Karine Boivin-Roy

City Councillor
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
District Louis-Riel
Leader of the Official Opposition
Chair of Montreal's City Contracts Commission

Professional experience

• City Councilor for Louis-Riel District, since 2013
• Leader of the Official Opposition since 2018
• Principal Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition, 2017-2018
• Chair of Montreal's City Contracts Commission, since 2017
• Chair of the Planning Advisory Committee of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve    Borough
• Member of the Montreal Agglomeration Council, since 2017
• Member of the Board of Directors of Concertation Montréal since 2013
• President of the Ethics Committee and Governance of Concertation Montréal, since 2013
• Attorney specialized in Family Law, Commercial Law and Corporate Law, since 2010
• Head of Legal Affairs, F. Farhat Group Inc., 2006-2010
• Family Law attorney, Miller Thomson Pouliot LLP, 2005-2006
• Participant for a competition on international commercial law issues, Vienna (Austria), 2001-2002
• Research intern, writing a memoir on seniors' rights, Department of Justice (Quebec), 2001
• Intern, Refugees around the world, Pearson Peacekeeping Center (Halifax, Nova Scotia), 2001

Education

• Admitted to the Quebec Bar, 2004
• Bachelor of Laws, Laval University, 2003
• Bachelor of Arts with Major in Anthropology, McGill University, 1998
• Certificate in Gerontology, University of Montreal, 1995

Community involvement

• Member of the Board of Directors of HPV Awareness Corporation, since 2013
• Member of the Paraplegic Association of Quebec, 1998-1999
• Member of the International Francophone Seniors Association, 1996-1997

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