Bio:

Sim brings a diverse skill set drawn from the health care, science and research fields to Harris & Brun. With a Bachelor of Nursing and work experience under her belt at adult emergency, major trauma and surgical centres in western Canada she has an enviable knowledge base. In addition, she has spent time on the research side of the sciences working for Professor Timothy Caulfield at the Health Law Institute. Sim’s experience to date has encompassed all of the firm’s practice areas including gaining courtroom experience. She has been actively involved in both insurance defence work, and plaintiff personal injury files. With respect to the firm’s WCB practice, Sim has assisted with subrogation files, review of worker claims, and on May 17, 2010, while she was still an articling student, was successful in acting as counsel for the worker in her first WCAT appeal (WCAT 2010-01352). Sim was called to the Bar of the Province of British Columbia on November 22, 2010, and commenced her work as an associate member of the firm on that date. When Sim is not working hard here at Harris & Brun, she enjoys reading, writing and jogging.

Positions:

University of Alberta Law School:

• Member of the Recruitment Committee
• Treasurer of the Articling Committee
• First Year Representative of the Articling Committee

Lectures / Publications / Seminars:

• Author ,“FDA Approval of BiDil: First Step to Pharmacogenomics or Detour into Race-based Medicine?” Online Health Law Journal
• Co-Author, “Popular Representations of Race: The News Coverage of BiDil” in Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics

Reported (and Unreported) Cases

• WCAT 2010-01352

Community Involvement:

Volunteer – Emergency Room Presenter for the Manitoba P.A.R.T.Y. Program, a program created by the Manitoba Brain Injuries Association, which is aimed at preventing alcohol and risk related trauma in youth.

Education:

• Bachelor of Nursing, University of Manitoba June 2002.

Before law school, Simrat worked as a Nurse in the Adult Emergency Department, and Internal Medicine ward at a major trauma centre in the Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre. She has also worked as a nurse in Orthopedic Surgery at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary.

Law School:

Bachelor of Laws, University of Alberta, April 2009