Alison Kossowski

Alison Kossowski (BSc Hons, LLB, MSEd, PhD) is a lawyer, educator, and dedicated lifetime learner. After earning her Doctorate in Molecular Genetics from the University of Toronto, she exchanged her lab coat for lawyer robes by completing her legal studies at Western University. Following her call to the Ontario Bar, Alison enjoyed a busy litigation practice as in-house counsel with multinational insurers where she regularly appeared in court and before administrative tribunals on behalf of clients. She is the co-author of the legal textbook, Foundations of Criminal and Civil Law in Canada, 5th edition. Over the past four years, she has enjoyed teaching a broad range of substantive and procedural law as well as ethics courses in the law clerk, paralegal, and business programs at Centennial College, Georgian College, and Lakehead University. Currently, Alison is a Business Ethics Consultant with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and is a member of the Georgian College Research Ethics Board.