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Chigbo Ikejiani Memorial Fund

The Chigbo Ikejiani Memorial Fund honours the life and legacy of Chigbo Ikejiani by supporting work at the intersection of technology and administrative law.

Continuing a legacy

Chigbo Ikejiani

In the memory of Chigbo Ikejiani

Support work in disability law, regulatory governance, and technology policy—fields that increasingly shape people’s diverse experiences in the context of emerging technology and communications environments.

The Chigbo Ikejiani Memorial Fund honours the life and legacy of Chigbo Ikejiani, a lawyer and public servant, and alumnus of CIPPIC and the Faculty of Law, who helped shape public policy and regulation at Elections Canada and at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). 

Established by friends, colleagues, and members of the legal and academic communities, the Fund will support scholarships and related initiatives honouring his unique contributions to communications governance in Canada and his belief in the importance of thoughtful, well-grounded technology regulation. The Fund will support work at the intersection of technology law and administrative law, reflecting Chigbo Ikejiani’s commitment to public-interest governance, analytical rigour, and intellectual curiosity.

Bram Abramson
“Chigbo believed in technology regulation done well — with care, judgment, and humanity. This scholarship supports students who want to do that work, seriously and well.”

Bram Abramson

— Commissioner (Ontario), CRTC

About Chigbo Ikejiani

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A lawyer for more than a decade with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Chigbo Ikejiani’s experience at the intersection of multiple disabilities helped spark a passion for telecommunications and technology that led him to a career inregulated technologies. 

Chigbo Ikejiani joined the CRTC upon his call to the Ontario bar following common law studies at the University of Ottawa (2007-2010), including work with the Samuelson-Glushko Centre for Internet Policy and Practice in Canada (CIPPIC). He remained closely connected to the city and its institutions throughout his professional life. Born in Benin City, Nigeria and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Chigbo Ikejiani built his home and family in Ottawa, while contributing to communications regulatory work with professionalism and quiet dedication.

Those who worked with Chigbo Ikejiani describe him, above all, as kind, thoughtful, and deeply respected. Across teams, sectors, and seniority levels, colleagues knew him as a lawyer who combined intellectual sharpness with generosity of spirit. Chigbo Ikejiani was widely admired for his poise, clarity, and credibility, and had a rare ability to offer incisive advice without pretence and authority without ego. Senior decision-makers trusted his counsel; peers valued his perspective; and newer colleagues felt welcomed and supported.

Beyond his legal work, Chigbo Ikejiani was widely read and culturally engaged, with interests spanning history, literature, music, and speculative fiction. He was funny, optimistic, and unfailingly kind. Whether discussing law, history, music, or Tottenham or Vancouver Whitecaps football, he brought curiosity and joy to his interactions. His integrity, professionalism, and quiet excellence reflect and life and career that mattered deeply to those around him, and a standard that the Chigbo Ikejiani Memorial Fund carries forward.

How to donate

The Chigbo Ikejiani Memorial Fund is managed by the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, a Canadian charitable organisation, and can receive individual or corporate gifts in the form of cash or securities. A tax receipt will be issued.

You can make a donation via: 

  • an online donation (Visa or Mastercard), please indicate “In Memory of Chigbo Ikejiani” in the comment or allocation field; 
  • a gift of securities, please allocate the gift to “CLTS - In Memory of Chigbo Ikejiani”; 
  • a planned gift, please allocate the gift to “CLTS - In Memory of Chigbo Ikejiani”; 
  • a cheque, please make it payable to "University of Ottawa - CLTS – In Memory of Chigbo Ikejiani"); 

You may be able to double or triple the impact of your gift with the help of your employer. Hundreds of companies in North America will match their employee's’ contribution to the University of Ottawa. More information can be found at www.uottawa.ca/giving/faq  

Please send all cheques and forms to: 
Centre for Law, Technology and Society
University of Ottawa 
57 Louis Pasteur 
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 

US Residents

To be eligible for a charitable tax deduction on their United States income tax return, residents of the United States that are not uOttawa alumni should make their donations to the “Friends of the University of Ottawa”. 

Please send your cheque made payable to the “Friends of the University of Ottawa”, mentioning the allocation to  “CLTS - In Memory of Chigbo Ikejiani”  to:
Friends of the University of Ottawa
c/o Roha & Flaherty
1725 I Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20006-2423

Please contact us for more information regarding international gift.

For more information

If you want to discuss donation opportunities, please contact Florian Martin-Bariteau, director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society.