¶ Allan Seckel
Allan Seckel is a Canadian lawyer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] He has been described as "a creature of government and more specifically inner circles of government."[2]
¶ History
Seckel attended Simon Fraser University from 1976-1979, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Commerce. He studied for his law degree from 1980-1983 at the University of Victoria.[3] From 1985-1986, he attended Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge as a Commonwealth Scholar (awarded in September 1985 by the British Council),[4] graduating with a Master of Law degree.[5]
Seckel received additional educational certifications from the Institute of Corporate Directors (November 2012),[4:1] CommunityShift (2013), Royal Roads University (2016-2018), and Columbia Business School (2019).[3:1]
¶ Career
Seckel began his career at Russell & DuMoulin in 1982, working his way up from student positions to Associate and Partner.[6] He served as law clerk for the Chief Justice of British Columbia, Nathan Nemetz, from 1983-1984, before focusing on his work as a litigation lawyer.[5:1]
Russell & DuMoulin merged with Fasken Martineau in late 1999, resuming business in February 2000 as Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.[7] Starting in January 2001, Seckel began co-authoring an annual series called "BC Supreme Court Rules Annotated" with James MacInnis, published by Thomson Reuters.[6:1]
He was designated Queen's Counsel (now King's Counsel) in 2003.[5:2]
Seckel left the firm in April 2003 and became Deputy Attorney General for the Government of British Columbia.[6:2] He stayed in this position until 2009, when he took lead of the BC Public Service Agency, Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister to Premier Gordon Campbell until March 14, 2011.[5:3][8]
On June 7, 2011, Seckel registered as a lobbyist for the British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA), which later became Doctors of BC.[9] He was announced as the new CEO of Doctors of the BCMA on October 11, 2011, succeeding Mark Schonfeld, and taking over duties effective October 31, 2011.[10][11] He served in this role until December 2021. From June 2012-June 2019, he served as a member of the TELUS Vancouver and Coastal Community Board of the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation.
Seckel was a member of the Deputy Minister Advisory Panel on Criminal Legal Aid from 2013-2014.[12]
From December 2013-November 2019, Seckel served on the board of directors for Covenant House Vancouver.
Seckel served as a member of the board for LIFT Impact Partners from sometime in 2015 until November 2019.[6:3]
From May 2015 to December 2020, Seckel served as Chair of the Measurement Working Group for Access to Justice BC (A2JBC).
From May 2017-June 2018, Seckel served as Chair of the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission for TransLink and the Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation.[13]
In December 2019, Seckel became board chair for Covenant House Vancouver.
¶ COVID-19
In February 2020, Seckel joined the board of directors of Legal Aid BC.
On April 24, 2020, the British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General announced the establishment of the Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group with Seckel as Chair.[14]
Seckel was appointed to the board of directors of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) on April 22, 2021.[15] In May 2021, he became Vice Chair of Legal Aid BC's board of directors.
In July 2022, Seckel became board chair for BC Housing.
In January 2023, Seckel was made a board member for TransLink.
Seckel was appointed as the inaugural Fair Practices Commissioner for WorkSafeBC on May 1, 2023.[16] Later that month, he became board chair for Legal Aid BC.
