Deina is the Associate Director, Legal Affairs at CCCC. She provides legal support and advice to senior leadership and team members on a broad range of charity, tax and trust law issues. She earned her LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, articled as Judicial Law Clerk at the Superior Court of Justice, and completed her LL.M. at Osgoode Hall. Prior to joining CCCC, Deina’s practice focused largely on constitutional and human rights law, with a strong interest in religious freedom. She has been counsel in interventions in a variety of cases including before the Supreme Court of Canada in Trinity Western and Wall v Highwood Congregation, and the Ontario Court of Appeal in CMDS v CPSO. Deina serves on several charitable boards, is a member of Christian Legal Fellowship and is actively engaged in her local church.
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