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Roland Hung becomes chair of Torkin Manes’ privacy, data, and cybersecurity group

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BY Jacqueline So 02 Sep 2026

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Margaret Hall named Bora Laskin Faculty of Law dean at Lakehead University

She was a criminology professor at Simon Fraser University
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