Rohin Bansal

Director, Data Governance & Enablement
TELUS

Rohin is a rising star in the field of data governance. With a background as an accomplished lawyer, he brings a unique perspective to his role as Director of Data Governance & Enablement at TELUS. Rohin is at the forefront of driving innovation and excellence in data governance for the health, telecommunications, and agriculture sectors. Additionally, Rohin‘s expertise and thought leadership have been acknowledged by LinkedIn, where he has been honored as a “Top Data Governance and AI Voice.” 
 
Rohin also serves as the Vice President of DAMA Toronto, a prestigious non-profit organization committed to advancing data governance practices and fostering collaboration within the industry. In this role, Rohin actively contributes his expertise and leadership to drive meaningful initiatives that promote best practices that benefit professionals and organizations in the data management community.

Sona Bedrossian

General Counsel and LegalTech Advisor

Sona Bedrossian earned both a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Law and a Juris Doctor in Common Law from the University of Montreal. In 2023, she furthered her education by successfully completing the Mini-MBA program at McGill University. Initially specializing in co-ownership law in private practice from 2012 to 2016, she transitioned to FlightHub and Justfly in 2017 as the sole in-house counsel where she spearheaded the establishment of the company’s internal legal framework.

During her time as General Counsel and Compliance Officer at FlightHub and Justfly, she demonstrated exceptional leadership in integrating cutting-edge technology and data-driven approaches into the establishment of the company’s internal legal and compliance framework. Leveraging her expertise, she implemented innovative solutions to navigate complex legal landscapes.

One notable accomplishment includes her instrumental role in successfully settling litigious matters involving the Canadian Competition Bureau, the US Department of Transportation, and the State of California. Here, Sona utilized data analytics and technology tools to analyze regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance and facilitating efficient resolutions.

Moreover, during her tenure, Sona played a pivotal role in the Company’s emergence from Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and Chapter 15 protection amid the severe downturn induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 2024, Sona has taken on a consulting role advising companies on how to leverage technology to create operational efficiency within a legal department.

Sona Bedrossian’s commitment to excellence in legal and compliance, coupled with her innovative use of technology and data, earned her the prestigious Association of Corporate Counsel’s Global Top 10 30-Somethings Award in 2023. This recognition further underscores her impact on the intersection of legal strategy and technological advancement within the corporate landscape.

Michael Bowmile

Senior Legal Counsel
Coca-Cola Canada

Michael Bowmile is Senior Legal Counsel at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited, the producer and distributor of Coca-Cola, Canada Dry, Monster Energy, and A&W products in Canada. He works closely with Coca-Cola Canada’s senior leaders, providing legal and strategic advice across the company’s operations, including its supply chain, commercial, customer, analytics, real estate, procurement and IT teams. Michael also sits on internal committees within the company, including its Business Transformation Office and helped establish its Diversity & Inclusion Council. 

Michael graduated from Western Law and was called to the Ontario bar in 2014. He started his legal career as an associate in the Business Law group at Dentons Canada. Prior to joining Coca-Cola Canada, he also worked at Cancer Care Ontario (now Ontario Health), where his practice focused on privacy law, tech innovations and patient care delivery in support of the province’s cancer and renal care systems, and access to care initiatives. 

Leigh Day

Market Intelligence Canada
iProov

Leigh is a digital identity evangelist with expertise in remote trust, verified credentials and facial biometrics.  Leigh is active in the Digital Identity and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) and helps develop the Pan Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF).  He sits on committees with the Canadian Lenders Association (CLA), Canadian Finance and Leasing Association (CFLA), and consults for various digital identity vendors including Yoti and iProov. 

Tania Djerrahian

Senior Director of Innovation and Knowledge Management
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

As Senior Director of Innovation and Knowledge Management in Montréal, Tania leads a team of highly skilled professionals who support our lawyers with in-depth research and knowledge sharing. Tania is responsible for driving the strategy to capture and leverage the firm’s intellectual capital. She works closely with lawyers and practice groups to develop tools and processes to meet their knowledge management needs and streamline the delivery of exceptional client service. By maintaining the organization and accuracy of our comprehensive library resources, Tania contributes significantly to delivering excellent and timely legal advice to our clients. 

