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Mary Cornish will be speaking at Lancaster House's audio conference "The New Human Rights System Comes to Ontario: What You Need to Know in Preparation for June 30, 2008".
Liz McIntyre will be speaking at Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional Development Second Annual Program on "Legal Risk Management for Nurses", on the subject of "Tackling Bullying, Harassment, Violence and Aggression in the Workplace".
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS . . . 2008Veena Verma will be speaking at Insight's conference on Non-Culpable & Culpable Employee Terminations on the subject of "Preparing for Arbitration: Assessing the Strength of the Case"
Liz McIntyre will be speaking at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators on the subject of the duty to accommodate.
Victoria Reaume and Janina Fogels will be speaking at the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE) Conference on Ontario's Bill 212, the Education Amendment Act (Progressive Discipline and School Safety).
Liz McIntyre will be speaking at the Ontario Bar Association’s Continuing Education Institute for 2008. She will be addressing the representation of health professionals at Coroner’s inquests.
Paul Cavalluzzo will be speaking at a course for Inquest Coroners run by the Office of the Chief Coroner on "Running a Fair Hearing". Other panel members are Justice Beverly Brown and Bonita Porter, Chief Coroner of Ontario.
2007Liz McIntyre is appearing on CBC Newsworld to discuss the Dupont/Daniel Coroner's Inquest.
Mary Cornish will be presenting her paper: Closing the Global Gender Pay Gap: Securing Justice for Women's Work at the international Conference on Gender and Labour Market Policies The Conference is convened by the German Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center and the German Institute for Employment Research. It features speakers on the gender wage gap, equality and justice, effects of motherhood, female labour supply, labor force attachment of women, marital status and non-standard forms of employment. Click here to review the programme and download the papers:
Bernard Hanson will be speaking at Lancaster’s 2007 Labour Arbitration Conference. Bernie will be speaking at a full-day interactive session entitled: Absenteeism and Attendance Management: Current Issues, Innovative Approaches.
Liz McIntyre is chairing the Labour Arbitration Conference 2007. Liz will chair alongside arbitrator Kenneth Swan and employer counsel Steven Wilson. The conference is presented by Lancaster House, the University of Toronto and the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources.
Mary will be speaking with Manuela Tomei, the author of the ILO Global Report in Discrimination and the current Chief of the Conditions of Work and Employment Branch of the Labour Protection Department of the International Labour Organization. Mary will also be speaking about her work for the World Bank on the Legal Empowerment of Women in the Labour Market.
Hugh O'Reilly is speaking at the Ontario Bar Association's Pensions & Benefits Section on the Potential Implication of Trends and Legal Developments in U.S. Defined Contribution Plans on the Canadian Pension Landscape
Mary Cornish is speaking at the Canadian Union of Public Employees Human Rights Conference on the subject of Reducing Poverty by Securing Pay Equity
Paul Cavalluzzo will be presenting a paper at the Advocates’ Society Annual Fall Convention entitled “The Effect of Public Inquiries: Public Accountability or Political Narcotic”.
Fay Faraday will be speaking at the Centre for Research on Work and Society conference: “Workers’ Rights, Human Rights: Making the Connection”. Fay will speak on a panel exploring the implications of the Supreme Court of Canada’s B.C. Health Services decision which protected collective bargaining as an exercise of freedom of association under the Charter.
Victoria Reaume will be a guest speaker for the 19th Annual Conference of Ontario Boards and Agencies (COBA), entitled “Open Doors, Open Justice” This event is sponsored by SOAR, an organization of chairs, members and executive staff of administrative justice system agencies that seeks to enhance and improve the administrative justice system. Victoria has been asked to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Health Services and Support-Facilities Subsector Bargaining Associations v. B.C.
Veena Verma will be speaking at the annual National Lawyers’ Guild Conference in Washington. Veena will speak on the topic of migrant workers in Canada.
John Stout will be speaking at the Ontario Bar Association’s Second Annual Privacy Summit on the subject of Privacy and Its Limits.
