2024 Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
Michael H. Morris
Senior General Counsel, National Litigation Sector, Ontario Regional Office Department of Justice
Alyssa Tomkins
Partner Gowling WLG (Canada LLP)The Supreme Court of Canada
The Honourable Justice Suzanne Côté
Supreme Court of CanadaFederal Court
Hon. Nicholas McHaffie
Judge Federal CourtCanadian Human Rights Commission
Charlotte-Anne Malischewski
Deputy Chief Commissioner The Canadian Human Rights CommissionGovernment Speakers
Chantell Barker
Executive Director Aboriginal Legal Services
Judith Buchanan
Director General, Federal Programs Directorate Employment and Social Development Canada
Darlene Carreau
Chief Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Courts Administration Service
Sylvia Chapman
Director, Legal Services Community Legal Services of Ottawa (West)
Joseph Cheng
General Counsel Department of Justice
Graeme King
General Counsel Department of Justice
Patricia Pledge
General Counsel, Advisory and Legislative Initiatives Justice Canada, Legislative Services Branch
John Provart
General Counsel Justice Canada
Richard D. Sharpe
Director Black Equity BranchPeople and Culture Division
Centre for People, Culture and Talent
Treasury Board Secretariat │ Ontario Public Service
BJ Wray
General Counsel Department of JusticeTribunal Speakers
Robert Blair
Manager, Adjudication Legal Services Ontario Securities CommissionPresident, Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR)
Member, Counsel of Canadian Administrative Tribunals (CCAT)
Ian Darling
Chair Condominium Authority Tribunal
Scott MacKenzie, K.C.
Public Member Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
Mélanie Raymond
Legal Counsel, Eastern Region Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Jude Samson
Acting Vice-Chairperson, Appeal Division Social Security Tribunal of Canada
Dawn Elliott Sullivan
Vice-Chair Landlord and Tenant Board
Lara Taylor
Interim Chief Executive Officer Copyright Board of Canada
Marisa Victor
Member Canadian Transportation Agency Former Vice-Chair, Tribunals Ontario
Dionne Woodward
Tribunal Counsel Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline TribunalLaw Firm and Academic Speakers
Yameena Ansari
Principal Ansari Immigration Law
Andrew Bernstein
Partner Torys LLP
Paul Daly
University Research Chair, Administrative Law & Governance University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Natasha Danson
Partner Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc LLP
Marco P. Falco
Partner Torkin Manes LLP
Adam Goldenberg
Partner McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Barbara Louise Jackman
Founder Jackman & Associates
Kiran Kang
Partner Goldblatt Partners LLP
Ewa Krajewska
Partner Heinen Hutchinson Robitaille LLP
Virginia McRae
Legal Writing Consultant Retired Professor, UOttawa Legal Writing Academy
Gabriel Poliquin, Ph.D.
Principal GP Avocats
Natalia Rodriguez
Partner Conway Baxter Wilson LLPBencher
Law Society of Ontario
Adjudicator
Law Society Tribunal
Yuan Stevens
Academic Associate | AI Governance, Legal & Policy Centre of Genomics & Policy
Anne Tardiff
Partner Gowlings WLG (Canada LLP)