The Every Lawyer

“Legislative Reconciliation is Governments using legislative powers for good and not bad. The Indian Act, you might say, was the government using its powers for bad, for a very long time.” -Prof. MetallicProfessor Naiomi Metallic, divides her time between practice and teaching at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law where she holds the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy. She was part of the legal team that intervened on behalf of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society led by Cindy Blackstock, a longtime advocate for child welfare and Indigenous children's rights. The SCC referenced Prof. Metallic's article, Aboriginal Rights, Legislative Reconciliation and Constitutionalism (dal.ca) , in their Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, and she is this year's winner of the CBA's Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law.Also mentioned in this episode: Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Summary - 40619 (scc-csc.ca)Judicial Workbook on Bill C-92 — An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families (dal.ca)Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Parties - 39856 (scc-csc.ca)Braiding Legal Orders | McGill-Queen's University Press (mqup.ca)We highly recommend The Path: Canadian Bar Association - Understanding the Truth and Engaging in Reconciliation (cba.org)Reach out to us anytime at podcasts@cba.org

For over 157 years, the Canadian federation has derived its legitimacy from a written constitution made up of 31 documents, the majority of which have no legal force in the French language, among them the foundational Constitution Act of 1867, formerly referred to as the British North America Act. While the Constitution Act of 1982 was written and adopted in both official languages, the remaining 71% of the documents, though translated, have yet to be promulgated. 42 years and counting. How did we get here? And what are the consequences of a 71% unilingual constitution? Professor François Larocque, holder of the first Canadian Francophonie Research Chair in Language Rights since 2018, is one of Canada's top experts on language rights and is currently involved in litigation aimed at solving this issue once and for all.The French version of this episode is available here: Canadian Bar Association - Juriste branché (cba.org).Constitution bilingue / Bilingual Constitution (youtube.com)

What is it like to fly in, perhaps even get briefly stranded, and then fly back out, all the while sharing some very close quarters with both the judge and opposing counsel?  Very collegial.Julia welcomes an ad hoc panel of pan northern practitioners and active CBA members to The Every Lawyer:Leeland Hawkings was born and raised in Whitehorse, where he now works as legal counsel with the Yukon government; he is also the current vice president of the Yukon branch of the CBA.Paulina Ross left her home in Yellowknife to do her JD and a Masters Degree in environmental science. She has now returned and is currently the only articling student in the Northwest Territories. Eric Cheng is our big city litigator who answered the call and is now with the Nunavut Prosecution Service, providing access to justice for people living in some of the most remote communities in the world.It's no surprise to anyone that there is a shortage of skills in the North, but it may surprise you just how much opportunity there is for career growth for legal professionals. You may have to bring your own mason jars.This conversation was recorded on May 30th, 2024.Further listening:  The Place That Thaws - Podcast | APTN NewsWrite to us at podcasts@cba.org

Overarching themes: lawyers can benefit from multi-disciplinary approaches in various ways, clients seriously benefit from holistic approaches, and that combining these two approaches is really making headway on improving access to justice for vulnerable communities.Hosted  by Julia Tétrault-Provencher and featuring:Emily Murray Luke's Place, legal office with social and health support workers on site, specialised on the needs of survivors of intimate partner violence. People centered approach.Amy Slotek on her work as an embedded lawyer at a downtown Toronto mental health agency working with the homeless. Picking people up where they are.Michele Leering on Community Lawyers, Outreach, A2J in legal education and reflective practice. Ida Bianchi on how lack of access to all types of services, not only legal, often causes and then perpetuates people's involvement with criminal and family justice systems.Ab Currie on the uneven but steady march of progress on improving access to justice, the interplay between legal and non-legal problems, how these tend to cluster and feed off of one another, and that the legal profession is finally coming to realise more fully that you simply can't solve one without solving the other.Lisa Moore on Crossing Boundaries: Exploring Multi-Disciplinary Models for Legal Problem Resolution (2024). Lisa was the lead researcher and author and is also the director of the CFCJ.Home - Luke's Place (lukesplace.ca)Embedded Lawyer Program: 2022-23 annual report (legalaid.on.ca)Home - CALC (communitylegalcentre.ca)       Michele Leering | Queen's Law (queensu.ca)JUST13_Bio_Currie.pdf (cba.org)         Crossing boundaries: Exploring multi-disciplinary models for legal problem resolution (cfcj-fcjc.org)

There are many reasons for lawyers and litigators to consider mediation as a career move. And there are born mediators who may not have a professional legal background at all. Our goal in this episode is twofold: to make the case for mediation as a viable alternative to our over-burdened court system and to explore the role mediation plays in peace-, community-, and capacity- building on both the local and global scale. Pro-tip for seasoned professionals: mediation can also provide some relief for the feeling of burnout that can come from years of working in the adversarial system.Julia welcomes Christine Kilby from the CBA Dispute Resolution Section. Christine and Julia introduce us to masters of mediation: Joy Noonan, Esther Omam, Mina Vaish and Archana Medhekar. Sponsored by the CBA Dispute Resolution Section: "Alternative" Dispute Resolution has never been so mainstream. Further links:Canadian Bar Association - Dispute Resolution (cba.org)neutralsolutions.ca https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/what-we-do/working-groups/united-nations-working-group/women-in-mediation-action-group/Mina Vaish, LL.M | LinkedInArchana Medhekar - Mediators Beyond Borders International Reach Out NGO | Cameroon (reachoutcameroon.org)Esther Omam - Women Mediators across the CommonwealthEsther Omam takes us on a deep dive into her work with Reach Out Cameroon during the Bakassi crisis on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, and the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon's South West and North West Regions, still ongoing. For context: Bakassi conflict - WikipediaAnglophone Crisis - WikipediaKilby Mediation