Victoria Reaume will be speaking at the Lancaster House Workshop on Medical Evidence and Information in the Workplace. This full day interactive workshop session examines the latest rulings by arbitrators and adjudicators, balancing the need of employers for information in order to meet their duty to accommodate against the right of employees to privacy respecting their own health information. A panel of experts will focus on key privacy questions arising in the accommodation process.
Jeffrey Andrew will be speaking at Lancaster’s 2007 Health and Safety Conference on the subject of Dealing with Drugs and Alcohol At the Workplace
Victoria Reaume will be a guest speaker for ETFO / Thames Valley Local. Her topic is “Dangers of Email / Blogs”. This presentation will be made to ETFO Workplace Stewards and Principals and will be an interactive session for educators dealing with issues such as “cyberbullying”, use and abuse of electronic media, and professional misconduct implications.
Paul Cavalluzzo will be speaking at the Labour Law Lecture and Conference 2007, “The Charter and Human Rights at Work: 25 Years Later”. Paul will be speaking on a panel chaired by McLachlin CJC on the subject of “The Charter and Labour Law: What Difference Has it Made?”. Paul will be addressing the significance of the B.C. Health Sector decision, in which he appeared as counsel.
Kate Hughes will be speaking at the Association of Professional Student Services Personnel (APSSP) Education Weekend on the subject of risk management for professionals.
Paul Cavalluzzo will be speaking at a Law Society of Upper Canada conference on “The New Administrative Law”. Paul’s presentation will be on “The Dilemmas of Discretion - National Security and Administrative Law”.
Jim Robbins will be speaking at Insight's Construction Labour Relations Conference on the subject of "Maintenance vs. Construction: Repair or Despair".
Hugh O’Reilly is speaking at Osgoode Hall Law School’s Third Annual Essential Course in Pensions - The Legal and Practical Guide for Layers and Other Professionals. Hugh’s presentation will be on the subject of “Multinational Plans”.
Kate Hughes will be speaking at the Osgoode Hall Law School’s conference on Legal Risk Management for Nurses
Hugh O’Reilly will be speaking and participating in an invitation only pension seminar at Oxford University. Hugh will speak on the topic of “Pension Governance”.
Kate Hughes will be speaking at the Advocates' Society’s Women in Litigation Conference: Taking Care of Business.
Sheilagh Turkington will be speaking at the OECTA Grievance Officers’ Seminar - Plenary Session: Medical Disclosure: How Much is Too Much?
John Stout and Fay Faraday are speaking at the Law Society's Fifth Annual Six- Minute Labour Lawyer Conference. John will be speaking on interim awards at arbitration. Fay will be discussing deemed termination clauses in light of the Supreme Court of Canada's McGill University decision.
Fay Faraday, Kate Hughes, Liz McIntyre, Jo-Anne Pickel and Veena Verma will be speaking at the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers annual conference "Strangers in Paradise? Minority Rights, Trade Unions and Labour Law"
Liz McIntyre is speaking at the Osgoode Hall Law School Conference on Legal Risk Management for Nurses. Liz will be speaking on criminal liability and the defence of criminal charges.
Mary Cornish and Kate Hughes will be speaking at the Ontario Bar Association's program on The New Ontario Human Rights System. Mary will be providing an overview of the changes to Ontario's human rights system and will be reviewing the implications for applicants and respondents. Kate will be discussing the best strategies for human rights claimants.
Jim Hayes will be speaking at the Nova Scotia Arbitration Advisory Committee Conference: "Arbitration/Mediation: New Avenues for Dispute Resolution in Nova Scotia Labour Relations". The conference is a workshop for senior labour law practitioners, union counselors and arbitrators to discuss the potential for the adoption of new procedures in Nova Scotia.
Mary Cornish will be speaking at an International Conference organized by the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work: "What Public Policies for Work in a Global Era? Mary and other experts will participate in a panel discussion on Women and Men in Work and Family Life: What Role for Public Policy Today?
Veena Verma is speaking at the North South Institute's project, Migrant Workers: An Outreach Program for the Caribbean. Veena will be discussing the regulatory and policy framework of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Program based on her research for the North South Institute in 2002-2003.
Liz McIntyre is speaking at the Conference On Canadian Labour Board Law 2007. Liz is participating in an interactive panel in which prominent counsel argue scenarios before a panel of experienced adjudicators.
