barbara findlay QC has been practising law for 30 years. Over the course of her career, she has been active in many areas of the law. She was a senior manager of the Legal Services Society (legal aid); she taught both full time, and as adjunct faculty at the Faculty of Law, UBC; and she has had a general practice. She has been a member of the Law Society Equity and Diversity Committee, the Canadian Bar Association National Equity Committee, the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association Equity Committee; LEAF (B.C. Board of Directors and National Legal Committee); and was the founding co-chair of SOGIC (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference of the Canadian Bar Association).

She has presented in many Continuing Education seminars, both in B.C. and nationally; and has written and published many law-related articles in legal journals and popular media.

barbara has been very active in the community, and currently sits on the Board of Pacific Disabled Women's Action Network. She was adopted by the WE'etsuwe'ten people, and given the name Zil' ha' lay (Many Spirits).

barbara was given a QC (Queen's Counsel) designation in 2001 by Her Majesty in Right of the Province of British Columbia .