Deepa Mattoo – 2015 Spirit of Barbra Schlifer Award Recipient

Deepa is the Director Legal Services at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic (2016 – present). Before joining the Schlifer Clinic, Deepa was Project Co-ordinator, Staff Lawyer and Executive Director at the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (2007 -2016)....

Leilani Farha

Leilani Farha, Executive Director of Canada Without Poverty, is a lawyer, social worker, community activist and policy analyst. She has dedicated her life to preventing and addressing violence against women and the right to adequate housing. She has made a difference...

Geri Sanson

Founder and former Chair of the Association of Human Rights Lawyers, Geri Sanson’s exceptional work as a lawyer led directly to the establishment of the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee, which has increased women’s safety in relationships. Geri also played a...