Advocacy-Matters-Summer-2022

ganization that has also meant so much to
me. Peter also shares with us his vision for
his term as president. It’s all about mentorship.
There can be no question about the importance
of mentorship in the life of an advocate.
As mid-career advocates, we have a
significant role in mentoring generally and in
TAS’s mentoring initiatives.
Speaking of mentoring, in this issue’s “Word
to the Wise,” we hear from Megan Keenberg
and Katherine Chau about mentoring for
networking events. This is a very topical refresher
on how to help mentees make the
most of in-person social events. Megan and
Katherine walk us from game plan through
follow-up. A must-read. Megan has also become
the new Deputy Editor for Advocacy
Matters. Welcome (and thank you!), Megan.
We also hear from Tamara Ramsey in “The
Wrong Stuff Revisited.” Great satire on filing
incomprehensible, unliked factums. After
reading this piece, you’ll know everything
there is to know about how to create a user-unfriendly
factum. Who needs hyperlinks
anyway?
Finally, we have two reports on “actual” in-person
events. Zoe Oxaal reports on some in-person
events in Ottawa, two of which celebrated
outstanding advocates: the Honourable Rosalie
Silberman Abella and Richard (Rick) Dearden.
Miranda Spence, Cynthia Spry, Nadia Chiesa
and Jennifer Brevorka provide a roundtable report
on TAS’s End of Term Dinner, where over
a thousand of your nearest and dearest colleagues
gathered in Toronto to celebrate being
together again. While seeing so many people
felt overwhelming at first, it was great to meet
in person. There is a lot to celebrate and look
forward to as we return to our IRL community
of advocates. I’d like to say a special thank you
our outgoing chair, Emily Lawrence, for steering
us through another pandemic year, and to our
vice-chair, Steven Frankel, and secretary, Sonu
Dhanju-Dhillon, for your help this year. And of
course, thank you to the Advocacy Matters team
for the interesting and timely content, as always.
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