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Sophie Cannon
Associate
Sophie is an associate lawyer in the firm’s Vancouver office. She maintains a general corporate/commercial practice with a focus on insolvency and restructuring.
Education & Qualifications
- British Columbia Bar (2025)
- JD (University of Alberta, 2024)
- BA (Kwantlen Polytechnique University, 2019)
Languages
- English
More about me
Sophie graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta in 2024, where she received the Catherine Miller Community Service Award. During law school, Sophie was a volunteer caseworker for Student Legal Services, where she provided legal services to low-income individuals as a student legal advocate. She also volunteered at the Women’s Law Forum in Edmonton, where she acted on several committees, including the Sexual Assault Awareness Committee. She is trained in trauma-informed practices.
Prior to law school, she worked as a Women’s Support Worker for Atira Women’s Resource Society and graduated in 2019 from the Kwantlen Polytechnique University with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in psychology and minoring in criminology.
- Catherine Miller Community Service Award (2022)
- Simon Fraser Close to Home Entrance Scholarship (2014)
- Volunteer Caseworker, Student Legal Services – Criminal Law, Civil Law and Human Rights Projects (2021-2024)
- Volunteer, Women’s Law Forum Second-Year Law Representative – Sexual Assault Awareness Committee, Philanthropy, Speaker-Series and Merchandise Committee (2021-2024)
- Volunteer, Dance-Director and Executive, University of Alberta Law Show – fundraiser for Terra Centre (2022-2023)
- On-site volunteer, Neema Baby House and Orphanage (Tanzania, 2017)
- Volunteer, Semiahmoo Secondary BASES program (2012-2014)