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Leslie is Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland. Leslie and host Stephanie dive into a conversation about careers and motherhood in this one of a kind episode from a woman at the top of the halls of power in Canada. We discuss Leslie's path to success in politics, how she handles stress, work life “balance”, the challenges of motherhood (daycare, returning from maternity leave, emotional load), women in politics, and her thoughts on big issues and how to solve them. I love how Leslie shares the challenges and struggles in her job and her daily life, allowing you to see that you can overcome challenges and thrive too. I can't wait for you to hear her advice so jump in and take a listen!More about Leslie: Leslie is Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland. Approaching seven years inside the Trudeau government, Leslie has served as Chief of Staff in four ministries, helped lead the development of two federal budgets and the government's procurement response in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and served as the Director of Policy for the 2021 National Liberal Campaign heading up the development of the Liberal platform. Before joining the government in 2015, Leslie was the head of Communications and Public Affairs for Google Canadawhere she worked to promote Canada's digital economy and the success of Canadian innovators online. She also served as Vice-Chair of Ontario's Open Government Engagement Team, which provided recommendations to the Government of Ontario on open data, access to information and civic engagement.Leslie has worked extensively in politics and public policy for over 15 years, serving on public boards, advising on public policy reviews, and working previously in Parliament as director of communications to the Leader of the Official Opposition, the Honourable Michael Ignatieff. She practiced law at Torys LLP in Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Alberta (BA (Hon.) Political Science), the London School of Economics (MSc. Politics of the World Economy), and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (JD). Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/womendontdothatRecommend guests: https://www.womendontdothat.com/How to find WOMENdontDOthat:Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/womendontdothatInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/womendontdothat/TikTok- http://www.tiktok.com/@womendontdothatBlog- https://www.womendontdothat.com/blogPodcast- https://www.womendontdothat.com/podcastNewsletter- https://www.beaconnorthstrategies.com/contactwww.womendontdothat.comYouTube - http://www.youtube.com/@WOMENdontDOthatHow to find Stephanie Mitton:Twitter/X- https://twitter.com/StephanieMittonLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemitton/beaconnorthstrategies.comTikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@stephmittonInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/stephaniemitton/Interested in sponsorship? Contact us at hello@womendontdothat.com

Brian interviews Peter Biro. Peter is the Founder and President of democracy think-tank, Section 1, Senior Fellow of Massey College, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law where he teaches Constitutional Law. Peter Biro has, for many years, been writing and speaking about the notwithstanding clause and calling either for its repeal or for laws limiting its use and modifying its operation. Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the notwithstanding clause, is one of the Constitution's most controversial and least well understood provisions. By invoking the notwithstanding clause, the government can insulate a law from the strongest order a court can issue, which is to strike down the law because it infringes a Charter right or freedom.

Yasi and Steve join Athletes and the Arts Founder Randy Dick in welcoming opera singer Leslie Bickle onto the show. Leslie discusses her journey from Canada to the UK, performing for the late Queen Elizabeth II, working with performers to overcome performance anxiety, and becoming a yogi and yoga's value in singing and performing.Leslie's website: http://www.lesliebickle.comAthletes and the Arts website: http://www.athletesandthearts.comBio: Leslie Bickle is an opera singer and Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher specialising in vinyasa, mandala, yin and restorative yoga. She has an eclectic background as a music teacher, a ballet dancer, and she has played many different instruments including violin, cello and flute.Originally from Canada, Leslie's performing career has taken her across the globe. Recent role highlights include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Micaëla (La Tragédie de Carmen) and Ilia (Idomeneo). She was a National finalist with the Canadian Music Competition and National semi-finalist/Regional finalist with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She received the Catherine Osbourne Opera Award, and was a recipient of the Philip Hattey Scholarship and the Dame Eva Turner Scholarship. She also had the immense pleasure of meeting and singing for the late Queen Elizabeth II.To date, Leslie has had the privilege of working with various companies in her native country of Canada and in Europe. This has included Opera Atelier, Muskoka Opera Festival, Amersham Festival of Music, Tapestry Opera, the Berlin Opera Academy, Canadian Stage Company, Toronto Opera Collaborative, Oakville Chamber Orchestra and the Toronto New Music Festival. In additional to her extensive singing background, Leslie is the founder of Yoga with the Breath, a health and wellness yoga start up company that provides education, classes and resources for performers, organisations and institutions. Leslie works with her clients to provide customised support to meet individual needs. She has a particular interest in optimising breathing and helping people manage performance anxiety. Leslie recently gave private and group yoga sessions and customised support for athletes at the Vitality 10km race with Our Parks UK.Leslie is also a speaker and supporter of health and wellness for elite performers. She was invited to speak at the MHPC22 conference in Oslo Norway in the autumn of 2022. The MHPC22 international conference was for physicians, athletic trainers, therapists, and music and performing arts students and professions, who seek to improve the performance, health and well-being of musicians and performing artists within all genres. Most recently, Leslie was invited to speak at the international conference PAMA, where she gave a talk on performance anxiety and conscious breathwork.Leslie is a graduate from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, and the prestigious Royal Academy Opera programme at the Royal Academy of Music, and she currently resides in London, England.

Demystifying LSAT Prep with Cindy MiaoThe LSAT is known to be challenging, and much of its difficulty lies in its multiple question types requiring different skill sets. Which skills should you focus on while preparing for the LSAT, and which strategies will help you see your best results?A New Approach to LSAT Prep: Revolutionizing the Student Experience In this thoughtful episode of Success Unlocked, I'm grateful to have the opportunity to sit down with Cindy Miao, one of our exceptional Apply Yourself LSAT coaches! Cindy has held numerous teaching roles since her undergrad and is passionate about helping others unlock their full potential.Press play to discover how Cindy's academic background gave her unique insight into highly effective LSAT preparation, and how she has integrated these valuable lessons into her coaching approach.We explore:The major reason why Cindy's scores improved as she was preparing for the test — and how this has influenced her coaching strategy The role of formal logic in the LSAT and why so many test prep companies miss the mark when preparing their students for the examWhy successful LSAT prep can be surprisingly unintuitive (and the score-boosting skills that Cindy teaches her students)   Cindy's softer, human-centred approach to LSAT coaching — and why it works so well!Follow and subscribe to never miss an episode!Guest bio: Cindy Miao is a valued LSAT coach at Apply Yourself and a second-year student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Her undergraduate background is in philosophy and mathematics, and she earned her Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University.Timestamps:‌ ‌01:47  Meet Cindy Miao04:18  Cindy's LSAT experience06:08  Cindy's LSAT results & strategy09:33  Revolutionizing LSAT prep13:45  Student experience17:31  Cindy's human-centred approach22:30  Working with Cindy23:26  Cindy's #1 tip26:12  OutroLinks mentioned:‌ ‌Work with Cindy MiaoConnect with Adrienne!Looking for support with your graduate or professional school applications? Connect with us at Apply Yourself: The Advancement Spot! Email us at hello@applyyourselfglobal.com, or email me personally at adrienne@applyyourselfglobal.com. You can also DM us on Instagram @applyyourselfglobal — Let us know about your scheduling strategies!Ask the ExpertHave any questions on applications, advancement, studying for law school exams, and more? Send your questions to our above contacts, or you can submit an audio file via DM and we can feature you on the podcast!Work with Adrienne>>> Calling all applicants! Learn more about our signature course, Mastering Academic Applications: From Scratch to Submission and how you can finish your applications — with clarity, support, structure, and strategy with Adrienne, an Admissions Committee Member. Check out Adrienne's Calendar and book your Strategy Call HERE to learn more about if this program is right for you! Mastering Academic Applications: From Scratch to Submission is now open for you to complete your applications in 12-weeks! With live coaching, you develop your applications & gain insights into your applications processes like never before. Join us now using this link to enroll!

