Biographies

Keynote Speakers

The Honourable Richard Wagner, Supreme Court of Canada

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, QC, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

 

Welcome Address

President Jacques Frémont, University of Ottawa

 

The Charter Pitch

Lawrence Greenspon, Greenspon, Brown & Associates

Anne London-Weinstein, President, Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa

Eugene Meehan, QC, Supreme Advocacy LLP

Catherine Clark

 

Charter Protection for the Environment?

Professor Nathalie Chalifour, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Jason MacLean, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University

Professor Lynda Collins, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Sophie Thériault, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

 

Roundtable on Fundamental Freedoms sponsored by the Ottawa Law Review

Professor Jamie Cameron, Osgoode Hall Law School

Professor Howard Kislowicz, Faculty of Law, UNB

Jennifer Klinck, Power Law, Vancouver & Ottawa

Marc-Andre Roy, Power Law, Vancouver & Ottawa

Professor Natasha Bakht, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

 

The Charter and Social Policy sponsored by Ottawa Law Review

Professor Margot Young, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

Professor Marie Carpentier, Université du Québec à Montréal

Professor Kerri Froc, Faculty of Law, UNB

James Hendry, Department of Justice (retired)

Professor Emmett Macfarlane, University of Waterloo

Professor Martha Jackman, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

 

The Challenge of Litigating Charter Claims

Professor James Kelly, Concordia University

Matthew Horner, Counsel, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

Cheryl Milne, The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

Alexander Pless, General Counsel, Justice Canada

Professor Carissima Mathen, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

 

The Charter and Health

Professor Colleen Flood, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Bryan Thomas, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Joanna Erdman, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Professor Daphne Gilbert, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Amir Attaran, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Vanessa Gruben, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

 

The Charter and Globalization

Professor Mariette Brennan, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University

Professor Miriam Cohen, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University

Dan Moore, Justice Canada

Professor Y.Y. Chen, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Jocelyn Kane, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa and Director, Canadian Centre on Statelessness

Professor Ryan Alford, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University

Laurie Sargent, Justice Canada

 

Media Roundtable

Alison Crawford, CBC

Tonda McCharles, Toronto Star

Leslie MacKinnon, iPolitics

Stephen Bindman, Justice Canada

 

Introductions by

Professor Adam Dodek, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Michael Pal, Director, Public Law Group, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Peter Oliver, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Professor Errol Mendes, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

This content has been updated on 25 February 2017 at 17 h 34 min.