Thank you for attending the 2011 Persons Day Breakfast Gala…for Canada’s Landmark Event in Support of Women and Girls

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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.

• 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”

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

Keynote Speaker: Diane Redsky

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For more information, contact Rota Ramanantsialonina at 1-888-824-LEAF (5323) ext. 221

Equality Day: A Celebration of Women

On Wednesday June 1, LEAF will celebrate and honour a special group of women and showcase the lives and work of eight amazing women who have created “substantive equality” by demonstrating that woman can thrive in non-traditional roles.
For further information, click here to download our ticket form.

Ontario Bar Association Annual Awards Gala

LEAF Edmonton, the Centre for Constitutional Studies and the University of Alberta Women’s Studies Program Present:

 

LEAF Toronto and the Feminist Legal Analysis group of the Ontario Bar Association

LEAF 2010-2011: Moving Forward, Holding Ground

Date:           Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Time:           6:00 PM
Location:      OBA Conference Centre, 200-20 Toronto Street, Toronto

The OBA and LEAF are pleased to invite you to an update on LEAF’s interventions and activities in 2010 and 2011, including:

 

• R. v. J.A. – The SCC is asked to reinterpret the law of consent to sex to include “advance” consent to sex which occurs when a woman is unconscious
• R. v. N.S. – Access to justice for sexual assault complainants who wear the niqab
• R. v. L.B. – Why LEAF intervened in a case about infanticide
• Cases of interest in 2011

Speaker:               Joanna Birenbaum
.                          Director of Litigation, Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund
Program Chair:    Shireen Sondhi
.                          LEAF Toronto Executive Committee Member