2020-2022 Videos | CPD

Date

November 17-19,  2021

Theme

CIAJ’s 45th Annual Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Law explore the current state and future of the self-government of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Vital to the discussion are the issues of the decolonization of legal institutions, reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and the enduring legacy of a colonial relationship.

The recent finding of unmarked graves at residential school sites only reaffirms the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's vision of an “ongoing process of establishing and maintaining respectful relationships” with Indigenous Peoples. This conference is a space for dialogue and exchange on the continuation of active education and exploration of the TRC's message.

Honorary Chair

• The Honourable Murray Sinclair

Chair

• The Honourable Robert J. Bauman, Chief Justice of British Columbia and of the Court of Appeal of Yukon

Videos (scroll down to access the videos)

• Day 1: Part I (2:26:21) and Part II (2:01:23) (Sold together - See details below)
• Day 2: Part I (2:58:10) and Part II (1:51:51) (Sold together - See details below)
• Day 3: Part I (2:53:28) and Part II (1:51:54) (Sold together - See details below)
• Tenzin Butsang Video Presentation (20:05): Recipient of CIAJ’s 2020-2021 Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship
  Project entitled “Kijibashik – Turn it Around: Stories About Motherhood from Previously Incarcerated Indigenous Mothers in Ontario.”
• Michelle Pucci Video Presentation (09:58): Winner of the 2020 Christine Huglo Robertson Essay Prize
  Essay entitled ”Who Sets the Course in a Health Crisis Response.”

***When buying separate days, the purchase of one part gives access to all the videos for that day, in both official languages.
Example: If you purchase Day 1-Part I in English, you will receive the code to access Day 1-Part II in English and both parts in French.

Fees:

All days
CIAJ Members: $650
Non-members: $850
Students (enrolled full-time at Canadian universities): $50

Per Day
CIAJ Members: $250
Non-members: $300
Students (enrolled full-time at Canadian universities): $15

2021  I  CIAJ’s 45th Annual Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Law

Date

June 11,  2021

Program accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory. 

Overview

In this year’s Annual National Roundtable on Administrative Law, we look to stretch our commitment to accessible justice.

Special Guest

• The Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court of Canada

Co-Chairs

• Mr. Michael Gottheil, Chief of the Commission and Tribunals, Alberta Human Rights Commission
• Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, Senior Legal Counsel, Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada
• The Honourable James W. O’Reilly, CIAJ President

Speakers

• Paul Aterman, Chairperson, Social Security Tribunal of Canada
• The Honourable Judge Mary Kate Harvie, FASD Court, Manitoba
• Laverne Jacobs, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
• Sophie Lefebvre, Executive Director, Mile End Legal Clinic
• Julie Matthews, Executive Director, Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
• Michael McNeely, Law Graduate, Accessibility Consultant, and Self-Advocacy Instructor, Canadian Helen Keller Centre
• Paul Muldoon, Lawyer; Former Associate Chair, Assessment Review Board
• Selwyn A. Pieters, Barrister & Solicitor, Pieters Law Office (Ontario)
• Gary Stein, Lawyer; Executive Director - Community Legal Services of Ottawa
• Anita Szigeti, Founding Principal, Anita Szigeti Advocates, Toronto
• Surprise Guest: The Honourable Justice Ardith Walkem, Supreme Court of British Columbia

Related PowerPoint presentations and papers are available in the library under "documentation."

Date
The first episode of this series was webcast on May 17, 2021 and the second one on June 7, 2021.

List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)

• Episode 1, May 17, 2021: Artificial Intelligence in Administrative Decision-Making (1 hour 20 minutes CPD)
  With Professor Paul Daly, Chair in Administrative Law and Governance, University of Ottawa; Patrick McEvenue, Director – Express Entry & Digital Policy, Strategic Policy and Planning, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Michelle Mann, General Counsel, Legal Services, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Government of Canada
  
  
• Episode 2, June 7, 2021: Legislative Drafting in Time of Pandemic (1 hour 30 minutes CPD)
  With Glenn Joynt, Legislative Counsel and Assistant Deputy Minister, Legislative Counsel Division, Manitoba Justice; Riri Shen, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector, Department of Justice Canada; Mark Spakowski, Chief Legislative Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario

Overview

This three-part webinar series held in collaboration with PwC Canada will initiate a discussion on the future of justice and help pave the way to a major roundtable, taking place in the spring of 2022. The webinar’s aim is to refine the participants’ knowledge of key trends affecting the administration of justice. These topics will then be examined at greater depth during our roundtable. This series will provide attendees with in-depth knowledge and insights that will help build a future with improved justice services and better outcomes for families, businesses, and society.

