The McLachlin Court’s First Decade: Reflections on the Past and Projections for the Future June 19, 2009 – Ottawa Marriott Hotel

PROGRAM PRESENTERS AND MODERATORS

Program Chair: David A. Wright, Vice-Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Toronto

8:00 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 Welcome Remarks

9:05 – 10:20 Opening Plenary: The Court’s Jurisprudential Approach Moderator: The Hon. Justice , , Ottawa Panelists: J. Thomson Irvine, Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Regina Marie-Claire Belleau, Faculty of Law, Université Laval, Québec Lorne Sossin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto

10:20 – 10:30 Refreshment Break

10:30 – 11:45 Concurrent Panels 1) Federalism and Minority Language Rights Moderator: The Hon. Justice Morris J. Fish, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: The Hon. Michel Bastarache, Retired Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, LLP, Ottawa Jacques Frémont, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Université of Montréal, Montréal Patrick Monahan, Dean, Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto

2) Aboriginal Law Moderator: The Hon. Justice Harry A. Slade, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Panelists: Constance MacIntosh, Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax Maria Morellato, Mandell Pinder, Vancouver Lori Sterling, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Toronto

3) Administrative Law Moderator: The Hon. Robert G. Richards, Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan, Regina Panelists: David Mullan, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston Lorne Sossin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto Freya Kristjanson, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP, Toronto

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch with Keynote Speaker: The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin. P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

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13:30 – 14:45 Afternoon Plenary: Internationalization and Cross-Pollination in the Court’s Judgments Moderator: The Hon. Claire L’Heureux Dubé, Retired Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: John H. Currie, Faculty of Law, , Ottawa Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Nicholas Kasirer, Dean, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montréal

14:45 – 15:00 Break

15:00 – 16:15 Concurrent Panels 1) Equality Moderator: Michael Gottheil, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Toronto Panelists: Sonia Lawrence, Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto Daniel Proulx, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Stéphane Bernatchez, Faculty of Law, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke et Member, Human Rights Tribunal, Montréal Manon Montpetit, Member, Human Rights Tribunal, Montréal The Hon. Justice Lynn Smith, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver

2) Fundamental Freedoms: Association, Expression, Religion Moderator: The Hon. Justice , Supreme Court of Canada Panelists: Thomas Kuttner, Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Michael Feder, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

3) Criminal Law Moderator: The Hon. Justice Louise V. Charron, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa Panelists: Anne-Marie Boisvert, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal, Montréal Donald Stuart, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston The Hon. Justice Shaun Nakatsuru, Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto

16:30 – 17:00 Closing Plenary by The Hon. Justice W. , Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa