Board Members

Antonio Urdaneta is a current member of the Human Resources Committee. He is an employment lawyer focused on workplace and institutional investigations in English, French, and Spanish. Before establishing his law practice, he went through the process that internationally trained professionals undergo to become qualified to practice locally. He completed his requalification and professional integration in approximately four years. During this period of academic and regulatory challenges, he gained local academic and work experience, which included completing the University of Toronto’s Global Professional Master of Laws (GP LL.M.), the Law Practice Program (LPP), and advising and representing parties before courts, boards, and tribunals, by working at a legal support centre focused on human rights, and in commercial and employment litigation law firms. He holds licenses to practice law in Canada and Venezuela.

Antonio led the working group that founded the ITLNCA NetworkS Association, a member-based and volunteer-run not-for-profit corporation. This organization is a joint effort of equality-seeking legal professional associations that seeks to improve the experience of internationally trained lawyers in their career exploration, certification, and licensing processes in Canada. Prior to this work, he served on the board of the Canadian Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA) as its Membership Director and later as its President.

Antonio is also a long-distance runner. He has completed one ultra-marathon, two marathons, three half-marathons, and several shorter races. He finds that running helps him mentally cope with the multiple challenges of modern life.