ALUMNI COMMUNITY
SUPPORTING RECONCILIATION BY EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS STUDENTS Having lived and work in Canada, the United States,
Hoping to further the cause of diversity and inclusion
France, Switzerland, Germany, and the United
in Canadian society, Katz and his spouse, Tina Otto,
Kingdom, BOBBY KATZ, BCL’86, LLB’86, speaks
BA’85, established a scholarship to support the
from experience in saying that his McGill Law training
Faculty of Law’s reconciliation efforts. This new
prepared him for creatively tackling complex legal and
entrance scholarship is awarded annually to Indig-
business issues in various legal systems. Three decades
enous students, or to candidates from historically
into a successful corporate law and business career,
underrepresented groups.
Katz wanted to help support the next generation of
“I believe that we can drive lasting change by provid-
leaders. “As someone from a modest socio-economic background who benefitted significantly from the opportunity to attend McGill, I feel a duty to help others who have been excluded,” Katz says.
ing opportunities for First Nations and Inuit students to become McGill-trained lawyers and use their professional skills to foster greater economic, social and political power for First Nations and Inuit communities,” Katz says. Katz and Otto hope that the scholarship in their names will inspire its recipients to step up for justice. “Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to
“Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to ensuring the vitality of any country.”
ensuring the vitality of any country. Please use your legal training to drive social justice and ensure that disadvantaged members of our community have a champion to fight for them and their ability to be heard, listened to and respected,” they concluded.
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