Hugh O'Reilly will be speaking at the Ontario Bar Association's Fifth Annual Pension and Benefits Hot Spots conference. Hugh will be presenting on "New Issues in Surplus Withdrawal Where Entitlement is Uncertain"
Michael Wright will be speaking at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s “Special Lectures 2007 on Employment Law: From Resume to Pink Slip”. Michael’s presentation will address the issue of “Class Actions in Employment Law”.
Elizabeth McIntyre and Jeffrey Andrew will be speaking at an Ontario Bar Association program on Medical Evidence in Disability Cases: Navigating Around the Shoals.
Mary Cornish will be speaking at an International Labour Organization Workshop on Better Health and Safety for Suppliers. Mary will address Securing the Health and Safety of Women and Persons with Disabilities in the Supply Chain, and will also be a participant in the closing Roundtable. This ILO event is a world wide workshop dealing with improving the conditions in the supply chains of national and transnational corporations. The workshop includes trade unions, government representatives, ILO officials and employers.
Victoria Réaume will be speaking at the Lancaster House Human Rights, Accommodation and Privacy Conference 2007. Victoria will be speaking on a panel addressing “Medical Information and Employee Privacy in the Accommodation Process”.
Jeffrey Andrew will be speaking at the Lancaster House Human Rights, Accommodation and Privacy Conference 2007. Jeff will be speaking on a panel addressing “Privacy Issues in Disciplinary Investigations: Video Surveillance, Drug Testing and More.”
Fay Faraday will be speaking at the Canadian Union of Public Employees 2007 Social Service Conference. Fay will be conducting a half-day training session on implementing and maintaining pay equity called “Pay Equity – It’s a Right Not a Raise!”
Stephen Moreau will be speaking at the OBA seminar “Current Issues in Employment Law 2007: Developments in Supreme Court Doctrine”. Stephen’s presentation will address developments in the law since the SCC’s decision in Weber.
Victoria Réaume and Sheilagh Turkington will be speaking at “School Law for K-12 Education Professionals”, a professional development CLE hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School’s professional development program. They will be leading a participatory session entitled “An Educator’s Guide to Employment Law and Teacher Misconduct” and will be addressing issues including professional misconduct and health and safety concerns in schools.
Tracey Henry will be speaking at the Confederation of Ontario University Staff Associations & Unions’ Winter Conference. She will be speaking on the topic of “Accommodating Stress, Depression and Anxiety”.
Victoria Réaume will be speaking at the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Thames Valley Local regarding “Grievances – The Training Workshops for Workplace Stewards and Principals”.
Fay Faraday was a guest lecturer at Queen’s University Faculty of Law’s Labour Law class. She spoke on “Freedom of Association and Section 2(d) of the Charter”.
Kate Hughes spoke at the Ontario Bar Association’s 2007 Institute of Continuing Legal Education in the Labour and Employment program addressing “Human Rights and Labour Law: New Challenges and New Directions in 2007”.
Hugh O’Reilly spoke at the Canadian Institute conference on “Advanced Insolvency Law and Practice”. Hugh moderated and spoke on a panel addressing “Employees’ Rights and Pension Issues: Planning for the Future of Pension, Labour and Legacy Costs”.
Veena Verma was a guest lecturer for the University of Toronto Law Faculty's mini-course on Global Labour Law. She lectured on “Transnational Union Cooperation” in the context of organizing migrant workers.
2006Liz McIntyre spoke at the Labour Arbitration Conference 2006 presented by Lancaster House and the University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources. Liz made a presentation on a panel addressing “Disability, Accommodation and Job Performance.”
Victoria Réaume spoke at the Labour Arbitration Conference 2006 pre-Conference Workshop on Strategies and Tactics in Bargaining. Victoria addressed on the issue of “Bargaining for Pay Equity.”
Paul Cavalluzzo spoke at the Trudeau Foundation Public Policy Conference 2006 entitled “Muslims in Western Societies: Mutual Adaptations and Resistance?”. Paul spoke on a panel addressing “Muslims, Political Violence and the Security Establishment.”
