Julia Shin Doi

Julia Shin Doi is General Counsel, Secretary of the Board of Governors, and Privacy Officer of Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto. She provides legal and governance advice, and has executive responsibility for access to information, privacy, records management, and policies. Julia leads a team of lawyers and professionals.

She has been an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School since 2001 and more recently, at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law which she helped establish. Julia is a Founder and Past President of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers and a founding member of the Korean Canadian Lawyers Association, Roundtable of Diversity Associations, Women General Counsel Canada, and National GC Network. She serves as a director on numerous boards and advisory councils. Her community involvement and legal leadership have been recognized by the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s highest honour, the R.V.A. Jones Award; the Ontario Bar Association’s Linda Adlam Manning Award for Volunteerism; and in 2017, she was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.

Julia holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto, and a J.D. and LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. She also holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation, ICD.D.

Contact Julia at julia.shindoi@torontomu.ca