Marisa Cruickshank

Marisa has practiced local government law at Lidstone & Company since her call to the bar in 2010. She assists local government clients on a wide variety of matters, with an emphasis on labour, employment and human rights matters, bylaw enforcement, conflicts of interest, and privacy and FOI matters. Marisa has represented clients in matters before all levels of court in British Columbia, as well as before various boards and tribunals, including the Human Rights Tribunal, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Labour Relations Board.

Marisa completed her law degree at the University of Victoria. She was awarded five major scholarships and academic awards. She also served as a judicial law clerk in the British Columbia Court of Appeal in 2008, prior to her call to the bar.

EDUCATION

• LL.B, University of Victoria
• B.A, English, University of British Columbia

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

• Law Society of British Columbia
• Canadian Bar Association, Municipal Law Section

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Labour and Employment Law Update, VILGMA Annual Conference, November 2019
• Governing Body Concerns, LGMA Corporate Officers Bootcamp, July 2019
• Councils Behaving Badly, PADM 203 (Capilano College), April 2019
• Managing Difficult People, LGMA Annual Conference, May 2018
• Establishing Boundaries, TOLGMA Annual General Meeting and Conference, April 2018
• Managing Conflict through Policy Development, TOLGMA Annual General Meeting and Conference, September 2017
• Employment Law: Issues in the Twitterverse, Pacific Business and Law Institute Local Government Conference, April 2017.
• Understanding Probationary Employment, Lidstone and Company Annual Client Seminar, November 2016.
• Marihuana Dispensaries: Legal Overview, Annual conference of Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments, April 2016.
• Discrimination in Employment and the Duty to Accommodate. Lidstone and Company Annual Client Seminar, November 2015.
• Constructive Dismissal: A Primer. Lidstone and Company Annual Client Seminar, November 2014.
• Medical Marihuana and Bylaw Enforcement. Licence Inspectors and Bylaw Officers Association of British Columbia Conference, June 2014.
• Termination and Notice. Lidstone and Company Annual Client Seminar, November 2013.
• Privacy Law 101 for Public Body Employees. Municipal Information Systems Association Conference, September 2012.
• To Zone or not to Zone: Medical Marihuana Issues for Local Governments. CBA’s 2012 Canadian Legal Conference & Marketplace, August 2012.
• Federal vs. Local Government Jurisdiction: Planes, Grow-ops and Harbours. Pacific Business and Law Institute Local Government Law Conference, 2011.
• Land Use Planning Issues. Co-author with Don Lidstone. Pacific Business & Law Institute, Local Government Conference, 2010.