Malliha Wilson
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- Alfred Jeyaratnam Wilson (father)
- Susili Wilson (mother)
- S. J. V. Chelvanayakam (grandfather)
Malliha Wilson | |
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| Assistant Deputy Attorney General of Ontario | |
| In office April 2008 – November 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1959 |
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| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Malliha Wilson is a Tamil Canadian lawyer[1] who served as an Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the Government of Ontario from April 2008 to November 2016.[2]
Wilson formerly served as senior counsel at the law firm Nava Wilson LLP in Toronto, Ontario.[3]
She was formerly special legal advisor at the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO).[2] She specializes in human rights, Indigenous, constitutional, corporate and labour law, and other complex litigation.[2]
Wilson's father, Professor Alfred Jeyaratnam Wilson, was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, historian and author.
Wilson's grandfather, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. He was the founder and leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) and Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) and a political leader of the Ceylon Tamil community for more than two decades.
She has two siblings, Maithili and Kumanan.[4] She is married to Helder Travassos, and has a daughter (Melanie).[5]
Education
Wilson completed her undergraduate degree at the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[2] She completed her law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, Ontario in 1981.[6]
Career
Wilson began her career in the Ontario Public Service in 1987 after being called to the bar in 1983.[7] She first joined the Counsel for the Ministry of Government Services in 1987 and served as counsel in the newly formed Native Affairs Secretariat for Ontario.
From 2000 to 2004, she served as the legal director for the Ministry of Labour, from 2004 to 2008 as the director of the Crown Law Office-Civil, and then became the assistant deputy attorney general, Civil Law Division.[2] Upon concluding an eight-year term in that role, Wilson became special legal advisor at the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario.[2]
In 2009, she received the South Asian Bar Association's Distinguished Career Award.[8] In 2012, her alma mater, Osgoode Hall Law School, awarded her a Gold Key Award for the Public Sector.[9] In 2015 the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers awarded her the Lawyer of Distinction Award.[10]
After her time at the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario, Wilson transferred to the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario in November 2016 to work as special legal advisor.[7]
She co-founded Nava Wilson LLP, a Toronto-based law firm, in 2017.[11]
She currently serves on the Principal's Advisory Group at the University of Toronto Scarborough.[1]