On Saturday, September 22, Access Pro Bono's founding President Bruce Fraser QC was awarded the 2012 Harry Rankin QC Pro Bono Award by the Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch.  

Bruce practised in Prince George for most of his legal career, and decicated much of his practice there to legal aid and pro bono service. He later moved to Vancouver and became President of the Western Canada Society to Access Justice while working closely with the late Dugald Christie and Allan Parker QC. He facilitated the merger of the Western Canada Society to Access Justice and Pro Bono Law of BC into Access Pro Bono.

Bruce also wrote a novel titled On Potato Mountain: A Chicotin Mystery that was published in 2010 and whose partial sale proceeds were donated to Access Pro Bono.

Details of Bruce's remarkable accomplishments and award ceremony are available here.