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1:45PM Registration
2:15PM Welcoming Remarks
SESSION I
2:30PM Efficiency & Justice
Chair:
Richard Haigh Director of York’s Centre for Public Policy and Law
Panelists:
Chief Justice George Strathy, Ontario Court of Appeal
Nicole Aylwin, Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, Assistant Director
Justice Edward Morgan, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Tsvi Kahana, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
4:00PM Coffee Break
SESSION II
4:15PM Institutional Role in Protecting Human Rights
Chair:
Hart Schwartz, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Panelists:
Hillel Somer, Radzyner School of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Adam Dodek, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Lorraine Weinrib, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
6:15PM Reception & Keynote
A Tribute to Former President of the Israeli Supreme Court (Ret.)
Dr. Asher D. Grunis ’77 (D.Jur)
Greetings: Aviv Gaon, Ph.D. Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Dr. Irwin Cotler, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
9:30AM Gathering and Opening Remarks
SESSION III
10:00AM Institutional Role in Appointing Judges
Chair:
Ian Greene, University Professor Emeritus, York University
Panelists:
Craig Scott, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Dan Priel, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Kate Glover, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
Dr. Asher Grunis, Former President of the Israeli Supreme Court (Ret.)
11:45AM Lunch
SESSION IV
12:45PM Multiculturalism & Minority Rights
Chair:
Bruce Ryder, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Panelists:
Benjamin Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Meital Pinto, School of Law, Carmel Academic Center
Liav Orgad, Radzyner School of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Mohammed Wattad, School of Law, Zefat Academic College
Yishai Blank, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
2:15PM Coffee Break
PANEL DISCUSSION
2:30PM The Judicial Role
Moderator:
Lorne Sossin, Dean and Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Keynote Speaker:
Aharon Barak, Former President of the Israeli Supreme Court (Ret.), IDC Herzliya
Discussants:
Justice Rosalie Abella, Supreme Court of Canada
Dr. Asher Grunis, Former President of the Israeli Supreme Court (Ret.)
