Navi Gill, BC Ministry of Justice
Navi Gill is Senior Crown Counsel with the BC Ministry of
Justice and leader of the Hate Crime Resource Counsel.
Navi was part of the northern community working project,
using her litigation and dispute-resolution skills to work with
Indigenous people involved in the criminal justice system,
or struggling with domestic violence. She taught in the
Department of Criminology at Northwest Community College,
where she was an active youth mentor. Since 2004, she has
pioneered revisions to witness accommodation, enabling
young children to testify from outside the courtroom. She’s a
champion for advancing women in law, serving on numerous
boards and giving time to organizations addressing cultural
and systematic barriers. A founding member of the Women in
Law group at U of C Faculty of Law, she has promoted equity,
diversity and access to justice.
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