CREDENTIALS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Some of the credentials of, and community activities engaged in by, KDL's founder, Peter Kenward, are as follows:
Education & Call to Bar
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Called to the Bar: British Columbia, 1982
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Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 1981
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Bachelor of Commerce, University of British Columbia, 1979
Legal directories
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Best Lawyers in Canada, Municipal Law, each year of full time practice from 2006
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Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory on numerous occasions
Community involvement in legal and policy issues related to local communities
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Board of Directors, Urban Development Institute (Pacific Region), 10 years
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Past Chairman, National Municipal Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
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Past Chairman, Municipal Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
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Led or been on panels for numerous continuing legal education programs for CLE BC, the Union of BC Municipalities, UDI, the Municipal Officers Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association and other organizations
Broader Community involvement
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Past Chair, Board of Directors, Vancouver Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre (following periods as a distress services volunteer, and then Board member)
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regularly travelled to Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi with non-profit organizations, to expand their donor base, build a school and assist other projects (example: www.kenwardisms.com)
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a founding member of Dignitas International’s Pivot Group