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8:00 AM to 8:45 AM |
Registration and breakfast | |||
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8:45 AM to 9:15 AM |
Opening
Simultaneous Translation More info |
Speakers
The Honourable Martin Cauchon, P.C. , LL.M. Me Nathalie Roy |
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9:15 AM to 10:00 AM |
Plenary Session - Part One
Plain Language Success Stories Abroad and Why Plain Language Matters Simultaneous Translation More info |
Speakers
Christopher Balmford |
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10:00 AM to 10:15 AM |
Break | |||
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10:15 AM to Noon |
Plenary Session - Part Two
Are There Limits to the Use of Plain Language in the Law? Simultaneous Translation More info |
Moderator
Me Philippe Marcoux Speakers Me Serge Allard Professor Joseph Kimble The Honourable Louise Mailhot Julie Mathews The Honourable Pierre A. Michaud Me Martin Sheehan |
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Noon to 1:15 PM |
Lunch | |||
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Block A
1:15 PM to 2:45 PM |
Canada's Literacy Rate: an Argument for Plain Language
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Stéphane Théorêt Speakers Normand Lévesque Dominique Ollivier |
Community Organizations and Plain-Language Legal Information
French Only More info Moderator The Honourable Michael Sheehan Speakers Me Johanne Duguay Marie-Josée Dupuis Me Richard Goldman Me Stéphanie Poulin |
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part One
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Me Lise Tremblay Speakers Christopher Balmford Me Louise Bédard Me Louis Borgeat Me Sébastien Pigeon |
Plain Language and the Art of Drafting Judgments
French Only More info Moderator Me Claudia Prémont Speakers Yves Boisvert The Honourable Élizabeth Corte The Honourable André Wery |
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2:45 PM to 3:00 PM |
Break | |||
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Block B
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
The Role of Administrative Tribunals Vis-à-Vis Citizens
More info Moderator Me Daniel Champagne Speakers Me Jean-François Clément Me Bernard Cliche Me Hélène de Kovachich |
Plain Language: an Essential Tool for Lawyers
French Only More info Moderator Michel Ouellet Speakers Rose-Marie Charest Michel Ouellet Me Miville Tremblay |
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part Two
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Me Lise Tremblay Speakers Christopher Balmford Me Louise Bédard Me Louis Borgeat Me Sébastien Pigeon |
The Challenges of Legal Drafting in the Canadian Context
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Me Lucie Lauzière Speakers Me Jules Brière Nicole Fernbach Me Lionel Levert Me Gérard Snow |
| Friday october 22nd | |||||
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8:00 AM to 9:00 AM |
Breakfast | ||||
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Block C
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM |
Preparing the Citizens of Tomorrow through Justice Education
Simultaneous Translation More info Speakers Dr. Theo Gavrielides Sarah McCoubrey |
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part One
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Simon Chester Speakers Me Mélanie Joly Guillaume Lavoie |
Finding Common Ground: Pro Bono Clients and the Art of Listening
French Only More info Moderator Me Michèle Moreau Speakers Me Mathieu Bouchard Me Christine Carron Me Philippe G. Giraldeau Me Geeta Narang |
It’s Not What You Say, It’s What They Hear…
French Only More info Speakers Me Guylaine LeBrun |
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10:30 AM to 10:45 AM |
Break | ||||
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Block D
10:45 AM to 12:15 PM |
Unrepresented Litigants and Legal Information
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Me Isabel J. Schurman Speakers Rick Craig Me Francis Gervais The Honourable François Rolland |
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part Two
Simultaneous Translation More info Moderator Simon Chester Speakers Professor Simon Fodden Me Vincent Gautrais Me Bertrand Salvas |
Producing Plain-Language Multilingual Legal Information: Challenges and Effective Practices
English Only More info Moderator Katrina Peddle Speakers Pamela Cross Caroline Lindberg |
Head to Head: the Journalist and the Expert
French Only More info Speakers Pascal Duquette Gérald Fillion Me Bernard Grenier Kathryn Leger |
Clarity and Judgments: the Contrasting Approaches of European and Quebec Judges
French Only More info Moderator Guillaume Adreani Speakers Bernard Corboz The Honourable Pierre. J. Dalphond Jean-Louis Gillet |
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12:15 PM to 1:30 PM |
Luncheon & Keynote Speech: Financial Literacy
More info |
Speakers
Louis Vachon |
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1:45 PM to 3:45 PM |
Closing Plenary Session
A talk show on the theme "Champions of Change" Simultaneous Translation The conference wound down on a creative note… à la Éducaloi. The final plenary session broke the mould of typical plenaries and livened things up with something unexpected. The format sparked a lively debate among our special guests. They shared some unexpected revelations… Me Sophie Ducharme, with the help of not one, but two Davids (Collier and Dolan), orchestrated the discussion among our distinguished guests. More info |
Speakers
Me Michel Bouchard Jean-Louis Gillet Professor Joseph Kimble Me Gilles Ouimet The Honourable J.J. Michel Robert |
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