Introducing the 2026 -27 Justice Education Fellows
OJEN’s Justice Education Fellowship program provides year-long placements to law and paralegal students. After receiving in-depth training in public legal education (PLE) theory and methods, each Fellow plans and delivers a minimum of 3 justice education workshops in schools in their communities with ongoing support by OJEN’s staff.
The Fellowship program allows OJEN to invest in students who demonstrate an aptitude and interest in public legal education to become more successful legal communicators and professionals. At the same time, it enables us to extend the reach of our justice education activities into cities throughout Ontario.
Our 2025 – 2026 cohort wraps up their program in May after a successful year. Each Fellow excelled in delivering PLE programming. We wish them all well in their future law careers.
Throughout March, we interviewed candidates for our 2026-2027 Fellowship positions. We are pleased to introduce the 10 highly accomplished law and paralegal students.
Bora Laskin Faculty of Law – Ethan Chan is a first-year student. In high school, he participated in an OJEN-run mock bail hearing which led to his decision to pursue a legal education. Before getting there, he worked within the Ontario Public Service, including with the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
University of Ottawa - Rashika Ravinthiran is a first-year student who has worked as a youth advisor with the Ottawa Police Service Youth Advisory Committee as well as being the director of Keys Toronto, a financial literacy organization.
Queen’s Law - Martina Randall is also a 1L student. She volunteers with PBSC, drafting public legal information materials on adult adoption, and is also an editor for the Queen’s Law Journal.
Seneca Polytechnic (Newnham Campus) - Julia Rhagunandon is enrolled in the accelerated paralegal program. Last year, she graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and has worked as a Justice Program Coordinator with METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children) in Toronto.
Osgoode Hall - Erica Chan comes to us with a great deal of experience designing and delivering tailored English tutoring programs for her own company, Promise Education Consulting in Hong Kong. While working towards her JD at Osgoode, she is also an MBA student at the Schulich School of Business.
Humber Polytechnic - Mia Amore Papazian is currently in her second year of the Bachelor of Paralegal Studies. Mia’s introduction to OJEN was through her participation in a mock trial while in Grade 12, motivating her to pursue her legal studies.
University of Toronto - Ilhan Yusuf participated in one of our “Legal Leaders for Newcomer Youth” workshops while in high school. Since then, she’s been a volunteer tutor, founded a social impact organization, and currently volunteers with Downtown Legal Services and PBSC on a cross-border youth legal education project.
Lincoln Alexander School of Law - Amirah Farooq - During her almost two years in law school, Amirah has worked with the LAWS program as well as PBSC at Haven Toronto and has also mooted in the WeirFoulds-Arnup Cup.
Western Law - Kenya Maughn - Prior to studying at Western, Kenya worked in government as a constituency assistant and executive assistant to the provincial Minister of Sport. While in law school, she supported Level Justice’s “Pathways to Justice: Indigenous Futures in Law”, has worked as a caseworker with the Sports Solution Clinic, and as an intern with the Dispute Resolution Centre.
University of Windsor - Megan Ronalds is a first-year law student and a recent psychology graduate from Queen’s. She has previously worked as a presentation facilitator for elementary school children for Brain Waves, teaching basic neuroscience concepts and concussion avoidance protocols, later becoming a senior coordinator for the program.
