CLE Online

Day 1: Thursday, November 19, 2015

Welcome and Introduction

Sandra F. Guarascio — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver

Case Law Update

• key cases
• analysis and trends
• effects on practice

Christopher M. McHardy — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Ryley M. Mennie — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

What are our Rights Worth?: Quantifying Damages for Charter Breaches and Human Rights Violations

• damages under s. 24(1) of the Charter
• non-pecuniary damages under the Human Rights Code
• principles of compensation, vindication, and deterrence

Bryant A. Mackey — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy, Victoria
Susanna Quail — Allevato Quail & Worth, Vancouver

Systemic Exclusion by Design: The Human Rights Implications of Shifts in Government Service Delivery

• trends in service delivery to low-income and marginalized people
• barriers that these present to people for reasons including mental health and language
• human rights implications and litigation strategies

 Lobat Sadrehashemi — BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Vancouver

Adjusting the Frame: Expert Evidence of Social Context at the BC Human Rights Tribunal

• use of expert evidence to prove the nexus in the test for prima facie discrimination
• recent case examples: VANDU, PN, Balikama and Bombardier

Devyn Cousineau — Koskie Glavin Gordon, Vancouver

Lunch with Featured Speaker

Scott Brent — Client Services Manager, Mental Health Claims Unit, WorkSafeBC, Richmond

Networking Break

Sex and Off Duty Conduct

Veronica S.C. Rossos — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver

Brar and Others v. BC Veterinary Medical Association and Osborne (No. 22), 2015 BCHRT 151

Professor Margot Young — Faculty of Law at Allard Hall, University of BC, Vancouver

Ethics Fact Patterns

• what would/should you do?
• discussions in context

Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Gabriel M.A. Somjen — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments

Sandra F. Guarascio — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver

Day 2: Friday, November 20, 2015

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

Jacqueline Gant — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Katherine A. Hardie — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Monique G. Orieux — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Mediation Panel

• pros and cons to mediation
• when it is and isn’t appropriate

Diana Juricevic — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Lindsay Waddell — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Michael A. Wagner — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver

Strengthening Human Rights: Why British Columbia Needs a Human Rights Commission

• changes to Clinic and CLAS 
• suggested change to the Tribunal-only model

Dr. Gwen Brodsky — Barrister & Solicitor; Director of the Poverty and Human Rights Centre, Vancouver 
Shelagh Day — President, Canadian Human Rights Reporter, Vancouver
Robyn Durling — Co-Director, BC Human Rights Clinic, Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Trans Human Rights: Challenging the M/F Paradigm

Harriette Cunningham — Comox
barb findlay, QC — barbara findlay, QC Law Office, Vancouver
Elizabeth A. Reid — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver

Networking Break

Working with Self-Represented Litigants

• practical tips, strategies, and advice (including ethical considerations) for dealing with self-represented litigants

Frances M. Kelly — Community Legal Assistance Society, Vancouver
Norman K. Trerise — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver

Exercise in Advocacy

• mock micro hearings on human rights issues
• live adjudication with discussion on reasons for decisions

Jonathan Chapnick — Legal Counsel, Hospital Employees' Union, Burnaby
Catherine McCreary — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Andrea Zwack — Gall Legge Grant & Munroe LLP, Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments

Sandra F. Guarascio — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver