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www.lawawards.ca 35 LEGAL PROFESSION AWARDS LAW DEPARTMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR LAW DEPARTMENT INNOVATION AWARD Carl DeLuca Detour Gold Corporation David Hanick Starlight Investments Erica Zarkovich LifeLabs Graeme McPhail Rogers Communications Inc. Julie Morel Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. ("BRP") Pierre Marc Bellavance, LL.M., ASC Beneva (La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services and SSQ Insurance) CPP Investments' deal risk rating frameworks and app IBI Group's process automation tools Royal Bank of Canada's contest rules compliance and global brand portfolio management Siemens' Healthineers in Canada app Teck Resources Ltd.'s business transformation program - RACE21TM THE BERESKIN & PARR AWARD FOR DIVERSITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR PRO BONO INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR Aird & Berlis LLP ABDI Dentons Canada LLP Standing up against anti-Black racism Harper Grey LLP Life in Law McCarthy Tétrault LLP Anti-Racism Strategy Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Race equity strategy Ontario Regional Office of the Department of Justice (Canada) The Department of Justice Ontario Regional Office's Commitment to Action on Diversity and Inclusion PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Dentons Canada LLP Dentons helps employers put domestic abuse on the agenda Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Gowling AntiRacism Action Committee (GARAC) IMK s.e.n.c.r.l./LLP Contestation of Bill 21 Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP Free Employment Helpline Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Norton Rose Fulbright and Zú partner to support growing businesses in Quebec's entertainment industry FEMALE TRAILBLAZER OF THE YEAR See our Special Report on the Women in Law Summit on p. 17 which also reveals the Excellence Awardees in the Canadian Law Awards Female Trailblazer category. DEAL CATEGORIES Excellence Awardees of all Canadian Law Awards Deal categories will be listed in the Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A (issue 22.02, on desks April 14) and online April 16. "Bereskin & Parr is proud to sponsor the Diversity Initiative of the Year Award at the 2021 Canadian Law Awards. 2020 was a sad, difficult and even turbulent year for so many in our profession. 2021 will no doubt bring additional challenges. Our profession will need to remain committed to furthering our efforts in pursuing equity, diversity and inclusion, and we will be there to help cast on light on those efforts." Scott MacKendrick Partner & Chair of the D&I Committee, Bereskin & Parr LLP