Human Rights Conference 2013
Course Date: November 28, 2013
Course Date: November 28, 2013
Day 1: Thursday, November 28, 2013
Welcome and Introduction
Sandra F. Guarascio — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Mental Disorder Provisions of the WCA and OHS Workplace Bullying and Harassment Policies
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overview of scope of compensable mental disorder claims—legislation and policies
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trends and guidance from the compensation claims cases
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jurisdictional issues
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employer, employee, and union perspectives on dealing with mental disorder claims
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OHS bullying and harassment prevention policies—requirements, perspectives, and practical tips
Peter Eastwood — Hamilton Howell Bain & Gould, Vancouver
Catherine A. Sullivan — British Columbia Government & Service Employees’ Union, Vancouver
Marino J. Sveinson — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Networking Break
Current Issues in Discrimination: Is it Time to Move Beyond Meiorin?
- a review of the Meiorin approach to proof of prima facie discrimination/accommodation
Nitya Iyer — Lovett Westmacott, Vancouver
Stanley N.E. Lanyon, QC — Arbitrator/Mediator, Stan Lanyon Law Corporation, New Westminster
Case Law Update
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key cases
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analysis, impact, and effects
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trends
Christopher M. McHardy — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver
Ryley M. Mennie — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver
Networking Lunch
Working with Challenging Litigants
- identifying and understanding challenging litigants
- practical and ethical issues arising when dealing with challenging and or self-represented litigants
- practical tips for dealing with challenging and/or self-represented litigants
Dr. Hugues Hervé, PhD, RPsych — Director of Consulting Services, The Forensic Alliance, Port Moody
David Hill — City of Vancouver–Legal Department, Vancouver
Lindsay Waddell — Community Legal Assistance Society, Vancouver
Reconciling Competing Interests: Fuming Over Smoking Complaints in Strata and Residential Housing
- theoretical case study
- legislative framework
- evidentiary issues: is the disability exacerbated by second-hand smoke exposure?
- reasonable accommodation: comparison of tools available in multi-living dwellings
Seema Lal — Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson, Vancouver
Vanessa L. Reakes — Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson, Vancouver
Networking Break
Ethics Fact Patterns
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what would/should you do?
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discussions in context
Master Heather M. MacNaughton — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Gabriel M.A. Somjen — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Closing Questions and Comments
Day 2: Friday, November 29, 2013
Welcome and Introduction
Sandra F. Guarascio — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Judicial Review of BC Human Rights Tribunal Decisions
- review and update of significant BC Supreme Court, BC Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Canada cases
Jessica Connell — British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
David G. Wong — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Information and Privacy in Disability Management Programs
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what types of personal/medical information are unionized employers entitled to under these programs?
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nature and content of consent forms authorizing the collection, use, and disclosure of employee information
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arbitral analysis and Human Rights Code analysis
Jonathan Chapnick — Legal Counsel, Hospital Employees’ Union, Burnaby
Adriana F. Wills — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver
Networking Break
“On the Street” and Social Condition Discrimination
- creative approaches to addressing day-to-day experiences of discrimination
- preventing a gap in access to justice for cases that don’t “fit” the Code
- “social condition” as a prohibited ground of discrimination
Sarah J. Rauch — Director and Supervising Lawyer, UBC First Nations Legal Clinic, Vancouver
Laura Track — Legal Director, West Coast Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund, Vancouver
Lunch with Featured Speaker: "Advocacy and Human Rights"
The Honourable Anne L. Mactavish — Federal Court, Ottawa
Dismissal Cases: New Decisions
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which cases were successfully dismissed and why or why not?
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principles coming out of the cases
Jennifer R. Devins — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Robyn Durling — British Columbia Human Rights Coalition, Vancouver
Kathleen Smith — British Columbia Human Rights Coalition, Vancouver
Networking Break
Grounds Panel: Retaliation
Tom Beasley — Bernard LLP, Vancouver
Daniel Bertrand — Koskie Glavin Gordon, Vancouver
Craig T. Munroe — Heenan Blaikie LLP, Vancouver
Closing Questions and Comments
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