2005 Annual Conference
Montreal, Quebec • Hyatt Regency Hotel • June 16-19, 2005
Theme: Still Alive (And Kicking):
Trade Unions, Human Rights, And Democracy
The continuing contribution of trade unions and labour law to democratic society
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2005 Conference Schedule
| THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2005 |
| 3:30 –5:00 |
Anjou Room, Level 5 CALL/ACAMS Council Meeting
[Council members only] |
| 6:30 pm -8:00 pm |
Hyatt Terrace Ste-Catherine, Level 6
Reception and Registration |
| FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2005 |
8:30-9:00 am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Welcome
Susan Philpott CALL President
Local Organizing Committee
Overview of Conference Agenda |
| 9:15–10:30am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Plenary
Trade Unions and Democracy
Coordinator: Craig Flood, Koskie Minsky
| Speakers: |
Chris Albertyn, Vice Chairman, OLRB
Judy Fudge, Osgoode Hall Law School |
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| 10:30-10:45 am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 pm |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Plenary
The Quebec Model – Discarding Democracy?
Coordinator: Claude Melançon, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino
| Speakers: |
Jean Francois Lisée, Executive Director,
CÉRIM (Centre d’études et de recherches)
Prof. Gilles Trudeau, Université de Montréal |
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| 12:00-1:15 pm |
Hospitality Suite, Level 5
Lunch & Speaker
Coordinator: (Montreal Committee)
Hassan Yussuff -Canadian Labour Congress |
| 1:30-2:30 pm |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Plenary
International Panel – It's a Walmart World After All
Coordinator: David Brown, N.B. Union
Chair: Mary Cornish, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish
| Speakers: |
Bama Athreya, Int’l Labour Rights Fund
Louis Bolduc, UFCW - Quebec
Joe Sellers, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfield & Toll –Washington Walmart class action |
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| 2:30-2:45 pm |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break |
| 2:45-3:45 pm |
Breakout Sessions
| 1 . |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Skills Session – Practical Approaches to Accommodation
Coordinator: Leanne Chahley, Blair Chahley |
| Speakers: |
Mary MacKinnon, Barrister and Solicitor
Shona Moore, Shortt Moore Arsenault
Michel Gilbert, Grodin Poudrier Bernier |
| 2. |
Picardi Room, Level 5
Remedies
Coordinator: David Wright, Ryder Wright Blair
Holmes
· Damages
· Discrimination Remedies
· Procedural Remedies- Interim Relief
· Damages in lieu of Reinstatement
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| Speakers: |
Rick Blair, Ryder Wright Blair Holmes.
Jeanne Meyers, McGrady Baugh
Lionel Clarke, CUPE, St. John’s Newfoundland
Jasbir Parmar, ONA |
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Friday Night
Social Events |
Cirque du Soleil (for ticket holders)
Buses to site starting at 7:30 PM on Jeanne Mance Street
Alternatives to Cirque du soleil
Consult Binder for information |
| SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2005 |
| 8:15-8:45 |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:00-10:15am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Plenary
Trade Unions: New Liabilities and New Realities
Coordinator: Ritu Khullar, Chivers Carpenter
| Speakers: |
Austin Marshall, Marshall & Co., Yellowknife
Giuseppe Sciortino, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino
Pat Nugent, Chivers Carpenter
Carmela Allevato, CUPE |
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| 10:15-10:30 am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break |
| 10:30-12:00 pm |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Plenary
Practising in the Spotlight- Dancing with the Media
Coordinator: Anne Gregory, UFCW, Local 832
| Speakers: |
Drew Plaxton, Plaxton Gillies
Lorne Slotnick, FSCO
Loreen Pindera. CBC
Don Eady, Palliare Rolland |
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
Hospitality Suite, Level 5
Buffet Lunch
Auteuil Room, Level 5
CALL Business Meeting,
Constitutional Amendments
New CALL/ACAMS Website
Tsunami Relief (David Brown and Craig Flood)
CALL Conference 2006
Paris Conference |
| 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4 Plenary
10 Minute Labour Lawyer
Coordinator: Sheila Greene, NAPE
Speakers:
Graham Williamson: Koskie Minsky: Drug Testing
Yves Saint-André, Trudel Nadeau: Protecting Employee Privacy in a Digital Age
Crystal Stewart, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish: Video Surveillance
David Jacobs, Watson, Jacobs, McCreary : Stelco
Meghan Ashbury, HEU: Organizing in the non-clinical health sector
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| 2:30-2:45 pm |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break |
| 2:45 - 3:45 pm |
Break-out Sessions
| 1. |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Skills Session – Sexual Misconduct and Boundary Violations
Coordinator – Simon Blackstone, Green Chercover |
| Speakers: |
Simon Blackstone, Green Chercover
David Nicholson ONA
Elizabeth McIntyre, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish |
| 2. |
Picardi Room, Level 5
In-house Counsel – Perspectives on Practice as In House Counsel and Outside Counsel
Coordinator: Lisa Kelly, CAW-TCA Canada |
| Speakers: |
Kathleen Cahill, Prof, University of Montreal
Peter Barnacle, CUPE Saskatchewan
Leanne MacMillan, Nova Scotia Nurses' Union |
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Saturday Night
*included in registration fee
6:30 pm to 1:00 am (or later) |
Newtown, (Chez Villeneuve)
(See binder for details)
Coordinator: Montreal Committee |
| SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2005 |
| 9:30 am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Breakfast |
| 10:00 - 11:45 am |
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
Supreme Court Update
| Coordinators: |
Steve Barrett, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell |
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| Speakers: |
Ethan Poskanzer, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell
Sheila Greene, Newfoundland Association of
Public Employees
Fay Faraday, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton
McIntyre & Cornish |
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| 11:45 am |
Auteuil Room, Level 5
Conference Wrap Up
Local Committee |
| 12:00 |
Adjournment (and recovery) |
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