WINTER 2012
January to April 2012
University of Toronto
Steven Krashinsky will teach the graduate course in Labour Arbitration at the University of Toronto's Centre for Industrial Relations (IRE 1260H Labour Arbitration).
Friday, January 20th
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Steven Shrybman will participate in the annual Ronald St. John Macdonald Symposium in International Affairs, sponsored by the John E. Read International Law Society and the Environmental Law Students’ Society. This year's panel discussion will focus on the legal, economic, environmental, and political aspects of exporting Canadian oil, particularly with regard to the Keystone XL pipeline proposal.
Room 105, 3-5 p.m.
Friday, February 3rd
Queen's University, Faculty of Law
The Feminist Law Students' Association and the Paths Committee have asked Cynthia Petersen to come to Queen's to discuss her legal practice and women's equality in the law. The discussion is a prelude to the annual "Paths Less Travelled" Conference on Saturday, February 4.
FALL 2011
September - December
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Jonathan Dawe will teach Criminal Procedure at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.
Tuesday, September 6th
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Cynthia Petersen talked about doing pro bono work at the launch of the University of Toronto Chapter of Pro Bono Students Canada during the Faculty of Law's Orientation Week.
Friday, October 7th
Centre for Labour-Mangement Relations
Ryerson University
Steven Barrett participated in a panel discussion on the Future of Interest Arbitration in Ontario
Ted Rogers School of Management, 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 26th
Osgoode Hall law School
Steven Barrett participated in a panel discussion The Future of Public Sector Collective Bargaining.
Room 2003, Osgoode Hall Law School, Kaneff Building, 12:30-2:30
Wednesday, November 2nd
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Kelly Doctor attended McGill's Public Interest Career Day.
Queen's University - exciting new developments
Jeffrey Sack has agreed to serve as an advisory committe co-chair for the new Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace. The Centre will train the next generation of labour and employment lawyers and scholars. It will also foster innovative research into legal aspects of key challenges facing Canadian workers and employers today. It received provisional approval on September 29, 2010 and it is anticpated that formal Senate approval will be given in two years.
Previous Campus Visits
2010-2011
Thursday, March 17th
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Jill Copeland discussed the Supreme Court of Canada and the media in The Supreme Court of Canada Course: A Unique and Comprehensive View, taught by Guy Pratte.
Monday, March 28th
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Louis Sokolov discussed "The Fringe Class Actions: Overcoming the 'Other' Barriers to Justice" at the University of Windsor Class Actions Conference: Accessing Justice: Appraising Class Actions Ten Years After Dutton, Hollick & Rumley.
Friday, April 1st
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Marlys Edwardh gave the Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights' symposium on "Funding the Charter Challenge".
January to April 2011
University of Toronto
Steven Krashinsky taught the graduate course in Labour Arbitration at the University of Toronto's Centre for Industrial Relations (IRE 1260H Labour Arbitration).
Friday March 11th
Osgoode Hall Law School/
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
SGM will attend the 10th Annual Public Interest Day, hosted by Osgoode & U of T.
Ontario Bar Association, 20 Toronto Street, Suite 200
Friday, February 11th
University of Western Ontario
Cynthia Petersen will participate in a panel discussion for UWO faculty and graduate students on the issue of policing personal and intimate relationships in the workplace.
Thursday, February, 17th
Osgoode Hall Law School
Mark Wright will discuss discipline and discharge in the Labour Arbitration course taught by Adjunct Professor Mark Lewis.
Wednesday, March 2nd
Osgoode Hall Law School
SGM will attend the "Meet the Labour and Employment Law Firms" event hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School Labour and Employment Law Society.
Wednesday March 2nd
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Kelly Doctor will participate in the roundtable discussion with lawyers and law students on managing career options and navigating practice management and ethical issues arising in the practice of lawthe sixth Ottawa Aboriginal Law Career Symposium.
Thursday, March 3rd
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
SGM will attend the Public Interest Career Day at the University of Ottawa.
Tuesday, March 8th
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Cynthia Petersen will deliver a lecture in the “Access to Justice” course on the topic: “Is Self-Regulation Consistent with Promoting Equality? Women in the Legal Profession”
Monday, January 17th
Carleton University
Colleen Bauman will talk to the students in Professor Ekholst's Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies class about issues facing women in the legal profession.
2010
Thursday, November 25th
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Kelly Doctor helped judge a moot in the French common law programme
Tuesday, November 23rd
University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
Cynthia Petersen talked about Charter litigation in Prof. Melanie Randall's constitutional law class.
Friday, October 22nd
Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law
Darrell Brown spoke in a special workshop on pension policy at the Inaugural Innis Christie Labour and Employment Law Symposium.
September - December
University of Toronto
Jonathan Dawe taught Criminal Procedure at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Sunday, May 30th
University of Toronto
Cynthia Petersen was the keynote speaker at Pro Bono Students Canada's annual National Training Conference.
January to April
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Jonathan Dawe taught Criminal Procedure at U of T's Faculty of Law.
4Students
Canadian Lawyer
Peter Engelmann discussed the pros and cons of practising law in Ottawa in the 4Students section of March issue of Canadian Lawyer.
Wednesday, March 3rd
Osgoode Hall Law School
Mark Wright talked about Sex and Violence in the Workplace in the Labour Arbitration course taught by Adjunct Professor Mark Lewis
Tuesday, March 9th
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Cynthia Petersen spoke to first year law students about professional responsibility (in her capacity as the Law Society of Upper Canada's Discrimination and Harassment Counsel).