Julia welcomes two of Canada's top experts on EDI in the legal workplace: McCarthy-Tetrault's current and former Chief Inclusion Officers, Charlene Theodore and Nikki Gershbain.Before moving to McCarthy-Tetrault, Charlene Thedore worked as in-house council in the education sector and, in 2020, she was the first black person to become President of the OBA. Charlene has also worked for the UN committee on the elimination of racial discrimination and is a member and former director of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers. In addition to her pioneering work on EDI at McCarthy and starting her own consultancy firm, IDEA Consulting, Nikki Gershbain is a long-time pro bono advocate and family law practitioner and has served as Executive Director of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and National Director of Pro Bono Students Canada. In 2021, she received the Canadian Bar Association's LGBTQ Hero Award for her work on trans workplace inclusion. This is an episode full of practical, usable, advice on achieving true equity, diversity, and inclusion, at work and everywhere else. It includes concrete examples of effective and beneficial workplace EDI policies and offers some terrific all-purpose life lessons and memorable, usable, quotes. Charlene, Nikki and Julia discuss everything from the business case for EDI to Elon Musk's twitter beef with Mark Cuban, the need for active leadership on human rights and why trans inclusion matters; how cultural trends and current events in our increasingly polarized political and historical realities impact us at work; that “the truth is always more complex, because none of us is either totally oppressed or completely privileged" (Nikki Gershbain), and that "no one has a monopoly on being wrong" (Charlene Theodore).Nikki Gershbain - IDEA Consulting: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (ideaconsultinggroup.ca)Charlene Theodore | McCarthy TétraultLaw & Disorder Inc. - Law & Disorder Inc. (murraygottheil.com)As always, please feel free to subscribe and write to us anytime at podcasts@cba.org

Trail-blazing penny droppers. Julia welcomes two iconic figures from within the CBA and the legal profession: barbara findlay KC and Douglas Elliott. Gay lawyers from when there were no gay lawyers. They co-founded SOGIC, now SAGDA, and are partly responsible for many of the rights the 2SLGBTQIA+ community has achieved over the last forty years. To quote barbara: "what was gained in a generation could easily be lost in a generation". And Douglas wrote: "we are experiencing a terrible backlash right now where the very concept of human rights is under attack and ‘DEI” is under sustained attack." Following their lead, we are Remaining Vigilant.Cases discussed in this episode:2003 BCSC 1936 (CanLII) | Vancouver Rape Relief Society v. Nixon et al. | CanLII1995 CanLII 98 (SCC) | Egan v. Canada | CanLII1998 CanLII 816 (SCC) | Vriend v. Alberta | CanLII1999 CanLII 686 (SCC) | M. v. H. | CanLII2004 SCC 79 (CanLII) | Reference re Same-Sex Marriage | CanLII2007 SCC 10 (CanLII) | Canada (Attorney General) v. Hislop | CanLIIFinal-Settlement-Agreement.pdf (lgbtpurgefund.com)

Criminal defense attorneys Tony Paisana and Tyler Schnare from the CBA Criminal Justice Section geek out with Julia about the recently updated CBA Collateral Consequences Toolkit. For clients, it presents a comprehensive overview in fairly plain language about the fall-out of a criminal conviction. For lawyers, to quote Tony, "there are serious consequences to not advising of the consequences...".This updated resource aims to help lawyers, clients, and judges gain a better understanding of the impact of criminal convictions on offenders before the courts.The consequences can have an impact on everything from employment to housing, from family to financial considerations, from immigration to pardons.Collateral consequences have the power to affect an individual – forever.Canadian Bar Association - Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Considerations for lawyers (cba.org)

A discussion about what is actually behind the words, equity, diversity and inclusion. Our final episode with original CBA Task Force on Gender Equality members, Justice Sophie Bourque, Patricia Blocksom, Daphne Dumont and principal author Melina Buckley and a diverse cross-section of women lawyers working in the profession today on how much progress has been made on gender equality since 1993. And the next thirty years?“When will the profession get to a place where we can look back and say, we got there!?” -Sameera SeredaLink to the full report: touchstonesForChange.pdf (cba.org)

How the Bertha Wilson Task Force took an intersectional approach to their work on gender equality at a time when the phrase intersectionality was still an obscure legal term that had only recently been coined. This Episode begins with a compilation of lived experiences of junior, senior, and anywhere in-between, women lawyers from all walks of life and from all across Canada. Interviews by Rebecca Brown and Julia Tétrault-Provencher.

