Benjamin Trister

Benjamin Trister holds Canadian and American law degrees. Prior to his retirement, he practiced law as a partner of Canada’s largest law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He has been recognized by American Lawyer magazine and Lexpert as one Canada’s leading 500 lawyers. Mr. Trister has almost forty years of experience as a volunteer. He has served as an appointee of the federal and Ontario governments as well as of the City of Toronto. Currently, in addition to being a director at our organization, Mr. Trister is involved in the leadership of numerous other organizations including: Purism, SPC (Chairperson), The Parkdale Community Food Bank (Past-Chairperson); Hospital Diagnostic Imaging and Repository Services (Director); The Shoebox Project for Shelters (Secretary); and The Toronto Writers Collective (Director). Mr. Trister is the recipient of two awards issued under the auspices of the Governor General of Canada in recognition of his community service.