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.


Speaking Engagement

Senate Committee Meeting

May 11, 2017
10:30a.m.

Speaking with the CBA to the Senate Committee on the amendments to the Canada Human Rights Act regarding gender identity and gender expression

Speaking Engagement

Canadian University Boards Association (CUBA) Annual Conference

May 4, 2017 - May 6, 2017
Guelph, ON

Award winning author Lawrence Hill, author of Blackberry Sweet Juice, The Illegal, and Book of Negroes, will deliver a keynote address exploring themes of diversity and inclusion. Panels and sessions that follow will include practical ways for Boards and Secretariats to put these important themes into action. In addition to the keynote theme,  sessions will…

Speaking Engagement

OASIS 20 Anniversary – From Surviving to Thriving

May 4, 2017
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Topic: Legal Topics Impacting Non-Profits Overview: This presentation will cover emerging topics in labour and employment law that will mean the difference between surviving to thriving for organizations responding to such issues.

Speaking Engagement

CAPSLE Conference 2017

April 30, 2017 - May 2, 2017

Panel Discussion called “Human Rights in Education: Successes and Challenges” Co-Presenting a session called “Skills and Pills: An educator’s guide to navigating the intersection between student mental health accommodation, privacy law and pedagogies for student success”

Speaking Engagement

Guelph and District HRPA Employee Relations Peer Networking Meeting

April 27, 2017
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Guelph, ON

Topic Attendance Management Programs and Avoiding Legal Pitfalls The one hour session will review the issues related to developing and implementing an Attendance Management Program.  This often raises problems with union grievances, or human rights complaints, therefore a good understanding of the human rights code and accommodation principles, as well as some WSIB and ESA…

Speaking Engagement

Challenges in International Employment Law: National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association

March 31, 2017

Topic Global Workforces, Employment Policies and Practices in an International Economy: From country to country, there are significant differences in the regulation in the employment relationship, the hurdles to changing terms of employment, the protection of intellectual property, obstacles to termination, and the role of unions and representative bodies, all of which complicates the trend…