ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Opening Keynote

Canada & Israel: Shared Values and Shared Legal Traditions

Galit Baram, Israeli Consul General to Toronto and Western Canada

Sessons Include:

Legal Perspectives on Achieving a Balance Between Civil Rights and Security
IHRA Definition of Antisemitism as a Tool to Address Antisemitism Targeting Israel
The Historical Barriers Facing the Legal Profession: Lessons Learned from The Jewish Experience*
*Qualified Equality, Diversity & Inclusion hours are pending.

This program contains 1 hour and 15 minutes of EDI Professionalism content. This program is eligible for up to 5 Substantive Hours

For more information contact Cindy Osheroff

cosheroff@cija.ca

Shared Legal Issues: Canada & Israel

February 12, 2019

Registration 8:15-8:45

8:45am – 4:00pm

Law Society of Ontario, Osgoode Hall

08:15 - 08:45      Registration and Continental Breakfast

08:45 - 09:00      Welcome

                                Chair, CIJA Toronto Council, Barbara Bank

Chair, CIJA Legal Task Force, John Rosen

09:00 – 10:00     Opening Keynote Address

Israel Consul General to Toronto and Western Canada, Galit Baram

10:00 – 11:15     SESSION 1

NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES – BALANCE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, MILITARY ACTIVITY

Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, University of Utah and former Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli Judge Advocate General Corps  

Michael Bryant, Executive Director and General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association.  Attorney General of Ontario 2003-2007   

Major-General (ret’d) Ed Fitch, retired major general with the Canadian Armed Forces who served Canada for 43 years

Moderator: Ed Prutschi, Partner at Bytensky Prutschi Shikhman LLP

11:15 – 11:30     Break

11:30 – 12:30     KEYNOTE SPEAKER –– John Rosen, Rosen & Company Barristers  

12:30 – 13:30     Lunch

13:30 – 14:30     SESSION 2

HISTORICAL BARRIERS FACING THE LEGAL PROFESSION: Lessons learned from the Jewish experience. Accredited 1 hour and 15 minutes EDI Professionalism Hours

The historical and demographic challenges addressing the barriers faced by equity-seeking groups.  Are there lessons to be learned from the Jewish experience?  The exploration of the barriers to our predecessors and those now faced by other groups?

Sophia Sperdakos, former policy counsel & Law Society’s Heritage Committee at the Law Society of Upper Canada

Don Carr, Aird & Berlis, LLP

Gayle Nathanson, Associate Director External Affairs, CIJA

Moderator: Dana Doidge, Legal Counsel, Intact Insurance Company

14:30 – 15:30     IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM AS A LEGAL TOOL TO ADDRESS THE NEW ANTISEMITISM (TARGETING ISRAEL)

Mark Freiman, former partner at Lerner’s LLP and Deputy Attorney General of Ontario from 2000 to 2004. 

Richard Marceau, Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel, CIJA

15:30 – 16:00     Closing Remarks

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