To quote Patricia Blocksom: “Equality is a robust concept but a fragile reality.” Fortunately lawyers are good at remaining constantly vigilant and feminism is nothing to be afraid of, quite the opposite: by the end of this our second episode on the Touchstones Report, you will be very grateful you have chosen to let these wonderful women, these wonderful feminists, into your life for a while. Thanks for listening, reach out to us anytime at podcasts@cba.org! Touchstones Report Executive Summary:The CBA's Task Force on Gender Equality's groundbreaking 1993 Report titled “Touchstones for Change: Equality, Diversity, and Accountability” addresses a range of issues related to equality and discrimination in the legal profession. It focuses on barriers to entry into the profession, including law school admission policies, access to articling positions, and the articling experience. The Report also highlights the unique challenges faced by women in the legal profession, such as employment opportunities, career advancement, and the lack of accommodation for family responsibilities.  Additionally, the Report explores the dynamics within private practice, government legal departments, and corporate legal departments, including issues of employment equality, career opportunities, and instances of sexual harassment. Further, the Report delves into the challenges faced by faculties of law and administrative tribunals, examining issues such as representation, career advancement, balancing career and family responsibilities, and sexual harassment. It also addresses the judiciary and the need for a fair and diverse appointment process, judicial education, and tackling discrimination within the judiciary.  The practice of family law is discussed in detail, highlighting issues related to representation, career advancement, funding for legal aid, and challenges with the substantive law.  The Report also emphasizes the role of Law Societies and the CBA in promoting equality within the legal profession. It explores the need for non-discrimination, monitoring, disclosure requirements, alternative discipline processes, and the importance of implementing the Task Force's recommendations. Finally, it touches upon the need for gender equality in substantive law and procedure, examining areas such as family law, intellectual property law, criminal justice, and pensions and benefits. Overall, the Touchstones for Change Report provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and areas requiring improvement in achieving equality and addressing discrimination within the legal profession in Canada. Reviewing the Summary below, one will see that many of these recommendations have been achieved; however, there is still much to be done to make them all a reality. Summary of Recommendations Chapter Two addresses barriers to entry into the legal profession and recommends a range of measures, including consultation mechanisms between law schools and law societies, outreach programs to promote diversity in the profession, education equity initiatives, affirmative action recruitment in law schools, admissions policy improvements, support for part-time studies, child care services on campus, increased funding for scholarships, gender-inclusive language and sensitivity in classrooms, curriculum reforms, potential Indigenous law school, appointment of Equity Officers and establishment of safe spaces in law schools, combating harassment and bias, and inclusion of gender-related courses in the Bar Admission program. Chapter Five addresses issues within law firm and recommends adopting interview guidelines, implementing employment equity programs, monitoring hiring processes, tracking internal referrals to detect systemic discrimination, supporting female lawyers facing client discrimination, banning sexist activities in client promotion, reviewing promotion practices, establishing mentoring programs for women lawyers, evaluating partnership decision-making processes to eliminate bias, reporting demographic information and retention rates to law societies, establishing parental leave policies, offering child care support, implementing policies to address sexual harassment, promoting workplace equity, conducting educational initiatives and collaborating with relevant organizations to implement and finance these initiatives. In Chapter Six, the Task Force presents recommendations to address gender equality issues within Government Legal Departments, including ensuring fair allocation of work and gender balance on committees, ensuring representation of minority women in the public service and gender equality in management and promotion processes, endorsing membership in professional associations, reviewing recruitment procedures, providing mechanisms for reviewing discretionary decisions related to family responsibilities, accommodating family responsibilities without hindering career advancement, providing anti-discrimination training, establishing advisory committees on gender issues and equal opportunities, and referring legal work to law firms with inclusive employment equity programs. Chapter Seven of the Report recommends that corporate legal departments actively promote employment equity by hiring women from minority groups, referring legal work to law firms with strong employment equity programs that include representation of all women, establishing a Subcommittee on Gender Issues within the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) to develop strategies and monitor progress, and utilizing the CCCA as a resource for corporate policies on parental leave, flexible work arrangements, and programs addressing sexual harassment. Chapter Eight suggests that law schools should prioritize recruiting faculty members from minority groups, regularly review recruitment practices for gender parity and minority representation, ensure affirmative action recruits are recognized as fully qualified, promote women's representation in committees and leadership roles, adopt workplace equity policies, consider women and minority faculty for dean appointments, eliminate gender-based salary differences, address salary inequities, provide reduced teaching loads and sabbaticals, and develop materials and seminars to address gender and minority challenges in teaching, with the Canadian Council of Law Deans playing a supportive role. Chapter Nine advises governments to actively recruit women and under-represented groups for administrative tribunal positions, establish a re-appointment protocol without term limits, consider tribunal lawyers for other government and senior civil service roles, view tribunal experience as valuable for judicial appointments, review adjudicators' salary levels for potential discrimination, and encourage administrative tribunals to implement flexibility policies and suspend appointments during maternity and parental leave. Chapter Ten proposes that the CBA create objective criteria for judicial appointments and establish committees for their development, and advocate for an affirmative action policy to appoint women and minority women, while also addressing discrimination in the appointments process; it recommends mandatory sensitivity courses for judges, fair workload allocation for women judges, and the creation of a Commission on Judicial Conduct with public hearings and equal representation of judges, lawyers, and the public. In Chapter Eleven, the Task Force recommends increasing the emphasis on family law in legal education, improving its status within the legal profession, supporting family law practitioners, and ensuring sufficient funding and judicial resources for family law cases at both federal and provincial levels. In Chapter Twelve, the Task Force recommends that law societies prioritize diversity and enforce non-discrimination rules. The Task Force also suggests establishing internal procedures within law firms to handle gender discrimination complaints and appointing "safe counsel" to investigate such complaints. Additionally, they propose monitoring the progress of women and minority groups within firms, ensuring compliance with human rights legislation, and developing educational initiatives to eliminate discrimination and promote equality. Law societies are also urged to gather statistics on the representation of minorities and conduct studies on racism in the profession. In Chapter Thirteen of the Report, the Task Force recommends that the CBA amend its constitution and mission statement to address discrimination, conduct an inquiry into racism, promote accessibility and inclusion, gather statistics on underrepresented groups, establish committees, support lawyers with family responsibilities, advocate for gender equality, and adopt gender-inclusive language policies. Lastly, the Task Force recommends in Chapter Fourteen that the CBA offer legal education programs on gender bias, develop a national strategy to eliminate gender bias in the justice system, advocate for access to justice measures for women, establish gender issues sub-committees, consult the National Equality Committee on law reform initiatives, and review submissions to address gender-related issues.touchstonesForChange.pdf (cba.org) 

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the release of the CBA report, Touchstones for Change, Equality, Diversity and Accountability, we listen in on a kitchen table discussion between 3 of the original task force members, Daphne Dumont, Patricia Blocksom, and Sophie Bourque, and the lead author of the report, Melina Buckley. We get the historical context, where the original authors were, and what the world was like thirty years ago when they began their work on the Touchstones Report, or as they would phrase it, when they joined the Task Force. We learn of the enormity of their undertaking, and the significance of the phrase task force, i.e. the need for clear goals and collective, sustained, effort. We hear about how the Touchstones Report was initially received by the legal profession, a notoriously tough audience to be sure, and how the CBA led the way by very publicly implementing the report's recommendations. We also learn a lot about the continued history of feminism, the difference between tokenism and real change, and that there is still a long way to go.Implementation. Led by Bertha Wilson, the Touchstones task force knew that the writing of the report including the research and recommendations was only the beginning. To engineer real societal change, what would happen as a result of the task force's findings would be essential, as would the CBA. The real story of the Touchstones Report is about the self-reflection and willingness to embrace change on the part of the members the legal profession in the face of, well, the evidence. The CBA not only advocated for change, but it also actually changed itself and continues to do so. We feel that it is fair to say that the Touchstones Report changed the way the legal profession looks at equality and helped us to understand the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the profession and how the profession can, does, and should, provide leadership on exactly these areas of human co-existence.“It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.”-Frankfurter J., quoted by Bertha Wilson in her Introduction from the Chair, CBA Touchstones for Change.touchstonesForChange.pdf (cba.org) 

