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Omar Ha-Redeye spoke at Osgoode Hall law school on February 9, 2011 on Life After Law School.
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The Six-Minute Employment Lawyer 2010
The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) hosted The Six-Minute Employment Lawyer.
Chairs of the event were Malcolm J. MacKillop of Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP and Christine M. Thomlinson of Rubin Thomlinson LLP.
Speakers included:
The Honourable Madam Justice Susan G. Himel of the Superior Court of Justice
Sharan K. Basran, Legal Counsel, Manager of Legal Services, Human Rights Legal Support Centre
Scott D. Bergman, Cooper and Sandler LLP
Lauren M. Bernardi, Bernardi Human Resource Law
Matthew L.O. Certosimo, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Richard J. Charney, C.S., Ogilvy Renault LLP
Mary Beth Currie, Bennett Jones LLP
Michael P. Fitzgibbon, Watershed LLP
Jeffrey Goodman, Heenan Blaikie LLP
M. Norman Grosman, Grosman, Grosman & Gale LLP
Michael F. Horvat, Ogilvy Renault LLP
Malcolm J. MacKillop of Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
Natasha A. V. Miklaucic, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Jim Patterson, Bennett Jones LLP
Michael E. Royce, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Janice Rubin, Rubin Thomlinson LLP
Stuart E. Rudner, Miller Thomson LLP
Christine M. Thomlinson, Rubin Thomlinson LLP
Elizabeth Traynor, Siskinds LLP
Michael D. Wright, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP
Andrea York, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Loreta Zubas, LLM, C.S., Zubas + Associates
Labour Law Lecture & Conference 2009
UWO Law hosted the 2009 Labour Law Lecture & Conference on Equity in the Workplace: 25 Years After the Abella Report.
Hon. Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada delivered the keynote speech on Oct. 30, 2009. Kamila Pizon, a 3L at UWO Law, did a write-up on the speech available from Canadian Lawyer magazine and the school website.
The conference itself was held the following day, on Oct. 31, 2009. Brian Burkett, partner at Heenan Blaikie LLP, provided the introduction and overview.
The first panel, on the evolution of employment equity, was chaired by The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Abella, and featured Carol Agocs of The University of Western Ontario, David Lepofsky, Chair of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, and Nan Weiner of NJ Weiner Consulting.
The second panel discussed policy perspectives on employment equity. It was chaired by Elizabeth MacPherson of the Canada Industrial Relations Board, and featured Patricia Hughes of the Law Commission of Ontario, Elizabeth McIsaac of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, and Tom Patch of the University of British Columbia.
Raj Anand of WeirFoulds LLP provided a keynote luncheon speech.
The third panel provided some international perspectives on employment equity. Kevin Whitaker, Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board chaired the panel that consisted of Harish Jain of McMaster University, who spoke of successes in Malaysia, India and elsewhere, Natasha Martin of the Seattle University School of Law, who covered the implications of President Obama’s election, and Michael Stein of Harvard Law School.
Raj Anand of WeirFoulds LLP chaired the fourth panel, providing legal perspectives on employment equity. Mary Cornish of Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP provided a union side perspective, while Nitya Iyer of Heenan Blaikie LLP gave a manager side overview. Michael Lynk, Associate Dean at The University of Western Ontario, also added his insight.
Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada
