Experience
Areas of Law
Civil Litigation
Languages
English
Committees
On Sections Members
First Year of Call
2020
Biography
Afsana is a lawyer and Qualified Mediator and founder of ‘Gibson Chowdhury’, a Toronto-based mediation boutique, specializing in race discrimination, civil and commercial, and residential construction/renovation disputes. Afsana is an Adjudicator at the Property Standards Committee for the City of Toronto. She is an active member of the Ontario Bar Association and is currently the Chair of the ADR Section Executive board and has recently co-chaired a ground-breaking report as part of an OBA Working Group called “Neutral Diversity in Ontario”. She has written several CLE programs on Equity Diversity and Inclusion and intercultural communications. She is a member of the International Academy of Mediators’ DEI committee where she continues to build helpful tools for lawyers and mediators to help break down gender and racial barriers. Afsana is often asked to attend speaking engagements globally to present on topics such as dispute resolution and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in ADR. Afsana is the recipient of the ADR Institute of Ontario, Star Award 2021.