Announcing SABA Toronto’s 2020-2021 Student Liaisons!

SABA Toronto is pleased to announce and introduce our new slate of Student Liaisons for the upcoming year.  Please meet:

  • Mathurhaen Sirikantharajah – Student Membership and Advocacy Liaison
  • Rono Khan – Student Social and CPD Liaison 
  • Miina Balasubramaniam – Co-Student Marketing Liaison
  • Shalini Ayalasomayajula –  Co-Student Marketing Liaison

Each of the individuals above brings with them a passion and demonstrable experience to uplift their communities and current environment. We are extremely excited to welcome them to the SABA team!

To learn more about your new Student Liaisons, follow them on their respective social media accounts, and join us at our AGM on July 30.

Mathurhaen Sirikantharajah

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathurhaen-siri/

• Instagram: @mathurhaen

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mathurhaen.siri/

Rono Khan

• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rono-khan

• Instagram: @ronokhan_

• Facebook: /www.facebook.com/rono.khan

Miina Balasubramaniam

• Instagram: @miina.bala

• Facebook: Miina Balasubramaniam

Shalini Ayalasomayajula

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shalini-ayalasomayajula-72020151 

SABA Toronto 2020 AGM

SABA Toronto’s Annual Meeting of Members will be held virtually via the Zoom Platform at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2020 (“the Meeting”) for the following purposes:

1. to receive and consider the annual financial statements of SABA Toronto;

2. to elect up to seven (7) directors for a two (2) year term;

3. to transact such further or other business as may properly come before the Meeting (or any adjournment thereof).

Members of record as of the close of business on Thursday, July 23, 2020, will be entitled to vote at the Meeting. Members who are unable to attend the Meeting in person are requested to date and sign the form of proxy attached here.

The statements of interest of the candidate for election as directors are as follows:

  1. Dylan Bal
  2. Anisha Bhardwaj
  3. Rahul Gandotra
  4. Maneesha Gupta
  5. Ravi Jain
  6. Ashok Menen
  7. Devin Persaud
  8. Amrita Tamber
  9. Annie Tayyab
  10. Ajith Thiyagalingam

SABA Gala Photos 2019

What: The 2019 South Asian Bar Association of Toronto Gala and Awards Night
Where: The Liberty Grand, Toronto
When: Wednesday, November 27, 2019

For Immediate Release, August 13, 2019

The South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA) welcomes the announcement made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to commit to a one-time legal aid top up of $26.8 million for legal aid in Ontario to maintain
programming cut by the current Ontario Government.

The federal government is also allocating funds to other provinces, namely $1.16 million to British Columbia and $20,000 to Manitoba. This funding is on top of the $49.6 million allocated over three years for immigration and refugee legal aid that was announced by the federal government in this year’s federal budget.

Earlier this summer, SABA President Aaron Bains with board member and Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee Sunira Chaudhri met with Minister of Justice David Lametti and his staff to discuss issues affecting vulnerable Canadians, including cuts to legal aid in Ontario. Aaron Bains and then Secretary (now Vice-President) Divya Khurana also met with staff at the Justice Department to discuss legal aid issues in Ottawa this past July.

Earlier this year, Ontario’s current conservative government cut Legal Aid Ontario’s budget by 30 per cent ($133 million), which included eliminating all funding for refugee and immigration law services. The one-time contribution by the federal government is to assist in refugee and immigration cases. Prime Minister Trudeau has stated that discussions will continue over the next year in order to maintain the services: “We will engage in reflection and conversations in the coming year about how to ensure long-term sustainability for legal aid for refugees and immigrants.”

 

South Asian Bar Association of Toronto
sabatoronto@gmail.com

ANNOUNCEMENT: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NEW BOARD EXECUTIVE, AND STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARDS – August 1, 2019

TORONTO, ONTARIO – The South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA Toronto) held their Annual General Meeting on July 31, 2019. During the meeting, new board members and a new executive were also elected. SABA also recognized its Student Recognition Award Winners during this meeting.

 SABA Board of Directors, 2019-2020

 The 2019-2020 Board of Directors in alphabetical order per last name are as follows:

Sona Advani
Aarondeep Bains
Sunira Chaudhri
Ron Choudhury
Monty Dhaliwal
Amandeep Dhillon
Divya Khurana
Melissa Krishna
Sarah Malik
Ashok Menen
Richa Sandill
Janani Shanmuganathan
Jasmine Singh
Annie Tayyab
Ajith Thiyagalingam

 

SABA Toronto would like to thank all the outgoing Board members for their leadership and work.

 SABA Board Executive

 Aarondeep Bains of Aird & Berlis LLP has been re-elected as the President of the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto. “I look forward to working with our strong board and leading SABA Toronto as we work on important advocacy and diversity issues facing racialised licensees during the next year,” said Bains.

Divya Khurana has been elected as Vice-President,  Jasmine Singh appointed as Treasurer, and Sarah Malik elected as Secretary.

 
SABA Student Recognition Award Winners

SABA Toronto would also like to congratulate our Student Recognition Award Winners: Mohena Singh from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Uttra Gautam from the University of Ottawa, and Anisha Bhardwaj from the University of Windsor. All award winners were selected due to their outstanding contributions to their schools, SALSA Chapters, local communities, and outstanding academic achievements.


About SABA Toronto

The South Asian Bar Association of Toronto is the GTA’s premier legal organization dedicated to promoting the objectives of South Asian members of the legal profession. Members of SABA Toronto include lawyers that self-identify as South Asian or are of South Asian origin, and lawyers that advocate on issues of relevance to the South Asian community. Our membership is dynamic, ever-expanding and includes lawyers from large and small law firms, sole practitioners, government agencies and departments, nonprofit organizations, and corporations. Members of the judiciary, academics and law students also form an integral part of SABA Toronto.

 South Asian Bar Association of Toronto

sabatoronto@gmail.com

May 28 – LSO Asian-South Asian Heritage Month Event

SABA will be coming together with the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) for our annual Asian and South Asian Heritage Month celebration on May 28, 2019. Join us and a panel of distinguished speakers at the LSO’s Osgoode Hall at 5:30 on this day to discuss the power and drawbacks of social media as a tool for unity.

The evening will start with a panel discussion with the following speakers:

1) Aaron Bains, President of SABA 

2) Paul Jonathan Saguil, AVP at TD

3) Philip Mai, Director of business and communications at the Ryerson University Social Media Lab

It will then be followed by an evening reception at 7PM. Registration is free, but space is limited. Click here to register and for more details. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join SABA at Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day

Join us June 12th at Osgoode’s 2019 Internationallt Trained Lawyers Day. We’ll be speaking on a joint panel with other diversity associations about the “Role of NCA Candidates in Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Profession”.

At Internationally Trained Lawyers Day, you will learn how to incorporate internationally trained talent into your firm’s recruitment efforts and meet candidates with impressive legal backgrounds, diverse experiences and exciting new perspectives to your team.

The “Session for Legal Employers” is eligible for 60 minutes of EDI Professionalism CPD.

Association members get 10% off ticket prices for the day using the promo code ITL-10.

Register at: http://bit.ly/2ZQLoXV