60 to 90-minute webinars
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.

Series Schedule

• Roundtable: Spring 2022

List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)

• Webinar #1, May 12, 2021: Hybrid Courts – The New Operational Normal

• Webinar #2, June 16, 2021: Redesigning Justice Administration − Pillars and Obstacles of Innovation

• Webinar #3, November 30, 2021: Transforming the Justice System: Exploring a Trauma-Informed Approach

Date
Webcast on April 14, 2021

This 90-minute webinar was made possible thanks to the support of the New Brunswick Law Foundation.

Language: In English, with simultaneous interpretation
Audience: All judges

Speakers

• The Honourable Justice Peter D. Lauwers, Court of Appeal for Ontario
• Barbara Morris (Ph. D., U of Toronto), legal writing instructor and consultant

Moderator

• The Honourable Chief Justice Tracey K. DeWare, Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick

Topics Overview

How to write concise, clear, complete and convincing decisions; the issue-driven approach; point-first writing; bias in judgment writing: how to become aware and overcome them, etc.

Date
Webcast on March 17, 2021

This 90-minute webinar was made possible thanks to the support of the New Brunswick Law Foundation.

Language: In English, with simultaneous interpretation
Audience: All judges, court employees

Speakers

• The Honourable Justice Patrick Healy, Court of Appeal of Quebec
• Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Dean, Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa

Moderator

• The Honourable Chief Justice Marc Richard, Court of Appeal of New Brunswick

Topics Overview

Sentencing in other provinces; mental health components; probation services; alternatives to long-term imprisonment; etc.

Related documentation:

• Dean Marie-Eve-Sylvestre's PowerPoint Presentation CIAJ March 17, 2021

Date
Webcast on February 17, 2021

This 90-minute webinar was made possible thanks to the support of the New Brunswick Law Foundation.

Language: In English, with simultaneous interpretation
Audience: All judges, court employees and lawyers (defence and Crown)

Speakers

• Jennifer Cox, Staff Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Dalhousie University
• Jade M. Pictou, Barrister & Solicitor, Mackillop Pictou Law Group
• Jonathan Rudin, Lawyer, Program Director, Aboriginal Legal Services, Toronto
• The Honourable Justice Jessica Wolfe, Ontario Court of Justice

Moderator

• The Honourable Chief Justice Tracey K. DeWare, Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick

Topics Overview

Why do we use Gladue reports? How are they being used in other provinces? Who writes them? Have they changed anything since their implementation?

Related documentation:

• Gladue Awareness Project – Final Report (ILC Press_AdvancedReadingCopy)

This free webinar series held in partnership with Courthouse Libraries BC has been designed to initiate discussion and pave the way to a major national conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Law to be held in Vancouver on November 17-19, 2021. The webinars aim to enrich the participants’ knowledge of the subjects that will be component parts of the larger issues examined at the conference, providing attendees with in-depth knowledge so as to enrich the discussions that will take place.

60 to 90-minute webinars
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.

List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)