Excerpts from our CBA Podcasts cross channel series on Mental Health in the Legal Profession. With Glen Hickerson from the CBA well-being subcommittee, former Chief Justice  of Ontario George Strathy, Sania Chaudhry, Yves Faguy, editor of the CBA National Magazine, Jason Ward, former CBA President, Stephen Rothstein, the Hon. Justice Mahmud Jamal, the Hon. Justice Michele Hollins of King's Bench Alberta, and the author of the Report on the Psychological Health Determinants of Legal Professionals in Canada from the university of Sherbrooke, Dr. Nathalie Cadieux. Hosted by Julia Tétrault-Provencher.The National Study on the Psychological Health Determinants of Legal Professionals in Canada   

In anticipation of our forthcoming mini-series marking the 30th anniversary of the Touchstones Report, celebrating what has been achieved in the last three decades while remaining vigilant and tenacious in the pursuit of true equity, diversity, and inclusion in the legal profession, here is Julia's complete conversation with OBA President Kelly McDermott. Both as senior in-house counsel who leads labour negotiations and litigation at the Regional Municipality of Durham and as a single mom with an episodic disability and primary caregiver to a person on the autism spectrum, Kelly knows about lawyering when life turns up, and the importance of professional support networks. This is a solution driven podcast about EDI beyond the lip service.  To quote Kelly McDremott: "Conversations turn into ideas turns into action." 

Safeguarding the rule of law and the legal profession.Julia Tetrault-Provencher welcomes John Stefaniuk K.C. The CBA President speaks about growing up in Manitoba, the war in Ukraine, his long association with the CBA, and its role in safeguarding the rule of law both at home and abroad. Their discussion also touches on the role the CBA can, and does, play in promoting and improving inclusion in the legal profession and the responsibility to give back that comes with privilege. 

The Violence Link in Practice*Content warning: This episode discusses serious and potentially triggering subjects, including family violence and animal abuse, as well as the recounting of real-life events.A new Report prepared for Humane Canada with funding from the Department of Justice Canada, The Violence Link in Practice is an empirical analysis of the implications of the Violence Link for Family Justice Professionals.But what exactly is the Violence Link? Broadly, it describes the intersection between animal abuse and a litany of violent criminal offences from bestiality, child-, elder- and spousal abuse, to gang violence, human trafficking, and homicide. And family lawyers are often on the front line. With:- Dr. Amy Fitzgerald. Criminology Professor at the University of Windsor, Amy is THE authority on the Violence Link, she has been researching the connection between animal abuse and domestic violence for many years and is the principal author of The Violence Link in Practice. -Jenny Mason has practiced family law for several years and is active in the PEI branch of the CBA as Chair of the Family Law Section, Chair of the ADR section, and Co-chair of the Animal Law section. Jenny has firsthand experience with the violence link in her practice. -Kerri Thomson and Valerie Monckton. Both from Humane Canada, they co-authored the report together with Amy and oversaw much of the research.Please remember that abusers often monitor their victims' online activity and correspondence. When sharing any information about abuse of any kind, it may be safer to do so verbally and in person. The Violence Link in practice - SUMMARY REPORT (humanecanada.ca)The Violence Link in Practice - Full Report2016 SCC 22 (CanLII) | R. v. D.L.W. | CanLIIR v Chen, 2021 ABCA 382 | NCPAC Case Law Database 

SAGDA - The Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance, formerly known as SOGIC. We learn a bit about the history of SOGIC: (spoiler alert, it started out as a very well protected email list) and a bit about the everyday business of SAGDA: (spoiler alert: you will be encouraged to join!). From being a good ally to mentorship to opportunity, this episode also features a frank discussion on pride and the need to remain vigilant given a backdrop of rising hate.Julia welcomes lawyers Chris Ellis and Hossein Moghtaderi from SAGDA.Canadian Bar Association - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community (cba.org)Hossein's end of term newsletter:Canadian Bar Association - Happy Pride Season! (cba.org)Steeves Bujold's podcast series:Canadian Bar Association - Conversations with the President (cba.org)

Legal coaching as a practical approach to Canada's Access to Justice Crisis.Marcus Sixta is the founder of Crossroads Law, a well-established firm specializing in family law with offices in Calgary and Vancouver and a 2023 excellence awardee for Canadian family law firm of the year, and more recently, he founded Coach My Case, which offers legal coaching services to self-represented litigants – we will be talking a lot about this in this podcast. A former social worker, Marcus is a certified collaborative divorce lawyer and an accredited family law mediator and family lawyer, and in 2021, he ranked as one of the top 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. Jo-Anne Stark is a former director of Advocacy at CBABC and the founder of Stark Solutions, primarily focused on helping SRLs navigate the legal system and providing training and certification for lawyers seeking to offer legal coaching services. You may well recognize Jo-Anne from our recent panel episode on limiting the misuse of NDAs by legal professionals as the lawyer who forwarded the extremely successful CBA resolution (94% in favor) on that issue. It was Jo-Anne's second successful resolution at the CBA, after last year's A2J Subcommittee resolution, which she also forwarded, calling for the CBA to look into innovative approaches to improving access to justice. Legal coaching for self-represented litigants is one such approach that is gaining traction as the number of self-represented litigants continues to increase all over the country, particularly in the area of family law. Jo-Anne recently publisheda Guidebook on Mastering the Art of Legal Coaching for legal professionals interested in learning how to set up and run legal coaching sessions to help self-represented people. Available online and through major retailers!  Canadian Bar Association - Access to Justice (cba.org)Reaching equal justice report (cba.org)Www.legalcoachesassociation.orgMastering the Art of Legal Coaching: The Legal Professional's Guide to Empowering Clients: Stark, Jo-Anne: 9780228829713: Books - Amazon.caRepresent Yourself in Family Law Court - Hire a Legal Coach (coachmycase.ca)Calgary Family Lawyers Divorce Separation Child Support (crossroadslaw.ca)Home - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)  

