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Brendon Pooran
Brendon Pooran is a lawyer who currently practices in the area of disability law, with a particular interest in wills and estates planning, employment law, government benefits and human rights for people with disabilities. As part of his practice, he teaches Critical Disability Law at York University in Toronto. Mr. Pooran also has a management consulting practice where he develops performance management programs for social service organizations. He has been a member of Board of Directors since 2005. Brendon also sits on the Board of Directors of Community Living York South and MukiBaum Treatment Centres.
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