Before joining Davies, Tania worked at a national law firm for approximately 15 years, most recently as manager of creation and knowledge management and previously as a knowledge management and corporate transactional lawyer. 

Monica Goyal

Lawyer and Director of Legal Innovation
CARAVEL LAW

Monica Goyal is also the Director of Legal Innovation for Caravel Law. In her role as Director of Legal Innovation, she evaluates new technologies and implementation within the firm. She has overseen the implementation of their internal contract and document automation system, design and implementation of their client onboarding process, and the implementation of our corporate services solutions.  She is a part-time lecturer at the TMU Lincoln Alexander Law School where she teaches Critical Approaches to Data, Algorithm, and Science in the Law. Monica was formerly an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Institute of Future of Law Practice. Monica has a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Waterloo, as well as a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. She began her career working for major telecommunications companies such as Toshiba, Nokia, and Nortel, before earning her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. 

 In 2023 Caravel Law was Excellence Awardee for LexisNexis Canada Award for Best Use of Technology In a Law Firm, and this year Monica was nominated for Canadian Lawyer most influential lawyer in the changemaker category. She has been named as one of the 10 Women to Watch in Tech in the Journal of the American Bar Association and has won a 2017 Fastcase 50 Award. 

Martin Halpern B.A, LL.B

Senior Solution Consultant
Thomson Reuters

Martin Halpern is Senior Solutions Consultant and Legal Knowledge Management Specialist at Thomson Reuters. A lawyer for over 30 years, Mr. Halpern is a pioneering lawyer in Canadian legal knowledge management contributing to the development and growth of the field from early days. He has been in private practice, in-house and also in regulatory roles and brings a wealth of experience and insight into how to maximize legal technology resources for optimal use and growth. Martin works across all segments of Thomson Reuters’ customer base. He is recognized by LinkedIn as a “Top Knowledge Management Voice” for his contributions to the field.

Al Hounsell

Director – Strategic Innovation and Legal Design
Norton Rose Fulbright

Al Hounsell is a senior lawyer and innovation leader responsible for leading strategic innovation, legal service design and the NRFC innovation solutions development team. Mr. Hounsell works at the intersection of law and innovation, directing strategic and legal advice to clients and lawyers in matters such as: the drafting and automation of legal contracts for technology and financial services clients, A.I.-assisted due diligence, regulatory compliance management and architecture, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies in the legal tech space. Leading the solutions development team – a cutting-edge team of legal engineers and full-stack developers – he has overseen the production of numerous legal apps, leveraging innovative technologies and artificial intelligence. He has also played a significant role in developing bespoke solutions both internally and directly for clients in the areas of document automation, data analysis and visualization, and workflow process innovation. 

Mr. Hounsell is a licensed lawyer, entrepreneur and seasoned coder with an extensive background in full-stack software development, having built innovative technologies for a number of tech startups prior to and during his studies at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business. 

Subsequent to completing his articles with Norton Rose Fulbright Canada’s Toronto office, Mr. Hounsell joined the knowledge management team. He is now uniquely able to work at the cutting edge of legal tech and process innovation, leveraging his background in business, law and software development. In short order Mr. Hounsell has won numerous awards in the area of legal technology. 

He is a 2022 winner of the Canadian Law Awards’ “Best Use of Technology in a Law Firm” award, a 2021 Fastcase 50 award recipient as well as 2019 and 2020 recipient of the ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) Distinguished Peer Award for “Young Professionals to Watch.” Under his direction, his team’s work in client solutions development was recognized as “highly recommended” at the 2019 Legal Week Innovation Awards in the category of International Law Firm Innovation. His contributions to Norton Rose Fulbright placed first overall in the global, firm-wide Global Chair Innovation award for his focus on application building platforms. 

Mr. Hounsell also serves as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School where he teaches in the area of legal innovation, design and technology and where he sits on a number of technology, innovation and teaching committees. 

Marlon Hylton

Senior Counsel & CEO
INNOV-8 Data Counsel & INNOV-8 Legal Inc.

A former partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell, Marlon formed and built Cassels’ platform for delivering e-discovery and information governance services. Motivated by his keen interest in meaningful legal innovation and recognizing a gap in the market for a seamless platform designed to deliver flexible, sophisticated legal and technology expertise, innovative technology and resourcing models, Marlon founded Innov-8 Data Counsel & Innov-8 Legal Inc. Innov-8 is a law firm and technology company, combining an understanding of the culture of law with deep business and technology expertise to create innovative solutions that suit the framework of the legal profession. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers as a leading practitioner in complex commercial litigation and was recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a global thought leader and national leader in the areas of complex commercial litigation and e-discovery. 

Sukesh Kamra

Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer
Torys LLP

Sukesh Kamra leads the firm’s Knowledge and Innovation team, overseeing a cadre of Practice Innovation lawyers and professionals, alongside the Library Services and Technology Learning and Development teams across all offices. In this pivotal position, Sukesh bears the responsibility of spearheading our initiatives aimed at achieving the pinnacle of operational efficiency. He accomplishes this through the strategic utilization of people, content, innovative technologies and the meticulous application of processes designed to optimize the delivery of legal services. 

With an illustrious and award-winning career spanning over two decades, Sukesh is an adept architect of novel frameworks and approaches. His primary focus is on capturing and disseminating knowledge within our organizational fabric, benefiting both our internal stakeholders and esteemed clients. Furthermore, Sukesh plays a pivotal role as an influential figure within our Legal Services Centre, contributing to its success and operational prowess. 

Sukesh holds a yellow belt certification in Legal Lean Sigma and Project Management. 

Arun Krishnamurti

Senior Counsel
Google Canada

Arun is an experienced technology lawyer with a track record of practical, business-oriented legal advice.  After having worked at a leading Canadian law firm, and now in-house at Google Canada, Arun’s well versed in analyzing and responding to complex (and frequently cross-border) legal issues, including product launches, cloud services and other outsourcing agreements, consumer protection and many other commercial and regulatory topics.  Arun currently sits on the board of the Canadian Technology Law Association and the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto, and remains actively involved in his communities, taking on roles in mentoring, as well as supporting diversity and equity seeking groups more broadly.  In recognition for this work, Arun was named to Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 and recognized by the South Asian Bar Association of North America as a Rising Star. 

Jay Krushell

Co-Founder & Chief Legal Officer
Treefort Technologies

Jay is an innovator and an expert on client ID rules across Canada. He is the Co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of Treefort Technologies, the premier Canadian identity verification technology company for lawyers to verify client identity and prevent fraud.  Treefort is the fastest growing IDV company in Canada with over 1000+ clients consisting of law firms, notaries, mortgage brokers, title insurance companies and other entities. Before Treefort, Jay was a Partner at Witten LLP in Edmonton, where he managed a successful commercial real estate practice for 23 years. Jay has always been attracted to building things starting with tree forts on his family’s farm, which transitioned into building technology that can make a difference for lawyers. Treefort is a member of the Digital Identity Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) and as part of that membership Jay is sitting on the Adoption Expert Committee and is Chair of DIACC’s Law Society Profile Design Team. Jay has a law degree and an MBA from the University of Alberta. 

Kim Krushell

Co-Founder & EVP
Treefort Technologies

Kim is passionate about identity fraud prevention and cybersecurity. Kim is the Co-founder and Executive Vice President of Treefort Technologies, the premier Canadian identity verification technology company for lawyers to verify KYC and prevent identity fraud. Treefort is the fastest growing IDV company in Canada with 1000+ clients consisting of law firms, notaries, mortgage brokers, title insurance companies and other entities across Canada. Besides innovation, Kim is passionate about giving back, she served as an elected Edmonton City Councillor for 3 terms and is currently serving on the Advisory Board of Excite, Canada’s premier community of digital economy leaders, as well as on the Board of the Edmonton Heritage Festival Association which is the largest heritage festival in the world that celebrates multi-culturalism and UNESCO designated. Kim has a background in information systems with an MLIS from the University of Alberta.  

