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July 31, 2020

On June 12, 2020, CALL President, Kate Hughes, sent a letter to CALL members regarding the cancelled 2020 CALL Conference and CALL's commitment to address and eliminate anti-Black racism. A revised version was sent out on June 15, 2020. Click here to view the revised letter.

 

October 07, 2019

Conference Registration Form

Conference Agenda

Student Sponsorship Information

CPD Hours - BC Members

CPD Hours - ON Members

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September 25, 2020

In anticipation of the Membership Meeting scheduled for September 26, 2020 (tomorrow), we are providing all members a copy of the relevant documents for the membership meeting (below). Although the educational part of the meeting is open to all members (regular, students, retired), only regular members will be admitted to the business meeting (budget, constitutional amendments), in accordance with the constitutional requirements.

To login, you can use the following information:

https://zoom.us/j/99236089679?pwd=V1Byd3ZKbUFiZ3I5WXROUTBQNEZYZz09

Meeting ID: 992 3608 9679

Password: 759090

April 14, 2020

The CALL conference scheduled for June in Halifax has to be cancelled. We were informed that under the force majeure clause in our contract, CALL will now receive their full refund from the Westin Hotel in Halifax and if you booked a hotel room you will receive the cancellation notice from the Hotel shortly. We hope to rebook in Halifax for 2022 as the local committee had a fabulous conference planned. 

All CALL members will be fully refunded by CALL for the Conference registration fees and we will be making these arrangements shortly. 

Given all the uncertainty around COVID 19 and competing work and financial demands on our members in this volunteer run association, it is not feasible to postpone to a fall conference or a virtual conference. Instead we hope everyone will put their energies into the 2021 conference in Saskatchewan for next year and have it twice as good. 

We thank everyone on the local committee as well as the agenda and other committees who were working hard on the conference for all their excellent work.   

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February 4, 2020

The 2020 CALL/ACAMS Annual Conference will take place in Halifax, June 11-14, at the Westin Nova Scotian. At the bottom of this email you will find a link to register in our room block at the hotel. Childcare will be available, with advance notice only, at no charge during the Conference proceedings.

This year's Conference will present a comprehensive, critical and timely review of legal issues of significance to all those who represent and provide legal counsel to trade unions. The Conference will feature many of the country's leading labour lawyers and academics, including practitioners who have argued many of the cases to be discussed. There will be a mixture of plenaries and workshops, with simultaneous interpretation in both French and English for all sessions (approval is being sought to accredit sessions for mandatory legal education credits).

The Conference's Theme is "The Only Constant is Change: Labour Law in an Age of Disruption". Specific Topics will include:

·      10 Minute Labour Lawyer – An Overview of Significant Labour Law Cases of the Past Year

·      ABC's of Collective Bargaining

·      Whatever Happened to Freedom of Association?

·      Privacy in the Digital Era

·      Ethics and Professional Development for Labour Lawyers

·     (Still) Precarious – the New Economy of Work

·      Supreme and Appellate Court Update

The Conference will take place at the Westin near the waterfront in downtown Halifax. There will, of course, be the much-anticipated social activities, including a cocktail reception at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, and an evening of dining and dancing at Pier 21 (the Canadian Museum of Immigration). In addition, on Thursday afternoon, there is an optional Peoples' History Tour of Halifax [K’jipuktuk] - a bus tour run by a local non-profit that tells the real history of a city that has always been a space of social struggle. With stops at the lesser known sites and analysis not present in the dominant narratives, this tour will be a journey through the history of oppression, rebellion, colonization and reclamation.

Click here to register: https://forms.gle/9XeE98FMs7eb1WRGA

We look forward to seeing you in Halifax! 

 

January 23, 2019

ICTUR sent a letter to the Canadian government setting out its concerns with the government’s most recent back to work legislation against postal workers.

 


 

December 13, 2018

Conference Agenda

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Student Sponsorship Program

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CPD Hours - BC Members

CPD Hours - Ontario Members

The 2019 CALL/ACAMS Annual Conference takes place in Toronto, Ontario, May 30 - June 2, 2019.

The Conference will take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto.

 

This year's Conference will once again present a comprehensive, critical and timely review of legal issues of significance to all those who represent and provide legal counsel to trade unions. The Conference will feature many of the country's leading labour lawyers and academics, including practitioners who have argued many of the cases to be discussed. There will be a mixture of plenaries and workshops, with simultaneous interpretation in both French and English for all sessions (approval is being sought to accredit sessions for mandatory legal education credits).

Topics will include:

  • The Most Significant Labour Law Cases of the Past Year
  • Legalized Marijuana and the Workplace
  • Professional Discipline and Labour Law
  • Ethics – Civility; Complying with Production Orders; Dealing with the Self Represented
  • Truth and Reconciliation: A Nuts and Bolts Primer for Labour Lawyers and When Labour Law Meets Indigenous Rights
  • Freedom Not to Associate
  • #MeToo 2.0
  • Supreme and Appellate Court Update 

The Conference will take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. There will of course be lots of exciting social activities, including a cocktail reception at Casa Loma, and an evening of dining and dancing at the top of one of Toronto’s chic new venues on King Street, with a large terrace with spectacular views of the city and lake. In addition, there are several optional events before the Conference, including a guided visit to the McMichael Gallery north of the city, a bicycle tour of the Toronto Islands, and a tour of Anishnawbe Health Toronto’s Gerrard Street location to learn more about Toronto’s Indigenous community health centre and their vital work in the community.

Please note that this year CALL is using an on-line reservation system, rather than a paper registration system. Childcare will be available at no charge. 

We look forward to seeing you there!


 

February 09, 2018

CALL/ACAMS is very pleased to express our sincerest congratulations to Diane MacDonald, general counsel for the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, and our long-time member, on her appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Well earned, Justice MacDonald has distinguished herself most recently by acting as co-counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada on the landmark section 2(d) Charter case regarding the duty to consult in good faith in British Columbia Teachers’ Federation v. British Columbia, 2016 SCC 49.  Among other notable work, Justice MacDonald also acted as co-counsel on a section 15 Charter case, arguing successfully for substantive equality for women claiming pregnancy and parental benefits, also before the Supreme Court of Canada in British Columbia Teachers' Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers' Association, 2014 SCC 70.

We refer CALL/ACAMS members to the Supreme Court’s website for information that will soon be posted about the upcoming public welcoming ceremony for Justice MacDonald: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/

Additionally, CALL BC Region will be planning our Spring Event in honour of Justice MacDonald.  Details to follow.