In July 2023, Seckel was appointed by the British Columbia Ministry of Health to lead the amalgamation of British Columbia's medical regulatory colleges as set forth in the Health Professions Act. He thus assumed "the powers of the college boards for matters directly relating to the amalgamation."[17] A team from Deloitte is responsible for creating a plan for the amalgamation to be presented in fall 2023.[18] The official "day one" of amalgamation is scheduled for June 28, 2024.[19]
In October 2023, Seckel updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect his appointment as amalgamation lead. However, he lists his start date as March 2023, contradicting the public statements of various colleges.[20]
¶ External links
¶ Further reading
- February 19, 2024: "Allan Seckel: A Brief Introduction to the Man Amalgamating BC’s Health Colleges" by Liam Sturgess
Allan Seckel. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.28-195632/https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-seckel-72907331/ ↩︎
Has the BC Medical Association been stolen from the members? DocLounge. Retrieved October 2, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.29-182921/https://doclounge.net/content/has-bc-medical-association-been-stolen-members ↩︎
Education | Allan Seckel. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.28-201614/https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-seckel-72907331/details/education/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Honors & awards | Allan Seckel. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.28-203312/https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-seckel-72907331/details/honors/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Allan Seckel. ICBC. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.28-202038/https://www.icbc.com/about-icbc/company-info/Pages/allan-seckel.aspx ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Experience | Allan Seckel. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.28-195930/https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-seckel-72907331/details/experience/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
IE Staff. (1999, December 17). Toronto and Vancouver law firms merging. Investment Executive. http://archive.today/2023.09.28-204051/https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/people/toronto-and-vancouver-law-firms-merging/ ↩︎
Tsakumis, A. G. (2012, November 6). “EXCLUSIVE” BREAKING NEWS: The Boessenkool Affair Wasn’t the First Time BC Public Service Boss Lynda Tarras Accommodated the BC Liberals. Rebel with a Clause. https://web.archive.org/web/20130111123056/http://alexgtsakumis.com/2012/11/06/exclusive-breaking-news-the-boessenkool-affair-wasnt-the-first-time-bc-public-service-boss-lynda-tarras-accommodated-the-bc-liberals ↩︎
British Columbia Medical Association / Alan Seckel - 2 of 16. (2011, June 27). Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists of British Columbia. http://archive.today/2023.10.02-193608/https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrs/do/vwRg?cno=490®Id=110326%23regStart ↩︎
Shore, S. (2011, October 11). BCMA Names New CEO. Doctors of BC. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002194313/https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/press-releases/bcma-names-new-ceo ↩︎
Mr Allan Seckel appointed CEO of BCMA. (2011). British Columbia Medical Journal, 53(9), 493. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002194503/https://bcmj.org/news/mr-allan-seckel-appointed-ceo-bcma ↩︎
Legal Aid Directorate, Department of Justice Canada. (2022, August 25). Report Of The Deputy Minister Advisory Panel On Criminal Legal Aid. Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929214059/https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/esc-cde/rr14/index.html ↩︎
Mobility Pricing Independent Commission. (2018). Metro Vancouver Mobility Pricing Study - Findings and Recommendations for an Effective, Farsighted, and Fair Mobility Pricing Policy (pp. 2–3). TransLink. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929214459/https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/plans-and-projects/managing-the-transit-network/mobility-pricing/mpic_commission_report_-final-_digital_version.pdf ↩︎
Ministry of Attorney General. (2020, April 24). Provincial justice system advisory groups established. BC Gov News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929215201/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020ag0032-000747 ↩︎
Holt, C. (2022). Statements and Schedules of Financial Information - Year Ended March 31, 2022 (pp. 107–108). Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20231125003432/https://assets.ctfassets.net/nnc41duedoho/7pjbdqMYDPd79wy3lLbQ9m/43708ff405a5720fc860dcd7adcb79db/stmtschedulesfinancialinfo-2021-22.pdf ↩︎
Fair practices commissioner. WorkSafeBC. Retrieved November 30, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.30-215536/https://www.worksafebc.com/en/about-us/fairness-privacy/fair-practices-commissioner ↩︎
Enlighten - News from the CNPBC. (2023, September 26). College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230928194641/https://cnpbc.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Sep-26-2023-Newsletter.pdf ↩︎
Update on Amalgamation of Regulatory Colleges. (2023, August 29). College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia. https://cptbc.org/2023/08/29/update-on-amalgamation-of-regulatory-colleges/ ↩︎
BC Health Regulatory College Amalgamation | Summer 2023 Update. (2023, September 27). College of Psychologists of British Columbia. http://archive.today/2024.02.22-225825/https://collegeofpsychologists.bc.ca/2023/09/27/bc-health-regulatory-college-amalgamation-summer-2023-update/ ↩︎
Experience | Allan Seckel. LinkedIn. Retrieved October 27, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.10.27-200929/https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-seckel-72907331/details/experience/ ↩︎