Jordan McCown

Co-Founder and CEO of Realaml
Realaml

Passionate about addressing unresolved challenges, Jordan specializes in pioneering AI-driven solutions for identity verification, fraud prevention, and risk mitigation. Transitioning from a thriving career in financial markets to the realm of tech startups, he now leads an exceptional team dedicated to continued innovation in cutting-edge technology for anti-fraud measures and identity theft prevention. 

Veronica Mohan

AVP & Sr. Counsel, Global Privacy & Cybersecurity
Manulife

Veronica Mohan is AVP & Sr Counsel Global Privacy & Cybersecurity at Manulife. In her current role, Veronica provides legal support and advice across business lines and geographies on issues of privacy, cybersecurity and the evolving AI landscape. Veronica has been with Manulife for 15 years and has previously acted as litigation defence counsel for many of Manulife’s Canadian line of products and services including for group disability, individual insurance, retail products and travel insurance. Prior to joining Manulife, Veronica was a private practice lawyer with a focus on litigation. Veronica has attained both her CIPP/CA and US credentials.

Malcolm Muthulingum

CEO
LEAP Legal Software Canada

Malcolm Muthulingum is the CEO of LEAP Legal Software in Canada, responsible for LEAP Canada’s overall business performance and guiding the team to produce innovative software for law firms. Malcolm started at LEAP USA in 2016 as a Data Migration Specialist where he built and managed the Data Migration Team. He then quickly progressed to Director of Transitions and Director of Client Relations, in conjunction with serving on the LEAP USA Executive board. Before joining LEAP, Malcolm spent three years in legal tech playing an instrumental role in establishing a new legal software product in the Canadian market. With a passion for building innovative businesses that support clients with best-in-class software solutions over the last 3 years, Malcolm has worked closely with his team and the local Canadian market to build LEAP Canada’s offering. LEAP Canada now proudly services more than 4500 legal professionals across Canada. Malcolm is excited to share how LEAP can help transform law firms in Canada by using the best in legal practice software and utilizing responsible AI while making them more money. 

Jonathan Leibtag

Senior Corporate Counsel
Microsoft

Jonathan Leibtag is Senior Counsel on Microsoft’s Strategic Pursuits Team, a global legal team dedicated to supporting Microsoft’s most strategic, complex, and novel transactions across its commercial business. In addition to transactional work, Jonathan is deeply engaged with engineering teams and business leaders across the company tasked with driving Microsoft’s AI ambitions. This includes being Microsoft’s primary legal contact for the Frontier Model Forum, an industry body developed in collaboration with Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI to promote the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models. Prior to joining Microsoft, Jonathan was an M&A lawyer at a prominent Toronto firm. Jonathan holds a law degree from the University of Western Ontario and a BCom from McGill University. Jonathan also serves as a Course Instructor at the Schulich School of Business at York University where he teaches the MBA course, “Power and Politics in Organizations”.

Danielle Robitaille

Managing Partner
Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP

Danielle is managing partner at Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP. The focus of her practice is litigation and investigations. Danielle’s litigation experience includes defending individuals and corporations charged with criminal, regulatory and disciplinary infractions at trial and on appeal. She has been counsel on a number of high-profile, serious and complex cases. Danielle has appeared at all levels of Court in Ontario and at the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition to her criminal and quasi-criminal defence practice, Danielle also takes on select civil matters.

Danielle is a trusted investigator with experience investigating sensitive matters for companies, organizations, and institutions. Frequently these mandates include allegations of wrongdoing related to regulatory non-compliance, fraud, and/or physical and sexual violence. Danielle has significant expertise in the area of police misconduct and culture having served as senior counsel to the Honourable Justice Michael Tulloch on the Independent Police Oversight Review.

