
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Phone: 778-653-7561
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Fiona Wong
Outside of work, Fiona enjoys planning her next trip, dining at new restaurants, keeping up with her spin instructor, and snowboarding. She is also a Vice President of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC, where she helped produce an award-winning documentary, But I Look Like a Lawyer, and launched a FACL BC podcast featuring Asian-Canadian lawyers on a monthly basis. Before embarking on her legal career, Fiona worked as a flight attendant.
While in law school, Fiona served on the faculty’s admissions committee and founded the First Generation Network at the University of Victoria, an organization dedicated to reducing barriers for students who are first in their family to attend post-secondary educational institutions. Fiona’s passion for labour and employment law started while working as a client service representative at WorkSafeBC (Workers’ Compensation Board), where she assisted injured workers with initiating WorkSafeBC claims. As a student, Fiona participated in the Hicks Morley Labour Moot, and the rest is history.
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia, 2021
Education
University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
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- Juris Doctor, 2020
University of Windsor, Faculty of Law (Transfer)
- Juris Doctor Candidate, 2017-2018
- Competed in the 2018 Hicks Morley Labour Moot
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Arts
- Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations, 2016
Honours and Awards
- Best Podcast, Canadian Law Blog Awards (Clawbies), 2022
- Best Innovative Project, Canadian Law Blog Awards (Clawbies), 2021
- Irving K. Barber One World Scholarship, The Victoria Foundation, 2014
- Wei Lun Foundation Exchange Scholarship, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014
Professional Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch, Member
- Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (British Columbia) Society, Member
- Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, Member
Representative Cases
Recent Publications
Failure to mitigate: Long-time manager sees notice reduced, Canadian HR Reporter, June 8, 2022 (Interview)
New FACL BC Documentary Highlights Anti-Asian Discrimination and Bias in the British Columbia Legal Community, The Advocate, Volume 79, Part 5, September 2021
Why We Should Care About the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism, the “Model Minority” Myth and the “Bamboo Ceiling, The Verdict, Issue 170, August 26, 2021
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy Primer for General Contractors, The Generals, Spring/Summer 2021
Sick, Lies, and Questionnaire: Arbitrators Uphold Terminations of Employees Who Breached COVID-19 Safety Protocols, LexisNexis Employment and Labour Law Reporter, Volume 30, No. 11, February 2021
Recent Speaking Engagements
NALP Annual Education Conference, But I Look Like a Lawyer: Documentary Screening and Fireside Chat, April 27, 2023
FACL BC – “Women’s Social”, June 22, 2022 (Panelist)
FACL BC – “Practicing in the US“, April 8, 2022 (Moderator)
Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law, First Generation Network – “Navigating the Legal Profession as a First-Generation Lawyer”, February 16, 2022 (Panelist)
University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law – First Year Moot Judge, February 15, 2022
Beyond the A – “Resilience After Rejection” (OCI’s and Hirebacks), November 27, 2021 (Panelist)
FACL BC – “The Socially Distanced Network: Building Relationships in the COVID-19 Era“, January 8, 2021 (Moderator)
University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Pan-Asian Law Students Society – “Recent Events in Hong Kong”, February 11, 2020 (Panelist)
Community Involvement/Volunteerism
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, New Lawyers Planning Committee Member (2021 to present)
Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (British Columbia) Society, Vice President Marketing (formerly Student Director and Membership Committee Chair, 2019 to 2022)
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