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March 8, 2016
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Sarah Roussel-Lewis On March 8th, 2016 countries around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day. First celebrated in 1909 in New York, this event has become a worldwide event with annual themes such as: “women in decision-making”, “women uniting for peace”, “equality for women is progress for all”, etc. To spread knowledge on the gender inequality in access to education,...
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January 18, 2016
2016 Silas E. Halyk, QC, Visiting Scholar in Advocacy Lecture – Access to Justice: Personal Reflections
By Alan Kilpatrick The 2016 Silas E. Halyk, QC, Visiting Scholar in Advocacy lecture will take place on Monday, January 18th at 12:00 pm in the MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Lecture Theatre at the University of Saskatchewan. It will be presented by The Honourable Warren K. Winkler, Former Chief Justice of Ontario. This year’s theme is a timely one...
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January 4, 2016
Legal Sourcery Named Best Canadian Law Library Blog
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The folks here at Legal Sourcery received a special New Year’s Eve gift – our blog won the Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie) for Best Canadian Law Library Blog. This is the second year in a row we have earned the honour and we are grateful to those who nominated us. Best Law Library Blog Award...
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October 23, 2015
Law Society President’s Dinner – Photo Gallery
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld [caption id="attachment_3569" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Brenda Hildebrandt, Q.C. ,President and Perry Erhardt, Q.C. , Vice-President[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3567" align="aligncenter" width="672"] The Honourable Judge Miguel Martinez; Kevin Fenwick, Q.C., Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General; The Honourable Judge S. Anand[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3565" align="aligncenter" width="678"] Tom Conway, Federation of Law Societies President and Donna Sigmeth, Q.C., Deputy...
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April 17, 2015
Section 15 of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Turns 30
By Alan Kilpatrick The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force 33 years ago on April 17th, 1982. Did you know that the Section 15 of the charter came into effect 30 years ago today on April 17th, 1985? Section 15 guarantees our equality rights and sets out that everyone in Canada is considered equal before the law...
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