This is the third and final segment of the Right to Disconnect limited series podcast. In this segment, Young Advocates Standing Committee Member James Hardy moderates a discussion with Dr. Ghebrehariat, who practises as a psychiatrist and lawyer in Toronto, focussing on the right to disconnect and burnout in both the medical and legal professions.Dr. Lwam Ghebrehariat, JD, MD, FRCPC is a psychiatrist and lawyer in Toronto. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (Acting, 2003), the University of Alberta (BA Hons First Class, Philosophy, 2007), the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (JD, 2011), McMaster University Medical School (MD, 2017), and the University of Toronto psychiatry residency program. Dr. Ghebrehariat provides psychotherapy, independent medical and psychological evaluations, and speaking services throughout Ontario.James Hardy is an associate at Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP in Toronto and a member of The Advocates' Society's Young Advocates' Standing Committee. James has a broad commercial litigation practice, which includes contractual disputes, auditor and other professional negligence actions, director and officer liability disputes, regulatory proceedings, and construction litigation. Prior to articling at Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP, James trained as a lawyer in the UK, including a Masters in Law at the University of Cambridge with a specialization in Commercial Law.Land AcknowledgementThe Advocates' Society acknowledges that our offices, located in Toronto, are on the customary and traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabek, the Huron-Wendat and now home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples.  We acknowledge current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit and honour their long history of welcoming many nations to this territory. While The Advocates' Society is based in Toronto, we are a national organization with Directors and members located across Canada in the treaty and traditional territories of many Indigenous Peoples. We encourage our members to reflect upon their relationships with the Indigenous Peoples in these territories, and the history of the land on which they live and work. We acknowledge the devastating impacts of colonization, including the history of residential schools, for many Indigenous peoples, families, and communities and commit to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusiveness in an informed legal profession in Canada and within The Advocates' Society.

Dr. Kari Ragan, is a voice teacher and rehab specialist, Master Teacher for National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern Program, co-founder of Northwest Voice Conference. She joins Alexa to discuss NATS' mission, benefits of membership, and the upcoming conference. Also, insights on NATS International Congress of Voice Teachers 2025 KEY TAKEAWAYS NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) supports singing teachers with resources, networking, and professional development, promoting excellence in vocal instruction through conferences, workshops, publications, and certification programs. NATS Chat offers live online discussions for voice teachers and singers on diverse topics like vocal technique, repertoire, teaching, and business strategies. Hosted by NATS member Kari Ragan, it features prominent guests from the industry. The International Congress of Voice Teachers (ICVT), is a global event facilitated by NATS and other associations, offers masterclasses and sessions for voice teachers worldwide. The next event is ICVT Toronto 2025, hosted by NATS, The Royal Conservatory, and University of Toronto Faculty of Music, from July 31 to August 3. BEST MOMENTS  “It's where I came out of the mindset of wanting to be a singer to wanting to be a teacher” “We believe in moving the profession forward” “It can be so overwhelming with what we're expected to know nowadays”   EPISODE RESOURCES  Guest Website: KariRagan.com Social Media: Facebook: @Voice Studio of Dr. Kari Ragan Relevant Links & Mentions:  National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS): https://www.nats.org/ NATS International Congress of Voice Teachers Conference 2025: https://www.nats.org/icvt2025.html NATS Chat Archives: https://www.nats.org/nats-chat-transcript-archive.html NATS Chat Youtube Platform: https://www.youtube.com/officialnats The work of Scott McCoy Kerrie Obert: https://obertvoicestudios.com/ & https://portal.getvocal-now.com/pages/home The work of Dr Marco Guzman  The Efficacy of Vocal Cool-down Exercises by Dr Kari Ragan: https://kariragan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/The-Efficacy-of-Vocal-Cool-Down-Exercises-JOS-2018.pdf The work of Lynn Helding: https://lynnhelding.com/ The work of Lynn Maxfield   The work of Marci Rosenberg: https://www.marci-rosenberg.com/ The work of Leda Scearce The work of Peggy Baroody The work of Karen Brunssen  So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre by Amanda Flynn  A Systematic Approach to Voice: The Art of Studio Application by Dr Kari Ragan Singing Voice Rehabilitation: A Guide for the Voice Teacher and Speech-Language Pathologist by Karen Wicklund  NorthWest Voice: NWVoice.org The work of Martin Nevdahl  The work of Albert L Merati  The work of Dr Ingo Titze Dr H Steven Sims John Henny: https://johnhenny.com/ The Fall Voice Conference: https://www.fallvoice.org/ The Voice Foundation: https://voicefoundation.org/ Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA): https://pavavocology.org/ The work of Ian Howell  Vocology in Practice: https://www.vocologyinpractice.org/ (Podcast) Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: 154 Managing Imposter Syndrome, Low Confidence and Overwhelm as Singing Teachers with Alexa Terry: https://linktr.ee/basttraining?utm_source & https://www.youtube.com/@SingingTeachersTalk/videos BAST Book A Call ABOUT THE GUEST  Kari Ragan, DMA, MM, BM, is an accomplished singing voice rehabilitation specialist and educator. With numerous awards and affiliations, including the University of Washington Laryngology program, she's known for her book "A Systematic Approach to Voice '' and co-founding the Northwest Voice Conference. ABOUT THE PODCAST BAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events. basttraining.com Updates from BAST Training

In this episode, Dan speaks with Dr. Vipan Nikore, founder and CEO of Homecare Hub.   What is Homecare Hub? Homecare Hub is a purpose-driven team with a bold vision to keep people out of large institutional nursing homes by building creative solutions that decrease the cost, and improve the quality and experience of receiving home care services. Our healthcare system is overwhelmed, and people with complex healthcare needs face challenges to preserve their current living situation. Homecare Hub was created to address the housing and home care needs of these individuals offering exceptional housing with more personalized, higher-quality care at a lower cost when compared to large nursing home or retirement facilities. Homecare Hub creates small, high quality 2-12 person shared care homes on-demand at an affordable price by matching people by care needs, language, disease process, and interests. For those not interested in our co-housing solutions, we offer other options through our suite of care solutions designed to help people age safely and comfortably at home for as long as possible.   Dr. Nikore's bio Vipan is a software engineer turned physician and global leader in Health Innovation. In addition to his role at Homecare Hub, he is the Chief Medical Director of TD Bank as well as a practicing internist at Trillium Health Partners and Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Ohio and Toronto. Prior to Homecare Hub he was the Site Medical Director for the Department of Medicine at Trillium's Credit Valley Hospital, overseeing 15,000 admissions a year. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine where he teaches Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Innovation, Healthcare Quality and clinical medicine on the hospital wards, and is an investigator at the Institute for Better Health. He previously was co-course director for MIT's Global Health Informatics course where co-edited one of the first comprehensive Global Health Technology books.   Vipan has led and founded various organizations and groups, such as the non-profit uFLOW (now LYFE), which empowers underserved youth to start their own health service projects, which he expanded to Chicago, Cleveland, New York City, Boston, and San Francisco. He is a former software developer at IBM, and also led projects at Sun Microsystems, Citibank, UCLA, WHO in Geneva, UNICEF in India, the Ontario Ministry of Health, and Lux Capital in NYC.   He is an advisor at the Health Education Project in Haiti and has worked clinically in Haiti, Peru, Ghana, Nepal, and India. He has served as an advisor and mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab, the Center for Social Innovation's Agents of Change program, Blueprint Health in NYC, and the Harvard Innovation Lab. He has authored chapters on e-Health, medical devices, and genomics, and given talks on healthcare technology, innovation, global health, and leadership across the globe.   Vipan completed his internal medicine residency training from Cleveland Clinic's main campus, MD degree at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), MBA at the Yale School of Management, and his BSc in computer science and software engineering at the University of Western Ontario. At Yale he led the student body as the President of the Yale Graduate and Professional Student Senate and as a resident he was selected as the sole recipient among all Cleveland Clinic residents for the Michener Leadership Award for leadership and dedication to community service and humanity. He is a former recipient of Canada's “Top 40 under 40” award, the country's most coveted award for young leaders.

