Mental Health Forum for Legal Professionals - Part 2

Course Chair
Cheryl D'Sa, KC — Narwal Litigation LLP, Vancouver
Brook Greenberg, KC (he/him) — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

About the Course Chair
Brook Greenberg, KC has been a member of the Litigation Department of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP since being called to the bar in 1998. His practice focuses on complex commercial, construction and forestry litigation. He has appeared before all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has been the partner responsible for pro bono matters in Fasken's Vancouver office since 2004. He has taught civil procedure as an adjunct professor at UBC from 2006 to the present.

First elected a Bencher for 2016, Brook is the second-vice-president for 2023. He is chair of the Mental Health Task Force and Trust Review Task Force, vice-chair of the Finance and Audit Committee and Lawyer Development Task Force, and a member of the Executive Committee and Truth and Reconciliation Advisory Committee.

Brook has been involved with the Law Students' Legal Advice Program since 1993, first as a student clinician, clinic head and executive member, and then as a supervising lawyer at various clinics. In 2012, Brook joined the founding board of directors of the Greater Vancouver Law Students' Legal Advice Society. Brook also acted as secretary/treasurer of the GVLSLAS in 2012 and 2013. He then served as president in 2014 and 2015, and as past-president in 2016. Brook has remained a member of the board to the present.

In the community, Brook served from 2005 to 2012 on the board of directors of MOSAIC, a not-for-profit provider of settlement and support services for immigrants and refugees. He was vice-president of MOSAIC in 2008, and president from 2009 to 2011.

Faculty
Christie Gilmour (she/her) — Forte Workplace Law, Surrey
Leigh-Ann Ing (she/her) — Head of Wellness, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Toronto
Claire L. Marchant (she/her) — Director, Policy & Practice, Law Society of BC, Vancouver 
Rose Morgan (she/her) — UX & Content Strategist, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Shari R. Pearlman, LCSW, JD (she/her) — Lawyer Assistance Program of BC, Vancouver
Winston L. Sayson, KC, MGC (he/him) — Retired Crown Counsel, Richmond
Bena Stock, LLB, MC, RCC (she/her) — The Lawyer Mindset, Vancouver
Leena Yousefi (she/her) — YLaw Group, Vancouver

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• personal experience working through mental health challenges 
• strategies for self-care 
• mental health resources available to lawyers

• what organizational leaders are doing and can be doing to better facilitate mental health in their organizations
• how to create a safe space to talk about mental health with others
• different ways to approach legal practice that may be more mental health friendly
• how to a promote a culture of wellness in the profession as an individual (in your organization and beyond)