Staff & Faculty Directory

I have spent the past twenty years working in international criminal justice, humanitarian law and human rights, as a lawyer and a scholar.

James Tang is the Financial Processing Specialist at the Peter A. Allard School of Law.

Mio is the Senior Manager of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the Allard School of Law. She supports the Faculty in capacity building to embed EDI principles throughout the Faculty by working with leaders of units, administrative units, centres, staff and students as well as through facilitating and developing educational and training programming.

Vivian earned her BA in International Relations and Political Science from UBC and a Masters in International Affairs from Carleton University. She began her career with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Ottawa and Vancouver, then moved to Knowledge Translation at the Vancouver School of Economics. Prior to joining Allard, she worked for a decade at the UBC Sauder School of Business in domestic and international recruitment and admissions. 

Régine Tremblay joined Allard Law in 2017. Her areas of expertise include family law, matrimonial property law, private law, comparative law, family mediation, reproduction and law, and critical theories, including feminism and queer theories. She holds a BCL and an LLB from the Faculty of Law at McGill University and an LLM and an SJD from the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

Sonia li Trottier is the Director of the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI), a leading national organization that provides businesses and regulators with climate governance guidance so they can make informed decisions towards a net-zero economy. She leads the strategic planning, programs, operations, partnerships, funding, and budget.

Zack Uganec is the Manager, Student Affairs at the Allard School of Law. Zack looks forward to helping students reach their potential. Zack advises students on experiential learning opportunities, exchange offerings, and joint legal education programs. Zack is also the main point of contact for incoming GoGlobal students. 

Zack holds a BA from the University of British Columbia, and a JD from the University of Victoria.

Professor Uteck practiced law in Nova Scotia before before deciding to pursue an academic career beginning at the SMU Sobey School of Business. She completed her doctorate on reconceptualizing spatial privacy for the Internet of Everything during which time she was the recipient of several awards, including the Gowlings Fellow in Technology Law, as well as winning several international peer reviewed competitions.