Denise Bebenek is the Founder, President and driving force behind Meagan Bebenek Foundation: Creating a Circle of Hope. A Toronto resident and graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Honours in Psychology and the University of Toronto Faculty of Education, Denise, a former schoolteacher, is a tireless advocate for families who are touched by brain tumours, and for the empowerment of all children to help one another. Meagan Bebenek Foundation promotes ground-breaking research, providing much-needed funds to Toronto's Brain Tumour Research Centre (BTRC), fostering a culture of discovery and care that is improving the care, quality of life, and survival rates for young brain tumour patients. The spirit of Meagan Bebenek Foundation is a combination of Denise's personal experiences and mission, as well as her professional background. In late 2000, Denise's youngest child, Meagan, was diagnosed with an inoperable and malignant brain tumour. She died six months later, in June 2001, two weeks past her fifth birthday. As Denise left the hospital, she envisioned a hug encompassing the building, which inspired her to organize a five-kilometre walk and "hug" event. Asking friends and family to help, Denise started planning for the first Meagan's Walk event which took place on Mother's Day 2002. The annual event, now known as Meagan's HUG, culminates with participants joining hands and forming a human hug, a "circle of hope" around the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, sending a clear and simple message to all within – you are not alone. Denise turned the tragic loss of her youngest daughter into a journey of hope and inspiration. With a deep-rooted belief that when we come together as a community we can make a collective difference, Denise has successfully harnessed that power for over two decades with a team of over 60 volunteers who work year-round to further the organization's mission. Today, Meagan Bebenek Foundation has grown into a thriving organization with multiple events, corporate sponsors, a robust school program, ‘Kids Helping Kids' and an annual Crane Ceremony in which students present hand-made origami cranes to MBF Heroes. The foundation has raised more than $6 million dollars in support of paediatric brain tumour research, which includes funding for seed grants, purchasing cutting-edge equipment, funding for the Toronto Brain Tumour Network tissue bank and a Neuro-oncology fellowship program. This Fellowship is available to eligible candidates around the world and offers them the opportunity to further their clinical and research training in sub-specialties of paediatric oncology. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada's economy. To support Canada's businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter

It's unimaginable to be found guilty in a court of law for a crime you did not commit. Or, imagine knowing you were innocent but you pled guilty anyway because that seemed like the best option. Kent Roach is a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and co-founder of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions. His new book catalogues the myriad ways that Canada's justice system makes such cases all too common. It's called: "Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writing the LSAT with our LSAT Coach, Isabella PapaliaWe are joined by Isabella Papalia, one of our all-star LSAT coaches! Isabella holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior with a minor in Biology from McMaster University. She is currently completing her second year of law school with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Today, we take you into the world of coaching with us and learn more about Isabella along the way. Believing in Yourself Throughout your LSAT and Law School JourneyThe LSAT and law school are no doubt challenging processes, but it's important to believe in yourself and ensure this path aligns with you. Isabella's experience demonstrates the ways that a growth mindset, consistency, discipline, and hard work can propel you forward. Listen to this episode to learn about: Isabella's academic and professional experience, in which her passions for science and law fuel her interest in intellectual property law; Her experience writing the LSAT, the lessons she learned, and some actionable LSAT study strategies; Isabella's philosophy behind LSAT coaching, where she is able to help our clients improve their scores, strategies, and circumstances around studying; Our online community platform where we ask questions and support one another each week; Not needing a specific background to get into and succeed at law school - your background is perfect for whatever you want to do, you just have to know that you enjoy doing it!Follow and subscribe to never miss an episode! Connect with Adrienne!Want to connect with us at Apply Yourself: The Advancement Spot, Isabella, and our other wonderful coaches in Mastering Test Prep? Email us at hello@applyyourselfglobal.com, or email me personally at adrienne@applyyourselfglobal.com. You can also email Isabella at isabella@applyyourselfglobal.com. And DM us on Instagram @applyyourselfglobal - Let us know if anything resonated with you this episode!  Ask the ExpertHave any questions on applications, advancement, studying, and more? Send your questions to our above contacts, or you can submit an audio file via DM and we can feature you on the podcast!Work with Adrienne>>> Calling all applicants! Learn more about our signature course, Mastering Academic Applications: From Scratch to Submission and how you can finish your applications - with clarity, support, structure, and strategy with Adrienne, an Admissions Committee Member. Check out Adrienne's Calendar and book your Strategy Call HERE to learn more about if this program is right for you! Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Episode 5: Overcoming “Imposter Syndrome” —> https://applyyourselfglobal.com/ep-5/ Episode 55: Law School Chat Forums – Are They Useful? —> https://applyyourselfglobal.com/ep-55/ Episode 70: Meet Our LSAT & MCAT Coaches! Part 3: Josh Kapur, Gabriel Benjamen, Jacob McNair, Isabella Papalia, Jonathan Mackenzie —> https://applyyourselfglobal.com/ep-70/ 

This week on Finding Your Bliss, we have a show devoted to understanding grief. Life Coach and Bliss Expert Judy Librach is joined by Ellen and Bevvy Schwartz to talk about their new book for children, "The Puddle Jumper". Ellen Schwartz is an elementary teacher, community leader, author, public speaker and advocate for research awareness and screening for neurodegenerative diseases. As founder of Project Give Back, she links her decades of teaching together with her personal passion for charitable causes. She also co-founded Jacob

In this podcast episode, Nicole O'Byrne talks to Kent Roach about his book, Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2023. In Wrongfully Convicted, Kent Roach raises awareness about wrongful convictions in Canada at a time when DNA exonerations are less frequent, and the memories of most famous cases are fading. Roach exposes lesser-known cases where defendants feel they have no option but to plead guilty, and where people have been convicted of crimes imagined by experts or police that never, in fact, happened. Roach makes a compelling case for better legislative regulation of police and forensic experts and the creation of a permanent and independent federal commission both to investigate wrongful convictions and their multiple causes. Though the issue affects all Canadians, Roach's work reveals that the burden of wrongful convictions falls disproportionately on the disadvantaged, including Indigenous and racialized people, those with cognitive issues, single mothers, and the poor. Kent Roach is a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is also cofounder of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions, and an award-winning author, who has spent his career documenting flaws in the Canadian justice system. Roach served as volume lead for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Report on the Legacy of Residential Schools and, in 2015, was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Image Credit: Canada. Department of Manpower and Immigration. Library and Archives Canada, e010996348 / If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

Join us as we kick off season 7 of Better Innovation and our mini-series on Responsible AI with guests Benjamin Alarie and Abdi Aidid, co-authors of their new book ‘The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better.' Ben is a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and is the co-founder and CEO of Blue J. Abdi teaches in the areas of civil procedure, torts, and law & technology, also at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Jeff, Abdi and Ben explore the concept of “The Legal Singularity,” a future state where technology facilitates the functional "completeness" of the law. The conversation spans the implications of the law's textual nature, AI's impact on the professional responsibilities within the practice of law, and the potential for AI to radically improve our legal processes, institutions, and society.

The legal profession is rarely accused of being at the cutting edge of technological development. Lawyers may not still use quill pens, but they're not exactly famous for their IT skills. Nevertheless, the profession has a number of characteristics which make it eminently suited to the deployment of advanced AI systems. Lawyers are deluged by data, and commercial law cases can be highly lucrative.One man who knows more about this than most is our guest in this episode, Benjamin Alarie, a Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and a successful entrepreneur.In 2015, Ben co-founded Blue J, a Toronto-based company which uses machine learning to analyze large amounts of data to predict a court's likely verdict in legal cases. Blue J is used by the Department of Justice in Canada and Canada's Revenue Agency.Ben has just published “The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better.” And here at the London Futurists Podcast, we do like a singularity.Selected follow-ups:https://www.legalsingularity.com/https://www.bluej.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_AlarieTopics addressed in this episode include:*) Much of lawyers' work is data-heavy and involves prediction, so it is amenable to radical improvement with AI*) Other reasons why, in principle, the legal industry should be an early adopter of AI technology*) Reasons why the world is sometimes slow to adopt an innovation that technology makes possible*) Automating the processes of disclosure and discovery*) Two implications of automation for commercial earnings by law firms*) Selling "the machine service" rather than "the human time"*) A different kind of prediction: predicting what is likely to happen inside the inscrutable minds of judges*) Judging as a "full body exercise" - involving the gut, heart, and compassion*) Two "mountains of information" that legal decisions can nevertheless be reliably predicted in many cases*) AI algorithms are more scalable, to wider use, than the limited time of expert human QCs (Queen's Counsel lawyers)*) Even QCs can improve their performance if they take into account the advice of an AI system like Blue J*) "Human plus machine beats human" - and can beat machine too*) Once systems like Blue J are more widely used, the proportion of certain types of legal cases that come to trial may decrease; however, the proportion of other types of case coming to trial may increase*) Entertainment industry workers are on strike in Hollywood, fearing disruption from AI technologies; why aren't lawyers on a similar strike?*) What kinds of change in the legal profession would merit the term "singularity"?*) A potential future in which law is a solved problem, with new laws being generated on demand whenever the need arises*) The creation of laws that are fairer, more efficient, and better all round*) Potential drawbacks in the run-up to the legal singularity*) The 2013 movie "The Congress"*) Estimates for when the Legal Singularity might occur - and for when people will realize that it is coming soonAudio engineering by Alexander Chace.Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

Alexander Bernier BCL, JD, LLM, SJD (Candidate) is a Montreal-based lawyer, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. His work aims to give scientists a range of compliant data sharing designs that scientists can implement in different situations. In this episode, we discuss the risk of identifying individuals in a biological data set, how this is approached differently in different countries, and possible strategies to ensure data privacy. The episode is hosted by Dr. Ulrik Stervbo and Dr. Zhaoqing Ding. Comments are welcome to the inbox of onairr@airr-community.org  or on social media under the tag #onAIRR. Further information can be found here: https://www.antibodysociety.org/the-airr-community/airr-c-podcast. 

