LEAF National’s Evening for Equality is our largest and most important celebration of the year – the funds raised from this event directly support efforts to advance gender equality rights in Canada year-round.
This year, An Evening for Equality falls on the eve (April 16, 2025) of the 40th anniversary of Equality Day.
On April 17, 1985, section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect, guaranteeing substantive equality under the law. That same day, LEAF was founded—by launching no less than three legal challenges to combat discriminatory laws.
In the 40 years since, we’ve advocated for stronger equality rights in over 145 cases. It’s a special day for the LEAF movement, and we’d love for you to be a part of the celebrations.
EVENT DETAILS
On the evening of Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, we’ll welcome hundreds of LEAF supporters to The Carlu in Toronto (444 Yonge St, Unit #7) for a reception and a three-course dinner. We’ll share a wonderful evening with members of the legal, feminist, academic, activist, corporate, and labour communities.
We are thrilled to announce that acclaimed author Tanya Talaga will be our keynote speaker for this special evening.
About Tanya: Tanya Talaga is an acclaimed author, journalist, and filmmaker of Anishinaabe and Polish descent, and a member of Fort William First Nation. Holding five honorary doctorates, she was a journalist at the Toronto Star for over twenty years and is now a regular columnist at The Globe and Mail.
Tanya’s third book, The Knowing, retells the history of this country as only she can—through an Indigenous lens, beginning with the life of her great-great grandmother Annie Carpenter and her family, as they experienced decades of government- and Church-sanctioned enfranchisement and genocide. The Knowing is a seminal unravelling of the centuries-long oppression of Indigenous People that continues to reverberate in these communities today.
The Knowing will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Sponsor a ticket: LEAF has many supporters and partners, including those who might face financial barriers in attending. If you would like to purchase a ticket for someone else and make the celebration financially accessible for them, please contact Sharon George at s[email protected].
Thank you to our 2025 Equality Day Sponsors!
Supreme Sponsor: Delaney Capital Management Ltd.
Justice Sponsors: CUPE National, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Lerners LLP, Ontario Nurses’ Association
Partner Sponsors: BLG’s Driven by Women, AMAPCEO, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Advocate Sponsors: Dentons Canada SLP, Ernst and Young LLP, Koskie Minsky LLP, Lee Tak Wai Holdings Limited, Stockwoods LLP
Associate Sponsors: Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP, Cavalluzzo LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, DMG Advocates LLP, Goldblatt Partners LLP, Kastner Ko LLP, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP, LEAP Legal Software Canada, Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, Rosen Sunshine LLP, Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc Barristers & Solicitors, The Law Society of Ontario, Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP, UFCW Canada, Unifor, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson, WeirFoulds LLP
Interested in sponsoring LEAF’s Evening for Equality? Please contact Sharon George at [email protected] for more information.
