2003 Conference Schedule

• Kevin Whitaker, OLRB, Toronto, ON
• Gwen Gray, Saskatchewan LRB
• Pierre Flageole, Vice Chair - Quebec Labour Commission, Montreal, QC

• Andy Raven, Raven, Allen, Cameron & Ballantyne, Ottawa, ON
• Peter Engelmann, Engelmann Gottheil, Ottawa, ON
• Jacquie de Aguayo, Alliance de la fonction publique: PSMA (Bill C-25) , Ottawa, ON
• SSEA v. Treasury Board

• Tim Hadwen, OPSEU, North York, ON
• Leanne MacMillan, NSNU, Dartmouth, NS
• Shona Moore, Shortt Moore Arsenault, Vancouver, BC

2. Judicial Review and Appeal
Effective written and oral advocacy for labour lawyers before the courts
Coordinator: Peter Engelmann
Moderator: Lisa Campbell

• David Yazbeck, Raven, Allen, Cameron & Ballantyne, Ottawa, ON
• Marie Christine Dufour, Trudel, Nadeau, Lesage, Lariviere et Associates, Montréal, QC
• Lyle Kanee / Jo-Ann Kolmes, Chivers Kanee Carpenter, Edmonton, AB

3. The long (lost) strike: strategies and remedies for dealing with bad faith bargaining, scabs and getting striking employees back to work

Moderator: Mark Rowlinson

• Graham Williamson, Koskie Minsky, Toronto, ON
• John Carpenter, Chivers Kanee Carpenter, Edmonton, AB
• Michael Cohen, Melancon, Marceau, Grenier & Sciortino, Montréal, QC

• David Blair, Victory Square Law Office, Vancouver, BC : "Minding your own medical business: What information must be provided to the employer?"
• Yessy Byl, Blair Chahley Seveny, Edmonton, AB : "Are employee names confidential vis a vis unions?"
• Pamela Chapman, Arbitrator, Ottawa, ON "The impact of privacy legislation on labour relations"
• Yves Saint-Andre, Trudel Nadeau Avocats, Montréal, QC: "Le droit a la vie privee au travail: mythe ou realite?"/"Privacy rights at work: myth or reality?"

• Sean Dewart, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell, Toronto, ON:
  Ontario Hydro privatization
• Don Eady, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein, Toronto, ON:
  Walkerton Inquiry
• Leo McGrady, McGrady Baugh Whyte, Vancouver, BC : Court challenge to cutbacks on BC health services; BC Hydro privatization opposition

• Steven Waller, Nelligan O'Brien Payne, Ottawa, ON: Berry v. Pulley and Beyond
• Diane MacDonald, British Columbia Teachers' Federation: BC Update
• Francine Lamy,
  Grondin Poudrier, Montréal, QC
  Legislating Personal Harassment – Quebec
  Labour Standards changes
• Jula Hughes, Engelmann Gottheil, Ottawa, ON : Human rights update
• Phil Hunt, Shields & Hunt, Ottawa, ON: Smoking and Work-Related Injuries
• Robert Monti, Jewitt, Morrison & Associates, Ottawa, ON : Opening arbitration hearings to the press - the Ottawa Library Pornography case

1. Aging Work Force
Coordinator: Anne Gregory

• Joanne Rosen, OHRC, Toronto, ON
• Frederica Wilson, Engelmann Gottheil, Ottawa, ON

2. Skills – Presenting the Medical Case
Coordinator: Leanne Chahley
Moderator: Nini Jones

• Sean McGee, Nelligan Payne, Ottawa, ON
• Kate Young, Victory Square Law Office, Vancouver, BC
• David Brown, Brown MacGillivray Stanley,
  Saint John, NB

Expert Witnesses
Getting Good Medical Reports
Calling the Doctor as a Witness

3. In-house Counsel
Coordinator: Leanne MacMillan

• Nick Milanovic, Senior Officer, Legal Branch, Canadian Union of Public Employees: "Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: Lessons in becoming the subject matter of litigation."
• Kris Farkas, Labour Relations Officer United Nurses of Alberta: "Being stuck in the middle: the problem of being a lawyer but not really and employed by a Union"
• Jerry Raso, Ontario Sheet Metal Workers' & Roofers' Conference E.B.A, Toronto, ON.: "More, on the frying pan and the fire: how to get out!"