Biography

About Davies Bagambiire

Davies Bagambiire, of Davies Bagambiire Professional Corporation, practices law in Toronto, Ontario, with special focus on Plaintiff side Civil Litigation, including Personal Injury, Medical Mal-Practice, Human Rights, Immigration and Refugee Law.

He holds an LL.B. (Hons) degree from the University of Dar Es-Salaam, Tanzania, an LL.M. from Dalhousie Law School, now Schulich Law School, and a Diploma in Legal Practice (DLP), from Kampala, Uganda, where he was gold medallist of the year.

Davies Bagambiire articled with the former law firm of Kitz, Matheson, Green and MacIsaac, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from 1978 to 1979, at the time one of the largest law firms East of Montreal.

Davies Bagambiire has distinguished himself in Canada, as a formidable and fearless litigator, author and academic. He has been an Associate Professor of Law at Dalhousie Law School, where he taught Administrative Law, Commercial Law and Immigration Law. He has also been a Sessional Instructor at York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he taught a course entitled “Race and the Law” to Sociology and Political Science students at the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, School of Social Studies, York University in Toronto, Canada.

Davies Bagambiire is the author of a major textbook, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law, published by Canada Law Book in 1996.

The book has been quoted by the Supreme Court of Canada with approval in Vancouver Society of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women v. MNR (1999), 169 D.L.R. (4th) 34; and Law Society of British Columbia v. Mangat, 2001 SCC 67. The book has also been quoted by the Trial Division and the Appeal Division of the Federal Court of Canada in numerous other cases.

He is working on the second edition of the book.

Davies Bagambiire is also the author of several articles, including the following: “The Constitution and Immigration: The Impact of the Proposed Changes to the Immigration Power Under the Constitution Act, 1867″, 15(1992), Dalhousie Law Journal 428; “Terrorism and Convention Refugee Status in Canadian Immigration Law: The Social Group Category According to Ward v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration)”, 5(1993), International Journal of Refugee Law 183; and “The Law of Refugee Status” (Book Review) 71(1992), Canadian Bar Review, p. 408, a review of a book by Professor James Hathaway, formerly of Osgoode Hall Law School, one of the leading scholars of refugee law in Canada.

Davies Bagambiire was the first Executive Director of the Indigenous Blacks and MicMacs Programme at Dalhousie Law School, a programme a programme established in the aftermath of the Donald Marshall Jr. Inquiry, with the mandate of assisting Indigenous Blacks and Indigenous Canadians get into the legal profession.

The job of the Executive Director was to recruit suitable candidates, organize and run a summer pre-law programme, assist students applying to law school, offer tutorials, and give support to the students during their stay at the law school.

Davies Bagambiire became the first Executive Director of the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC), Toronto in 1994, a Legal Aid Clinic established by the government of Ontario to engage in Anti-Black Racism test case litigation. He appeared on behalf of the ACLC in several matters, including the Coley Inquest.

Davies Bagambiire as well served as Vice-Chair, of the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC), between 2004 and 2006. HPRAC is an agency established by the Regulated Health Professions Act, with the mandate of advising the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care in the Province of Ontario, Canada, on the regulation of health professions, matters concerning the quality of assurance programme undertaken by the Colleges regulated under the Act, and any other matters that the Minister may refer to the agency.

Davies Bagambiire is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, a past chair of the Canadian Bar Association, Immigration Law Sub-Section, Nova Scotia Branch, a life member of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL), a past member, Black Lawyers Association of Nova Scotia (BLNS), and a member, Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC).

Davies Bagambiire has also been involved in many community and civic organizations. He was a former member of the following organizations: