Sara Kunto joined MSVU as Governance Secretary and General Counsel on January 6, 2025.
Sara brings to MSVU almost 20 years of legal and governance experience, with particular expertise in the non-profit and public sectors, and including a combined 14 years as in-house general counsel at Athabasca University and Laurentian University.
In those roles, she led the portfolios of governance, in-house legal services, privacy (as Chief Privacy Officer), administrative policy and program framework development, administrative records and information management, as well as the arm’s length office of the Student Ombudsperson and the judicial branch of academic student appeals.
Throughout her career, Sara has provided legal advice related to Administrative law, Corporate law, Corporate Governance, Employment and Labour law, Human Rights, Administrative law, Privacy law, Poverty law, Policy Development and matters of general litigation and risk. She emphasizes providing values-based counsel that is strategic, practical and integrative. She understands the distinctive characteristics of a bicameral governance system. Sara is bilingual and holds an LL.B from the University of Ottawa and a B.A. (Honours) from Laurentian University.
At MSVU, Sara provides leadership related to the university’s bicameral system of governance, including serving as primary liaison between and among the governing bodies and other university constituents. She supports university policy and procedure development and implementation, as well as provides advice on matters requiring legal input. Sara’s role at MSVU is part-time (50%).