Carly Chunick | Barrister & Solicitor
Called to the Bar
British Columbia Bar: 2009
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Carly is a BC–based lawyer and senior management professional with a distinguished career spanning administrative law, policing oversight, human rights, Indigenous rights, and complex regulatory and workplace investigations. Called to the BC Bar in 2009, she is widely respected for her principled decision making, her rigorous legal analysis, and her leadership across government, non-profit, and private-sector environments.
Most recently, Carly was the director of policing, oversight and accountability with the BC First Nations Justice Council where she provided legal and strategic leadership on policing and community safety reform and justice sector oversight. In this role, she created a specialized legal clinic—the Police Accountability Unit—the first of its kind in the province.
Carly's prior experience includes over a decade of investigative and senior leadership roles with the BC Office of the Ombudsperson, where she led the implementation of the Public Interest Disclosure Act across the broader public sector. While serving at that office, she conducted hundreds of investigations and oversaw the conduct of many more, including complex, high-profile investigations involving procedural fairness, trauma-informed practice, and systemic reform.
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Carly’s experience as a lawyer, investigator, and senior manager means she brings a practical understanding of workplace issues with an ability to appreciate the different perspectives of employees, employers, and their clients (and the public they serve).
Furthermore, Carly’s experience in complaint, oversight, and whistleblowing programs has well-positioned her to provide operational and strategic advice to workplaces with such programs, whether they are looking to launch something new or need assistance in operating or recalibrating existing programs and processes. Carly has developed codes of conduct, investigative procedures, and other operational policies for organizations. She has also developed resources and delivered training to staff and executives.
Carly has over six years’ experience working with and for Indigenous clients and First Nations communities in BC. She understands the legal frameworks within which First Nations in BC operate and has an appreciation for the cultural protocols and Indigenous legal orders that are unique to each community.
Carly Chunick
Southern Law LLP
301 - 1835 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, BC V7M 2J8
250-858-8513