Danielle is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including the Lexpert Rising Star award in 2019 and Best Lawyer recognition for Criminal Defence in 2021, 2022 and 2023. She is a frequent speaker and educator at The National Criminal Law Conference, Law Society of Ontario, The Advocates’ Society, and Criminal Lawyers’ Association and various law schools across the country.

Danielle is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a graduate of the Harvard Law Executive Education Program.

Danielle is also the co-author of the cited textbook “Sentencing: Principles and Practice” and the co-host of the legal podcast “The Lawyers Lounge”, published by Emond.

Danielle was born and raised in Kanata, Ontario. She earned her Honours Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto and her LLB at Dalhousie University.

Danielle was called to the Ontario bar in 2007.

Taslenna Shairulla

Chief Privacy Officer & Senior Counsel, Canada Legal
Capital One

Taslenna Shairulla is the Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Counsel at Capital One Canada. She is an experienced technology lawyer, advising on a broad range of technology, outsourcing and procurement contracting matters. As part of both legal and her role as Chief Privacy Officer, Taslenna maintains in-depth knowledge of privacy laws, in addition to regulatory compliance, data protection, and data breach requirements. She holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional Canada (CIPP/C) certification, is currently a member of the Privacy and Data Committee of the Canadian Marketing Association and the Women in Technology Committee of the Canadian Technology Law Association. She is also passionate about social justice and inclusion, and volunteers at the Law Society Foundation’s ‘Feed the Hungry’ program. Prior to her role at Capital One Canada, Taslenna held roles at Deloitte and BMO Capital Markets.  

Bianca Thomas

Senior Manager, Legal Excellence Program and Senior Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Compliance
BMO Financial Group

Bianca Thomas is Senior Manager, Legal Excellence Program and Senior Counsel at BMO. In this role, she leads BMO’s external counsel program, overseeing the bank’s relationships with its law firms. Previously, Bianca held the position of Senior Counsel and Director at BMO in Capital Markets Legal, where she specialized in navigating complex precious and base metals transactions, alongside equity derivatives transactions. Bianca’s background also extends to the technology industry, where she contributed to Shopify’s Partnerships Legal Team. Before transitioning in-house, Bianca honed her skills in litigation, handling commercial, professional negligence and insurance litigation at two boutique litigation firms.  

Bianca obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto, and her undergraduate degree from Bocconi University. In 2020, she was a recipient of the Lexpert Rising Star Award: Leading Lawyers Under 40.   

Bianca is deeply engaged in the legal community and is a passionate advocate for women’s initiatives. She is a past chair of the OBA Women Lawyers Forum and presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. She was previously on the Board of Directors for Ontario Bar Association as the Regional Director for Toronto. 

Tara Vasdani

Managing Partner
Remote Law

Tara Vasdani is the Managing Partner and Founder of Remote Law Canada, a law firm specializing in civil litigation, employment law, and remote work. A 5x nominee for Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada, 4x awardee of the Employment Law Firm of the Year Award, and 2022 LinkedIn Top Voice, Tara has led the remote legal landscape since 2019, and excelled in advising corporations, law firms, and law schools on remote work and remote advocacy since the COVID-19 pandemic. 

From 2020 through to 2024, Tara spoke to the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Property Tax Association, Microsoft, RBC, ShieldGEO, Torre, WLA, Oyster, CBC, CTV and appeared on 4 podcasts, including Darin Thompson’s riveted continuing professional development podcast, Law Actually, about remote advocacy and legal tech. Tara has also spoken with 9 law schools across Canada about career development and tech leadership, as a legal entrepreneur. In February 2021, Tara joined Barbara Kincaid, General Counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada, to speak to New Brunswick’s lawyers at the CBA Mid-Winter Series on legal tech and remote trials. Finally, Tara has volunteered as a mentor to both the Civil Resolution Tribunal in British Columbia, and the Legal Innovation Hackathon in Ottawa, Ontario.  