Get to Know Our LSAT Coach, Hyun Tae Kim!This week we're joined by Hyun Tae Kim! Hyun Tae is one of our wonderful LSAT coaches and I am so excited to have him back on the podcast so we can further get to know him, his experience, and his journey. Navigating the LSAT, Law School, and the Canadian Education SystemHyun Tae's experiences and the work that he does reflects his ongoing resiliency, self-reflection, and objectivity as he progresses through his next chapter in life, both as a Canadian law school student and as an LSAT Coach with Apply Yourself! His story reflects many of the challenges and successes that many students with English as a second language experience. Listen to this episode to learn more about:Hyun Tae's academic background and his life in South Korea, where he graduated from one of the top universities of the country, Seoul National University;The kinds of transferable skills that Hyun Tae gained from writing standardized tests in South Korea, and the ways these skills helped him to succeed on the LSAT and gain admission to the University of Toronto Faculty of Law program;The kind of support and strategy Hyun Tae can provide students who are writing their standardized tests, based on his experience writing standardized tests in both the South Korean and Canadian educational systems;Hyun Tae's experience navigating through an English-speaking institution and writing English standardised tests, like the LSAT, with English as a second language; andThe importance of being objective and confident in yourself, your skills, abilities, and goals in order to remain reflective and  true to yourself and what you want to achieve. Don't let fear, insecurity, and other people's expectations and opinions dictate you, your goals, and the kind of life you want to live.Follow and subscribe to never miss an episode! Connect with Adrienne!Want to connect with Hyun Tae and our other wonderful LSAT and MCAT coaches at Apply Yourself: The Advancement Spot? Email us at hello@applyyourselfglobal.com, or email me personally at adrienne@applyyourselfglobal.com. You can also DM us on Instagram @applyyourselfglobal -  Let us know what resonated with you in this episode! Ask the ExpertHave any questions on applications, advancement, studying for law school exams, and more? Send your questions to our above contacts, or you can submit an audio file via DM and we can feature you on the podcast!Work with Adrienne>>> Calling all applicants! Learn more about our signature course, Mastering Academic Applications: From Scratch to Submission and how you can finish your applications - with clarity, support, structure, and strategy with Adrienne, an Admissions Committee Member. Check out Adrienne's Calendar and book your Strategy Call HERE to learn more about if this program is right for you! Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Episode 68: Meet Our LSAT & MCAT Coaches! Part 1: Hyun Tae Kim, Olga Shaporenko, Marco Kim, Jonathan Mackenzie —> https://applyyourselfglobal.com/ep-68/ 

Lori Mihalich-Levin and Jason Levin are so excited to introduce a new set of interviews with moms and dads in professional development. Lori and Jason are thrilled to welcome Joshua Troy and Neil Dennis to today's podcast! Neil and Josh are both amazing dads in professional development.Josh Troy is the Director of Talent Management at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, where he engages with attorneys and staff to ensure their professional and personal success. Josh is a proud parent of two daughters, one almost six years old and the other four, who were excited to learn their dad was being interviewed! Neil Dennis is the Director of Professional Development at Blaney McMurtry LLP, a mid-sized full-service law firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is responsible for the recruitment, professional development, and training of legal professionals at the firm. Before joining the firm, Neil led career development at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and held similar positions in Washington DC, including as the Assistant Dean of Career Services at the Howard University School of Law and a Director of Career Services at Georgetown Law Center. He lives in Markham, a suburb near Toronto. He is married to Kia, who has a much cooler job than him as an author of thriller mystery novels. They have two kids, Bryson, age 13, and Miles, age 10 (almost 11). Stay tuned to hear what Neil and Josh have to share about their lives as dads working in the world of professional development!Show highlights:The challenges Josh faced when his oldest daughter was born. (5:15)How Neil got into the field of professional development, and what it means to him. (8:33)How Neil draws inspiration from his kids and being a dad in his career. (11:05)Josh describes his path into professional development and explains what it's like to be a parent in that field. (13:02)The workplace support Josh found especially helpful when he became a working parent. (18:09) Josh discusses his experience of being in Covid lock-down with his young children. (19:49)Josh shares some tips about backup care from his experience. (21:37)Having conversations about figuring out the best way to space out your leave after having a child. (27:50)What Neil learned from his very first job. (30:49)The skills Josh and Neil gained from being parents that are helpful to them in their professional development roles. (34:56) (37:53)A workplace change that affected working parents. (41:44) Changes in the field of professional development that could affect working parents. (43:58)Neil and Josh each share their advice for working parents. (47:15) (48:53)Links and resources:Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Joshua Troy on LinkedInBlaney McMurtry LLPNeil Dennis on LinkedInMindful Return blog post: What Is Backup Childcare and How Does It Work? An Interview with 3 Working MamasIf you are the leader of a working parent or caregiver employee resource group (ERG) or affinity group at your organization, please join us in the Working Parent Group Network (WPGN) learning ,ollaborative. Go to www.mindfulreturn.com/wpgn to sign...

It's unimaginable to be found guilty in a court of law for a crime you did not commit. Or, imagine knowing you were innocent but you pled guilty anyway because that seemed like the best option. Kent Roach is a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and co-founder of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions. His new book catalogues the myriad ways that Canada's justice system makes such cases all too common. It's called: "Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While there is a lot of light being shed on wrongful convictions in the US, Canada has had its own problems with putting innocent people behind bars. Guest: Kent Roach, Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Author of “Wrongfully Convicted” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: The Weekly Cecchini Check-in: From drone strikes to Biden's options for TikTok ban, we get the latest US political news from our Washington correspondent. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Seg 2: President Joe Biden landed in Ottawa yesterday evening, and is set for a busy day on Parliament Hill. Guest: Mackenzie Gray Seg 3: Kickin' it with The Caps Guest: Vanni Sartini, Coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps Seg 4: What are the consequences of book bans? Guest: James Turk, Director, Centre for Free Expression at the Toronto Metropolitan University Seg 5: While there is a lot of light being shed on wrongful convictions in the US, Canada has had its own problems with putting innocent people behind bars. Guest: Kent Roach, Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Author of “Wrongfully Convicted” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast episode, Nicole O'Byrne speaks with Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson about their book, Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation published by HarperCollins Canada in 2022. Valley of the Birdtail was awarded the OLA Evergreen award in 2023. The book weaves together the multi-generational stories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous families to depict a larger picture of Canada's history. Looking to the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve, the authors showcase the different realities of the people living in these communities, particularly the inequality of education and the long-lasting effects of residential schools. Intricately researched, Valley of the Birdtail incorporates legal histories, political analyses, and the personal histories to reflect on the relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians and ends with a hopeful look to the future. Andrew Adobo Sniderman is a writer, lawyer, and Rhodes Scholar from Montreal. He has written for the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, and Maclean's. His profile of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Residential Schools won the award for best print feature of 2011 from the Canadian Association of Journalists. He has also argued before the Supreme Court of Canada, served as the human rights policy advisor to the Canadian minister of foreign affairs, and worked for a judge of South Africa's Constitutional Court. Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) is the Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He has served as a senior policy advisor to Ontario's attorney general and minister of Indigenous affairs. Sanderson's research areas include Aboriginal and indigenous legal theory, as well as private legal theory. His work uses the lens of material culture and property theory to examine the nature of historic injustice to indigenous peoples and possible avenues for redress. He is Swampy Cree, Beaver clan, of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

Click here for the show notes:In today's episode, we'll be talking to Marc Goldrub. Marc is the founding lawyer at Green Economy Law Professional Corporation, a Toronto-based law firm providing general and specialized legal services in the areas of green business, psychedelics, and housing. He holds a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and a Global Professional Master of Laws degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He's a local climate and cycling activist and has proudly plant-based for 16 years.  We talk about Marc's hometown - Toronto!  In this episode, we will discussPut a case forward  that Toronto is the best city for vegansHow the vegan scene has changed in the past decade.Can one be vegan on a budget in TorontoAddress the stereotype that Toronto is boringMarc shares his recommendations for visitors to Toronto.What makes the city unique and worth visiting?Check out our website | Check out all the podcast show notes | Follow us on Instagram

