Kim Brooks is a university professor and administrator who currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Management at

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

. Previously, she served as the Dean of the university's

Schulich School of Law , mottoeng = "Law is the source of light" , endowment = , staff = , faculty = 119 , dean = Camille Cameron , head_label = , head = , doctoral = , students = 500 , city ...

and as the endowed H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Law of Taxation at the

McGill University Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest law school in Canada, and continually ranks among the best law schools in the world. The faculty is known for it ...

. On January 1, 2023 Brooks will become the acting Provost and Vice-President Academic of Dalhousie University.

Education

Kim Brooks received her BA from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, an LLB the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

, LLM from

Osgoode Hall Law School Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The law school is home to the Law Commission of Ontario, the Journal of Law and Social Policy, and the ''Osgoode Hall La ...

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. In between her law degree and LLM, she worked as a tax lawyer with the firm

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Academic career

Kim Brooks began her career as a law professor at Queen's University and the

. She then became a professor of law at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

, where she was a recipient of the 3M Teaching Fellowship. At McGill she was appointed to the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Law of Taxation. Her research focus is on tax law, and she has also been an advocate for university community inclusiveness. Brooks served as the Dean of the

Schulich School of Law , mottoeng = "Law is the source of light" , endowment = , staff = , faculty = 119 , dean = Camille Cameron , head_label = , head = , doctoral = , students = 500 , city ...

at Dalhousie, before becoming Dean of the Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management. She is also a past-President of the

Canadian Association of Law Teachers The Canadian Association of Law Teachers is an academic organization in Canada, founded in 1951. History The Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) was founded in 1951 by McGill University Faculty of Law professor F. R. Scott following a gath ...

Government work

In 2016 Brooks was brought in by the Revenue Minister of the Government of Canada to act as an independent reviewer of accused tax malfeasance of

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advisors and the handling of the file by the

Canada Revenue Agency The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; ; ) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes, administers tax law and policy, and delivers benefit programs and tax credit ...

. Following her review, she was appointed as the vice chair of the agency's offshore advisory committee.

References

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