CLE Online

Day 1: Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

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

Unconcious Bias and Racism in the Workplace (9:10 – 10:40)

• identifying how the ways people think and operate in their everyday lives can create systemic issues
• methodologies in addressing systemic racism issues in the workplace
• dealing with micro aggressions, calling out others, and investigations
• best practices for a respectful workplace

Kymberly Franklin — Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Halifax
Parker Johnson — Elevate Inclusion Strategies, Vancouver
Amber Prince — Atira Women's Resource Society, Vancouver

BREAK (10:40 – 11:00)

Decolonizing Human Rights/Indigenous Rights (11:00 – 12:00)

• review of report on Cultural Equality and Indigenous Peoples' Rights
• recommendations for getting Indigenous people more/better access with human rights issues
• Indigenous identity as a protected ground
• micro-discriminations

Kasari Govender — Human Rights Commissioner of BC, Vancouver
Ardith Walpetko We’dalx Walkem, QC — Cedar and Sage Law Corporation, Chilliwack

LUNCH (12:00 – 12:40)

BC's Human Rights Commissioner Update (12:40 – 1:40)

Kasari Govender — Human Rights Commissioner of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (1:40 – 2:00)

BC Human Right Tribunal Update (2:00 – 3:00)

• increasing numbers of complaints and statistics
  • waht are the impacts on the process?
  • where is there delay and how long is it?
  • what is the Tribunal doing to address these issues?
• what is the impact of COVID-19 on the Tribunal?

Diana Juricevic — Chair, BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver

Day 2: Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Welcome (9:00 – 9:05)

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

Case Law Update (9:05 – 10:00)

• key cases
• analysis and trends
• effects on practice

Laura DeVries — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Christopher M. McHardy — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:00 – 10:20)

Judicial Review Update and Practice Tips (10:20 – 11:20)

• review and update of significant BC Supreme Court, BC Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Canada cases
• practice tips on judicial review

Katherine A. Hardie — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
David G. Wong — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Ethics Fact Patterns (11:20 – 12:50)

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

Koml Kandola — Kandola Arbitration Services Ltd., North Vancouver
Karen L. Snowshoe — Lawyer, Adjudicator, and Mediator, Snowshoe Law, Vancouver

LUNCH (12:50 – 1:30)

Hot Topics in Human Rights and COVID-19 (1:30 – 3:00)

• intersection of family status, disability, and accommodation
• privacy law in times of COVID-19
• how COVID-19 has affected the Human Rights Tribunal

James D. Kondopulos — Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers, Vancouver
Melissa VanderHouwen — Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, Vancouver