In this episode of the Every Lawyer we discuss restricting the use of NDAs in Canada's legal system.  Joining Julia for this timely discussion are:Jo-Anne Stark is a lawyer and Certified Legal Coach and operates Stark Solutions Legal Coaching and Consulting which offers virtual help to self-represented litigants and training to lawyers who want to offer legal coaching to their own clients; she is the volunteer President of Legal Coaches Association, a non-profit she founded in 2019 to increase access to justice, a role which she has kindly agreed to talk about with us in another upcoming A2J episode of the Every Lawyer; she is also a former Director of Advocacy at CBABC. Julie MacFarlane is a Distinguished University Professor (Emerita) at the University of Windsor. Julie has also held numerous visiting appointments at universities all over the world. Her books include The New Lawyer : How Clients are Transforming the Practice of Law 2nd edition, UBC Press 2017; Islamic Divorce in North America : Choosing a Shari'a Path in a Secular Society (OUP 2012).; and Going Public: a Survivor's Journey from Grief to Action Between the Lines Press, 2020). Julie has received many awards for her work, including the International Academy of Mediators Award of Excellence (2005), the David Mundell Medal for Legal Writing (2016), and one of Canada's 25 Most Influential Lawyers (2017). In 2020 she was named to the Order of Canada. She is co-founder with Zelda Perkins of Can't Buy My Silence, which campaigns for a change in the law on the misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements. Julie is also an authority on self-represented litigants and hosts a podcast on this topic which we highly recommend, Jumping Off the Ivory Tower. Jumping Off the Ivory Tower with Prof Julie Mac – NSRLP (representingyourselfcanada.com)Ronald A. Pink, K.C. practices in the fields of governance for organizations both public and private, pensions and benefits law, collective bargaining for public and private clients, municipal law, and labour and employment law. An advocate for labour relations, employment standards, and pensions and benefits, Ron has a long history with the Canadian Bar Association. He has served as President of the Nova Scotia Branch, Chair of the National Continuing Legal Education Committee, the first Chair of the International Development Committee and as acting Director of the Canadian Bar Insurance Association.Jennifer Khor is Supervising Lawyer and Project Manager for the Community Legal Assistance Society's SHARP Workplaces Legal Clinic. Jennifer provides legal advice and delivers education and training on workplace sexual harassment. She is also a member of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada's working group on NDA's.

The CBA as a pathway to a career in politics? Absolutely. With applications to join a CBA national section executive closing at the end of this month, Julia welcomes two long-time CBA-ers, Jordan Brown and Tom Ullyett, who have pursued careers in politics. Tom served as Deputy Minister in the Yukon to six ministers from two political parties over the course of thirty years. Jordan held political office in his home province of Prince Edward Island from 2015 to 2019, serving as Minister of Education, Minister of Justice and Attorney General. They discuss their involvement with the CBA over the years, the not always obvious duties of government lawyers, and how a professional legal education shouldn't limit you to the practice of law.Canadian Bar Association - National Section Elections (cba.org)Government Lawyering: Duties and Ethical Challenges of Government Lawyers | LexisNexis Canada Store

The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous Canada. Module 6: Indigenous Peoples in the Criminal Legal System.Jennifer David is a senior consultant and leads an area of service called Truth and Reconciliation at NVision Insight Group, a majority Indigenous-owned company with First Nations, Inuit, Metis and non-Indigenous shareholders and staff.  From Omushkego, Jennifer is a member of Chapleau Cree First Nation and has a journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, where she currently lives. She oversees the development and delivery of all Indigenous cultural awareness learning opportunities under the banner of The Path.Andrea Menard is a Métis Nation of Alberta citizen who has worked for various organizations that range from academic, government, Treaty-making, and legal non-profit and legal regulatory work, and teaches Reconciliation and Lawyers at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law as well as In Search of Reconciliation Through Dispute Resolution at Osgoode Hall Law School. Co-founder of the Indigenous Lawyers' Forum, an Alberta-based networking group for Indigenous lawyers, legal academics and law students, Andrea is also on the Board of Directors for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Alberta (ADRIA), and on the Canadian Bar Association's National Indigenous Advisory Group - Criminal Justice. Michael Michel on LinkedIn: I'm happy to share that my third publication, titled "Indigenous… Canadian Bar Association - Understanding the Truth and Engaging in Reconciliation (cba.org) Bigstone Restorative Justice | Justice réparatrice de Bigstone – RJ Pilot (rjalbertacourts.ca) John Borrows, Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law - McGill Law Journal https://www.aptnnews.ca/investigates/inside-corrections-are-structure-intervention-units-a-safe-alternative-to-isolation/further reading:Overincarceration of Indigenous people: a health crisis | CMAJhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/opinion-andre-bear-maintaining-legal-system-obstructing-justice-indigenous-1.6781527

Case law on the Every Lawyer.Julia welcomes Tory Hibbitt, past chair of the CBA's Health Law Section and Dr. Vanessa Cardy MD, to discuss Garde Préventive and recent changes to Alberta's Mental Health Act. 

Julia welcomes Sania Chaudhry, an employment and human rights lawyer and winner of Alberta's Top 30 under 30 award for professional excellence in 2022, to discuss mental health in the legal profession. Sania is active with the Alberta Branch of the CBA, as well the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, and the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association. Julia talks to her about bouncing back from burn-out, going from litigation in private practice to a regulator and back again, learning to cope with microaggressions and stigma on multiple fronts, and starting a family, all before turning 30. This conversation features an impressive density of tips, tricks, and hands-on advice for young legal professionals and their employers on sustainable lawyering.EN_Preliminary report_Cadieux et al_Université de Sherbrooke_221024.pdf (flsc.ca)https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-legal-profession-needs-to-act-on-barriers-facing-historically/https://nationalmagazine.ca/fr-ca/articles/the-practice/legal-education/2021/moving-beyond-diversity-and-inclusionhttps://www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/the-practice/legal-education/2020/anti-racism-as-part-of-continuing-professional-devTrauma informed lawyering and bystander training: https://www.myrnamccallum.co/https://standupteams.ca/CBA National EDI recording series:Achieving Racial Justice: https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=na_NA22EDI01AIndigenous Lawyers Panel: https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=na_NA22EDI08ADisability & Mental Health Panel: https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=na_NA22EDI09AInternationally Trained Lawyers Panel: https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=na_NA22EDI10ACBA Alberta EDI PD recording series:Anti-Racism Education for Legal Professionals: https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=ab_ab21edi01oBeing an Engaged Bystander:https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=ab_AB21EDI05OHow to be an effective ally:https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=ab_ab21edi04o

