Education Awards - 2023 Review
ILCO held its annual Education Awards Ceremony on May 27, 2023 at The Omni King Edward Hotel. We gathered to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of the following members, who achieved the highest mark in each of the respective Fellowship and Associate courses:
Award Recipients
- Fellowship: Real Estate Rosana Yaworski
- Real Estate: Rosana Yaworski
- Litigation: Sarah Trudgeon
- Estates: Katie Barons
Additionally, ILCO exams require 60% for a pass and 80% for an Honours recognition. We award a special certificate to ILCO members who receive 80% or higher in each of the four Associate courses. Congratulations to Kristen LaCroix who attained this distinction.
Family, friends and instructors joined the recipients in celebrating their achievements. We are pleased to share acceptance speeches provided by some of the recipients:
Sarah Trudgeon:
I am so honoured to accept this award. It was definitely a juggling act to work full time, be a mom to my 2 wonderful boys, and to partake in all 4 courses of the Associates program through ILCO. My current job deals solely with Small Claims and although that is only one part of the otherwise larger world of Litigation, it sparked my interest in the field and gave me the foundation to understand these courses. I have such gratitude for my co-workers, who gave continuous support and always made themselves available to help me whenever needed. Their kindness, patience and knowledge assisted me more than I believe they know, and they have become dear friends that I can continue to rely on. Last but certainly not least, I want to thank my wonderful partner. I couldn’t have done it without him. He was beyond supportive and helpful and did a great job holding down the fort during class and when I needed to study.
Katie Barons:
Hello everyone. I would like to start off by saying thank you to the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario for this award and this beautiful luncheon today. I also would like to say thank you to my estates course teacher, Clare Aikins, for sharing her immense knowledge with us and creating an excellent environment for learning.
I have been very fortunate to have been able to work for very supportive and knowledgeable lawyers during my career and I am very grateful for the time they have taken to teach me and help me grow as a law clerk and so I want to extend a very warm thank you as well to Justin Newman, Lou-Anne Farrell, Gemma Charlton and the rest of the estates lawyers with Harrison Pensa.
I truly do love working in the area of estates and I am looking forward to where my career will take me.
Kaleb Honsberger, Roots Corporation, was the Keynote Speaker for the Ceremony. A special thank you to Emond Publishing for sponsoring this Event.
Thank you to everyone who attended in support of our students.
Once again, ILCO and the Education Committee would like to congratulate the award recipients!
Tatiana Kotova and Barb Main
Co-chairs Education
ILCO would like to thank emond for generously sponsoring the 2023 Education Awards