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Johanna Macdonald

Street Youth Legal Services Lawyer

Johanna is the Street Youth Services Lawyer at Justice for Children and Youth. The service blends legal education, representation, and advocacy to and on behalf of street involved youth in Toronto. Johanna has tailored her practice to assist young people not only by responding to their immediate legal needs, but also by seeking to maximize their safety and security within the relevant legal and administrative systems. Prior to working at Justice for Children and Youth, Johanna was the Project Manager for the Victim Witness Participation Project at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Johanna was called to the bar in British Columbia in 2007 and in Ontario in 2009. She received her LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2014.

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