Today's guests: Matt Gurney, Columnist / Co-Founder - The Line Dr. Sonu Gaind, Professor in University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and Chief of Psychiatry and Physician Chair of MAID team at Humber River Hospital Tom Breihan, Senior Editor & Columnist - Stereogum / Author, "The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music" Floe Foxon, scientist and data analyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be a status Indian in Canada? Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii), a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation, answered this seemingly straightforward question in his keynote speech at our 50th anniversary gala. Explaining the processes of losing and gaining status in his family and the policies made to disempower Indigenous people over the last century, Sanderson paints a powerful portrait of how public policy shaped his life and that of Indigenous people across this land.   Sanderson's words are followed by a stirring poetry performance from Greg Frankson (aka Ritallin), a leading Black Canadian poet and editor of AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets (2022). Frankson's work in this selection continue the theme of inequality.  This episode of the podcast is a recording of Douglas Sanderson's keynote speech and Greg Frankson's poetry from November 23, 2022 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Sonu Gaind, Professor in University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and Chief of Psychiatry and Physician Chair of MAID team at Humber River Hospital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, The Hon. John I. Laskin,  a former justice at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, sits down with Natalia Rodriguez, Partner at Conway Baxter Wilson LLP, to share his observations on oral and written advocacy. The wide-ranging discussion touches on the value and purpose of oral and written advocacy,  the questions in judges' minds that advocates should address,  what makes a great factum, the importance of the moral high ground,  and much more.Some of former Justice Laskin's writings on advocacy are available to TAS members in The Advocates' Journal archive:1.    “A View from the Other Side: What I Would Have Done Differently If I Knew Then What I Know Now” (May 1998) 17:2 2.    “Forget the Windup and Make the Pitch: Some Suggestions for Writing More Persuasive Factums” (August 1999) 18:2 3.    “What Persuades (or, What's Going on Inside the Judge's Mind)” (June 2004) 23:1 The Hon. John I. LaskinThe Hon. John I. Laskin was a Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from 1994–2018. During his time on the court, former Justice Laskin made significant doctrinal contributions to every area of the law within the jurisdiction of the court.  A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Mr. Laskin had a distinguished 23-year career in private practice,  focusing on civil and public law. He served as the head of the litigation department at Davies, Ward and Beck and was counsel to three royal commissions and three provincial inquiries.   The Hon. John I. Laskin has long been a writer, speaker and lecturer on topics related to oral and written advocacy, judgment and decision writing, and related topics. An extraordinary and committed teacher, he gave generously of his time to his clerks, to counsel and to his fellow judges.Natalia RodriguezNatalia Rodriguez is a partner at Conway Baxter Wilson LLP. She practices civil litigation and dispute resolution, with an emphasis on commercial litigation, public law litigation and appellate advocacy. She has advocated at all levels of court in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as in commercial arbitration proceedings. Prior to entering private practice, Natalia clerked for three justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and for Justice Louis LeBel at the Supreme Court of Canada.   Land Acknowledgement The Advocates' Society acknowledges that our offices, located in Toronto, are on the customary and traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabek, the Huron-Wendat and now home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples.  We acknowledge current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit and honour their long history of welcoming many nations to this territory.   While The Advocates' Society is based in Toronto, we are a national organization with Directors and members located across Canada in the treaty and traditional territories of many Indigenous Peoples. We encourage our members to reflect upon their relationships with the Indigenous Peoples in these territories, and the history of the land on which they live and work.   We acknowledge the devastating impacts of colonization, including the history of residential schools, for many Indigenous peoples, families, and communities and commit to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusiveness in an informed legal profession in Canada and within The Advocates' Society.

One day… I dream of having my own business, with flexibility in my schedule, making my desired income… having a team, and becoming well known and big! The reality is… anything is possible. The bumps in the road are lessons and tests to help us continuously expand.  What you imagine now may look a lot different later… today we're going to dive into high performance leadership for Sustainable Scaling and Business Growth with Dinah Hampson, founder, and CEO of Pivot Sport Medicine and Orthopedics.“Little raindrops make lasting ripples.”  Dinah HampsonAbout Dinah:  Dinah completed her B.A. in Health Studies at Queen's University and B.Sc. in Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto. Her passion for Sport Physio led her to active membership in Sport Physio Canada, acquisition of her Sport Physio Diploma and her International Sports Physiotherapist qualification. Dinah holds the Diploma of Manual &; Manipulative Therapy, multiple clinical certifications, and is an examiner for new Sport Physio candidates.Dinah trained in classical ballet. She regularly assesses and treats dancers from professional dance companies and associated training programs as well as community/competitive dancers.Dinah founded Pivot Sport Medicine in 2003, 15 years later founding Pivot Dancer.  Dinah, with Pivot Dancer, consults with clinicians and dancers worldwide. Since 2000 Dinah has held a status faculty position at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy. Dinah is honoured that students have nominated her for the teaching and mentorship awards she has received.Dinah is happiest using her knowledge to promote high performance in others.Episode Highlights:How Dinah founded her thriving businesses Pivot Sport and Pivot DancerExpert recommendations on stepping  into high performance leadershipWhy it's important to really know everything about your business How to recognize the potential opportunity in every choice you makeKey lessons learned from the journey to achieving sustainable scaling the business growth “Do something you enjoy. Life is too short to be tired, angry and disappointed.” ~ Dinah Hampson Thanks, Dinah for sharing your zone of genius on high performance leadership for Sustainable Scaling and Business Growth, this episode will truly shift your perspective.Connect with Dinah: Website: https://pivotsmo.com/, https://pivotdancer.com/ https://dinahhampson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pivotdancer/, https://www.instagram.com/pivotsport/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinah-hampson-27b6a6/Connect with Nathalie:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pictonatphoto/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/pictonatphotography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pictonatbrandingcreative/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-amlani/ Join the Free Focal Tangent:  Brand Builder Society Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/brandbuildersociety Website:  https://pictonat.com  

New England Journal of Medicine this week published a report titled: Covid-19 Vaccines - Immunity, Variants, Boosters. - NACI suggesting Canadians should consider boosters every three months.  Guest: Dr. Neil Rau. Infectious diseases, Halton region, Ontario. Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Health.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leslie is Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland. Leslie and host Stephanie dive into a conversation about careers and motherhood in this one of a kind episode from a woman at the top of the halls of power in Canada. We discuss Leslie's path to success in politics, how she handles stress, work life “balance”, the challenges of motherhood (daycare, returning from maternity leave, emotional load), women in politics, and her thoughts on big issues and how to solve them. I love how Leslie shares the challenges and struggles in her job and her daily life, allowing you to see that you can overcome challenges and thrive too.  I can't wait for you to hear her advice so jump in and take a listen!More about Leslie: Leslie is Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland. Approaching seven years inside the Trudeau government, Leslie has served as Chief of Staff in four ministries, helped lead the development of two federal budgets and the government's procurement response in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and served as the Director of Policy for the 2021 National Liberal Campaign heading up the development of the Liberal platform. Before joining the government in 2015, Leslie was the head of Communications and Public Affairs for Google Canadawhere she worked to promote Canada's digital economy and the success of Canadian innovators online. She also served as Vice-Chair of Ontario's Open Government Engagement Team, which provided recommendations to the Government of Ontario on open data, access to information and civic engagement.Leslie has worked extensively in politics and public policy for over 15 years, serving on public boards, advising on public policy reviews, and working previously in Parliament as director of communications to the Leader of the Official Opposition, the Honourable Michael Ignatieff. She practiced law at Torys LLP in Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Alberta (BA (Hon.) Political Science), the London School of Economics (MSc. Politics of the World Economy), and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (JD).Find Leslie online:InstagramTwitterLinkedIn Podcast recommendation (s): The Herle Burly PodcastPod Save America The Strategists Smartless Kara SwisherBook recommendation: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Freebie from Beacon North Strategies accessed here: https://www.beaconnorthstrategies.com/10-tips-to-make-your-next-meeting-a-successHow to find WOMENdontDOthat:PatreonInstagramTwitterBlogPodcastNewsletterWebsiteInterested in sponsorship? Contact us at hello@womendontdothat.com Produced by: Stephanie Mitton

Bob Rae is a Canadian diplomat, lawyer, former Premier of Ontario, and former interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. A Rhodes Scholar and graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, he is currently Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations. He has been elected to federal and provincial parliaments 11 times (between 1978 and 2013), and reveres the English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic George Orwell.    Because of this I invited him to engage in a conversation with me about Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language."  Politicians have always abused language. Current political tensions have only ratcheted this up, here in Canada and around the world. It needs to be called-out, because, as Orwell reminds us, getting rid of bad habits in the use of language encourages clearer thinking, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration, something that we need big-time in 2022.    During our conversation we discuss: stale imagery, lack of precision, meaningless words, quotes from Alan Sandison's book George Orwell: After 1984, the use of cliche, Orwell's contradictions, the word "totalitarian," ramifications of using the term "genocide," U.N.-speak, the definition of "recent," and much more, on this, the most recent installment of The Biblio File Book Club.  

