Speakers

2020 Conference Co-Chairs

Ian Demers

Senior Counsel
Justice Canada

Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs

October 29, 2020 • 9:15 am

Nadia Effendi

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs

October 29, 2020 • 9:15 am

Administrative Bodies

Julie Baril

Director of Legal Affairs
Tribunal administratif du Québec

Understanding Tribunals’ Duties to Self-Represented Parties

October 29, 2020 • 4:30 pm

David Field

President and CEO
Legal Aid Ontario

Overcoming COVID-19-Related Setbacks and Resuming Regular Operations Following the Pandemic

October 29, 2020 • 3:30 pm

Michael Gottheil

Chief of the Commission and Tribunals
Alberta Human Rights Commission

Administering Justice Remotely: Procedural Fairness, Security, and Evidentiary Challenges in Virtual Hearings

October 29, 2020 • 2:30 pm

J. Scott Mackenzie, Q.C.

Chair and CEO
PEI Regulatory & Appeals Commission

What Recent Cases Reveal About the Status of the Law on Independence in Adjudication

October 29, 2020 • 11:30 am

Darren McLeod

Legal Counsel
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

What Recent Cases Reveal About the Status of the Law on Independence in Adjudication

October 29, 2020 • 11:30 am

Michael H. Morris

Senior General Counsel
Justice Canada

Practical Implications of Vavilov for Adjudicative Bodies: How to Interpret the Duty to Provide Reasons

October 28, 2020 • 11:30 am

Tim Moseley

Vice Chair
Ontario Securities Commission

Practical Implications of Vavilov for Adjudicative Bodies: How to Interpret the Duty to Provide Reasons

October 28, 2020 • 11:30 am

Shannon Salter

Chair
BC Civil Resolution Tribunal

Administering Justice Remotely: Procedural Fairness, Security, and Evidentiary Challenges in Virtual Hearings

October 29, 2020 • 2:30 pm

Gail Sinclair

General Counsel
Justice Canada

Assessing the Convergence of Administrative and Constitutional Law: How Might the Status of Doré in Charter-Related Proceedings Change with Vavilov?

October 28, 2020 • 4:00 pm

Former and Current Judges

The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin P.C, C.C.

Judge
Singapore International Commercial Court and Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2000-2017)

Reflections on How Canadian Administrative Law and Practice Has Evolved in the Past Two Decades and New Questions to be Resolved Moving Forward

October 28, 2020 • 9:30 am

The Honourable Marshall Rothstein C.C., Q.C.

Partner
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2006-2015)

Reflections on How Canadian Administrative Law and Practice Has Evolved in the Past Two Decades and New Questions to be Resolved Moving Forward

October 28, 2020 • 9:30 am

The Honourable Lorne Sossin

Judge
Ontario Superior Court of Justice

Reflections on How Canadian Administrative Law and Practice Has Evolved in the Past Two Decades and New Questions to be Resolved Moving Forward

October 28, 2020 • 9:30 am

Distinguished Speakers

John Buhlman

Partner
WeirFoulds LLP

Judicial Review of Arbitration Decisions: What Standard Should Arbitrators Expect After Vavilov ?

October 29, 2020 • 9:30 am

Geneviève Cartier

Professor
University of Sherbrooke

Why the Court Invokes “Impact on the Individual” to Assess Reasonableness in Vavilov: Reasons and Consequences of the Court’s Novel Criterion in Judicial Review

October 28, 2020 • 12:30 pm

Paul Daly

Research Chair in Administrative Law and Governance
University of Ottawa

Assessing the Convergence of Administrative and Constitutional Law: How Might the Status of Doré in Charter-Related Proceedings Change with Vavilov?

October 28, 2020 • 4:00 pm

Shaun Charles Fluker

Associate Professor
University of Calgary

Judicial Review of Subordinate Legislation under Vavilov

October 29, 2020 • 10:30 am

Ruth Goba

Former Executive Director
Black Legal Action Centre
Former Tribunal Member and Commissioner

How Decision-Makers Can Foster Anti-Racism in Administrative Proceedings

October 29, 2020 • 4:00 pm

Jordan Goldblatt

Managing Partner
Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

Navigating the Interface Between Administrative and Class Proceedings: Public Authority Liability Post-Paradis Honey

October 29, 2020 • 1:15 pm

Andrea Gonsalves

Partner
Stockwoods LLP

What Recent Cases Reveal About the Status of the Law on Independence in Adjudication

October 29, 2020 • 11:30 am

Barbara Jackman

Senior Lawyer
Jackman & Associates

Analyzing Divergent Readings of Vavilov by Lower Courts and Navigating Ambiguities in the Law

October 28, 2020 • 2:30 pm

Brandon Kain

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Statutory Appeal Rights Post-Vavilov: Discerning the Burden of the Correctness Standard on Decision-Makers

October 28, 2020 • 1:45 pm

Matthew Lewans

Associate Professor
University of Alberta

How Vavilov Changes Judicial Review of Ministerial Discretion

October 29, 2020 • 10:00 am

Audrey Macklin

Director, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies; Professor of Law and Chair in Human Rights
University of Toronto

Defining and Applying the Reasonableness Standard Post-Vavilov: Enduring Principles or Radical Break from Precedent in Judicial Review?

October 28, 2020 • 10:30 am

K. Michael Stephens

Senior Litigation Counsel
Hunter Litigation Chambers

Decision Writing Post-Vavilov : A Practical Guide for Drafting Robust Reasons

October 30, 2020 • 11:00 am

Alyssa Tomkins

Partner
Caza Saikaley LLP

Analyzing Divergent Readings of Vavilov by Lower Courts and Navigating Ambiguities in the Law

October 28, 2020 • 2:30 pm

Cara Faith Zwibel

Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program
Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Anticipating Disputes Over the Exercise of Emergency Powers During the Pandemic: Privacy Considerations and Potential for Abuse in Governmental Conduct

October 29, 2020 • 2:00 pm