Director

Julie
MENTEN

Julie Menten is a partner at a workplace law firm, Roper Greyell LLP, in British Columbia, where she practices in employment, labour and human rights law. A large part of her practice involves helping employers manage mental health and substance use issues in the workplace, as well as conducting complex investigations into workplace misconduct, bullying, harassment and sexual harassment. Prior to joining Roper Greyell, she clerked at the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Before joining the legal profession, Julie spent most of her career working with children, youth and families as a psychotherapist and clinician. She began in the helping professions as a child protection social worker on an Aboriginal family services team for the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development. After completing her graduate degree in couple and family therapy, she started a private practice; worked as a therapist for the Associated Youth Services of the Regional Municipality of Peel in Ontario; worked as a counsellor for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people in London, Ontario; and as a clinician with the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System in London, Ontario, providing intensive mental health services to young people in custody settings and government care.

Julie believes in giving back to her community and has served on a variety of boards and advisory committees. She was the chair of the advisory committee for the Bottom Line Conference on workplace mental health with the Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. Division, a past Board member for the Crisis Centre in Vancouver and the Canadian Mental Health Association, North and West Vancouver Branch, and a current member of the Board of Directors with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, serving on the Nominations and Governance, Performance Management and Executive Committees.

She holds a BA in child and youth care with distinction from the University of Victoria, an MSc in couple and family therapy from the University of Guelph, and a juris doctor degree with distinction from Western University. Julie was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 2013 and the Alberta Bar in 2019.

Julie has been a member of the Board since 2023. She serves as a member of the Governance Committee.