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Episode 32: Dignity Part VIII
Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 23, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this eighth episode, we will be exploring the impact of medical aid in dying legislation on people with cognitive conditions.
Episode 31: Dignity Part VII
Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 16, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this seventh episode, we will be exploring how the concept of dignity, mental illness and medical aid in dying interrelate.
Episode 30: Dignity Part VI
Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 09, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this sixth episode, we will be exploring the connection between the concept of dignity and mental illness.
Episode 29: Dignity Part V
Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Aug 31, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this fifth episode, we will be exploring what changes were made to medical aid in dying legislation from Bill C-14 to Bill C-7.
Episode 28: Dignity Part IV
Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Aug 17, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this fourth episode, we will be exploring the concept of dignity and the history of medical aid in dying (MAID) legislation and jurisprudence.
Episode 27: Institutions and A2J: From Barriers to Open Doors
Access to Justice, Administrative Law, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples – Jun 30, 2021
In this episode, Senior Legal Counsel Athanasios Hadjis welcomes Professor Patricia M. Barkaskas, who presents some conclusions of CIAJ's 2021 National Roundtable on Administrative Law entitled "All the Voices We Don't Hear."
Episode 26: Testimony of a Human Rights Advocate With Lived Experience of Disability
Access to Justice, Administrative Law, Human Rights – Jun 23, 2021
In this episode, Professor Philip Bryden, TransCanada Chair in Administrative and Regulatory Law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law is interviewing lawyer, human rights advocate, and accessibility consultant Michael McNeely, on his own experience with the justice system as a deaf-blind person.
Épisode 25 (in French): Magistrature et techniques modernes de communication
Jun 17, 2021
Dans cet épisode, l’avocat émérite et ancien président de l’ICAJ, Me Patrick Molinari, s'entretient des techniques modernes de communication avec la juge en chef de la Cour du Québec et présidente du Conseil de la magistrature du Québec, l’honorable Lucie Rondeau.
Episode 24: The Intersection of Policing, The Criminal Justice System and Cultural Diversity: How to Ensure a Representative Jury | Part 2
Diversity, Indigenous Peoples – Jun 10, 2021
In this episode, renowned Quebec criminal lawyer Pierre Poupart introduces the Honourable Justice Carol J. Ross of the Supreme Court of British Columbia to discuss the existing methods and best practices for ensuring a representative jury.
Episode 23: Why Administrative Law Matters
Administrative Law – Jun 03, 2021
In this mini-podcast, lawyer Lauren J. Wihak shares her views on administrative law and explains why she believes this branch of law is so important on many different levels.
Episode 22: The Intersection of Policing, The Criminal Justice System and Cultural Diversity: How to Ensure a Representative Jury
Diversity, Indigenous Peoples – May 27, 2021
In this episode, renowned Quebec criminal lawyer Pierre Poupart introduces the Honourable Justice Michael H. Tulloch of the Ontario Court of Appeal to discuss the existing methods and best practices for ensuring a representative jury.
Episode 21: Remodeling Canadian Legal Traditions, Part 2: The Anishinaabe Perspective
Access to Justice, Indigenous Peoples – May 20, 2021
In this episode, the Honourable P. Colleen Suche, a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba, and University of Ottawa Faculty of Common law Professor Aimée Craft will be exploring Canadian legal traditions from the Anishinaabe perspective.
Episode 20: Remodeling Canadian Legal Traditions
Indigenous Peoples – May 13, 2021
In this episode, the Honourable P. Colleen Suche, a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba, and Professor Jeffery Hewitt, who is now teaching at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, will be exploring Canadian legal traditions.
Épisode 19 (in French): L'art de rédiger des jugements
May 06, 2021
L’animatrice et avocate Christine O’Doherty s’entretient avec la juge Lise Gagnon, le vulgarisateur juridique Michaël Poutré et la conseillère en communication Christine Moisan, sur l'art de rédiger des jugements.
Épisode 18 (in French): Les agressions sexuelles, quatrième partie
Apr 22, 2021
Mythes, biais, aveux et prévention. Dernier d’une série de quatre épisodes portant sur la lutte contre les agressions sexuelles. Avec la chercheure Tamsin Higgs, professeure adjointe au Département de psychologie de l'Université de Montréal et Samuel Girard, candidat à la maîtrise et détenteur d'un baccalauréat en neuroscience cognitive.
Épisode 17 (in French): Les agressions sexuelles, troisième partie
Apr 15, 2021
Rebâtir la confiance. Troisième épisode d’une série de quatre portant sur la lutte contre les agressions sexuelles, animés par Viviane Lavergne. Avec Élizabeth Corte, juge en chef de la Cour du Québec de 2009 à 2016, et Julie Desrosiers, professeure titulaire à la Faculté de droit de l’Université Laval, en droit pénal et criminel.
Épisode 16 (in French): Les agressions sexuelles, deuxième partie
Apr 08, 2021
L'aide aux victimes. Deuxième épisode d’une série de quatre portant sur la lutte contre les agressions sexuelles, animés par Viviane Lavergne. Avec la sexologue Sarah Tessier, agente de liaison et d’intervention en violences sexuelles au Centre d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels (CAVAC) de Laval.
Épisode 15 (in French): Les agressions sexuelles, première partie
Apr 01, 2021
La place de la victime d’agression sexuelle dans le système de justice. Premier épisode d’une série de quatre portant sur la lutte contre les agressions sexuelles, animés par Viviane Lavergne. Avec l'honorable Sophie Lavergne J.C.Q., la procureure Caroline Lafleur, DPCP et Me Philippe Comtois, avocat criminaliste.
Episode 14: Cultural Diversity and Bias in Risk Assessment
Indigenous Peoples – Mar 25, 2021
In this episode, we will be exploring whether the current risk assessment tools are appropriate in assessing offenders from minority cultures and ethnicities.
Épisode 13 (in French): L’autonomie gouvernementale autochtone au Québec
Mar 11, 2021
Analyse des réussites des peuples autochtones du Québec dans l’exercice de leur autonomie et de l’autogouvernance, ainsi que des obstacles à surmonter.