Mary Cornish, Victoria Reaume and Fay Faraday led presentations at the Ontario Federation of Labour Pay Equity Seminar: "Pay Equity Maintenance: Union Obligations and Liabilities"
Hugh O’Reilly made a presentation at the Canadian Pensions & Investments Summit. Hugh’s spoke on “Pension Solvency Reform: What Still Needs to be Done”.
Mary Cornish spoke at "Maintaining Pay Equity: A Forgotten Obligation?" a panel put on by the Canadian Bar Association-Ontario for a Continuing Legal Education Program - Labour Law: Staying Ahead of the Game. The panel will addressed:
John Stout spoke at the Wal-Mart Symposium at the University of Connecticut School of Law from October 20-21, sponsored by the Connecticut Law Review and Connecticut Journal of International Law.
Victoria Reaume presented a workshop on Human Rights, bullying and harassment at the ETFO Thames Valley Local
Mary Cornish Co-Chaired CBA National CLE "Jurisprudence on International Treaties: Update on National and International Jurisprudence and its Use Before Canadian Courts and Tribunals".
Paul Cavalluzzo made a presentation on"Comparative Examination: Experiences Before Courts and Tribunals: Labour and Human Rights Interpretations" at the CBA National CLE " Jurisprudence on International Treaties: Update on National and International Jurisprudence and its Use Before Canadian Courts and Tribunals".
Fay Faraday spoke at the Ontario Bar Association’s 5th Annual Charter Conference. Fay participated on a panel addressing “Developments in Social and Economic Rights.” She spoke on “Access to Social Programs.”
Victoria Reaume spoke at the OECTA Delegates Conference on the topic of bullying and harassment in the workplace
Liz McIntyre spoke at a joint meeting of the OBA Health Law Section and The Medico-Legal Society of Toronto on "HPRAC's New Directions for Health Professionals: Is it Whistle Blowing or Just Blowing in the Wind?"
Mary Cornish spoke on "Securing Justice for Women's Work: Closing the Global Gender Pay Gap" at Osgoode Hall Law School's Feminist Fridays Lecture Series for faculty and students.
Michelle Dagnino was the Keynote Speaker at Pro Bono Students Canada's 10th Anniversary Launch, speaking on "Law, Social Justice and Community Engagement"
Mary Cornish spoke at the International Law Association 2006 Conference on Securing Justice for Women Workers in Latin America. The International Law Association Conference 2006 is a large international conference with over 700 lawyers from Canada, US and many countries around the world. Keynote speakers include Lech Walesa and Cherie Booth, with Hans Blix attending to speak about his report on Iran and nuclear proliferation. The conference is to be held in Toronto on June 5 - 8, 2006, and has a website at www.ila2006.org. Mary Cornish, in her capacity as Chair of the International Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, organized a panel for the conference on Securing Human Rights Justice: Regional Human Rights Mechanisms. The panel will explore the role of regional mechanisms such as the Inter-American system, European system and African system in securing human rights. Mary will be delivering a paper for the panel, titled Securing Justice for Women Workers in Latin America: The Role of the Inter-American Human Rights System. The paper will be posted on the Conference website, and is also available on our publications page. Other speakers on the panel as Dean Claudio Grossman, Dean of Law at the American University in Washington and former President of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, Senator Andreychuk who chaired the Canadian Senate Committee which urged the Canadian government to ratify the OAS American Convention on Human Rights, Professors Craig Scott and Obi Okiafora at Osgoode and Robert Amsterdam. Veena Verma spoke at a conference entitled "National Migrant Justice Gathering: Building Solidarity, Taking Action", hosted by KAIROS, National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada, STATUS Campaign, and UFCW Canada.
Kate
Hughes, Victoria Reaume,
and Veena Verma
were panelists at the CALL Conference. Kate spoke about innovative
developments in picketing and injunctions; Victoria spoke about harassment;
and Veena spoke about privacy issues at the workplace post 9/11.
Hugh O'Reilly spoke at the "Pension and health care liabilities in the corporate sector (an international dialogue)" hosted by Oxford University.
Victoria Reaume spoke on "Personal Harassment in our Schools: Managing Difficult Workplace Situations" at the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) conference.