The CBA Young Lawyers International Program, or YLIP, places upcoming young lawyers and law graduates from Canada at internships with overseas organizations working in the areas of law reform, human rights, and access to justice. The program has been funded by Global Affairs Canada as part of the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy.Julia speaks to Stephen Gerald Kent and Agizul Sumber from IDLO Mongolia, and Abdu Murabit, who has just finished a YLIP internship with them, about their recent exposure visit to Ontario's Family Courts. Legal best practice sharing in the global effort against domestic violence.Mongolia | IDLO - International Development Law OrganizationCanadian Bar Association - Young Lawyers International Program (cba.org) 

Julia welcomes recently retired Chief Justice of Ontario, George R. Strathy to discuss his motivation in publishing these two articles on mental health in the legal profession:The Litigator and Mental Health - Court of Appeal for Ontario (ontariocourts.ca)Reflections on Mental Health - Court of Appeal for Ontario (ontariocourts.ca) and get his first impressions of the recently published groundbreaking nationwide study by the University of Sherbrooke on the psychological health determinants of legal professionals in Canada:EN_Preliminary report_Cadieux et al_Université de Sherbrooke_221024.pdf (flsc.ca)They also discuss the impacts of working from home and the billable hour system on maintaining good mental health, as well as the importance of mentorship:Canadian Bar Association - Mentorship Programs (cba.org) 

Julia welcomes Prof. Nathalie Cadieux from the University of Sherbrooke and Glen Hickerson from the CBA Well-being sub-committee to discuss the first ever nationwide comprehensive study of the psychological health determinants of the legal profession, sponsored by the Federation of Law Societies and the Canadian Bar Association. Today will also see the release of the report's much anticipated recommendations, which we will go through at the end of this episode. Whatever the reason for your interest in this issue, if you are a legal professional or aspire to be one, setting limits and achieving psychological detachment from your work are the key. Canadian Bar Association - The first comprehensive national study on wellness in the legal profession is published (cba.org)Recommendations: https://flsc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EN_Report_Cadieux-et-al_Universite-de-Sherbrooke_FINAL.pdfExecutive Summary: https://flsc.ca/flsc-s3-storage-pub/u/flsc-s3-storage-pub/FINAL_Executive%20Summary-Wellness.pdfFAQ: https://flsc.ca/flsc-s3-storage-pub/u/flsc-s3-storage-pub/FAQs%20v5%20Wellbeing.pdfCanadian Bar Association - CBA Well-Beingxhttps://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/legal-market/law-firms/2022/a-wake-up-call-for-law-firms

The first in a series of deeper dives on mental health in the Every Lawyer. Julia welcomes the Honourable Justice Michele Hollins of the court of King's Bench Alberta to discuss the recently published National Study on the Psychological Health Determinants of Legal Professionals in Canada, Phase I, Research Report by Dr. Nathalie Cadieux from the University of Sherbrooke.Canadian Bar Association - The first comprehensive national study on wellness in the legal profession is published (cba.org)Please feel free to contact us via podcasts@cba.org

Canadian Bar Association - Business and Human Rights (cba.org)Lloyd Lipsett is an international human rights lawyer with over 20 years of experience working with leading companies, governments, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and indigenous peoples.  He has developed a niche in the field of business and human rights, with a focus on implementing human rights due diligence processes (HRDD) and human rights impact assessments (HRIA) in challenging contexts.  In particular, he has led or participated in over 30 HRIAs and has conducted over 75 site visits to implement HRIA or HRDD processes around the world.

How to get 2000 twitter followers without using clickbait.Marketing consultant Sandra Bekhor and small firm founder and senior lawyer Garry Wise recently celebrated their 22nd anniversary. What's their secret? In this episode of the Every Lawyer, the Toronto power couple show that when it comes to marketing and social media for lawyers, as in all things including love, you have to give to receive. We thought about calling this episode "the early adopters get the clients" but embracing technological and societal developments early on is only part of the secret to building the firm you want.links:https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/the-practice/small-and-solo/2021/making-the-most-of-your-linkedin-profileSandra Bekhor, Practice Development Consultant at Bekhor ManagementWise Law Office - Toronto Law Firm & Lawyers | Serving Ontariohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/saraforte/https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/411688555/

Actionable guidance on BHR. An introduction to the CBA's Business and Human Rights Guide with one of its principal authors, Josh Scheinert and investigative journalist, Eric Szeto, known for his work with W5 CTV and CBC Market Place.What lawyers need to know to avoid business complicity in human rights abuses. To quote Eric Szeto from this episode: "if you look closely enough you will find problems in every industry".Canadian Bar Association - Business and Human Rights (cba.org)

For many people around the world Access to Justice means Access to Canada. There is an expectation throughout the international community that Canada welcomes refugees and immigrants. Economic expediency has often led to special fast-track immigration programs with varying degrees of successful application and execution, and the same has occurred in response, again in varying degrees, to various humanitarian crises around the world.The Every Lawyer takes a deep dive into Immigration Law in Canada and sheds light on some serious Access to Justice issues. Some solutions included.With Arghavan Gerami and Kyle Hyndman from the CBA Immigration Law Section in cooperation with the CBA Access to Justice Subcommittee.Hosted by Julia Tétrault-Provencher.

