VICTORIA NETTEN HUYER

Highly accomplished bilingual legal counsel, member of the bar for 20 years, with broad legal knowledge and history of providing counsel to government for 15 years. Thorough in analyzing statutes, case law, legal research and highly skilled in statutory interpretation, legislative drafting and drafting legal opinions.

• Member, Law Society of Manitoba, 2019 to Current
• Member, Barreau du Quebec, 2004 to Current
• Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association, 2010 to 2022.
• Toastmasters, 2012-2015.

• 2024 - Awarded 15 year long service award from Government of Canada; 2021 - Awarded Treasury Board Secretariat Award for Excellence in Response to COVID-19; 2018 - Team Excellence Award, Department of Justice Canada; 2005 - 2006 Queen's University Graduate Award, Law Foundation of Ontario Award Queen's Tri-Colour Award, Millennium Scholarship for Community Contribution; 2000 - 2001 Millennium Scholarship for Community Contribution; 1999 - 2000 Millennium Scholarship, Government of Canada; 1995 - 1996 Graduate Assistantship, University of New Brunswick; 1995 Dr. Louise Whiteway Prize in Newfoundland History; 1993 - 1995 Dean's Honour List; 1992 Ontario Academic Scholar, Prize for Excellence in Canadian History Prize for Excellence in Modern Western History, Most Spirited Debater; 1991 Prize for Service to the School

Serve as a volunteer member on Board of Directors of several community organizations including a community theatre group, a counseling centre and various religious organizations over the last 19 years, providing legal information and participating in budget planning, strategic planning and oversight for the organizations. My average term of service has been between 6 to 19 years depending upon the organizational bylaws.

Currently serving as a member of the ACNA Provincial Tribunal, which is an ecclesiastical court of final decision, appointed by the Provincial Council to determines matters in dispute arising from the Constitution and Canons of the Province and such other matters authorized by canon.

Planned, directed and oversaw a week-long residential camp for teens, averaging about 55 teenagers and 25 staff for 10 years. Lead a team to create the program; recruited, trained and supervised staff; managed administrative and financial issues, engaged in fundraising, supervised teenagers during the camp, offered workshops, dealt with crisis as they arose.

• Guest Instructor, "Bilingual and Bijural Interpretation in Canadian Laws", Droits Linguistiques, University of Manitoba, February 2021 & October 2022.
• Panel Member and Presenter, « La propriété fondée sur la possession en droit civil québécois et en common law canadienne », Université de Sherbrooke, November 2017.
• Newman Centre Conference Presentation “Pluralism, Politics and God?” Conference “Religion vs. Human Rights: Why there should be no Conflict”, McGill University, September 2007.
• Lecture, “International Conventions on Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage on the High Seas”, International Law of the Sea Course, Queen's University, February 2006.
• Lecture, “Resolving Conflicts of Law in Contractual Disputes”, Conflicts of Law Course, Queen's University, March 2006.
• “Faith and the Law: The Rise of Religious Lawyering” 2006 (Apr./May) National 8.
• “The Benefits of Bilingualism in a Legal Career” Canadian Parents for French Newsletter, Newfoundland Branch, Summer 2005.
• Canadian Society of Church History, Annual Meeting 2001 (Laval University) “Planters and Parsons: A Symbiotic Relationship in the Church of England in Newfoundland between 1699-1750.”