Hansa Bhargava, MD, FAAP is Chief Medical Officer at Medscape Education. Her leadership includes an eye to innovation and cutting-edge topics in health care. She has practiced for over 10 years as a clinician and was previously Senior Medical Director At WebMD. She has extensive experience in producing digital content, collaborating in partnerships, and in thought leadership.Her previous position included working closely with the editorial, product, and news teams and developing digital apps. With expertise in parenting, mental health, and pregnancy, she has helped develop products such as the WebMD Baby App and WebMD Pregnancy App and has published on digitally monitoring pregnancy and outcomes. Her partnership efforts have included those with the University of Alabama, Jed Foundation, CDC, the White House, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). She represents Medscape and WebMD in media including CNN, HLN, Politico, NPR, Vice, and WSJ Radio and writes regularly for Forbes. Bhargava has participated in conferences, doing keynotes/talks at meetings such as Peds2040, GaTech Innovation Day, Exponential Medicine, and the FDA. She has moderated discussions at UNICEF, Emory Global Health Institute, and Health Connect South. In 2012, she served as an expert panelist with first lady Michelle Obama at the WebMD/Let's Move Town Hall in Miami.Outside of WebMD, Bhargava has worked with the AAP nationally and locally. She is an elected executive member of the AAP Committee on Communications and Media. She was previously on the advisory board for UNICEF and is currently is on the Global Council for Emory University Global Health Institute and on the advisory board for CWC.A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, she completed her residency at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She is board certified in pediatrics. She lives in Atlanta and has two children. Check out Dr. Bhargava's recent book Building Healthier Kids: Stress-Busting Tools for Parents This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

In this important podcast relative to the AAPD's mission toward “safety” in all way, Dr. Jacob Lee, talks about the PEARS training course offered by the American Heart Association.  Here, he spells out what PEARS is all about, why it is a realistic and appropriate training for the entire dental team to manage through emergencies, and how it is drawing a lot of positive attention in the realm of team training.   Learn about this court in the conversation with Dr. Lee who has engaged in training his entire team.  Hear about his passion and wisdom as to why you may want to soon follow suit. Bio Dr. Jacob Lee earned his DDS from the University of Toronto. He completed his dental internship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, earned his diploma in pediatric dentistry at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry, and was conferred fellowship by the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Dr. Lee was an associate professor at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry and was later the director of the graduate program in pediatric dentistry at the University of Minnesota. He also served as chairperson of pediatric dentistry at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, the director of the USC pediatric dental residency program, and as the dental director of the Children's Dental Health Clinic at Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Lee is a graduate of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Leadership Institute and has served the AAPD on numerous committees, including as the chair of the Graduate Students Research Awards and as coordinator of the academicians meeting at the AAPD Annual Sessions. In addition, he has organized and moderated the AAPD Practice Management Program. Dr. Lee has also served as the president of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry, as a trustee of the Western Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and as the AAPD Western District trustee. He is a fellow of the AAPD and of the American College of Dentists. Dr. Lee is presently clinical associate professor at USC School of Dentistry, directing the dental materials seminars for first-year pediatric dental residents. Incorporating his dental research and clinical experience, Dr. Lee has presented at numerous state, national, and international meetings. As a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry he recently completed afive-year commitment serving as a member of the ABPD Qualifying Examination Committee and as an examiner for the Oral Clinical Examination. He is a speaker in the AAPD Speakers Bureau, an AAPD Media spokesperson, and a member of the editorial board of Pediatric Dentistry. Currently he is serving as the co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee of the AAPD Annual Sessions 2022, to be held in San Diego. Dr. Lee is engaged in private practice with his son, a pediatric dentist, and with his daughter, a dental hygienist, in San Clemente and Rancho Mission Viejo, California. He is an accomplished classical violinist and enjoys performing with his children.

Our fifth episode of What's Your Forte Season 3 is out! Our guest is Evan Teti, a drummer and Band Camp alumnus. Evan has been playing drums for 12 years and is in grade 12 at Oakville Trafalgar High School, where he is a member of the school jazz band. He's also a member of the audition-only High Rendition Jazz Band. He loves producing music using programs like Logic Pro and learning to play other instruments including bass, guitar and piano. Evan plans to study percussion in a Bachelor of Music program and has recently applied to University of Toronto Faculty of Music and Humber Music. Listen at anchor.fm/bandology or your favourite podcast app! We are lucky that Evan has been both a camper and a music mentor for Bandology! To learn more about our Band Camp programs, available in both Oakville and Kitchener-Waterloo/Guelph, check out https://bandology.ca/band-camps.

Suzanne Gordon is an award-winning journalist who also happens to be an author, co-author, or editor of 19 books including Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines and Beyond the Checklist: What Else Healthcare Can Learn from Aviation Teamwork and Safety. Her latest book, The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Policy Making and Patient Care has just been published by Cornell Publishing. For her coverage of VA Healthcare, Suzanne has received the DAV's 2017 Special Recognition Award. Suzanne is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the UCSF School of Nursing and an Affiliated scholar with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine's Wilson Centre. https://suzannecgordon.com/ Facebook | Twitter |

Check out this amazing conversation with Dr. Stephanie Zhou where she shares loads of what she's learned about finance for physicians as well as much more.  In this episode we talk about:  - Financial literacy for physicians - Intergenerational wealth among immigrant families - Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging research Dr. Zhou practices Addictions Medicine at Sunnybrook Hospital and is a Lecturer for the Financial Literacy curriculum at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. In addition to financial education, she also does research in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and co-developed the Diversity Mentorship Program at UofT. She is also the creator of the Physicians Financial Wellness Conference, for early to late career physicians. In her spare time, she blogs about personal finance on Instagram and Youtube @breakingbaddebt and about Equity, Diversity & Inclusion on Twitter @stephanieyzhou

Today, we have Dr. Zuhair Waheed, who graduated from FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry in Pakistan. He then pursued the IDAPP program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry.  He is proficient in all fields of dentistry and is also licensed to perform dentistry using nitrous oxide. Currently, he practices at Pickering Village Dental.  Join us as we venture along his inspiring journey as he tackled the Canadian licensure process.

In this episode we are joined by Vanshika Dhawan. Vanshika is a 3L student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Outside of law, Vanshika is a writer and designer. We were curious about how the pandemic has impacted law school experiences and once we read Vanshika's recent article, “An Open Letter to the Law Students Barely Holding it Together,” we really wanted to have her on the podcast. In this conversation we discuss how the pandemic has led to a loss of casual law school acquaintances, Vanshika's experiences working throughout law school, and her love of young adult fiction. Follow Vanshika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vdhwn Read Vanshika's piece “An Open Letter to the Law Students Barely Holding it Together”: https://ultravires.ca/2021/10/an-open-letter-to-the-students-barely-holding-it-together/ Learn more about Vanshika's work: https://vanshikadhawan.com/ Follow us on Instagram @offthetrackspodcast, check out our website offthetrackspodcast.com, or connect with us by emailing podcast.offthetracks@gmail.com. Thanks for taking some time to step off the tracks with us! - Erin & Piper Did you know there are free and confidential mental health supports available to law students, paralegals, and lawyers in every province and territory? Click here to learn more and access services: https://www.cba.org/Sections/Wellness-Subcommittee/Wellness-Programs

Addison Cameron-Huff (@aCameronhuff) has been practicing in the blockchain space since 2014. Addison has managed a blockchain wallet company, built dev teams, provided legal advice to founders of Ethereum, taught at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and was one of the first Canadian lawyers to work in blockchain. Show highlights: [3:15] - Why he received a call from a co-founder of Ethereum in 2014 [4:42] - Starting a crypto-law firm: What the first few months looked like [7:35] - Building momentum for your legal practice (including what not to do) and the importance of writing long-form articles [10:55] - Imposter syndrome in the legal industry [13:12] - When/How to say “I don't know” when given a request you are unsure how to address [16:45] - How to stay abreast of fast-moving crypto developments (as well as the slower-moving legal side) [17:55] - The importance of understanding clients as you build your understanding of the law [18:44] - Why Addison chose to start his own firm instead of joining BigLaw [22:00] - The benefits of not scaling your law firm [25:45] - What early entrepreneurial experiences can offer as life lessons [31:00] - How Addison's legal practice changed since 2014 [36:30] - The benefits of staying in the legal profession [39:00] - The first stablecoin in Canada [44:30] - The process associated with novel legal work (Canadian stablecoin) [48:30] - Twitter and American Law (from a Canadian's perspective) [54:00] - DAOs over the next five years Thanks for listening!

Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action, focuses on taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.Dr. Paula Braitstein is an epidemiologist living and working in Kenya since 2007. Most of her research has been oriented around major health and social issues in East Africa including HIV prevention, treatment, and the cascade of HIV care, and high risk children and youth including those who have been orphaned (from HIV and other causes), separated, abandoned, and those who are street-connected. Dr. Braitstein is a CIHR Chair of Applied Public Health Research, and won the 2017 CIHR Institute of Public and Population Health Mid-Career Trail Blazer Award for her work with street-connected and homeless youth in East Africa. In addition to doing her own research, Paula is Co-Field Director of Research for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Consortium in which the University of Toronto (Faculty of Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health) is a partner. Dr. Braitstein is a passionate environmentalist in Kenya and leads a graduate seminar course on planetary health for the DLSPH and Moi University, School of Public Health (Kenya). Victoria Haldane is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, she is also a student in the collaborative specialization in global health at the DLSPH. She is co-founder of Emerging Leaders for Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare (ELESH) and a junior fellow with the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems. Her research interests include implementation science to improve quality of care, health systems resilience, and making our health systems better for people and the planet. CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero, Director of the Centre for Global Health, and Ophelia Michaelides, Manager of the Centre for Global Health, at the DLSPH, U of T, and produced by Elizabeth Loftus. Audio editing is by Sylvia Lorico. Music is produced by Julien Fortier and Patrick May. It is made with the support of the School of Cities at U of T. 

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.Today we're joined by the Honourable Anita Anand, Canada's Minister of National Defence. You'll know her best as the Minister of Public Services and Procurement who acquired for Canada our vast supplies of vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other supplies of personal protective equipment after our national stockpiles had been allowed to run low. As Minister of National Defence she recently issued a formal apology to victims of military sexual misconduct. Prior to entering federal politics in the 2019 federal election, she was a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law specializing in corporate governance and the regulation of capital markets.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.Watch conversations from The Herle Burly on YouTube. 

About the Series  Charter: A Course is a podcast created by the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (the Asper Centre)  and hosted by the Asper Centre's Executive Director Cheryl Milne.  Charter: A Course focuses on Canadian constitutional law and litigation. In each episode, we highlight the  accomplishments of U of T Law's faculty and alumni involved in leading constitutional cases and issues. Each  episode also includes a “Practice Corner,” where we talk about the ins and outs of what it means to be a  constitutional litigator.   Whether you are a law student, a lawyer, or just an interested person, we hope that you learn about an aspect  of constitutional law and litigation that interests you in our podcast.  Episode 6 Show Notes  Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the  law without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, sex, age or mental or physical  disability.  With the help of our distinguished guests, constitutional litigators Mary Eberts and Jonathan Rudin (author of Indigenous People and the Criminal Justice System: A Practitioner's Handbook) we trace the history of Section 15 and its development in Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, as well as its use in furthering the efforts to realize substantive equality for Indigenous peoples in Canada, in particular in the criminal justice system.   Mary and Jonathan also share their thoughts about the value of interveners in Charter litigation in Canada.   Find a full transcript of this episode HERE.  Case Links  In this episode, the following cases were discussed:  Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28 (CanLII)  Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell, 1973 CanLII 175 (SCC), [1974] SCR 1349  The Queen v. Drybones, 1969 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1970] SCR 282  Corbiere v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs), 1999 CanLII 687 (SCC), [1999] 2 SCR 203 Lovelace v. Ontario, 2000 SCC 37 (CanLII), [2000] 1 SCR 950 R. v. Kapp, 2008 SCC 41 (CanLII), [2008] 2 SCR 483 Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 675 (SCC), [1999] 1 SCR 497 Alberta (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development) v. Cunningham, 2011 SCC 37 (CanLII), [2011] 2 SCR 670 Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 (CanLII), [2015] 2 SCR 548 R. v. Gladue, 1999 CanLII 679 (SCC), [1999] 1 SCR 68 R. v. Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13 (CanLII), [2012] 1 SCR 433 R. v. Sharma, 2020 ONCA 478 (CanLII) About the Asper Centre  The Asper Centre, a part of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law since 2008, is devoted to realizing  constitutional rights through advocacy, research and education. The Centre aims to play a vital role in  articulating Canada's constitutional vision to the broader world. The cornerstone of the Centre is a legal clinic  that brings together students, faculty and members of the bar to work on significant constitutional cases and  advocacy initiatives. The Centre was established through a generous gift from U of T law alumnus David  Asper (LLM '07).  Thank You's  Charter: A Course is proudly sponsored by the University of Toronto's affinity partners: MBNA and TD Insurance. We would like to thank each of our sponsors, and you can discover the benefits of affinity products at  bit.ly/affinity-offers.   We would like to thank the creators of our theme music for Charter: A Course. Constitutional law  professor Howie Kislowicz and law professor Rob Currie gave us the licence to use their constitutional law shanty  in exchange for a donation to the Calgary Food Bank. The song's performers are: Vanessa Carroll, Rob Currie,  Howie Kislowicz, Avinash Kowshik, Anna Lund, Patricia Paradis, Elin Sigurdson, Lyle Skinner, and Dave Wright.  You can listen to the entire shanty here: Charter a Course. Please consider contributing to your local food bank!  Thank you to Flint Patterson, JD student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, for his contributions to the production of this episode.  Thank you to our wonderful guests on this episode, Mary Eberts and Jonathan Rudin! Thank you to our audio editor Liam Morrison of Bell Room Media Solutions.  Lastly, we are very grateful to you, our listeners, for taking the time to join us on this voyage as we  charter a course into podcasting!

About the Series  Charter: A Course is a podcast created by the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (the Asper Centre) and hosted by the Asper Centre's Executive Director Cheryl Milne.  Charter: A Course focuses on Canadian constitutional law and litigation. In each episode, we highlight the accomplishments of U of T Law's faculty and alumni involved in leading constitutional cases and issues. Each episode also includes a “Practice Corner,” where we talk about the ins and outs of what it means to be a constitutional litigator.   Whether you are a law student, a lawyer, or just an interested person, we hope that you learn about an aspect of constitutional law and litigation that interests you in our podcast. Episode 5 Show Notes  Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees that every person has the right to life, liberty, and security of the person, except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.  This episode focuses on s. 7 of the Charter, climate change litigation and constitutional remedies in these cases.   In this episode, we speak with lawyer and former Constitutional Litigator-in-Residence at the Asper Centre, Nader Hasan about the meaning and purpose of section 7 in the context of climate change and government action/inaction, and as it relates to protecting the environment for future generations. Nader is legal counsel for the applicants in the Mathur v Ontario climate change litigation (see case link below), which he discusses in this episode. In this episode's “Practice Corner”(starting at 38:30), we speak with University of Toronto Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach about constitutional remedies as a core aspect of charter litigation. Kent is the author of Constitutional Remedies in Canada (Carswell, 2013) and has recently published an article on judicial remedies in climate change litigation internationally. Find a full transcript of this episode HERE. Case Links In this episode, the following cases were discussed: Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84 (CanLII) Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 La Rose v Her Majesty the Queen 2020 FC 1008 Urgenda Foundation v. State of the Netherlands, 2015 Tanudjaja v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONCA 852 (CanLII) Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62 (CanLII) About the Asper Centre  The Asper Centre, a part of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law since 2008, is devoted to realizing constitutional rights through advocacy, research and education. The Centre aims to play a vital role in articulating Canada's constitutional vision to the broader world. The cornerstone of the Centre is a legal clinic that brings together students, faculty and members of the bar to work on significant constitutional cases and advocacy initiatives. The Centre was established through a generous gift from U of T law alumnus David Asper (LLM '07).  Thank You's Charter: A Course is proudly sponsored by the University of Toronto's affinity partners: MBNA and TD Insurance. We would like to thank each of our sponsors, and you can discover the benefits of affinity products at bit.ly/affinity-offers. We would like to thank the creators of our theme music for Charter: A Course. Constitutional law professor Howie Kislowicz and law professor Rob Currie gave us the licence to use their constitutional law shanty in exchange for a donation to the Calgary Food Bank. The song's performers are: Vanessa Carroll, Rob Currie, Howie Kislowicz, Avinash Kowshik, Anna Lund, Patricia Paradis, Elin Sigurdson, Lyle Skinner, and Dave Wright. You can listen to the entire shanty here: Charter a Course.  Please consider contributing to your local food bank!  Thank you to Szymon Rodomar and Flint Patterson, JD students at the U of T Faculty of Law, for their immense contributions to the production of this episode.  Thank you to our wonderful guests on this episode, Nader Hasan and Professor Kent Roach! Thank you to our audio editor Liam Morrison of Bell Room Media Solutions.  Lastly, we are very grateful to you, our listeners, for taking the time to join us on this voyage as we charter a course into podcasting! 

