The Lawyers Weekly - June 1, 2012

n;Business and litigation law firm
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has
announced that Wei Shao will be
joining the firm as partner and co-
chair of the national China Initia-
tive. With extensive experience in
corporate and project financing,
mergers and acquisitions, cross-
border advisory work, and general
corporate and commercial trans-
actions, Wei has represented
Asian private and public com-
panies, including investors and
entrepreneurs, in a number of sig-
nificant transactions in
Canada. Since being called to the
Bar in 1995, he has also provided
legal counsel to Canadian and
international businesses, and has
conducted legal work on behalf of
government agencies and diplo-
matic missions from Canada and
China. Wei, a United Nations-
accredited interpreter, is a
member of the Chinese Com-
munity Advisory Council of the
Government of British Columbia,
and director of the Canada China
Business Council, British Col-
umbia Chapter.
n;Rodney Hayley has been
appointed professor of law and
Lawson Lundell practitioner in resi-
dence at the University of Victoria.
His two-year appointment to
teaching civil procedure, class
actions and mass litigation, and a
course he is designing on legal his-
tory entitled “Anti-Asian Laws,
1850 to the present” takes effect
January 1, 2013. Hayley will main-
tain a position as senior counsel
with business law firm Lawson
Lundell LLP.

AWARDS

n;University of Ottawa law professor Adam Dodek has been honoured as one of 16 top educators receiving the Capital Educator Award. Created in 2001 by a group of business and education leaders, the awards are intended to raise the profile of public education. The Ottawa Network for Education hosted the event in collaboration with the 10 participating education institutions.

the adult who would be reading this to the children, to provide guiding questions and leading cases to initiate conversation,” Van Praagh said.

But Milligan, who also holds an undergraduate double honours degree in history and political science from the University of Ottawa, couldn’t let go of the project after graduating from McGill. From finding a publisher to collaborating with various illustrators for each book, completing the series became both a labour of love and an exercise in persistence.

In time for the 30th anniversary of the Charter, the first six of the 14-book series, published by DC Canada Education Publishing, have been released. They provide a lighthearted and whimsical, yet thought-provok-ing look at our most important rights and freedoms.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Lobster features a lobster who loves to paint, and becomes a heroine in her town of She-diac, N.B., when she mounts a visual protest through her artwork against a gang of crabs who impose a law that no one can speak in public.

The Golden Hook tells the story of a cod named Aatma, from St. John’s Harbour, Nfld., who is banished from school for wearing a golden hook, a symbol of her religion, “Newfinism.” And in A Large Jaw in Moose Jaw, a moose named Noah illustrates the right to participate and be included. The story discusses the themes of discrimination, equality in spite of mental or physical disabilities, and the need to accommodate those with differences, when Noah is denied the opportunity to audition for Moose Jaw Idol because his jaw is too big for the microphone.

With a nod to Canadian cultural icons, the stories feature characters such as Alanis Moosette, Justin Beaver and Anne of Green Tomatoes (who

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ILLUSTRATION BY MEREDITH LUCE

The homes of beavers are searched by police, in breach of the Charter, in The Case of the Missing Montreal Bagel

The highlight for me is hearing the kids recount the lessons. To have them talk about those concepts is really rewarding.

“

Dustin Milligan, lawyer and author

takes on the “Veggislature” over an unfair law).

“Each book deals with a differ-
ent right or freedom, and takes
place within a different province
or territory,” Milligan said. “The
stories start with the infringe-
ment of a right or freedom and
then the main character seeks to
overcome the infringement by
civil or political engagement.”
Milligan hopes that the
books will form part of school
curriculums across the country;
the aim is to foster discussion
among the teacher or parent,
and the children.

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