Keynote Speaker on Mental Health in the Workplace Dr. Raj Bhatla, Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chief of Staff of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group Resources from Presentation The Royal is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres with a mandate of getting more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. The Royal…
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Keynote Speaker on Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Luke Anderson, Founder, StopGap Foundation Organizations Supporting People with Disabilities The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work is an organization offering valuable resources to promote and support meaningful and equitable employment of people with disabilities. Their mission: “As innovators and agents of change, we build partnerships, develop skills, share knowledge…
Jessica M. Toldo
Jessica advises employers on a wide range of labour and employment matters. This includes labour disputes, grievance arbitrations, human rights and accommodation.
Shivani Chopra
Shivani’s is regularly engaged by insurers to defend claims covered by Employment Practice Liability Insurance (EPLI). In addition to this, her expertise includes defending private-sector employers and financial institutions in a range of employment litigation matters including discrimination, harassment, short- and long-term disability benefits, constructive dismissal and wrongful dismissal claims.
Mariana Kamenetsky
Mariana provides advice to federally and provincially regulated employers on all aspects of workers’ compensation claims and appeals, such as initial entitlement, accommodation and related human rights and arbitration proceedings.
Counsel to university boards and municipal councils on executive hiring and terminations.
Counsel to university boards and municipal councils on executive hiring and terminations.
Sunny J. Khaira
In his broad practice, Sunny has successfully represented clients in judicial review applications, wrongful dismissal claims and human rights applications. Sunny has an impressive record in both the private and public sectors. He is regularly successful obtaining dismissals or resolutions of numerous labour arbitration grievances, various proceedings before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and many wrongful dismissal cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Strategic advisor to the City of Toronto in negotiations with their inside and outside workers.
Strategic advisor to a large municipality in their negotiations with their inside and outside workers.
Obtained an order imposing limits on picketers during a lengthy strike, pursuant to a labour injunction for a municipal client.
Obtained an order imposing limits on picketers during a lengthy strike, pursuant to a labour injunction for a municipal client.
Successfully represented a city with respect to a motion to compel the mayor to appear as the representative for examination for discovery.
Successfully represented a city with respect to a motion to compel the mayor to appear as the representative for examination for discovery.