• 1^st Webinar: Overview of the Progress of the Calls to Action (October 14, 2020)
  (In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
  Speaker:  Senator Murray Sinclair 
  Moderator: The Honourable Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) 
• 2^nd Webinar: The Next Stages of Indigenous Governance in Quebec (October 21, 2020)
  (In French, with simultaneous interpretation)
  Speakers: Chief Ghislain Picard, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (Innu from the community of Pessamit), Ken Rock, Executive Director, Uashat mak Mani-utenam Economic Development Corporation
  Moderator: Michèle Moreau, Lawyer
• 3^rd Webinar: Looking at British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (November 4, 2020)
  (In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
  Speakers: Regional Chief Terry Teegee, British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (Takla Lake First Nation); Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe), Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia; Senior Associate Counsel, Woodward & Company (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation)
  Moderator: Professor Bradford Morse, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University  
• 4^th Webinar: Discussing the Promises and Problems with the Act respecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit Children, Youth and Families (January 20, 2021)
  (In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
  Speakers: Professor Hadley Friedland, University of Alberta Faculty of Law; Co-Founder, Wahkohtowin Law & Governance Lodge; Koren Lightning-Earle, Lawyer, Wahkohtowin Law & Governance Lodge (Samson Cree Nation, Alberta); Professor Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation)
  Moderator: Jennifer Cox, Staff Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Dalhousie University
• 5^th Webinar: Investigating the Indigenous Languages Act (February 17, 2021)
  (In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
  Speakers: Chief Ronald E. Ignace (Stsmél̓qen), Skeetchestn Band, Adjunct Professor, Anthropology, Simon Fraser University (Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation); Professor Mariane Ignace, departments of Linguistics and Indigenous Studies, Simon Fraser University; Director, SFU’s Indigenous Languages Program and First Nations Language Centre; Professor Sarah Morales, Sarah Morales, Associate Professor, Faculty of law, University of Victoria (Coast Salish, Cowichan)
  Moderator: The Honourable Justice W. James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court; President, CIAJ
• 6^th Webinar: Court Changes after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Cultural Relevancy (March 10, 2021)
  (In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
  Speakers: Judge Brent Hoy, Provincial Court, British Columbia; Jennifer Carmicheal, Crown Counsel at Ministry of Children and Family Development and Mark Gervin, Gervin Law
  Moderator: Scott Robertson, Senior Associate, Nahwegahbow Corbiere Genoodmagejig Barrister & Solicitors (Six Nations of the Grand River, Hodinöhsö:ni’);

Date

Online program in 4 parts of 3 hours each, on September 10-18-24 and October 1, 2020.

Program accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory. 

***Some technical problems occurred during the live broadcasts. The video prices have been revised accordingly***

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• Part 1, September 10, 2020 (2:32:56): Post-Modern Law (Jump to 00:18:50 for the beginning of the Conference)
  - From 00:18:50: Keynote Address: Machine-Made Law –The Next Step in AI? 
  With Professor Gillian Hadfield
  - Law as Code: Drafting Laws to Facilitate the Automated Delivery of Law
  With Jason Morris, Scott McNaughton, Marek Bilinski (Technical issues, incomplete session), Jennifer Dufresne and Charles Duperreault
  
  
• Part 2a, September 18, 2020 (2:14:01): Legislative Drafting 
  - Gender Inclusivity in Legal Discourse
  With Louise Langevin, Kyle Kirkup (In French Only)
  Part 2b, September 18, 2020 (00:38:32)
  - Gender Inclusivity in Legal Discourse
  With Peter Birt (Original presentation in English)
  
  
• Part 3, September 24, 2020 (1:48:51): Legislative Interpretation
  - From 00:10:27: Legislative Interpretation: Interpretative Presumptions / Deeming Provisions / Transitional Provisions
  With France Allard and Sylvie Parent
  
  
• Part 4, October 1, 2020 (2:40:07): Regulatory Matters
  - Post-Modern Regulation: Keeping up With a Changing World
  With Patricia Pledge and Claude Lesage
  - Regulation-Making Powers: Balancing Parliamentary Sovereignty Regulatory Flexibility and Judicial Review
  With Lorne Neudorf, Lerissa Thaver and Ajay Ramkumar

Related PowerPoint presentations and papers are available in the library under "documentation."

Date
Webcast on June 23, 2020

60-minute webinar
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.

Overview

More than half of the COVID-19 cases in Canada are linked to seniors’ homes. Is this fallout a reflection of a disregard for older people in Canadian society? Which safeguards should have been in place to prevent such a failing, and what can we do to protect our seniors in the future? In what ways should Canadian law adapt to better shield seniors and vulnerable people from becoming casualties amidst health and legal crises?

Speakers

• Martine Lagacé, Associate Vice-President, Research Promotion and Development, University of Ottawa
• Jane Meadus, Institutional Advocate, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly

Moderator

• Maria Aylward, Lawyer, Manager, Project and Business Development, CIAJ

Overview

Date

May 29,  2020

Program accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory. 

