13th Annual Charter Conference

  • September 30, 2014

PURCHASE

Publication | Archived Video

DETAILS

Leading constitutional scholars and practitioners will bring you up-to-date on essential developments in Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") jurisprudence. Learn about recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions, upcoming cases and developing trends in Charter law, with a particular focus on the areas of criminal law, religious accommodation, and constitutional litigation practice. Do not miss our luncheon plenary on democratic rights under the Charter, and gain critical insights on recent cases and legislative reforms at the federal level.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Ranjan Agarwal, Bennett Jones LLP
Karen Ensslen, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Year in Review: Critical Updates on Significant Charter Litigation
Ranjan Agarwal, Bennett Jones LLP

Religious Accommodation: A View from the Ground
Balpreet Singh Boparai, Legal Counsel, World Sikh Organization of Canada

Religious Diversity, Education, and the Crisis in State Neutrality
Professor Benjamin L. Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Should the Law Society of Upper Canada Give Its Blessing to Trinity Western University Law School?
Robert Charney, Ministry of the Attorney General

Life Inside the Matrix or Reality is What We Say It Is
Susan Ursel, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP

Punishment: Recent Developments
Professor Hamish Stewart, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

Crown Election Minimums
Scott Hutchison, Henein Hutchison LLP

The New World of Crime and Investigations: Constitutional Implications for Bill C-13
Michal Fairburn, Stockwoods LLP

Guarding the Right to Vote: Litigation to Protect Voting Rights
Shaun O'Brien, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP

Democracy and the Right to Vote: Rethinking Democratic Rights
Professor Yasmin Dawood, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

The Charter and the Democratic Process
Gail Sinclair, Department of Justice Canada