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This page presents the complete list of speakers and moderators. Each file has the speaker or moderator’s biographical notes and a list of the activities in which he or she has taken part.
Me Serge Allard
Notary
De Grandpré Joli-Coeur
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Christopher Balmford
President
Clarity
Biography
Plenary Session - Part One
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part Two
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part One
Me Louise Bédard
Notary
Biography
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part One
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part Two
Me François Bibeau
Notary
Biography
Yves Boisvert
Journalist
La Presse
Biography
Plain Language and the Art of Drafting Judgments
Me Louis Borgeat
President
Office de la protection du consommateur
Biography
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part One
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part Two
Me Michel Bouchard
Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General
Ministère de la Justice du Québec
Biography
Closing Plenary Session
Me Mathieu Bouchard
Lawyer
Irving Mitchell Kalichman
Biography
Finding Common Ground: Pro Bono Clients and the Art of Listening
Me Jules Brière
Partner
Lavery
Biography
The Challenges of Legal Drafting in the Canadian Context
Me Christine Carron
Senior Partner
Ogilvy Renault
Biography
Finding Common Ground: Pro Bono Clients and the Art of Listening
The Honourable Martin Cauchon, P.C. , LL.M.
Chairman of the Board
Éducaloi
Biography
Opening
Rose-Marie Charest
President
Ordre des psychologues du Québec
Biography
Plain Language: an Essential Tool for Lawyers
Me Jean-François Clément
President and Chief Administrative Judge
Commission des lésions professionnelles
Biography
The Role of Administrative Tribunals Vis-à-Vis Citizens
Me Bernard Cliche
Partner
Langlois Kronström Desjardins
Biography
The Role of Administrative Tribunals Vis-à-Vis Citizens
Bernard Corboz
Judge
Tribunal fédéral Suisse
Biography
Clarity and Judgments: the Contrasting Approaches of European and Quebec Judges
The Honourable Élizabeth Corte
Chief Judge
Court of Quebec
Biography
Plain Language and the Art of Drafting Judgments
Rick Craig
Executive Director
Justice Education Society of BC
Biography
Unrepresented Litigants and Legal Information
Pamela Cross
Lawyer
Biography
Producing Plain-Language Multilingual Legal Information: Challenges and Effective Practices
The Honourable Pierre. J. Dalphond
Judge
Court of Appeal of Quebec
Biography
Clarity and Judgments: the Contrasting Approaches of European and Quebec Judges
Me Hélène de Kovachich
President and Chief Administrative Judge
Tribunal administratif du Québec
Biography
The Role of Administrative Tribunals Vis-à-Vis Citizens
Me Johanne Duguay
Head Mediator
Inform'elle
Biography
Community Organizations and Plain-Language Legal Information
Marie-Josée Dupuis
Legal Information Services Manager
Au bas de l'échelle
Biography
Community Organizations and Plain-Language Legal Information
Pascal Duquette
President
Natcan Investment Management
Biography
Head to Head: the Journalist and the Expert
Nicole Fernbach
Jurilinguist
Centre International de Lisibilité
Biography
The Challenges of Legal Drafting in the Canadian Context
Gérald Fillion
Journalist
Radio-Canada
Biography
Head to Head: the Journalist and the Expert
Professor Simon Fodden
Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School
Founder, slaw.ca
Biography
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part Two
Me Vincent Gautrais
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, University of Montreal
Biography
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part Two
Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Director
Independent Academic Research Studies
Biography
Preparing the Citizens of Tomorrow through Justice Education
Me Francis Gervais
Lawyer and former president of the Quebec Bar
Deveau, Bourgeois, Gagné, Hébert et associés
Biography
Unrepresented Litigants and Legal Information
Jean-Louis Gillet
Division President
Cour de Cassation of France
Biography
Clarity and Judgments: the Contrasting Approaches of European and Quebec Judges
Closing Plenary Session
Me Philippe G. Giraldeau
Lawyer
Ogilvy Renault
Biography
Finding Common Ground: Pro Bono Clients and the Art of Listening
Me Richard Goldman
Coordinator
Comité d'aide aux réfugiés
Biography
Community Organizations and Plain-Language Legal Information
Me Bernard Grenier
Counsel
Schurman Longo Grenier
Biography
Head to Head: the Journalist and the Expert
Me Mélanie Joly
Managing Partner
Cohn & Wolfe
Biography
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part One
Professor Joseph Kimble
Professor
Thomas Cooley Law School
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Closing Plenary Session
Guillaume Lavoie
Executive Director
Mission Leadership Québec
Biography
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part One
Me Guylaine LeBrun
Coordinator of Prevention Activities
Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Quebec Bar
Biography
It’s Not What You Say, It’s What They Hear…
Kathryn Leger
Journalist
Biography
Head to Head: the Journalist and the Expert
Me Lionel Levert
Consultant, Legislative Services
Biography
The Challenges of Legal Drafting in the Canadian Context
Normand Lévesque
Director General
Fédération canadienne pour l'alphabétisation en français
Biography
Canada's Literacy Rate: an Argument for Plain Language
Caroline Lindberg
Staff Lawyer
Community Legal Education Ontario
Biography
Producing Plain-Language Multilingual Legal Information: Challenges and Effective Practices
The Honourable Louise Mailhot
Partner | Strategic Advisor
Fasken Martineau
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Julie Mathews
President, Public Legal Education Association of Canada
Executive Director, Community Legal Education Ontario
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Sarah McCoubrey
Executive Director
Ontario Justice Education Network
Biography
Preparing the Citizens of Tomorrow through Justice Education
The Honourable Pierre A. Michaud
Counsel - Lawyer
Ogilvy Renault
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Me Geeta Narang
Lawyer in Private Practice
Executive Director of the Mile End Legal Clinic
Biography
Finding Common Ground: Pro Bono Clients and the Art of Listening
Dominique Ollivier
Director
Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes
Biography
Canada's Literacy Rate: an Argument for Plain Language
Michel Ouellet
Vice President
Morin Relations Publiques
Biography
Plain Language: an Essential Tool for Lawyers
Me Gilles Ouimet
President
Québec Bar
Biography
Closing Plenary Session
Me Sébastien Pigeon
Lawyer
Ogilvy Renault
Biography
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part One
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part Two
Me Stéphanie Poulin
Head of Legal Services
Option consommateurs
Biography
Community Organizations and Plain-Language Legal Information
The Honourable J.J. Michel Robert
Chief Justice of Quebec
Biography
Closing Plenary Session
The Honourable François Rolland
Chief Justice
Superior Court of Quebec
Biography
Unrepresented Litigants and Legal Information
Me Nathalie Roy
Executive Director
Éducaloi
Biography
Opening
Me Bertrand Salvas
Director of Professional Development
Institut de formation Jurissec
Biography
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part Two
Me Martin Sheehan
Partner
Fasken Martineau
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Me Gérard Snow
Director
Centre de traduction et de terminologie juridiques, Université de Moncton
Biography
The Challenges of Legal Drafting in the Canadian Context
Me Miville Tremblay
Mediator
Tremblay, Gagnon
Biography
Plain Language: an Essential Tool for Lawyers
Louis Vachon
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Bank Financial Group
Biography
Luncheon & Keynote Speech: Financial Literacy
The Honourable André Wery
Associate Chief Justice
Superior Court of Quebec
Biography
Plain Language and the Art of Drafting Judgments
Moderators
Guillaume Adreani
Project Manager
AHJUCAF, the Association des Hautes juridictions de cassation des pays ayant en partage l’usage du français
Biography
Clarity and Judgments: the Contrasting Approaches of European and Quebec Judges
Me Daniel Champagne
Director of Legal Information and Customer Relations
Société québécoise d'information juridique
Biography
The Role of Administrative Tribunals Vis-à-Vis Citizens
Simon Chester
Partner
Heenan Blaikie
Biography
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part One
Providing Legal Information Using Social Media - Part Two
Me Sophie Ducharme
Host of the television show "Mêlez-vous de vos affaires"
Vice-President Trust and Consulting Services, Banque Nationale
Biography
Me Lucie Lauzière
Professor
Faculty of Law, Université Laval
Biography
The Challenges of Legal Drafting in the Canadian Context
Me Philippe Marcoux
Journalist
Radio-Canada
Biography
Plenary Session - Part Two
Me Michèle Moreau
Executive Director
Pro Bono Quebec
Biography
Finding Common Ground: Pro Bono Clients and the Art of Listening
Michel Ouellet
Vice President
Morin Relations Publiques
Biography
Plain Language: an Essential Tool for Lawyers
Katrina Peddle
Legal Information Coordinator
Centre for Community Organizations
Biography
Producing Plain-Language Multilingual Legal Information: Challenges and Effective Practices
Me Claudia Prémont
Lawyer
Brodeur Prémont Lavoie
Biography
Plain Language and the Art of Drafting Judgments
Me Isabel J. Schurman
Lawyer
Schurman Longo Grenier
Biography
Unrepresented Litigants and Legal Information
The Honourable Michael Sheehan
Judge
Court of Quebec
Biography
Community Organizations and Plain-Language Legal Information
Stéphane Théorêt
Trainer/Animator
La Jarnigoine
Biography
Canada's Literacy Rate: an Argument for Plain Language
Me Lise Tremblay
Director
École du Barreau du Québec
Biography
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part One
Revisiting the Language of Contracts - Part Two