News

July 06, 2021

New ILRC sub-committee
With the new Free-Trade agreement between Canada-US-Mexico (CUSMA), a Canada-Mexico Facility Specific Rapid Response Labour Mechanism to address denial of fundamental labour rights in Mexico now exists. Claims under this new mechanism can be submitted by Canadian unions and individual Canadians or permanent residents.  

There are no Claims submitted in Canada under this mechanism yet.  The ILRC seeks to establish a committee of interested members who would work to support an effective implementation of this new mechanism, primarily supporting Mexican trade unions and Canadian Submitters. 

If anyone is interested in joining this ILRC sub-committee, please send an email to mcstamant@mmgc.quebec as soon as possible. We will schedule a meeting shortly to discuss the next steps.

 

June 01, 2021

Violence and Repression in Colombia

A letter was sent on June 1, 2021 to the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, on behalf of CALL. Please click here to view this letter.


May 19, 2021

Direct Access to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Correspondence was sent on May 19, 2021 to federal Minister of Justice, David Lemetti, on behalf of CALL. We are joining workers of the Canadian Human Rights Commission of Canada, the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, and the Canadian Bar Association in demanding much-needed reforms to the Canadian Human Rights Act. We are grateful to all of the members who contributed to this important advocacy work. The letter was drafted by members of the Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Colour Committee of CALL, and was approved by the CALL Council.

Please click here to view this letter.

 

May 18, 2021

CALL Solidarity for Palestine General Strike

A letter was sent out on May 18, 2021 on behalf of Sibel Ataogul, President of CALL, further to an initiative launched by the BIPOC Committee and ratified by Council. Please click here to view this letter.

 

March 04, 2021

2021 Conference, Virtual, June 3, 4, 11 & September 24, 2021

Conference Registration & Agenda

Student Sponsorship Information

CPD Hours - BC Members (June)
CPD Hours - BC Members (Sept)

CPD Hours - ON Members (June)
CPD Hours - ON Members (Sept)

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September 7, 2021

A letter regarding the September 24, 2021 conference was sent out to the membership on September 7, 2021.  Click here to view this letter.


May 12, 2021

A letter regarding the 2021 conference was sent out to the membership on May 12, 2021. Click here to view this letter.

 

March 29, 2021

As you know, due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2021 conference will take place virtually.  We have circulated a survey around the membership and, taking into account the results of the survey, our Agenda Planning Committee and Council have come to an agreement to hold the conference on the following days:  

Since it is unlikely that all members will be able to attend all sessions, the sessions will be recorded, allowing members to view the recordings thereafter.

The Agenda Planning committee is hard at work on the panels themselves. The committee will account for the preferences that came out of the survey, namely holding panels on weekdays, respecting time zone limitations across the country and limiting sessions to 2 per day as much as possible.

You will get a more detailed program when the panels will have been finalized. For now, we would ask you to reserve these dates. 

 

March 3, 2021

As you know, our CALL conference will be held virtually this year. It is normally scheduled for June 3rd to the 6th 2021. However, considering the new format, Council would like to survey our membership on how and when to best to deliver the panels. As such, we would really appreciate it if you could fill the survey below, at the latest on March 15, 2021 at 5 pm.

Here's the link: https://forms.gle/SPX5Agy725EPFJbF9

Rest assured that your Agenda Committee, as well as the Council and the Executive are working hard to make this year’s meeting a resounding success, despite circumstances.  While we have not finalized pricing yet, we are aiming to make the event inclusive while maintaining sufficient funds to allow CALL to return to in-person annual meetings starting, hopefully, in 2022.