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Friday, April 27th, 2012 (Evening Reception with Keynote Speaker)
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency Toronto
370 King Street
Toronto, Ontario
Keynote Speaker:
Justice Thomas Cromwell
Supreme Court of Canada
Registration online or complete and return form found here
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Friday, April 27th
7:00 p.m.
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Registration, Reception and Keynote Speaker
The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas Cromwell, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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Saturday, April 28th
8:30 a.m.
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Continued Registration
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9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
Bill Flanagan, Dean, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
Beth Symes, Partner, Symes Street & Millard LLP
Mark Ellis, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
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| 9:10 - 9:40 a.m. |
Population Aging - Demo Doom or Apocalypse No?
Michael Wolfson, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modelling/Populomics,
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine
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| 9:40 – 10:15 a.m. |
The Theoretical Justifications for Anti-Age Discrimination Law in the Employment Setting
Pnina Alon-Shenker, Assistant Professor, Law & Business, Ryerson University
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| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Break
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| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Litigating Age Discrimination in the Shadow of the Charter:
McKinney Rides Again!
Robert Charney, Constitutional Lawyer & Professor, Ministry of the Attorney General
Elizabeth McIntyre, Partner, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP
Barry Brown, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
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11:30 – 12:15 p.m.
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The Accommodation Gap: What do Older Workers Need,
What Do They Have a Right To, and Are They Getting It?
Kevin Banks, CLCW Director & Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Richard Chaykowski, Professor & Master of Industrial Relations Program Director,
Queen's School of Policy Studies
George Slotsve, Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University
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| 12:10 - 1:10 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 1:10 –1:45 p.m. |
Two-Tier Workplaces
Michael MacNeil, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University
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| 1:45 – 2:20 p.m. |
Security of Retirement Benefits in Canada: You Bet Your Life?
Ronald Davis, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
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| 2:20 – 2:55 p.m. |
Legal Issues for Employers in the Current Round of Pension Reform
Paul Litner, Partner, Pensions & Benefits, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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| 2:55 - 3:10 p.m. |
Break
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3:10 – 3:45 p.m.
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Employment Pensions and Gender Equality
Elizabeth Shilton, CLCW Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
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| 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. |
Wrap-Up Panel – An Aging Workforce Confronts the Law of the
Workplace: Where are We Headed?
Chair: Justice Stephen Goudge, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Sheila Osborne-Brown, Director & Senior Counsel, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Bernie Fishbein, Chair, Ontario Labour Relations Board
Elizabeth MacPherson, Chairperson, Canada Industrial Relations Board
Susan Eng, Vice-President for Advocacy, CARP
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4:45 p.m.
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Concluding Remarks
Beth Symes, Partner, Symes Street & Millard LLP
Mark Ellis, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Kevin Banks, CLCW Director & Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
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Registration online or complete and return form found here
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