Contact LEAF

National Office

180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1420
Toronto, ON  M5G 1Z8
info@leaf.ca
Phone: 416.595.7170
Toll-free: 1.888.824.5323
Facsimile: 416.595.7191

Staff Directory

LEAF Staff members at the national office can be reached at 416.595.7170 or toll-free at 1.888.824.5323

Executive Director & General Counsel

Megan Stephens, Ext. 2002
m.stephens@leaf.ca

Biography coming soon

Staff Lawyer

Rosel Kim, Ext. 2003
r.kim@leaf.ca

Rosel contributes to the development and management of LEAF’s cases. She also conducts legal and other research in support of LEAF’s work on litigation, law reform and public legal education. She holds an MA in English Literature and a common and civil law degrees from McGill University. Called to the bar in 2016, she began her career as an associate at a Bay Street firm and was most recently in-house counsel at a financial technology company. She is one of the founding members of Asian Canadian Women’s Alliance, a coalition of Asian Canadian-identifying women advocating for systemic change through a feminist and anti-oppressive lens. In 2017, she was selected as one of the 25 CivicAction DiverseCity Fellows in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton region for her leadership potential. Rosel has been invited to speak on issues of privilege, equity and the #MeToo movement. Her writing on race, gender and identity have appeared in Huffington Post Canada, Precedent Magazine and GUTS Magazine.

Project Director

Kat Owens, Ext. 2007
k.owens@leaf.ca

Kat is the project director for LEAF’s Feminist Strategic Litigation Project. Her work focuses on examining the impact of LEAF’s work, connecting with individuals and organizations advancing gender equality, and planning for LEAF’s litigation work moving forward. Prior to joining LEAF, Kat worked as a staff lawyer at the Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry, and as an Assistant Crown Attorney at College Park. She holds law degrees from the University of Toronto and New York University. Outside of work, you will find Kat passionately cheering on Liverpool F.C., playing Ultimate Frisbee, or listening to whatever her current podcast obsession happens to be.

Fund Development and Outreach Manager

Jennifer O’Connor, Ext. 2004
j.oconnor@leaf.ca

Biography coming soon

Finance and HR Manager

Grace Hitimana, Ext. 2006
g.hitimana@leaf.ca

Biography coming soon

Communications and Branch Relations Coordinator

Yasmine Abu-Ayyash, Ext. 2009
y.abu-ayyash@leaf.ca

Biography coming soon

Office Coordinator

April Leather, Ext. 2001
a.leather@leaf.ca

Biography coming soon

Administrative Assistant

Isabella Maudsley, Ext. 2008
i.maudsley@leaf.ca

Isabella provides administrative assistance to LEAF’s Feminist Strategic Litigation Project, as well as for general office needs. Her previous work at a sexual violence support & education organization has provided her with practical administrative experience, student research credit for a chapter of a federal gender-based violence policy strategy, and a passion for Canadian equity policy work. She is driven to learn about how systemic change is created on all levels of the nonprofit sector, from front-line work & grassroots organizing to public policy development. In her free time, Isabella enjoys photography.

Articling Student

Nicole Biros-Bolton
n.biros-bolton@leaf.ca

Nicole assists LEAF’s legal team, including the Executive Director and General Counsel, staff lawyer and pro bono counsel, in all aspects of their work, including conducting legal research, providing opinions, drafting case proposals and memoranda on possible law reform projects, as well as summaries of recent decisions, and analyzing cases and laws that may be relevant to LEAF’s work. Prior to LEAF, Nicole has provided advocacy and support within the criminal justice and family legal systems, working at the Victim Witness Assistance Program and the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. In the UK, she worked as a researcher, trainer and advocate in a hospital program for pregnant women experiencing violence. Nicole interned for the Secretary General of Amnesty International and taught critical thinking and research skills to Chinese high school students in Shanghai. Most recently, she managed the Advocacy and Human Trafficking Programs at Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre in Toronto. Nicole holds a law degree from King’s College London, UK and a Masters in Human Rights Law from the University of London, UK. Nicole lives in Toronto with her husband and her two wonderful children. She loves to dance, finding any opportunity to do so, and loves to cook new and exciting meals.

 

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