Rachelle is a senior lawyer with extensive experience in privacy and labour law acquired primarily over 24 years as in-house counsel at Air Canada. 

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Most recently, Rachelle founded and led the company’s privacy legal team. Through her work on complex initiatives for both the airline and its loyalty program (Aeroplan), she gained expertise in federal, provincial and international privacy and data protection laws, as well as Canada’s anti-spam legislation. 

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Prior to that, she practiced labour and employment law, including health and safety and human rights, making written and oral representations before various tribunals and courts, participating in collective bargaining, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements, and writing employment policies.  

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Rachelle began her law career with Robert Mainville et Associés, a boutique aboriginal law firm in Montreal. She then practiced labour and employment law at a large firm in Halifax before joining Air Canada. Before law, she worked as a journalist at The Gazette in Montreal for five years. 

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Education 

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B.C.L. (Distinction) (1994) and LL.B (Upper Second Class Honours) (1993), McGill University 

Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) (1983), University of Kings College, Halifax 

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