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Ian Davis was born in Montreal and raised
in the predominantly English-speaking neighbourhood
of Montreal West. He first attended Elizabeth Ballentyne
Elementary, then Wentworth School for a year of French
immersion and what is now known as the Royal West Academy.
Following High School, Ian enrolled in Dawson CEGEP
in their Marketing and Business Administration program.
One of his professors at Dawson encouraged him to proceed
to university. Ian took the professor's advice and enrolled
at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
While attending Queen's University, Ian's study interests
broadened to include a variety of disciplines. He studied
in the Math, Psychology, English and Economics faculties
before acquiring an Honours Degree in Economics. From
there, Ian embarked on a Law degree, which he completed
in May 1987 at Queen's.
Ian arranged articles while on a skiing vacation
in Whistler with the Vancouver Law Firm now known as
Boughton, Pederson, Yang, Anderson. He commenced articles
in August of 1987, after taking the summer of 1987 off
to travel through Europe by rail. Following articles,
Ian migrated north to join Race & Company.
Ian has enjoyed a very diverse practice in his years
as a lawyer. In the early part of his career, he practiced
mainly in the areas of Personal Injury and Criminal
Law. In 1994, he developed a practice as a general solicitor.
In 2010 he was recruited by the Law Society to review
and updated the Real Estate chapters of the Professional
Legal Training Course material used to train articling
Students Ian has been a speaker at courses sponsored
by the Vancouver Real Estate Board and Vancouver Coastal
Health Authority.
Ian strongly believes in community
and international service. He is a member of Rotary
and has traveled to Kenya on international projects.
Locally, he supports many community organizations through
Rotary and as a Director of the Squamish Community Foundation.
He has been president of the Squamish Community Foundation
since 2009.
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