Friday, March 12th
Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Kelly Doctor attended Queen's Career Day
Friday, March 12th
Univerity of Toronto Faculty of Law and
Osgoode Hall Law School
Vanessa Payne attended the annual Public Interest Day organized by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Wednesday, February 17th
Faculty of Law, McGill University
Kelly Doctor attended McGill's Public Interest Career Day.
Friday, February 26th
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
Steven Barrett discussed recent Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence on freedom of association at "Freedom of association: Harmonizing Canadian norms with international commitments"
Saturday, February 27th
2010 Conference for Asian Law Students
Yu-Sung Soh talked about the practice of labour and employment law in a conference held for Asian law students attending Ontario law schools and McGill University.
Wednesday, January 27th
Faculty of Law, McGill University
Kelly Doctor attended McGill's Common Law Careers Day in the Atrium, Chancellor Day Hall.
2009
September - December
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Jonathan Dawe taught a seminar on “Advanced Criminal Procedure and Charter Issues” at U of T's Faculty of Law
Friday, November 6th
Osgoode Hall Law School
Steven Barrett will discuss freedom of association in the Labour Law course taught by Professors Pam Chapman and Lyle Kanee.
Wednesday, September 23rd
Osgoode Hall Law School
Steven Barrett was a guest lecturer in Professor Sarah Slinn's Advanced Labour Law class. He discussed the issues raised in Plourde v. Wal-Mart Canada Corporation, a case argued before the Supreme Court of Canada last January.
Wednesday, September 30th
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Jonathan Dawe discussed the impact of the recent Supreme Court cases interpreting s.24(2) of the Charter (exclusion of evidence cases) at a workshop sponsored by the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights.
Thursday, May 21st
Osgoode Hall Law School
Jonathan Dawe delivered a guest lecture on section 11(b)'s right to a trial within a reasonable time to LLM students in a course called "Legal Rights in the Canadian Charter".
Wednesday, April 8th
University of Ottawa
Kelly Doctor judged the compulsory moots in the French Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law.
Friday, March 14th
Queen's University Faculty of Law
Fay Brunning and Colleen Bauman attended the Careers Day sponsored by the Faculty of Law at Queen's University.
Friday, March 6th
Univerity of Toronto Faculty of Law and
Osgoode Hall Law School
SGM's lawyers attended the Public Interest Career Fair, sponsored by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Thursday, March 5th
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
SGM's lawyers attended the 2009 Career Day held by the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. Steven Shrybman spoke to students about public interest litigation.
Wednesday, February 18th
McGill University Faculty of Law
Kelly Doctor particpated in the Public Interest Career Day at McGill University's Faculty of Law.
Monday, January 19th
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Fay Brunning participated in a simulated mediation at the annual Dispute Resolution and Professional Responsibility Program held for all first year students in the Common Law Section of U of O's Faculty of Law.
2008
Friday, September 5th
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Two of SGM's constitutional law experts participated in panel discussions being held as part of a public colloquium being held to celebrate the opening of the new Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at the Faculty of Law. Cynthia Petersen discussed the successes and challenges of the first 25 years of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Steven Barrett spoke about new frontiers in Charter litigation.
Friday, March 14th
University of Toronto
Osgoode Hall Law School
SGM lawyers attended the Public Interest Day organized by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Friday, March 14th
Queen's University
SGM lawyers attended the Queen's University Faculty of Law Careers Day at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 285 King Street East, Kingston.
Thursday, March 6th
University of Ottawa
Lise Leduc and Colleen Bauman attended the University of Ottawa Common Law Career Fair at the Ottawa Congress Centre.
Monday, March 3rd
Osgoode Hall Law School
Cynthia Petersen spoke about the equality rights of transsexuals and transgender people in the Law & Gender Equality course at Osgoode Hall Law School, The course is taught by Chantal Morton.
Monday, January 21st
University of Ottawa
Fay Brunning acted as counsel in a simulated mediation demonstration in the Dispute Resolution and Professional Responsibility Program for first year students at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (Common Law Section). The course is taught by Professors Ellen Zweibel, Peggy Malpass and Marina Pavlovic.
January to April 2008
University of Toronto
Steven Krashinsky taught the graduate course in Labour Arbitration at the University of Toronto's Centre for Industrial Relations (IRE 1260H Labour Arbitration).
2007
Tuesday, November 20th
University of Ottawa
Fiona Campbell and Lise Leduc spoke on a panel discussion on career paths at the University of Ottawa's faculty of law. The function was organized by the Employment and Labour Law Students Society.
Tuesday, November 13th
University of Toronto
Jeffrey Sack and Emma Phillips attended a graduate seminar at the Centre for Industrial Relations to discuss the growth of non-standard work in North America (Canada, the US and Mexico), and different approaches to extending to employment standards protections to vulnerable workers.
Tuesday October 23th
University of Toronto
Jonathan Dawe participated in roundtable discussion sponsored by the Criminal Law Students’ Association on the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Clayton and Farmer.
Friday, October 19th
University of Ottawa
Steven Shrybman and articling student, Aleisha Stevens, attended the 2nd annual Legal Careers in Social Justice Fair at the University of Ottawa. They discussed SGM's commitment to labour law and human rights issues generally; about successful efforts to monitor and curb the privatization of public services and resources such as Medicare, and water and sanitation services; our work with Egale Canada Inc.; and the firm's commitment to all efforts that further a social environment of equality, fair working conditions, and non-discriminatory practices.
September 6th
University of Toronto
Cynthia Petersen spoke to the University of Toronto Faculty of Law class of 2010 about the importance of pro bono work and its role in the legal profession at an event organized by Pro Bono Students Canada.