Anti-Corruption in August.Julia welcomes Noah Arshinoff to discuss the on-going work of the CBA Anti-Corruption Team as well as:“Global Corruption: Its Regulation under International Conventions, US, UK, and Canadian Law and Practice” by Professor Ferguson, now in its 4th edition. Sometimes known as "Prof. Ferguson's Book", you can find the current edition for free here:Canadian Bar Association - Global Corruption: Its Regulation Under International Conventions, US, UK, and Canadian Law and Prac (cba.org)Links:Transparency International Canada (transparencycanada.ca)Canadian Bar Association - Anti-Corruption (cba.org)Home | Basel Institute on Governance (baselgovernance.org)CCEAC | Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-CorruptionArshinoff, Noah | Faculty of Law - Common Law Section | University of Ottawa (uottawa.ca)

In this episode of the Every Lawyer, Julia takes a look at the current state of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying legislation as well as its practical application with Dr. Vanessa Cardy, who is a family doctor and palliative care physician working in northern Quebec, and Shelley Birenbaum from the CBA's End Of Life Working Group. Also includes a basic synopsis of the criteria and safeguards set out in Canada's MAiD legislation and a firsthand account of the procedure.Links:Final Report of the Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness - Canada.caSecond Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2020 - Canada.caDying With Dignity Canada | It's your life. It's your choice.CAMAP – Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (camapcanada.ca)This is Assisted Dying - Dr. Stefanie GreenEnd-of-Life Law and Policy in Canada | End-of-Life Law and Policy in Canada (dal.ca)ACE | Welcome to ACE (advocacycentreelderly.org)Home - ACP in Canada | PPS au Canada (advancecareplanning.ca)David Roberge at Parliamentary Committee, May 25th, 2022:Evidence - AMAD (44-1) - No. 8 - Parliament of Canada 

The Every Lawyer podcast takes a look at Abortion Rights and Restrictions in Canada and how the right to abortion is or isn't protected by the Canadian constitution. We get a refresher course on Roe v Wade and take a closer look at the SCOTUS decision reversing it. We find out about how the right to choose is already adequately protected in Canada and why any further legislation on the matter could do more harm than good. We also get some sound advice on how to approach this emotionally laden topic with friends, family and colleagues who have contradicting viewpoints. No Legislation: What we really need to do in Canada to improve abortion access | National Association of Women and the Law (nawl.ca)

 Excerpts from Brad Regehr's Conversations on Calls to Action with:John BorrowsNaiomi Metallicthe late Harold R Johnson Stacey Soldier Dr. Val Napolean Signa Daum Shanks Maggie Wente David NahwegahbowBrenda GunnAimee Craft Robin Sutherland and Alyssa Bird.

Florence Ashley is a transfeminine jurist, bioethicist, public speaker, and activist who uses they/them pronouns. They received the CBA SOGIC Hero award in 2019 and have just published their first book Banning Conversion Practices. After speaking with them for some time you realise the depth of their thinking as, again and again, they twist a detail like which database to use into a reflection on how and how not to use the law to empower yourself or sometimes they twist it back as in the midst of a discussion about access to justice, seemingly out of the blue but not: "interpersonal relationships is the single most important high school class we don't have!!"  In this episode of the Every Lawyer we gain insight into the drafting process behind Bill C4 Banning Conversion Practices in which Florence Ashley participated extensively, their guidance on working with clients who are survivors and a plea that the hard work of litigation continue."The (legal) system is one of the ways in which we can create a  small shelter of temporary reprieve from the rain." By the end of this podcast, you will agree that Florence is indeed “cynical with a solution”.  Florence advocates for an improved uptake of science and a more intersectional approach  by the courts in their decision-making process and within the legal system generally.Julia is a lawyer (Quebec Bar) working as a Legal Counsel in Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Lawyers without Borders Canada (ASFC) in Quebec City. 

We meet with Anna Kuranicheva to discuss an initiative put in place by the CBA Immigration Law Section to provide pro bono services to those impacted by the situation in Afghanistan. Ms. Kuranicheva further explains the challenges her colleagues and her have faced since the initiative started in September and what she believes should be done by the Canadian government to urgently respond to the humanitarian crisis and uphold its pledge to welcome 40,000 Afghan refugees. Finally, for our members and listeners interested, Ms. Kuranicheva proposes concrete actions that can be undertaken to support.Ms. Kuranicheva is an immigration lawyer working at the Edmonton Community Legal Centre and Chair of the Immigration Law (North) section of CBA's Alberta Branch. She is one of the 11 lawyers who are currently working on a pro bono basis and who have put in place this initiative. For more information on this initiative, CBA Pro Bono Initiative – Crisis in AfghanistanIf you want to contact Ms. Kuranicheva to volunteer as an immigration lawyer, to provide support or to suggest other actions that could be undertaken: anna.kuranicheva@ualberta.netIf you are interested to contact the member of parliament of your region to request the temporary lifting of the ‘formal refugee status' requirement to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, you can find your representative here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/enWe are on all podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Leave us a review and share this episode with your professional network!Have questions or want more information? Feel free to contact us at: podcasts@cba.org with the subject line "Podcast".Check out the Policy Options Podcast

We meet with Stephen Rotstein the new CBA President for the year 2021-2022.  We discuss his priority for the year and his upcoming podcast Conversations with the President: mental health, community involvement, and more.The first episode of Stephen's series Strengthening our Community will be released on November 18, 2021. Check it out here:  Helping Canada's vulnerable communities with Wei William TaoTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to the other CBA Podcasts: Conversations with the President, Modern Law - Droit Moderne and Juriste branché .

We discuss the exclusion of lawyers in the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's online platforms and portals, with Lisa Middlemiss.Lisa Middlemiss has been a lawyer with Gomberg Dalfen since 2013. She is passionate about Canadian immigration and citizenship issues and she advocates at the federal level as a member of the Executive of the Citizenship and Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association.Click here for more information on The CBA Immigration Law Section.The Immigration Law Section wrote to IRCC earlier this year to raise concerns about the exclusion of lawyers. Former CBA President Bradley Regehr sent a letter expressing concern that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is preventing lawyers from effectively representing their clients to Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino and Justice Minister David Lametti.To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcasts''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.

