Since December 2015, Darlene Carreau has been serving as the Director General of Business Services at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). The Business Services Branch (BSB) is responsible for developing CIPO's overall service strategy to deliver quality services that are timely, client-centric and help promote a culture of service management excellence throughout the organization. […]

Professor Pina D’Agostino joined the Osgoode Hall Law School faculty in 2006 and brings creativity and passion to her role as Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, Osgoode’s flagship Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue (www.iposgoode.ca), the first IP law blog of its kind, and Founder […]

Karima Bawa is currently the CEO for 3D Bridge Solutions which is designing a solution that can: facilitate the secure exchange of 3D print files; protect IP rights associated with 3D designs; support quality and warranty management for 3D replicated objects; and, facilitate the control of 3D printed regulated goods.While designing this solution, the company […]

Maya Medeiros is a partner, intellectual property (IP) lawyer, patent agent (Canada, US), and trademark agent (Canada, US) at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. She advises on IP strategy and manages international IP portfolios directed to a range of technology including artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, cryptography, payments, communications, health devices, virtual and mixed reality. Maya is […]

Sustainable Development & Revitalization (SDNR) for First Nations Community Engagement was founded at York University and the Schulich School of Business in 2015 after two years of consultation with Professors, Elders, Chiefs, and government bodies. As an Indigenous community engagement organization, SDNR understands the importance of building bridges between academia, stakeholders, Chiefs, Band Councillors, and […]

Lara Hammoud, co-founder of Lawyerly, is a B.Comm. and LL.L graduate of the University of Ottawa. Lara’s career epiphany – to use her knowledge, skills, experience, time and energy on helping others – transpired as she was working as a Financial Operations Analyst at a large American bank. That year marked the beginning of a […]