Chaque année, cette conférence nationale rassemble plus de 200 universitaires, juristes et étudiants en droit, offrant l’occasion d’écouter certains des esprits les plus brillants de la communauté juridique canadienne discuter des enjeux majeurs liés au constitutionnalisme, aux libertés fondamentales et à la primauté du droit.

Our conference this year featured two keynote speakers. Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and past President of the American Civil Liberties Union, was our Friday keynote speaker. L'honorable David Stratas of the Federal Court of Appeal delivered his address, “Doctrine Ain’t Dead, Yet,” as our Saturday keynote speaker. 

Vendredi 7 février
5:00 pm (Great Hall) – Registration Opens
 
6:00 pm (Great Hall) – Networking and Appetizers (appetizers brought to you with the support of the Voices for Liberty Initiative)
 
 
7:00 pm (Great Hall) – Opening Remarks
 
7:30 pm (Great Hall) – Fireside Chat 
  • Prof. Nadine Strossen 
  • Joanna Baron (moderator)

8:00 am (Great Hall) – Breakfast

9:00 am (Great Hall) – Panel 1: The Supreme Court of Canada as an institution

  • Prof. Andrea Lawlor | Associate Professor, McMaster University
  • Prof. Paul-Erik Veel | Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
  • Prof. Ted Morton | Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary
  • Moderator: Prof. Ian Brodie | Professor, University of Calgary
10:30 am (Great Hall) –  Panel 2: Constitutional challenges to prorogation
  • Prof. Dave Snow | Associate Professor, University of Guelph
  • James Manson | Senior lawyer, Charter Advocates Canada
  • Prof. Paul Daly | Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
  • Andre Memauri | Lawyer, Charter Advocates Canada
  • Moderator: Prof. Ryan Alford | Associate Professor, Lakehead University Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
10:30 am (East Common Room) – Panel 3: The Common Law and the Judicial Role
  • Christoph Pike | Associate, McCarthy Tétrault
  • Prof. Stéphane Sérafin | Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
  • Alexi Wood | Founding Lawyer, St. Lawrence Barristers
  • Asher Honickman | Co-founder, Jordan Honickman Barristers
  • Moderator: Prof. Malcolm Lavoie | Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law

12:00 pm (Great Hall) – Lunch

1:00 pm (Great Hall) – Panel 4: Regulation of professions and free expression
  • Caylan Ford | Founder & Chief Development Officer, Alberta Classical
    Academy
  • Christine Van Geyn | Litigation Director, Canadian Constitution Foundation
  • Malcolm Mercer | Chair, Ontario Law Society Tribunal
  • Lorne Honickman | Partner, BT Legal
  • Moderator: Prof. Steven Penney | Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law
1:00 pm (East Common Room) – Colloque 5: Les obligations institutionnelles des universités, la liberté académique et la libre expression
  • Doyen Érik Labelle Eastaugh | Professeur Agrégé, Faculté de droit de l’Université de Moncton
  • Professeur François Charbonneau | Professeur assistant, Université d’Ottawa
  • Prof. Stéphane Sérafin | Professeur adjoint, Université d’Ottawa, faculté de droit
  • Animatrice: Chantal Bellavance | Avocate de défense pénale, Boro Frigon Gordon Jones

2:30 pm (Great Hall) – Panel 6: Power Over Parliament?

  • Prof. Dennis Baker | Associate Professor, University of Guelph
  • George Avraam | Partner, Baker McKenzie
  • Prof. Gerard Kennedy | Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law
  • Jennifer Bernardo | Partner, Baker McKenzie
  • Moderator: Kristopher Kinsinger | Lawyer, SV Law

6:00 PM (Great Hall) – Dinner

7:00 PM (Great Hall) – Keynote: “Doctrine Ain’t Dead, Yet”

  • Justice David Stratas | Federal Court of Appeal

Orateurs Principaux

Nadine Strossen

Professeur de droit émérite à la New York Law School

L'honorable David Stratas

Juge à la Cour d'appel fédérale

Speaker Bios

Fireside Chat with Nadine Strossen
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