Name: Toronto Human Rights and Accommodation Conference
Start: 2025-04-30T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-02T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Vantage Venues

Toronto Human Rights and Accommodation Conference

Conference Co-Chairs

Kathryn Bird

Employer Counsel
Ogletree Deakins International LLP

Danielle Bisnar

Union Counsel
Cavalluzzo LLP

Matthew Horner

Legal Counsel
Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)

Conference Advisory Committee

Tricia Brown

National Human Rights Representative
Unifor

Ron Franklin

Union Counsel
Franklin Law

Laura Freitag

Employer Counsel
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Kumail Karimjee

Arbitrator, Mediator, and Investigator
Karimjee Resolutions

Brandy Ryan

Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Canada Post

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Workshop

*Workshop sold separately from stand-alone conference.

Disabilities that Elude Diagnosis: Accommodating employees with poorly understood conditions

Ken Stuebing

Union Counsel
Caleywray

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Panel 1 - Emerging Horizons in Human Rights: The latest cases and legislative developments

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Panel 2 - Human Rights in the Hybrid Workplace: Giving effect to employee accommodations in the context of a return-to-office mandate

Coming Soon.

Panel 3 - Human Rights Investigations: Assuring investigator neutrality, setting standards for proper training, providing employee support, and other pivotal issues

Coming Soon.

Panel 4 - Deep Dive into Discrimination: Experts examine scenarios to determine when it is, and when it isn't

Coming Soon.

Friday, May 2, 2025

Panel 5 - Beyond Repair? Examining the use of discipline and restorative solutions in response to human rights transgressions at work

Coming Soon.

Panel 6 - Clocking In, Speaking Out: Squaring employee free speech and employer rights

Coming Soon.

Panel 7 - Wellness in the Workplace: Expert guidance on proactively recognizing and responding to employee mental health concerns

Simmy Sahdra

Employer Counsel
Dentons

Panel 8 - The Road to Return: Implementing workplace disability management while respecting human rights

Coming Soon.

CPD

Lancaster House provides professional education programs that qualify for CPD credit for human resources professionals, lawyers, and paralegals across Canada.

Toronto Human Rights and Accommodation Conference

April 30, 2025 – May 2, 2025

Toronto Human Rights and Accommodation Conference

Conference Co-Chairs

Kathryn Bird

Danielle Bisnar

Matthew Horner

Conference Advisory Committee

Tricia Brown

Ron Franklin

Laura Freitag

Kumail Karimjee

Brandy Ryan

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Workshop

Disabilities that Elude Diagnosis: Accommodating employees with poorly understood conditions

Ken Stuebing

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Panel 1 - Emerging Horizons in Human Rights: The latest cases and legislative developments

Panel 2 - Human Rights in the Hybrid Workplace: Giving effect to employee accommodations in the context of a return-to-office mandate

Panel 3 - Human Rights Investigations: Assuring investigator neutrality, setting standards for proper training, providing employee support, and other pivotal issues

Panel 4 - Deep Dive into Discrimination: Experts examine scenarios to determine when it is, and when it isn't

Friday, May 2, 2025

Panel 5 - Beyond Repair? Examining the use of discipline and restorative solutions in response to human rights transgressions at work

Panel 6 - Clocking In, Speaking Out: Squaring employee free speech and employer rights

Panel 7 - Wellness in the Workplace: Expert guidance on proactively recognizing and responding to employee mental health concerns

Simmy Sahdra

Panel 8 - The Road to Return: Implementing workplace disability management while respecting human rights

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