Humna Wasim

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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2024
  • Toronto

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  • Bio
  • Awards & Recognition
  • Professional Involvement
  • Selected Speaking Engagements
  • Selected Publications
  • Education

Humna advises clients on general corporate and commercial litigation matters involving intersecting legal, regulatory and business considerations. She maintains a diverse practice and works with clients to manage risk and resolve issues at all stages of the litigation process. Her work is grounded in careful analysis and advocacy, with a focus on how evidentiary records, statutory frameworks and procedural issues shape strategy and outcomes.

Humna is a member of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. She works with both private and public sector clients across a range of sectors and industries. Humna draws on her science background and experience with environmental and regulatory matters, bringing a detail-oriented approach to technically dense issues and translating them into actionable solutions for clients. She has previously advised on environmental compliance, risk management and regulatory strategy, including renewable energy approvals, mining-related matters, extended producer responsibility legislation and the environmental aspects of corporate and commercial transactions.

Other Languages

  • Urdu
  • Punjabi
  • French

Awards & Recognition

  • The Jack Walker Q.C. Award for Excellence in Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 2023
  • Overall Winner, Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Competition Americas Regional Rounds, 2023
  • Best Memorial, Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Competition Americas Regional Rounds, 2023
  • Upper Year Scholarship, The W. Struan Robertson, Q.C. Memorial Prize, 2023
  • Upper Year Scholarship, Charles Edward Woodrow Award for Academic Excellence, 2023
  • Experiential Education Award, Navi Pillay Award, 2022
  • Highest Standing in Property Law, Clifton H. Lane Memorial Prize, 2021
  • Top Oralist Award, Frozen Open Osgoode Moot, 2021

Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • The Advocates' Society
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Environmental Law Section, Ontario Bar Association
  • Board Member, Double X Health Collective
  • Growth and Development Team Lead, NextUp Toronto
  • Business Team Volunteer, Muslims Achieving Excellence (MAX)

Community Involvement

  • Founder, HerWellnessXCollective, a community organization dedicated to empowering women across the GTA through organizing and executing wellness and workout events
  • Volunteers with non-profit organizations such as Pro Bono Ontario

Selected Speaking Engagements

Presenter, "Maximizing Autonomy and Implementing the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities in Canada: Canadian Jurisdictional Approaches to Substitute Decision-Making, Supported Decision-Making and Co-Decision-Making," Confronting Sanism: From Legal Education to Legal Action Conference, January 2024.

Selected Publications

Co-Author, "Packaging Regulation Accelerates: What Businesses in the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Sector Need to Know," Lexology, March 18, 2026.

Co-Author, "Government of Canada Updates Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations," Lexology, February 19, 2026.

Co-Author, "Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Order Designating Plastics as Toxic Substances," Lexology, February 5, 2026.

Co-Author, "Canada Announces Planned Changes to Federal Plastics Registry Reporting Requirements," Lexology, January 6, 2026.

Co-Author, "Ontario Proposes Significant Changes to the Forthcoming Species Conservation Act, 2025," Lexology, October 3, 2025.

Co-Author, "Canada Publishes Final State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report," Lexology, March 11, 2025.

Co-Author, "Canada Publishes Phase 1 Guidance for the Reporting of Plastics," Lexology, January 27, 2025.

Co-Author, "Emissions Cap: Government of Canada Introduces Draft Regulations for Oil and Gas," Lexology, November 14, 2024.

Co-Author, "Ontario Court Overturns Dismissal of Youth-Led Constitutional Challenge to Climate Change Policy," Lexology, October 21, 2024.

Co-Author, "Canada Publishes Notice for the Reporting of Plastic," Lexology, May 1, 2024.

Author, "Maximizing Autonomy and Implementing the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities in Canada: Canadian Jurisdictional Approaches to Substitute Decision-Making, Supported Decision-Making and Co-Decision-Making," Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, January 2024.

Co-Author, "Federal Court Strikes Down Order Designating Plastics as Toxic Substances," Lexology, December 8, 2023.

Co-Author, "Government of Canada Requests Comments on Code of Practice for Generative AI," Lexology, September 7, 2023.

Co-Author, "Be CAREFUL Out There – Common Pitfalls in Assessing Capacity," Health Law in Canada, November 2022.

Education

  • JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2023
  • BSc (Hons.) (Human Biology & Political Science), University of Toronto, 2020

Expertise

Litigation & Dispute Resolution