Barry Dong Memorial Award in Law

Award descriptionAwards totalling $8,700 have been made available through an endowment established by friends, family, and colleagues, along with matching funds from the Carpentry Employers Association of BC and Harris & Company LLP, in memory of Barry You Fay Dong (1954-2021), for domestic J.D. students in good academic standing, who have demonstrated an interest in labour, employment, and/or human rights law, and have demonstrated financial need. Barry (B.A. 1976, LL.B. 1979) was born in Hong Kong, and immigrated with his family to Port Alice, British Columbia in 1956. In his forty-year career, Barry was a leader in the areas of labour, employment, human rights, and administrative law. He was a partner at Harris & Company LLP, and was extensively involved as counsel in the film and construction industry, contributing to the industrys growth with his expertise. In 2018 Barry was appointed by the Minister of Labour to the Review Panel for the British Columbia Labour Relations Code. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Peter A. Allard School of Law.