Sharan Basran spoke at "Implementing the Personal Health Information Protection Act" presented by the Canadian Institute. Her speech dealt with "Managing Disclosures under the Quality of Care Information Protection Act".
Victoria Reaume participated in a panel discussion on Workplace Harassment at the CAPSLE conference in Montreal on May 1, 2006. "CAPSLE" stands for the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education.
Liz McIntyre co-chaired the HUMAN RIGHTS & ACCOMMODATION 2006 CONFERENCE which was presented by: Lancaster House & University of Toronto, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources.
Bernie Hanson spoke on a panel at the HUMAN RIGHTS & ACCOMMODATION 2006 CONFERENCE. The panel dealt with "The Latest on Absenteeism and Disability Accommodation Recent Decisions on the Scope and Content of the Duty to Accommodate Disabled Employees"
Paul
Cavalluzzo gave the keynote speech at the Law Union
of Ontario's Annual Conference on Friday March 24th at 7:30 in the OISE
Auditorium 252 Bloor Street West.
Veena Verma spoke at the "Canadian Legal Response to Torture -- Promoting Human Rights" hosted by The Law Society of Upper Canada in partnership with the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre.
Victoria Reaume spoke at ETFO's "Still We Rise" Conference 2006.
Veena Verma spoke at a conference for the Farmworkers Justice Fund, an NGO that advocates on behalf of migrant farmworkers in the United States
2005James Hayes co-chaired and Mary Cornish spoke at New Developments in Labour Law & Practice 2005
Victoria Reaume spoke at the Lancaster House Labour Law Conference
Jeffrey Andrew spoke at the Lancaster Conference on November 3, 2005 on Substance Abuse Issues in Labour law
David Bloom spoke at the Lancaster conference on November 3, 2005.
Fay Faraday spoke at the Labour Law Lecture & Conference 2005. This year's conference is entitled Administering Labour Law
Liz McIntyre spoke at The Advocates Society "Skirting the Issues" a special CLE and networking conference for women in litigation. She co-presented "The Environment for Women Litigators in their Firms and in the Courts"
Mary Cornish was on a panel entitled China: Essentials for Canadian Lawyers
Mary Cornish presented at the Canadian Bar Association's Annual Canadian Legal Conference entitled Equality Rights - The Impact of International Law and Policy
Mary Cornish spoke in Mexico City on July 29, 2005 about legal strategies in the area of women's rights and pensions and benefits under conditions of globalization in Canada.
Victoria Reaume spoke at the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) conference on bullying and harassment. She will be conducting a workshop on Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities: Dealing with the Principal's Criticism
Maureen Forestell presented at the Six Minute Criminal Lawyer Programme put on by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Mary Cornish made expert presentations at June 2, 2005 World Bank Seminar on Trade, Gender and Labor Policy.
Jeff Andrew and Liz McIntyre spoke at the 3rd Annual Six-Minute Labour Lawyer
Kate Hughes spoke at the Managing your Legal Risks and Responsibilities within Ontario's Self-Regulated Professions: Practical Strategies and Best Practice Tips for Regulated Professionals in Healthcare, Teaching and Social Work
Kate Hughes spoke at the Annual Conference 2005 - Nurturing Normal Birth: Advancing Midwifery Skills
John Stout spoke at the 19th Annual National Conference -- Labour - Management Relations
Maureen Forestell spoke at the Canadian Institute Program entitled: Managing Legal Risks and Responsibilities in Mental Health Care
Hugh O'Reilly spoke at the 1st McMaster Bariatric Conference
Hugh O'Reilly made two presentations at the 2005 Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU) Annual Meeting
Jeff Andrew spoke at the Canadian Institute Managing Your Legal Obligations Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004: Practical Advice and Best Practices in an Era of Privacy Transition
Fay Faraday spoke at a two-day round-table colloquium on equality rights under the Charter: Strategizing Systemic Inequality claims, Equality Rights and the Charter
Mary Cornish spoke at the three-day International Development Conference 2005
Victoria Reaume spoke at the Human Rights and Accommodation Conference 2005 Annual Update
Kate Hughes spoke at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Human Rights Update 2005
Maureen Forestell spoke on a panel at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Criminal Lawyers' Evidence Update
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