Kamaljit Lehal Board Director
Residence
Surrey
Occupation
Lawyer with her own practice with a focus on immigration and mediation
Board Member 1996
Offices Held
• Past Board Co - Chair (2023 to 2024) • Past Board Chair (2019 to 2023)
Background and Contribution
• Former employee of Surrey Community Services Society as a childcare worker in 1982/83 • Legal skills and knowledge • Personal perspective as an individual from the South Asian community (a key community group) • Experience as a woman running a business and balancing family life with four children Other Activities and Community Involvement Past and current positions held and participation in community and legal committees including: − Board Chair, Habitat Housing Society − Member of the Community Coordination Committee for Women ’ s Safety of EVA BC (Ending Violence Association BC) − Member of FREDA advisory committee (SFU Centre for research on violence against women). − Supervising Lawyer on two Law Foundation of BC research projects. − Member of Mediate B.C. Civil Roster and Family Roster − Certified Arbitrator − Past Chair of the CBA National Equality Committee − Member of Executive on the CBA National Women Lawyer ’ s Forum (2019 to Current) − Vice Chair of the CBA National Immigration Section, Sept 2023 to present. − Member of Executive on the CBA National Immigration Section (2019 to 2022) − Member of the Legal Advisory Committee for the Canadian Council for Refugees from 2020 to present − Member of SABA BC (the South Asian Bar Association) − Member of the TLABC (Trial Lawyers Association of BC) − Civil Resolution Tribunal Member (2015 to 2019) − Alternate Chair of the BC Review Board (1998 to 2010) − Past member of the Indo - Canadian Women ’ s Organization − Past captain of all women ’ s dragon boat team
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