Angela Codina is an internationally published author and experienced media professional with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. Skilled in team building, media relations, media marketing, social media, administration, and television, she is dedicated to creating and producing relevant media content, mainly focused on the arts and transformative social issues. As a human rights, peace, civil rights, and social action activist, she advocates for inclusion, diversity, and intercultural cohesion among institutional and private contexts. She is fluent in six languages, including English, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Italian, and has working proficiency in German.

Angela holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Ottawa and has also majored in international diplomacy and cooperation (University of Ottawa), philosophy and political science (McMaster University), philosophie (Cégep du Vieux Montréal), English literature (Mercy College), and arbitration services as a qualified arbitrator in alternative dispute resolution. As a legal assistant to former Parliamentary counsel, Mr. Joseph Maingot, she was involved in the drafting of legislation for the House of Commons, and was the author of an article on the Law Reform Commission of Canada which appeared in the Inter-Parliamentary Bulletin, a publication that is distributed in all of the democratically-elected parliaments of the world.

During this period, Angela worked with the Privy Council Office and the then Department of External Affairs and acted as press and liaison officer during the first Economic Summit of the G-7, which took place in Ottawa. She was responsible for escorting heads of state, including British Prime Minister Thatcher, and French President Mitterand, and the foreign delegations at the summit. Angela was also employed with the legal department of the Canadian Transportation Commission, and the Department of Justice where she worked as legal researcher, and was legal assistant to several judges (i.e., Judge Guy Goulard, Judge Marin, Judge Beaulne), including the Honourable Justice Louise Charron, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Over the years, Angela was also involved in a number of high profile civil rights and human rights cases, and in 1987 was successful in having the contempt of court section of the Criminal Code of Canada declared unconstitutional. She has appeared regularly on television and on the radio and has published articles and other writings in various publications including the Globe & Mail, a Canadian national newspaper. 

Summary of Qualifications

• Professional in inclusion, diversity and intercultural cohesion among institutional and private sectors.
• Experienced professional in community development, project management, alternative dispute resolution and knowledge exchange.
• Experienced media professional with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. Skilled in team building, media relations, media marketing, social media, administration and television.
• Dedicated to create and produce socially relevant media content, mainly focused on the arts and transformative justice issues, including protecting the rights of women, minority groups and marginalized communities.
• Specialized in public relations, research, creative and technical writing, with strong written and verbal communication skills, including translation, interpretation and public speaking skills.
• Skilled in languages – fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek.

RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

MEDIA PROFESSIONAL
• Television host in multi-ethnic and online television programming
• Producing, directing and creating online television programming and social media content

ARBITRATOR AND ADJUDICATOR
• Conflict management and dispute resolution

RESEARCHER AND WRITER
• Editing of the Regulatory Reporter - Canadian Radio Television Commission (CRTC cases)
• Research on non-profit corporations
• Research in the field of legislative drafting
• Proofreading of text on parliamentary process written by J. Maingot
• Research and writing of article on the Law Reform Commission of Canada published
internationally in the Inter-Parliamentary Bulletin
• Arctic Project – exploration of gas in the Arctic
• Energy Board Hearings – attendance and reporting on hearings
• Research in administrative law, labour law, transportation matters, and human rights
• Writing of article “Regulation of Transportation in Canada” for the Enterpriser magazine
• Gas Export Hearings – National Energy Board
• Research in administrative-regulatory and communications law
• Research in air transport, railway transport, water transport, air carrier regulations
• Editing Canadian Transport Commission Report
• Representing the CTC in regulatory proceedings
• Research in administration of estates and family law
• Contributor of articles published in various national and international publications

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND LIAISON OFFICER
• Liaison and Public Relations Officer – Privy Council – Accompanying heads of state (François Mitterrand and Margaret Thatcher) - World Economic Summit in Ottawa

Education

University of Ottawa

Doctor of Laws - Juris Doctorate

University of Ottawa

International Diplomacy and Cooperation

Cégep du Vieux Montréal

Diplômée Philosophie

McMaster University

Double Honours - Philosophy, Political Science, and Government

Mercy College

Master of Arts - MA - English Language and Literature/Letters

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