Dr. James Deutsch is an emergency medicine physician in Torrance, California and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance and Torrance Memorial Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Speakers' bio:Olivia Du, BKin 20'Olivia completed her BSc Honours degree with a specialization in kinesiology at Queen's University in 2020. Olivia is now a second year MSc student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. Her research examines sex and gender differences in exercise participation and depressive symptoms in the stroke population. By taking an integrated knowledge translation approach, she hopes that study results will fill a knowledge gap of sex- and gender-specific indicators of exercise participation and depressive symptoms in this clinical population and inform the remodelling of the stroke continuum of care by removing sex- and gender-specific barriers, improving access to stroke-related health services for men and women, and educating end knowledge users. Olivia's research is funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award. Olivia aims to defend her thesis next summer and aspires to pursue a career as a clinician-scientist.Charlotte Lipin BA 22' (Health Major)Charlotte is in her fourth year of Health Studies at Queens University. She is currently working under Dr. Lee in the In Situ Lab as a UG Undergraduate Trainee. Her research is focused on the constitutional determinants of climate change mitigation efforts. In specific, looking at how adverse health effects caused by climate change are disproportionately impacting population health while simultaneously threatening human rights and social justice. Charlotte is hoping to pursue a master's in Public Health after the completion of her undergraduate degree.

Legal scholar and historian Anver Emon talks about how power influences the law, including the reaction to the attack on Muslims in London, Ontario, terrorism financing laws, the Azarova hiring scandal at the U of T, systemic barriers to scholarship on Palestine and more.Anver M. Emon is Professor of Law and History; Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History; Director, Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He studies pre-modern and modern Islamic legal history, the role of Shari'a both inside and outside the Muslim majority world.

We welcome conductor, educator and trumpeter, Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds to the Band Room! We spoke about Jeff's musical beginnings, his career as a trumpet player and how that influences his conducting, studying with Arnold Jacobs and Vincent Cichowicz, his time at UofT, philosophy and much more!Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bandroompodHelp support the Band Room Podcast by getting your merch at the BRP Storehttp://www.bandroompod.com/storeMusic used in this episodeBRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR HammellPerforming Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind EnsembleDr. Gillian MacKay – ConductorLake Superior Suite - Pukakswa by Cait NishimuraPerforming Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind EnsembleDr. Gillian MacKay – ConductorEpisode LinksJeffrey Reynolds - University of Toronto Faculty of Music https://music.utoronto.ca/mob-our-people.php?fid=7Trumpet for Dummies by Jeffrey Reynoldshttps://www.amazon.ca/Trumpet-Dummies-Jeffrey-Reynolds/dp/0470679379National Youth Band of Canadahttps://www.canadianband.org/nybhomeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod)

Dr. Maria Rotondi is an accomplished dentist with a wealth of knowledge. She graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry in 1986. She is past president of the Ontario Study Club for Osseointegration, a graduate and mentor at the Kois center for advanced education, and a graduate of the Olmos TMD and sleep residency. She is also a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology, and currently serves on the Admissions and Credentialing Board of the AAID as well as serving as examiner for the AAID. She has a private practice Woodbridge, Ontario. We talk about why oral health is important, and how parents can promote oral health in their children. 

Lecture summary: Grotius is not generally considered a state theorist, but a theorist and jurist of natural law. But his accounts of natural right, sociability and sovereign power – all building blocks of his carapace of a natural legal order – generate also an exoskeleton of political order that leans upon but is not reducible to the legal order of natural law. As such, Grotius's juristic sensibility and his Roman legal methods, generate not so much a political theory of the state as a set of generative parameters for the conceptualization of the state in which the concrete constitution of state authority is historical and plural, even as it is integrated into a universal legal order. State authority is made possible and accountable under a system of natural legal right, even as its constitution is a historical achievement that should not readily be disturbed and in which a large range of freedom and unfreedom is lawful and should be accepted. Grotius theory of the state holds important lessons and implications for our contemporary world, where over the last 25 years we have grappled constantly with the problem of what a state is, the circumstances under which we might justifiably breach its sovereignty, and the profound difficulties of re-making state orders when they have failed, collapsed or been destroyed by foreign intervention. Professor Nehal Bhuta holds the Chair of Public International Law at University of Edinburgh and is Co-Director of the Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law. He previously held the Chair of Public International Law at the European University Institute in Florence, where was also Co-Director of the Institute's Academy of European Law. He is a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Criminal Justice, Constellations and a founding editor of the interdisciplinary journal Humanity. He is also a series editor of the Oxford University Press (OUP) series in The History and Theory of International Law. Prior to the EUI he was on the faculty at the New School for Social Research, and at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Before entering academia, he worked with Human Rights Watch and the International Center for Transitional Justice. Nehal’s two most recent edited volumes are Freedom of Religion, Secularism and Human Rights (OUP) and Autonomous Weapons Systems - Law, Ethics, Policy (Cambridge University Press with Beck, Geiss, Liu and Kress). Nehal works on a wide range of doctrinal, historical and theoretical issues in international law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and human rights law. He is about to start work as a General Editor (with Anthony Pagden and Mira Siegelberg) of The Cambridge History of Rights (5 volumes).

This month, as we've faced a global pandemic, we've also seen an historic movement rise up to protest anti-Black racism. That movement and COVID-19 are coalescing at the same time for a number of reasons, and public health experts are coming to the forefront to explain why. Today on The Dose, Dr. Onye Nnorom the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine joins Dr. Goldman to answer the question "How does systemic racism predispose people to COVID-19? Dr. Nnorum is also the President of the Black Physicians' Association of Ontario.

In Season 1 Episode 15 released on May 11, 2016, I invited Canadian immigration lawyer Chris Veeman to join me to talk about the "then" recently announced changes to the Canadian citizenship process. Well it's been over one full year later and we are still waiting.... In this Episode I invited Chris back for an encore performance to bring us up to speed on where we are at right now and how much longer we are going to have to wait to see these significant changes become law. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/canadianimmigrationpodcast/CIP_S2_E9.mp3" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" ] Chris Veeman is a Member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. He practices immigration law in Saskatoon within his own law office, Veeman Law. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2003). A former Federal Court of Canada law clerk to the Honourable Madam Justice Sandra J. Simpson, he has been practicing immigration law since 2003. He has been based in Saskatoon (his home town) since 2004. He has been invited to appear as a witness on citizenship matters before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on several occasions (2008, 2014, 2016), and has represented clients in numerous high-profile refugee, immigration and citizenship cases. He served as an Executive Member of the CBA's National Immigration Law section (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) and authors the Chapter on the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program in Carswell's text A Practical Guide to Provincial Nominee Programs in Canadian Immigration Law. In this episode Chris and I discuss the following changes that will be coming (hopefully before Canada Day, July 1, 2017) to Canada's Citizenship process : revocation of citizenship; reversal of the past Conservative government's changes to residency requirements; how time spent as a temporary resident will be counted towards eligibility for citizenship; age limits for language testing. [Tweet "Changes to Canadian Citizenship are almost here!"] Additional Resources: The best way to reach Chris Veeman: www.veemanlaw.com Current Citizenship Policy: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/index.asp Current Status of Bill C-6: http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=8117654&Language=E&Mode=1 Listen to Mark Holthe's Canadian Immigration Podcast [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/canadianimmigrationpodcast/CIP_S2_E9.mp3" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" ] Topics for our Next Podcast [reminder]If you have a suggestion for topics we could cover in the Podcast, please drop me a line. If you know of anyone that would be interested in coming on the Podcast as a guest, please send them my way. share on facebook, share on twitter, share on LinkedIn[/reminder] Binge on all of our Canadian Immigration Podcast Episodes! If you want to listen to more episodes, you will find all the episodes here. Ask Mark an Immigration Question Periodically I answer listener questions on my podcast. If you have a question, comment, thought or concern, you can do so by clicking here. We'd love to hear from you. You can also leave me a voice message on the Ask an Immigration Question widget on the side bar of this website. Subscribe to the Canadian Immigration Podcast If you have enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe. If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Share the Love