Class of 2017 Luncheon Wednesday, June 7
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he Installation of 28 new BC Notaries was held at 8:30 am at the Vancouver Court House with The Honourable Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson presiding. At the sponsored luncheon at the Pan Pacific Hotel, the graduates received their Certificates and BC Notary pins and celebrated with their families, friends, colleagues, and our honoured guests. Wayne Braid, CEO and Secretary of The Society of Notaries, was our Master of Ceremonies. Members of BC Notaries’ Board of Directors included President Tammy Morin Nakashima, John Eastwood, Akash Sablok, Dan Boisvert, Filip de Sagher, Kate Manvell, Susan Tong, David Watts, Rhoda Witherly, Daryl McLane, Marco Castro, and Pat Wright and BC Notaries Hilde Deprez, Trish Fedewich, Carolynne Maguire, Laurie Salvador, Joan Letendre, Terry Sidhu, Gail Maida, Marvin Hawke, and Leda Kwichak.
Our guests included Eileen Hoeter; Liza Aboud, Land Title & Survey Authority of BC; Larry Blaschuk, New Westminster Land Title Office; from Simon Fraser University—Applied Legal Studies Program Professors David Bilinsky and Eleanor Lecocq, Applied Legal Studies staff Dr. Dianne Jamieson-Noel and Gabriel Sauro, Dr. Robert Gordon, Professor, Associate Dean, and Director, Applied Legal Studies Program, and Beth Ann Locke, Director of Advancement, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; John Robinson and Grant Goldrich, Do Process; Karen Cook, Cook Public Relations; Winnie Fei and Kristine Simpson, BDO Canada; Brenda Southam and Daniel John, Real Estate Institute of BC; Quang Duong and Brian Poston, MacKenzie Fujisawa LLP; Mark Jiles, Bluestone Group; Rob Selnes, Marsh Canada; Amanda Magee, Stewart Title Guaranty Company; and Anne Barnes, Chubb. Also present were Society staff members Marny Morin, Ron Usher, Amber Rooke, Lorena Gri, Nicola Tedd, and Leeanna Sankar. The Convocation Ceremony for the grads was held the next day, June 8, at the Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus. s
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Volume 26 Number 2 Summer 2017