LEAF welcomes two new members to the Board of Directors!

Molly is a partner at Alexeev Attorneys LLP, based in Montréal, Québec. She practices civil and commercial litigation, public and constitutional law, and defamation and media law. In this regard, Molly has represented clients before all levels of court in Quebec, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Courts, and various administrative tribunals. She has notably acted in litigation matters involving gender equality and other Charter rights. Molly has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada – Ones to Watch since 2023. She received a B.A. (First Class Honors with Distinction) from McGill University in 2010 and an B.C.L./LL.B. (Dean’s Honour List) from McGill University in 2014. She was called to the Quebec and Ontario bars in 2015 after clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Sania Chaudhry (she/her) is a human rights lawyer, workplace investigator, and respectful workplace training facilitator. She obtained her Masters of Law from the University of Calgary where her research focused on developing a decolonial, trauma-informed, and intersectional critical race feminist theory framework incorporating psychological research on unconscious bias in administrative law and decision-making, and has delivered many education sessions incorporating this framework to the workplace and human rights. She also holds a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia with a Social Justice Specialization, as well as an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology also from the University of British Columbia. Sania also teaches critical race theory at the University of Calgary law school, and is working on multiple projects targeting sexual harassment, bullying, and discrimination in the workplace from an intersectional lens with multiple organizations. Sania has been active on multiple boards, organizations, and committees and has spoken and written about equity, diversity, inclusion, gendered Islamophobia, bias, intersectionality, and wellness. In 2022, she was recognized in 2022 as a Top 30 Under 30 by the Alberta Council of Global Cooperation, and received the Women Who Inspire Award by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and the Community Crusader Award by the South Asian Inspiration Awards. In 2023, she received the Rising Star Award by the South Asian Bar Association of Calgary, and was named one of 2023’s Top 25 Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine in the Changemaker category.