2023 CGCA Finalists


BLG Stephen Sigurdson
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD RECIPIENT

Gordon Currie | George Weston Limited


GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR Award

Angela Avery, KC | WestJet Airlines

Chris Vollmershausen | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Kath Hammond | Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Lilac Bosma | HSBC Bank Canada

Lorne O’Reilly, KC | The Dow Chemical Company

Marisa Wyse | Rogers Communications Inc.

Sharon Haward-Laird | BMO Financial Group


Baker McKenzie Innovation Award

Anne-Marie Côté | Ivanhoé Cambridge

Argiro Kotsalis | Vancouver Airport Authority

Bindu Cudjoe | Laurentian Bank of Canada

David Luther | WorkSafeNB

Jamie D. Greenberg | Wattpad Corp.

Shara Roy | EY Canada (Ernst & Young LLP)


BLAKES JUDY L. WILSON DIVERSITY Award

Bindu Cudjoe | Laurentian Bank of Canada

Jennifer MacInnis | Toronto Metropolitan University

Marian Van Hoek | BASF Canada

Pinar Ozyetis | StackAdapt

Sloane Litchen | Sun Life Canada


BMO Climate Institute ESG Award

Bindu Dhaliwal | CIBC

Delia Cristea | Power Sustainable

Guenhaëlle Surpas-Lemonnier | Ivanhoé Cambridge

Jamie Hollingworth | Kinaxis Inc.

Michael Torrance | BMO Financial Group

Sheila Ritson-Bennett | Corus Entertainment


BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT Award

Anita Dusevic Oliva | Brookfield Asset Management

Carla Swansburg | ClearyX

Martin Cossette | Bell Canada & Bell Ventures

Naomi Loewith | Omni Bridgeway

Shelley Babin | Atura Power


LITIGATION MANAGEMENT Award

David Blais | Purdue Pharma (Canada)

Barbara Capes | Kiewit Corporation

Chantal Desbiens | Merck Canada

Jon Domanko | The TDL Group Corp.

Lesley Lee | TC Energy

Mark Lavitt | HSBC Bank Canada


MID-MARKET EXCELLENCE Award

Bernadette Corpuz | OYA Renewables

Kathryn Borgatti | Great Gulf Group

Katrina Prokopy | Coinsquare Capital Markets Ltd.

Laura Salvatori | Anson Advisors Inc.

Maxime Charbonneau | Novacap

Susan Spence | Triovest Inc.


Osler Purdy Crawford
Deal Making Award

Chris Vollmershausen | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Christelle Gedeon | Canopy Growth Corporation

Christopher Lemon | Pan American Silver Corp.

Kyle Rousay | Rio Tinto plc

Peter Johnson | Shaw Communications Inc.

Sofia Tsakos | Yamana Gold Inc.

Tim Bradburn | IAMGOLD Corporation


Sun Life TOMORROW'S LEADER Award

Alexandre Blanchard | KPMG LLP

Ashley Butts | BASF Canada Inc.

Cynthia Hill | AutoCanada

Fei Glassco | HSBC Bank Canada

Jacob Posen | CBRE Investment Management 

Stanley McKeen | QuadReal Property Group Limited Partnership