Hannah Taylor
Lawyer
She/theyHannah is an associate at TDS practicing in litigation.
Profile
Hannah is an associate at TDS practicing in litigation. During law school, they helped create the Trans ID Clinic to support non binary and transgender Manitobans navigating legal name and gender marker changes on their identification. She also worked to co-author a communication under Article 15 of the Rome Statute to the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.
Hannah founded The Ladybug Foundation, a charity that raised funds and awareness for those experiencing homelessness and hunger, supporting more than 65 shelters, missions and food banks across Canada. She also worked with educators to develop makeChange: The Ladybug Foundation Education Program, a K-12 multi-media curriculum to empower young people to make change, distributed to schools around the world.
Hannah was awarded a Meritorious Service Cross (Civil Division) by the Governor General of Canada for her contributions to Canada and was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2007 and 2017, at the ages of 11 and 21. Among other recognitions, she has received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award.
Hannah currently serves on Rainbow Resource Centre’s capital campaign committee for Place of Pride.
Additional Information
Juris Doctor, University of Manitoba Robson Hall Faculty of Law, 2022
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, McGill University, 2018
Manitoba, 2023
The Governor General of Canada – Meritorious Service Cross (M.S.C.) (Civil Division) (2016)
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize (The Royal Society of Canada, 2022)
Chief Justice Richard Wagner Award (Pro Bono Students Canada, 2022)
Yude M Henteleff Award in Human Rights and Civil Liberties (Robson Hall, 2022)
Frank Billinkoff Prize, for highest standing in Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms (Robson Hall, 2022)
Melrose Sissons and Winnifred Wilton Memorial Prize, for highest standing in Gender & the Law (Robson Hall, 2022)
Hon. Israel & D Nitikman Prize, for highest standing in the Legal Systems (Robson Hall, 2020)
2020 Manitoba Museum Tribute Gala Honouree, Leaders of Tomorrow (2020)
Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award (Muhammad Ali Center, 2017)
Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 – Future Leaders (Women’s Executive Network, 2007 and 2017)
10 Nicest People in Canada (Roots Canada, 2017)
Gerrie Hammond Memorial Award of Promise (YM-YWCA, 2014)
Young Humanitarian of the Year Award (Canadian Red Cross, 2013)
United Way Community Service Award (United Way, 2013)
Difference Maker (Rick Hansen Foundation, 2012)
Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Award (Toastmasters, 2011)
Canada’s Champions of Change Top 50 (CBC, 2010)
Paul Harris Fellow, (Rotary International, 2008)
National Homelessness Initiative Award (Government of Canada, 2007)
Brick Award (DoSomething! Foundation, North America, 2006)
Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 (Youth-in-Motion 2006)
Top Canadians Under 25 (Maclean’s Magazine, 2012)
Chatelaine Women of the Year Hot 30 Under 30 (Chatelaine Magazine, 2011)
Amazing Women to Watch Under 20 (Chatelaine Magazine, 2010)
Co-creator/administrator, Trans ID Clinic, Pro Bono Students Canada in partnership with Rainbow Resource Centre (Sept 2020 – June 2023) – a legal clinic to assist transgender and non-binary people in Manitoba who are working through legal name and/or gender marker change applications
Outlaws, Robson Hall 2SLGBTQ+ Law Student Association, President (Sept 2021-May 2022), Events Chair (Sept 2020-May 2021)
Founder, The Ladybug Foundation Inc. (May 2004 – July 2019) – a registered charitable foundation that raised funds and awareness to support shelters, missions and food banks across Canada for those experiencing homelessness and hunger
Founder, “makeChange: The Ladybug Foundation Education Program” (2006 – 2017) – a registered charitable organization that developed and distributed a K-12 hardcopy and online multi-media curriculum to empower young people to make change in the world
Jury member, World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (Stockholm, Sweden, 2006 – 2014)
The Empire Club – Keynote speaker, Toronto ON (2005) “The Club’s youngest speaker in its 114 year
history”
Spoke at more than 400 schools and events around the world to raise awareness for those experiencing homelessness and hunger in her role as founder of the Ladybug Foundation.
“Clearing Your History: A Review of Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images in
Canada and Future Responses,” published in the UBC Law Review (Sept 2021, co-author)
“Ruby’s Hope,” children’s book (Nov 2007, author)
