Wednesday, July 16th:

Steven Shrybman will discuss public private partnerships at the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions Think Tank, "Achieving Our Health Care Vision".
Auberge Saint Antoine, Quebec City, 10:00 a.m.

 

Thursday, June 19th:

Marisa Pollock discussed new developments in drug testing at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Six Minute Labour Lawyer.
Law Society of Upper Canada, 10:30 a.m.

Monday, June 23rd:

Sean Dewart will discuss the implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board at the Canadian Institute's 4th annual conference on Litigation Against the Crown.
Sutton Place Hotel, Toronto, 9 a.m.

 

Previous Speaking Engagements:

Thursday, May 15th:

Louis Sokolov discussed the challenges of employment class actions in the Lancaster House audio conference "Entering the New World of Employment Class Actions: an expanding forum for the litigation of workplace disputes".
12:30 p.m. (audio conference)

Thursday, May 22nd:

Howard Goldblatt participated in an arbitration moot involving some of the most difficult issues raised in a arbitration at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
Westin Ottawa-Gatineau, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, 9 a.m.

Friday, May 23rd:

Jeffrey Sack discussed the differences between the Canadian and American approach to issues in arbitration at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
Westin Ottawa-Gatineau, 11 Colonel By Drive. Ottawa, 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, May 31st:

Louis Sokolov discussed suing the police at the Law Society of Upper Canada's annual Six Minute Criminal Defence Lawyer 2008.

Frank Addario will speak at the same seminar on the right to silence.
Law Society of Upper Canada, 130 Queen Street West, 9 a.m.

 

APRIL 2008

Tuesday, April 1st:

Jeffrey Sack participated on a panel discussing personal and psychological harassment in the workplace at Lancaster House's Human Rights and Accommodation Conference.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 8:30 a.m.

Jim McDonald spoke on the Challenge of Accommodating Disability at Work at a seminar hosted by the Labour Relations section of the OBA.
OBA Conference Centre, 300-20 Toronto Street, 5:30 p.m.

Steven Shrybman discussed the trade dangers of foreign corporate child care on a panel on the corporatization of child care sponsored by the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, Code Blue for Child Care, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canadian Labour Congress and Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Ottawa City Hall, A.S. Haydon Hall (Council Chambers), 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa
7-9 p.m.

Friday, April 25th:

Lorne Richmond will discuss "New Privacy Issues in the Workplace" at a meeting of the Labour Relations and Privacy Law sections of the Ontario Bar Association.
OBA Conference Centre, 200-20 Toronto Street, 7 p.m.

Vanora Simpson will discuss how teachers can avoid allegations of misconduct at ETFO's seminar "If Only You Had Told Me: Know Your Boundaries"
Four Points by Sheraton - London, Ontario

MARCH 2008

Saturday, March 8th:

Louis Sokolov discussed "Class Actions: Is the Employment World Ready?" at the international conference "As the World Turns: Perspectives on International Labor and Employment Law", sponsored by the New York Bar Association and Cornell University.
9:15 a.m., Bloomberg Tower, 731 Lexington Avenue, New York

Thursday, March 13th:

Tim Gleason moderated the Lancaster House audio conference, "Sick Leave and Long Term Disability Update".
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 15th:

Emma Phillips discussed the regulation of labour in contemporary Cuba at the conference: A Changing Cuba in a Changing World, sponsored by the Biildner Centre for Western Hemisphere Studies at City University of New York.
The Graduate Centre, City University of New York

Monday March 31st:

Louis Sokolov spoke on risk evaluation and overtime policies and rules at Insight Information's Risk Management in the Workplace conference.
10:45 a.m., Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa

 

FEBRUARY 2008

Saturday, February 2nd:

Frank Addario discussed new police powers to stop individuals at the Osgoode Hall Law School's 5th Symposium on Search & Seizure Law in Canada.
9 a.m., Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut Street

Thursday, February 21st:

Peter Engelmann discussed the duty to accommodate at the Centre for Labour-Management Development's conference on Handling Difficult Accommodation Cases.
9 a.m., Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa

Monday, February 25th:

Louis Sokolov spoke about risk evaluation and overtime policies and rules at Insight Information's Risk Management in the Workplace conference.
10:45 a.m., Telus Convention Centre, Calgary

 

DECEMBER 2007

Wednesday, December 12th:

Lyle Kanee participated in Lunch with the Arbitrators, an interactive event in which counsel argued real life scenarios before a panel of arbitrators at Lancaster House's Labour Arbitration Conference 2007 in Vancouver.
Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street, 11:45 a.m.

Tuesday, December 11th:

Steven Barrett discussed the impact of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the B.C. Health Services case at Lancaster House's Bargaining in the Broader Public Sector Conference 2007 in Vancouver.
Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver

Thursday, December 6th:

Steven Krashinsky participated in Lunch with the Arbitrators, an interactive event in which counsel argued real life scenarios before a panel of arbitrators at Lancaster House's Labour Arbitration Conference 2007 in Toronto.

Mark Wright also participated in this conference on a panel discussing remedies in arbitration.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front Street West

Wednesday, December 5th:

Jeffrey Sack co-chaired the Lancaster House Bargaining in the Broader Public Sector Conference 2007. He also participated in an interactive lunch session in which counsel argued the interpretation of actual contract language before a panel of arbitrators.

Steven Barrett also participated in this conference on a panel discussing privatization, outsourcing and restructuring.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 28th:

Lyle Kanee discussed accommodating family responsibilities in the workplace at the Lancaster House Labour Arbitration Conference 2007 in Halifax.
Delta Halifax, 1990 Barrington Street, 8:30 a.m.

Friday November 16th:

Steven Barrett moderated a panel discussing national and international developments in the law of freedom of association and workers' rights at the Centre for Research on Work and Society's conference on "Workers' Rights, Human Rights: Making the Connection"
Best Western Primrose Hotel, 111 Carleton Street, Toronto

Wednesday, November 7th:

Jeffrey Sack spoke on a panel addressing health and safety claims and prosecutions in the courts at the Lancaster House Health and Safety Conference: Update 2007.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 8:45 a.m.