Calgary Italian Sportswomen's Dinner Association
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2025 keynote speaker
WILMA SHIM
Wilma Shim is a Commissioner with the Alberta Human Rights Commission and a sports law instructor in the Faculties of Law and Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. Wilma earned her LLM in Sports Law from DMU in 2024, her Juris Doctor from UCalgary in 2010, and her BSc in Kinesiology from UCalgary in 2007. Called to the Bar in 2011,
Wilma Shim is a Commissioner with the Alberta Human Rights Commission and a sports law instructor in the Faculties of Law and Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. Wilma earned her LLM in Sports Law from DMU in 2024, her Juris Doctor from UCalgary in 2010, and her BSc in Kinesiology from UCalgary in 2007. Called to the Bar in 2011, she previously worked for Alberta Justice as a Prosecutor and Barrister and Solicitor for 10 years.
Wilma is a UCalgary Senator, a Special Olympics coach and a Board Director with ASSIST, AWL, and FACL. In 2007, Wilma represented Canada at the World Jr. Powerlifting Championships in La Garde, France, where she won a Bronze medal in the deadlift competition. She is a Lexpert Rising Star, part of Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 class of 2015 and was inducted to the Order of the University of Calgary. In 2024, Wilma was awarded a University of Calgary Teaching Award.