Contacts

Shiela offers more than a decade of experience working in the field of administrative support as a legal assistant and has honed her skills in file management, scheduling, document preparation, and general administrative support over the course of many years.

Marni is a Legal Administrative Professional with over 15 years’ experience in a corporate setting. Before joining the University, Marni specialized in Lawful Access, Compliance, Security Clearances and Business Operations.

Honours BA (Wilfrid Laurier), MA (Guelph), JD (Dalhousie)

Nick assists the General Counsel and provides a full range of legal services and strategic legal guidance.  Prior to joining the University, his practice included a wide-range of administrative and litigation matters, including regulatory investigations and professional regulation.

A Registered Certified Immigration Consultant (RCIC #R507077) since February 2010. Fran is the Assistant Director, Immigration & Visa Services for the University community. She is the subject matter expert on areas of immigration for the University as the employer and is responsible for all immigration matters pertaining to hiring and/or inviting  non-Canadians as part of University business.

An accomplished senior legal administrator with several years experience in both private legal practice and the public sector.   Particular expertise in all aspects of real estate transactions, litigation, risk management issues, privacy law, contract administration, as well as budget, record and file management.

Honours BSc (University of Toronto), JD (Osgoode Hall Law School)

Amrit provides legal and strategic advice across a wide range of legal matters, including privacy matters. Before joining UW, she served as legal counsel at another Ontario university for over five years, managing a broad portfolio, including supporting corporate, commercial and privacy matters. 

Honours BSc (Western), JD (Toronto)

Evan worked in private practice prior to joining the University, providing advice to both private and public sector clients, with a focus on labour and employment law. He has appeared before a number of administrative tribunals in Ontario and enjoys finding practical resolutions to complex legal disputes. He provides advice to the University on a wide range of legal issues.

Honours BA (University of Waterloo), MA (Western), LLB (University of Ottawa)

Nickola is General Counsel at the University of Waterloo and provides strategic legal advice on complex matters impacting the University.  Nickola collaborates with multiple stakeholders and leads a team of legal counsel and other professionals on legal matters at the University.

Melanie has almost 10 years of experience providing administrative support in the legal field.  With a background in civil litigation at the Superior Court level, she has developed skills in file management, scheduling, as well as document and correspondence preparation.