
ects for TD and, having a strong focus on
professional development, he proactively
identifies career opportunities for his team
and works with them to facilitate flexible
working arrangements to accommodate
personal and family needs. McCarragher
also supports TD's Women in Leadership
program and he was the Legal Department
leader for the 2016 United Way campaign.
He has volunteered as a Director of e
Canadian Children's Book Centre.
Daniel J. Michaluk
Hicks Morley Hamilton
Stewart Storie LLP
Computer and IT Law
Dan Michaluk advises management on a
range of issues related to information se-
curity and data management, anti-spam
(CASL), privacy and freedom of infor-
mation. He acts frequently as a "breach
coach," helping guide organizations to
services. Dorning became an active mem-
ber of the Internet Advertising Bureau
(IAB), helping to develop the first edi-
tion of its Digital Advertising Guidelines,
and lobbied extensively on behalf of IAB
to improve Canada's Anti-Spam Legisla-
tion. Dorning has been a board member of
Humewood House, a home for teenaged
mothers, and she regularly organizes food
and charity drives in support of women.
Shari Hosaki
HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin
Intellectual Property
As Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, Shari Hosaki provides strategic
business and legal advice to the organiza-
tion and senior leadership teams of Harp-
erCollins Canada, as well as Harlequin
North America and the Global Editorial
and Swiss Licensing and Royalty business
units. She oversees the legal and contract
administration teams, providing oversight
of all corporate, commercial and intellec-
tual property matters, compliance require-
ments and contract administration. Ho-
saki has been Chair of the JCCC Founda-
tion, and a board member of the Japanese
Canadian Cultural Centre and the Indigo
Love of Reading Foundation.
Lisa R. Lifshitz
Torkin Manes LLP
Computer and IT Law
Lisa Lifshitz is the founder and leader of
her firm's Technology, Privacy & Data
Management Group. Her contribution to
the area of computer and IT law includes
writing IT Girl, a monthly Canadian Law-
yer online column. Lifshitz is an active
respond to data security incidents. Micha-
luk has helped Canadian post-secondary
institutions manage complex human risks
by obtaining and processing threat-related
information, and his work on violence
prevention at post-secondary institutions
is now focused on the problem of sexual
violence. Michaluk appeared before the Su-
preme Court of Canada in the landmark
workplace privacy case R. v. Cole, and his
blog, All About Information, has won two
Canadian Law Blog Awards.
WORKPLACE LAW
Barbara B. Johnston, QC
Dentons Canada LLP
Employment Law
Barbara Johnston, QC, heads Dentons'
Calgary Labour and Employment group.
Johnston has been counsel in major cases
in labour, employment, human rights, and
health and safety matters. She served as a
board member and, ultimately, President
of the Canadian Association of Counsel
to Employers. She was inducted as a Fel-
low into the US College of Labor & Em-
ployment Lawyers in 2016, one of the first
Canadian women to receive this recogni-
tion. Johnston is Vice-chair of the Alberta
Alumni Council for Queen's Faculty of
Law and is a member of the Advisory Com-
mittee for the Queen's Centre for Law in
the Contemporary Workplace.
Caroline (Nini) Jones
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Labour Relations
Nini Jones practises employment and
union-side labour law at Paliare Roland,
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