JANETTE RYAN, NOTARY PUBLIC
Janette Ryan is a practising notary in and for the Province of British Columbia, with experience serving both commercial and private clients. She is committed to building strong client relationships and advancing their best interests by delivering quality, personalized services, clear guidance, and sound legal information and advice to support confident decision-making.
Before being commissioned as a BC Notary in 2019, Janette worked in both the public and private sectors, spending the majority of her career consulting with international organisations as a project manager and senior adviser. Her work focused on governance, justice and law reform, legal education, property law, and fiscal policy. Janette holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, master’s degrees in International Relations and Applied Legal Studies, and professional diplomas in public international law, conflict mediation, negotiation, and project management.
Today she is a proud member of the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia and the Notaries Association of British Columbia.
ABOUT BC NOTARIES
Member
BC Notaries are a longstanding and trusted part of British Columbia’s community of legal professionals. After completing a comprehensive education pathway that includes a Master of Arts in Applied Legal Studies, candidates are enrolled by the Supreme Court of British Columbia and commissioned to serve the best interests of their clients by providing a range of regulated, non-contentious legal services.
Principal areas of practice include the preparation of personal planning documents such as wills, powers of attorney, and representation agreements, as well as conveyancing services for real estate transactions, and the authentication and notarization of documents.
Notaries are principally governed by B.C.’s Notaries Act, together with the rules, by-laws, and professional standards of the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia.
More recently, the Province introduced the Legal Professions Act, which introduces a modern framework for regulating notaries, lawyers, and paralegals. Among the anticipated effects of the Act is improved public access to legal services through an expansion of the scope of practice for notaries.