Vivian Bercovici

Vivian Bercovici was appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada on March 7, 2013, for a five-year term.

Ms. Bercovici is a partner at Heenan Blaikie LLP, a leading Canadian law firm, where she practices in the areas of insurance regulatory and commercial law, corporate risk management, corporate governance, privacy, strategic public policy and federal First Nation claim negotiations. Previously, she was the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (1998–2006). From 1995–1997, she was a senior policy advisor to the Minister of Finance, Ontario. Prior to that, she practiced law at Paterson MacDougall (1990–1995), focusing on media defence work. During that period, she also served as a member of the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) Media and Communications Law section. Ms. Bercovici writes a monthly column on Middle East affairs for The Toronto Star and is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. 

Ms. Bercovici holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English and political science (1984) from York University. She attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1981–1982) and received a postgraduate degree in international relations (1985) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She graduated from the University of Toronto Law School with a Bachelor of Laws degree (1988). Ms. Bercovici is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Canadian Bar Association.

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