Training & Events

From accredited continuing legal education programs to special interest sessions for our clients and invited friends, Hicks Morley's conferences and events offer valuable insight into topical issues important to your business and your professional growth.


Webinar

Webcast: Coping with Violent Behaviours in the Classroom: Safety Issues for Staff and other Students in the Special Education Context

April 1, 2015
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Complimentary This webcast responds to a number of requests following our last webcast, After Keewatin: The Use of Exclusions, and reflects the reality that there are increasing numbers of students whose disabilities give rise to violent outbursts and that this phenomenon is a growing challenge for special educators and for administration. We will review the…

Webinar

After Keewatin: The Use of Exclusions

December 8, 2014
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Webinar

Overview In a recent case, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario served clear notice that excluding a student under s. 265(m) of the Education Act, because of behavioural issues arising from the student’s disability, must not offend human rights principles.  In R.B. v. Keewatin Patricia District School Board, the Tribunal found that the exclusion of…

Conference / Seminar

Human Rights in the School Board Sector

December 3, 2014
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Toronto, ON

  Agenda Human rights issues are becoming increasingly complex and more difficult to understand and manage. As both employers and service providers, school boards are faced with human rights challenges on a daily basis. As employers, human rights issues can arise in a variety of contexts – from benefits to accommodation to attendance management. As…

Conference / Seminar

2013 School Board Management Conference

November 15, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Toronto, ON

As in past years, our 2013 School Board Conference will cover a wide variety of topics relevant to Directors of Education, Trustees, Supervisory Officers and Human Resources Practitioners. We will take you first on a “whirlwind tour” of recent developments in labour and education law. This will be followed by two plenary sessions on critical…