The Every Lawyer Canadian Bar Association
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The Every Lawyer is a Canadian Bar Association podcast to help you navigate the rapidly-changing legal world. Take advantage of trends and get the tools you need to advance your career and be the best version of yourself with actionable guidance and practical tips. Also on The Every Lawyer, we discuss social and political subjects important to all in the legal community.
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Masters of Mediation
*Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of war atrocities.
Julia welcomes Christine Kilby from the CBA Dispute Resolution Section. Christine brings us interviews she did with four of the world’s absolute masters of mediation. They discuss making the professional move from litigator to mediator, peace building, melting angry warlords, rehabilitating child soldiers into their communities, women's role in peace-building, and the undeniable link between the local and the global. -
Actionable guidance on EDI in the face of a growing backlash – Charlene Theodore and Nikki Gershbain
"When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression." -Nikki Gershbain
"Feelings are not facts." -Charlene Theodore
Actionable guidance on EDI from two of Canada’s top experts on EDI in the legal workplace: McCarthy-Tetrault’s current and former Chief Inclusion Officers, Charlene Theodore and Nikki Gershbain. -
Remaining Vigilant - barbara findlay KC and Douglas Elliott
We get a brief history of 2SLGTBTQIA+ human rights jurisprudence in Canada in first person narration: barbara findlay KC and Douglas Elliott were personally involved in many of the applicable cases. In this episode the CBA SOGIC/SAGDA founders also discuss, among other things, the post-pandemic backlash, trans rights, importing the culture wars, Tucker Carlson and Danielle Steele, and Scott Moe’s disturbing, because possibly precedent-setting, use of the Notwithstanding clause.
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Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions
Julia welcomes Tony Paisana and Tyler Schnare from the CBA Criminal Justice Section to discuss the recently updated CBA Collateral Consequences Toolkit.
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Touchstones 30th Anniversary - Ep.4: The Next 30 Years
The Next 30 Years - Episode 4/4 in our series marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the CBA Task Force on Gender Equality’s groundbreaking Report “Touchstones for Change: Equality, Diversity, and Accountability”.
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Touchstones 30th Anniversary - Ep.3: Intersectionality
Touchstones 30th Anniversary - Ep.3: Intersectionality. In 1993 they were using terms like double discrimination or double inequality. In addition to Daphne Dumont, Melina Buckley, Justice Sophie Bourque, and Patricia Blocksom, we hear from a diverse group of women lawyers and some of their experiences of intersectionality both past and present.