Alex Verma

Director of Growth
Realaml

Alex enjoys connecting the dots with partners and clients to help paint a larger picture of combating fraud and bolstering AML tactics at large by providing relevant best practices on how virtual client verification can be used to imperatively exercise key aspects of Due Diligence and Risk Management. Equipping both partners and clients with, not only, a compliant and reliable, but simple and sleek product helps them abide by the regulatory environment while tackling the ever-expanding technological landscape where fraud may be afoot.

Alan Votary

Head of Product
LexisNexis Canada

Alan oversees product development in Canada and has responsibility for new products being introduced into the market. He leads a multidisciplinary team focused on incorporating advanced technologies such as machine learning and AI, to provide superior products and workflow solutions to our end-users and customers.

Susan Wortzman

Partner, President
MT>3

Susan Wortzman is a partner in the Toronto offices of McCarthy Tétrault and leads the firm’s e-Discovery and information management practice. Susan was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in 2020 by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
 
Susan’s creativity, legal and business acumen, and commitment to innovation and technology ensure that her clients receive effective and cutting edge advice. Susan believes that managing information is essential to businesses as information is often their most important asset.

Susan is the Founder of MT>3, formerly Wortzmans, which is recognized as Canada’s leading law firm specializing in e-Discovery and information governance. MT>3 was acquired by McCarthy Tétrault on December 31, 2016. In addition to supporting the firm’s Litigation and Competition Law groups, it also supports the Tax, Business Law and Real Property groups using technology and machine learning to assist with all aspects of document review, due diligence, and data analysis.

Susan also provides advice to clients on information management and technology strategies. Susan and her team work extensively with clients to develop information governance policies and strategies, best practice guidelines and litigation readiness plans for managing electronic information.

Susan’s expertise in e-Discovery was developed during her long tenure as a partner at one of Canada’s leading litigation firms, where her practice encompassed a broad range of civil litigation, acting for corporate clients, small to mid-sized businesses and individuals in a wide variety of commercial disputes.

A leader in the e-Discovery community, Susan is a sought-after and frequent lecturer on e-Discovery and information governance topics, and is regularly quoted in industry publications and other media. She has written several seminal papers concerning e-discovery and its impact on litigation in Canada. She has also chaired and participated in professional committees that have developed provincial and national reports and guidelines for e-Discovery.

Susan is the 2023 Program Director of the Osgoode Certificate in e-Discovery, Information Governance and Privacy. Susan is currently on the Board of and Corporate Secretary of the Toronto Arts Foundation and Toronto Arts Council and the Board of the Art Canada Institute. Previously Susan served as a Board Member for Toronto Biennial of Art, Canadian Stage, and Tarragon Theatre, and she co-Chaired the Art Toronto Opening Night Committee for several years. 

Steve Borza

CEO and Founder
Bluink Ltd.

Steve Borza is the CEO and founder of Bluink Ltd., a leading identity verification and digital credential infrastructure company focused on delivering digitally-transformative solutions in Canada.

Stephen O’Doherty

Chief Technology Officer
Gibraltar Solutions

Stephen O’Doherty, CTO at Gibraltar, is a visionary IT and security leader boasting over 25 years of expertise. Renowned for his adeptness in assembling top-tier tech teams and spearheading innovation, Stephen has left an indelible mark on Fortune 500 companies operating in highly regulated sectors. His multifaceted proficiency spans cloud architecture, cybersecurity, and infrastructure management, where he consistently translates technical prowess into tangible business value.

Dana Zuech

AVP Legal Ops
Sun Life

Dana Zuech is the AVP of Legal Operations at Sun Life. In her current role, Dana is responsible for leading and executing on key operational initiatives for the global Sun Life Legal team, including technology implementation and change management, law firm management, data and analytics, and risk management. She works collaboratively with senior management, key stakeholders, and external law firm partners and vendors.

Prior to her current role at Sun Life, Dana held several leadership positions in both Legal and Claims teams with large property and casualty insurers based in Toronto.

Dana obtained her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1995.

Aidan Macnab

Editor
Canadian Lawyer

Aidan Macnab is Canada Editor – Law for Key Media’s legal publications including Canadian Lawyer, Law Times, and Lexpert. Aidan is a graduate of what is now Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Journalism.