News in Events
June 13-14: 5th Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights and 2013 Annual General Meeting
Date Thursday, June 13, and Friday, June 14, 2013
Place All events except "A conversation with Frank Mugisha" will take place at Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, 475 Yonge St. (between Wood St. and Alexander St.), Toronto
"Taking stock, taking action" is the title of the 5th Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights in Toronto.
June 1: 30th Anniversary of Injured Workers' Day in Ontario
Rally Date Saturday, June 1, 2013
Time 11 a.m.
Place Queen's Park – Ontario Legislature - walk north from Queen's Park subway stop – College St. & University Ave.
Contact Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) at 905-662-7128; IAVGO at 416-924-6477; IWC at 416-461-2411
Overnight Vigil Date Friday, May 31, 2013
Time 4 p.m.
Place Queen's Park
June 1, 2013, marks the 30th Anniversary of Injured Workers' Day in Ontario.
Register Now! PLE Learning Exchange Spring Symposium: June 7, 2013
Date Friday, June 7, 2013
Time 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Place 519 Church Street, Toronto
Contact Vivien Green
Phone 416-408-4420 ext. 835
Email info@plelearningexchange.ca
"From Information to Action: Building Our Public Legal Education Capacity" is the theme of this year's Learning Exchange Spring Symposium.
May 23: Resistance continues to Omnibus Crime Bill
Date Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Place Friends House Meeting Room, 60 Lowther Avenue (just north of Bloor, near St. George Station), Toronto
Hosted by the Law Union of Ontario's Prison Justice Committee, this is a follow-up to their earlier meeting on ways to prevent the implementation of the omnibus crime bill.
May 22: Free Information Webinar on a Website Accessibility Solution
Date Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time 11 a.m. ET
Place Online
Contact aoda@browsealoud.com
Join Accessibility Ontario for a 30-minute presentation to demonstrate BrowseAloud, a powerful, multilingual screen reading tool featured on 7,000 websites worldwide.
May 23: Lawyer-as-Healer Workshop
Date Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Place Solarium, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Contact rebecca.a.sutton@gmail.com
This event will explore ideas and start a conversation about how the legal community in Canada might follow some U.S. lessons in positioning lawyers as healers.
May 15: Webinar on New Directions in Resettlement: implications for refugees and the settlement sector
Date Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Time 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern time
Place Online
This webinar will look at CIC's proposed changes in how refugees are selected for resettlement to Canada and how this will affect those seen by refugee-serving organizations.
May 30-June 1: Canadian Council for Refugees Spring Consultation
Date Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1, 2013
Place Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, 6083 McKay Avenue, Burnaby BC
Email consultation@ccrweb.ca
The Canadian Council for Refugees Spring Consultation has as its theme Promoting Security and a Warm Welcome. Register before Friday, May 10th, to take advantage of the reduced fees.
May 15-17: Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures?
Date May 15-17 (Wednesday-Friday), 2013
Place Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
The Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement presents its 2013 conference, Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures?
May 8: May Be Me Webinar: Men and Boys Preventing Violence
Date Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Time 12:00 - 1:00 E.S.T.
Place Online
Register Here
May Be Me is a campaign to raise awareness and funds to prevent violence against women and youth.
