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ProfileSigne LeiskSigne Leisk is the head of the Municipal, Planning & Environmental Group and deputy chair of the Real Estate and Development Group. Her practice encompasses all aspects of municipal, land use planning and environmental law, including expropriations and proceedings under the Building Code Act. She has extensive experience representing both private sector builders and developers as well as municipalities and public institutions, including the University of Toronto, Canadian Tire Real Estate Limited, Infrastructure Ontario, Toronto Film Studios, the City of Mississauga and the Towns of Georgina, Innisfil and Whitchurch-Stouffville. She appears regularly before the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts. Signe has authored numerous articles on municipal and planning law and is a co-author of three leading texts: Municipal and Planning Law in Canada, 2nd edition, published by Thomson Carswell, Canadian Forms & Precedents-Municipal Law published by LexisNexis Butterworths, and Canadian Forms & Precedents – Land Development, also published by LexisNexis Butterworths. She has also guest lectured on municipal and planning law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Department of Geography and the Queen's University School of Urban and Regional Planning. In addition to her law practice, Signe sits on the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Greater Toronto, and is a member of its Elm Project and Asset Management Committee. Signe also sits on the Municipal Performance Committee of the Toronto Board of Trade. In 2010, Signe was awarded the inaugural Precedent Setter Award by Precedent Magazine for excellence and leadership in her practice. Her work experience includes:
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EducationLL.B., University of Toronto, 2000 Call to the barOntario, 2002 Associations
Practice Areas Publications and Resources Improving Accessibility: Ontario Braces for Changes to Accessibility Standards ![]() Harness the New Power of Municipalities With New Book From the Municipal Law Group In The News Signe Leisk Comments to Novae Res Urbis on First Proposed Amendment to the 2006 Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horsehoe Signe Leisk Successfully Responded to a Motion for Leave to Appeal a Decision of the Ontario Municipal Board Signe Leisk Named Precedent Setter for Developing Careers of Young Female Lawyers Newsletters Simcoe Sub-Area Amendment Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe – 5 Year Progress Update Municipal, Planning & Environment Group e-LERT - Repeal of Toronto Harmonized Zoning By-law No. 1156-2010 Newsletter Articles |