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• Welcome Remarks (00:04:33)
  Co-Chairs: • Mr. Michael Gottheil, Chief of the Commission and Tribunals, Alberta Human Rights Commission • Mr. Athanasios Hadjis, Senior Legal Counsel, Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada • The Honourable Justice W. James O’Reilly, Federal Court; President, CIAJ
  
• Introduction (00:12:18): Towards a Unified Theory of Administrative Law?
  With Lauren J. Wihak, Lawyer, McDougall Gauley LLP Barristers + Solicitors
  
  
• Panel 1 (00:58:14): The Vavilov Framework
  With Professor Paul Daly, Chair in Administrative Law and Governance, University of Ottawa
• Panel 2 (00:42:07): What Is the Role of Tribunals ***Note: image quality is low
  With Mr. Geoff Plant, Q.C. (former Attorney General of British Columbia responsible for the introduction of the Administrative Tribunals Act in BC)
• Panel 3 (01:02:08): Time Is on My Side—but Should it Be?
  With Ms. Shannon Salter, Chair, Civil Resolution Tribunal; Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
• Panel 4 (01:16:30): Long (Or Short) Arm of the Law
  With Ms. Alyssa Tomkins, Partner, Caza Saikaly, Ottawa • Professor Nicolas Lambert, Faculty of Law, Université de Moncton • The Honourable Justice Lorne Sossin, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Panel 5 and Closing Remarks (01:11:04): Towards a Unified Theory of Administrative Law. Is It Possible? Is It Desirable?
  With The Honourable Justice Yves-Marie Morissette, Court of Appeal of Quebec (TBC) • Mr. Michael Gottheil, Chief of the Commission and Tribunals, Alberta Human Rights Commission • Mr. Peter Engelmann, Goldblatt Partners, LLP

Related PowerPoint presentations and papers are available in the library under "documentation."

Date
Webcast on May 20, 2020

90-minute special webcast with simultaneous interpretation
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.
Specific accreditation: 1 hour and 30 minutes of Professionalism content (Ontario)

Overview

In his latest book, Online Courts and the Future of Justice, Professor Richard Susskind, one of the world’s most-cited authors on the future of legal services, writes about how online courts are destined to transform litigation. Our distinguished guests will debate whether technology can transform the legal system and offer better access to justice.

Speakers

• The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada
• Professor Richard Susskind, OBE, internationally renowned author, speaker and adviser

Moderator: The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court; President, CIAJ

Date

March, April and May 2020

List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)

• Episode 1, March 25, 2020: Becoming the Boss of Your Mental Health: Self-Management Practices for Anxiety in the Workplace (1.25 hour CPD)
  With Ms. Nadia Hammouda, English Community Lead, Revivre *** This episode is for CIAJ Members only.

• Episode 2, April 1, 2020: Mindfulness and Meditation Practices in Times of Crisis (0.75 hour CPD)
  With Ms. Heather Cross, Lawyer, Here + Now

• Episode 3, April 8, 2020: Stuck at Home: Tips and Tricks for Surviving (And Thriving) During a Crisis (1 hour CPD)
  With Valérie Gobeil, Lawyer, Head of Development, GSoft and Tamara Mosher-Kuczer, Lawyer, Capelle Kane

• Episode 4, April 22, 2020: Building Mental Health into Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (1 hour CPD)
  With Liz Horvath, B.A.Sc., CRSP, Manager, Workplace Mental Health, Opening Minds, Mental Health Commission of Canada

• Episode 5, May 6, 2020: Administrative Tribunals and COVID-19: Challenges, Solutions and Takeaways (1 hour CPD)
  With Jennifer Khurana, Vice-Chairperson, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, and David A. Wright, Chair, Law Society Tribunal, Ontario

Date
The first episode of this series was webcast on January 30, 2020

List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)

• Episode 1: January 30, 2020: New Standard of Review: The Essentials (1 hour CPD)
  With The Honourable Justice David W. Stratas, Federal Court of Appeal (Speaker) and Dr. Gerald Heckman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (Moderator)
  This webinar is made possible thanks to the technical support of the Federal Court of Appeal.

• Episode 2: May 25, 2020: Six Months of Vavilov, Where Are We Now? (1 hour CPD)
  With Professor Paul Daly, Chair in Administrative Law and Governance, University of Ottawa

Date
The first episode of this series was webcast on February 19, 2020

List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)

• Episode 1, February 19, 2020: Vavilov: Impact on Legislative Drafting (75 minutes CPD)
  With Professor Paul Daly, Chair in Administrative Law and Governance, University of Ottawa. Moderator: Professor John Mark Keyes, University of Ottawa
  
  
• Episode 2, June 17, 2020: Judicial Review of Delegated Legislation: The Long and Winding Road to Vavilov (90 minutes CPD)
  With Professor John Mark Keyes, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, University of Ottawa. Moderator: Professor Mistrale Goudreau, Civil Law Section University of Ottawa