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12 www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse GC PROFILE order to maintain positive stakeholder relationships and ensure compliance. Zarkovich came to LifeLabs with a strong background in privacy management, having previously worked at Cancer Care Ontario. She was always drawn to the intersection between health and the law, having completed an undergraduate degree in biology and bioethics prior to attending law school. After starting her career at Stikeman Elliott LLP, she quickly took the opportunity to move to an in-house role at Cancer Care Ontario in 2010, initially as legal counsel and later earning the title of general counsel, chief privacy officer and corporate secretary. She made her mark at Cancer Care Ontario, leading a team responsible for all legal, privacy, risk, breach management and regulatory requirements and playing a critical role in the transition of CCO into Ontario Health — the agency responsible for health system transformation in Ontario. She also worked on many of the legal and privacy requirements surrounding Ontario Health's response to the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the opportunity arose to join LifeLabs and take her expertise in cybersecurity and privacy protection to the lab industry, Zarkovich welcomed the challenge. "I was excited to get into private sector health care and in a slightly different field — the lab space," she says. Joining LifeLabs amid the pandemic when the whole team was working remotely, Zarkovich came up with FIND LEADING CANADIAN LAWYERS The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada is the most comprehensive annual guide to Canada's top legal talent, profiling the lawyers most recommended by their peers in 38 practice areas. You can use the guide to: make informed business decisions validate your choices stay on top of Canadian legal issues In addition to extensive lawyer bios with photos, the directory also features: contributions from leading practitioners across Canada highlights of cross-border issues recent developments in their practice areas When you are looking for specialized legal counsel, turn to the resource that showcases peer-ranked Canadian legal talent. SCAN TO LEARN MORE Lexpert - ALM House Ad.indd 2 Lexpert - ALM House Ad.indd 2 07/11/2020 2:24:34 pm 07/11/2020 2:24:34 pm Was a member of the Research Ethics Board at the Hospital for Sick Children, 2011-2015 Attended University of Paris I: Panthéon- Sorbonne, French language, law and literature Is a Loran Scholar and holds an HBSc in human biology/bioethics from University of Toronto (Trinity College), an LLB from Queen's University and an LLM in Health Law from Osgoode Hall Law School Became a general counsel at age 33 FACT FILE