Mel Anderson, SAGDA’s outgoing chair, is committed to fighting for the rights of queer and other marginalized and disadvantaged people across Canada.
Mel was born and raised in British Columbia, and went to law school at Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. While in law school, Mel worked at a legal clinic and summered at Legal Aid Ontario, primarily working on criminal and Children’s Aid Society appeals.
After law school, Mel clerked at the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and articled at Goldblatt Partners LLP, a law firm specializing in union-side labour law, civil litigation, constitutional law, Aboriginal rights law and public interest litigation.