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IAWJ Biennial Conference registration is now open

Registration for the 17th IAWJ Biennial Conference is now open. The Conference, themed “Resilience: Women in Leadership to End Gender-Based …

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Call for Speakers – IAWJ 2025 Biennial Conference

The IAWJ has announced a call for speaker proposals for its 17th Biennial Conference, taking place in Cape Town, South …

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The Honourable Catherine Fraser awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence

The Honourable Catherine Fraser, who retired in July 2022 after serving as the Chief Justice of the Courts of Appeal …

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Article Share: Women, The Articling Term, and Sexual Harassment

Female articling students are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment in law firms, yet their stories are mostly untold. Fierce competition, …

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Studying the Retention of Women in the Legal Profession

As early as 1993, the Wilson Report, prepared by a task force chaired by Madam Justice Bertha Wilson and released …

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Persons Day 2024

October 18th is Persons Day in Canada. On October 18, 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great …

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Article Share: Rescuing the Afghan Women Judges

The Honourable Justice Susan Glazebrook This article originally appeared in The Commonwealth Lawyer: Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, Vol. …

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. On this day, and indeed every day, we recognize and …

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Sheri Donegan Appointed to Court of Appeal

The CCIAWJ is pleased to congratulate our long-time Board member and colleague Sheri Donegan on her appointment to the British …

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Renee Pomerance Appointed to Court of Appeal

The CCIAWJ is pleased to congratulate our long-time Board member and colleague Renee Pomerance on her appointment to the Ontario …