2011 Newsletter Archive
Persons Day Breakfast Gala Events
You’re invited to join the conversation…in a location near you.
Tickets Are On Sale Now…for Canada’s Landmark Event in Support of Women and Girls
Women’s Legal Education Fund (LEAF) proudly presents the 2011 Persons Day Breakfast gala events – combining education, entertainment, information, culture – and a powerful dialogue about the contemporary ethics, legal challenges and landmark victories that shape your world.
Donate. Attend. Celebrate.
Advance Equality.
Join The Conversation.
Persons Day: October 18th, 1929…
The Famous Five (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby) won a hard-fought victory, appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada, and then the British Privy Council, who ruled that women were to be considered persons under the law.
- Calgary, AB
- Charlottetown, PEI
- Edmonton, AB
- Halifax, NS
- Kamloops, BC
- Nanaimo, BC
- Ottawa, ON
- Sudbury, ON
- Toronto, ON
- Vancouver, BC
- Victoria, BC
- Windsor, ON
- Winnipeg, MB
Calgary, AB
Date: Friday, October 28, 2011
Time: 7:30am
Place: Telus Convention Centre, 120 9 AVE SE, Glen 206 Room
Keynote Speaker: Alison Redford
Charlottetown, PEI
Details to be announced
Edmonton, AB
Date: Friday, October 21, 2011
Time: 7:30am – 9:30am
Place: The Westin Hotel Edmonton, 10135-100 St. NW, Manitoba-Saskatchewan Room
Keynote Speaker: Natasha Bakht
Topic: Veiled Objections: Protecting the Rights of Niqab-Wearing Women
Halifax, NS
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 10:30am
Place: Saint Mary’s Boat Club
Keynote Speaker: Melinda Buckley
Kamloops, BC
Details to be announced
Nanaimo, BC
Details to be announced
Ottawa, ON
Date: Friday, October 14, 2011
Time: 7:30am – 9:30am
Place: Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin St., Pearson Ballrom
Keynote Speaker: Justice Susan Himel
Sudbury, ON
Date: Thursday October 20, 2011
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Place: The Rainbow Cinema, 40 Elm Street, Sudbury, Ontario
Keynote Speaker: Filmmaker Shirley Cheechoo of the Weengushk Film
Institute, Manitoulin Island, will be on hand for the screening of her film
“Bearwalker”
Tickets: Rainbow Cinema, Apollo Restaurant, Paris Natural Foods,
Laurentian Bookstore
Toronto, ON
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Time: 7:00am – 9:00am
Place: The Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front Street West, Canadian Room
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Avis Glaze
Host: Heather Bishop
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Vancouver, BC
Details to be announced
Victoria, BC
Details to be announced
Windsor, ON
Details to be announced
Winnipeg, MB
Date: Friday, October 21, 2011
Time: 7:15am – 9:00am
Place: Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Benjamin Perrin
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In this issue: International Women’s Day, LEAF Call for Nominations, LEAF Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Ad Hoc Women’s Constitutional Conference with a Screening of Constitute!, LEAF Victory in Infanticide Case R. v. L.B., Educational Programs and Resources, LEAF in the News, Support LEAF