For his final episode as host of Conversations with the President, CBA President Brad Regehr speaks with Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Dr Pamela Palmater, full Professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University.Now that we explored the calls to action that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission directed at the legal profession and the justice system, in this final episode, we shift gears a bit to discuss what comes next.Dr. Pamela Palmater is a Mi'kmaw lawyer, professor, author, and social justice activist from Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick. A practicing lawyer for 22 years, Pam has been volunteering and working in First Nation issues for over 30 years.Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. A former social worker with a Master's in Jurisprudence.Click here to register to The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.Check out our sponsor Lawyers Financial

We are chatting with Julia Kingdon about the new Law Students Section video project 20 minutes, 5 minutes. We look over the different guests and their atypical career paths.Julia has an undergraduate degree in International Development, a master's degree in Rhetoric and recently completed her Juris Doctor degree. She's the vice chair of the law students section of the CBA who put on this series.The Law Students Section launched the video project: 20 Questions, 5 MinutesTo watch the video featuring Erin Brook on Family LawTo watch  the video featuring  Melissa Hazelton on Criminal Law To watch the video featuring  Aaron Baer on Corporate Law The video featuring  Heather Hettiararchchii about labour and employment law will be put online in the coming weeks.To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcasts''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.Check out our sponsor Lawyers Financial

An interview with Jennifer David to discuss the CBA Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit For Firms.Jennifer David (Chapleau Cree First Nation),  a skilled and experienced communicator, project manager, planner, facilitator and lead development of CBA Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit.To consult the CBA Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit.To consult the CBABC Reconciliation Response Plan (RRP)To consult The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, President Brad Regher will talk with two private lawyers who have dealt extensively with public servants in the course of their work. They discuss call to Action number 57 which calls for governments at all levels to educate civil servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law and Aboriginal-Crown relationsMaggie Wente, a partner with Olthius Kleer Townshend in Toronto, is a member of Ontario's Serpent River First Nation. Maggie has a broad practice serving First Nations governments, their related entities, businesses and not-for-profit corporations. She is past-President of the Board of Directors at Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto, and served as a Commissioner on the Ontario Human Rights Commission for nine years.David Nahwegahbow, founding partner of Nahwegahbow Corbiere in Orillia, has represented First Nations in land claims, treaty and Aboriginal rights litigation and negotiation. He's a founding member of the Indigenous Bar Association. And he's Anishinabe from Whitefish River First Nation in Ontario.Click here to register to The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts. 

With our guest Shelley Birenbaum, we discuss the CBA's influence on the implementation of Bill C-7 and the important updates to Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying legislation.Shelley Birenbaum is a member of the CBA's End of Life Working Group and a health lawyer with the Ontario Bar for over 25 years. She specializes in the legal and ethical aspects of assisted dying.In this episode, we talk about the major issues that the Working Group fought for (eligibility for people with a psychiatric condition, advance requests for MAID, people under age of majority), the major impediments to MAiDs that the CBA took on apart from these issues, the restrictions surrounding a “reasonably foreseeable death” and much more.Click here to view the work of The End of Life Working Group of the CBA, the influence the CBA had on Bill C-7, the overall efforts of the working group and the National Magazine article Balancing autonomy and protection.To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts. 

This episode was recorded before the horrific, hate-motivated attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario, on June 7, 2021.An interview with David Matas, senior legal counsel for B'Nai Brith Canada, who was instrumental in drafting the CBA's submission on these issues of online hate. We talk Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, procedural safeguards and the balance between freedom of speech and protection against online hate.Click here to view Legal Remedies for Victims of Hate SpeechTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts. 

Our guest today is Ray Leclair, vice president of public affairs at LawPRO, co-author of the Mortgage Instructions Toolkit.Click here to view The Mortgage Instructions Toolkit.To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.   

President Brad Regehr discusses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with Aimée Craft and Brenda Gunn.Aimée Craft is Anishinaabe-Métis, an associate professor in the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law, and has been voted one of the top 25 influential lawyers in Canada. She's an expert in Canadian Aboriginal law and an internationally recognized expert in the areas of Indigenous laws, treaties and water.Brenda Gunn is Métis, and is an associate professor at the University of Manitoba's Robson Hall Faculty of Law. She completed her LL.M in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy at the University of Arizona. She developed a handbook on implementing UNDRIP that is becoming one of the main resources in Canada on the declaration.Click here to register to The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaAimée participated in a previous episode on our French channel Juriste branché about the final report Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.Check out our sponsor Lawyers Financial

Bonus episode presented by CBA National, After the pandemic: How lawyers can make ESG a reality. Ep 12In this month's episode, Yves Faguy speaks with Warren Ragoonanan, one of the founding partners of WRD LLP in Toronto, a law firm that serves businesses and entrepreneurs who want to solve social and environmental challenges. They discuss a range of topics from the evolution of ESG and defining a corporation's purpose to one of the biggest myths surrounding shareholder primacy.To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): national@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.

President Brad Regehr discusses the recognition of Aboriginal justice systems with John Borrows and Naiomi Metallic.Professor John Borrows is the Canadian Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria, and has written extensively on Indigenous legal traditions. He is Anishinaabe/Ojibway and a member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation in Ontario.Naiomi Metallic holds the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law. She's been on the Best Lawyer In Canada list in Aboriginal law since 2015. She is from the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation in Gespe'gewa'gi (Gaspé region of Quebec).Click here to register to The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaNaiomi Metallic participated in a previous episode  with former president Ray Adlington Conversations with Indigenous LawyersTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.Check out our sponsor Lawyers Financial

Bonus Episode presented by CBA National, After the pandemic: Addressing the gender wage gap in a Covid recovery. Ep 11In this month's episode, Yves Faguy speaks with Carly Romanow and Catherine Ewasiuk of the CBA's National Women Lawyers Forum to discuss the impact of the Covid she-cession and why we need better data to understand wage gaps in the legal profession.To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): national@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.

President Brad Regehr meets with Dr. Val Napoleon and Signa Daum Shanks to discuss Call to Action 28, which calls on law schools to require students to take a course in Aboriginal people and the law. Dr. Val Napoleon is an associate professor and Law Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria. She co-founded UVic's Indigenous Law Research Unit and the Joint Degree Program in Canadian Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders JD/JID that launched in 2019. Signa Daum Shanks is Métis, born and raised in Saskatchewan. She became part of the full-time faculty at Osgoode Hall in 2014, as the schools inaugural Director of Indigenous Outreach. At Osgoode she teaches Torts, Law and Economics, Game Theory and the Law, and Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law. Click here to register to The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.