The Making of a Judge: Justice Jasmin Ahmad’s Journey from UVic Law to the Bench

About The Honourable Justice Ahmad:Justice Jasmin Z. Ahmad is a first generation Canadian whose parents have two distinct cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds: her mother is from Barbados and her father is from Pakistan. Born in Winnipeg, she was raised in Flin Flon, a mining town in northern Manitoba.Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2020, Justice Ahmad practised commercial litigation at Koffman Kalef LLP. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2019.Justice Ahmad was elected as a Bencher of the Law Society in 2016 and served as Chair of the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee, and the Discipline Committee. She was a regular presenter on professionalism and ethics in the profession and was involved with the CBABC’s Women’s Law Forum Mentoring program and was an active member of the summary advice program with Access Pro Bono.Biography Source: The Canadian Bar Associationhttps://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=bc_bc23div03vSong Credits:Intro - Groovy Bass Action Theme Music by jjmarsan: https://freesound.org/people/jjmarsan/sounds/476069/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Outro - Energetic Funk Grooves by Matio888: https://freesound.org/people/Matio888/sounds/789285/ -- License: Attribution 4.0