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PRISME Conference 2023

Fri, Aug 04 - Sat, Aug 05 | McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Aug 04, 11:00 a.m. EDT - Aug 05. 8:30 p.m. EDT
 

McCarthy Tétrault LLP, 1000 R. de La Gauchetière O
Suite MZ400, Montreal, QC, H3B 0A2, Canada

About the Event

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Please join us for the second annual PRISME Conference, a hybrid in-person/virtual event that brings together judges, lawyers, activists and students from across the country, all with a commitment to building networks in our communities increasing representation and equity for 2SLGBTQ+ legal professionals in Canada and advancing 2SLGBTQ+ human rights.

 

Confirmed speakers and panelists include:

 

  • The Honourable Judge Kael McKenzie, Judge, Provincial Court of Manitoba

  • Bogdan Globa, Founder, ProudUkraine

  • Yanhui Peng, Co-Founder, LGBT Rights Advocacy China

  • Bryn Gray, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP & former Chair, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community (SOGIC) (Ontario)

  • Daniel Girlando, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP & Member, EGALE Canada Legal Issues Committee

  • Jas Badyal, Lawyer, JKB Law

  • Gregory Ko, Partner, Kastner Lam LLP & Chair, SOGIC (Ontario)

  • Dalia Tourki, Incoming Summer Law Student, McCarthy Tétrault LLP & 2SLGBTQ+ Community Activist

  • Celeste Trianon, Executive Director, Trans Legal Collective

  • Adrienne Smith, Lawyer, Adrienne Smith Law

  • Seran Gee, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund 

  • Hossein Moghtaderi, Lawyer, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP & Chair, SOGIC (National)

  • Lynn Iding, Director of Human Resources, Stewart McKelvey

 

And many more!

Tickets

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In-Person Tickets
Virtual Tickets

Follow the appropriate link below to secure your
PRISME Conference 2023 ticket!

Schedule

Time & Location

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11:00

Registration

12:00

Keynote Lunch

13:00

BREAK

13:15

Promoting Diversity in the Profession

14:45

BREAK

15:00

Current Legal Issues Facing the

2SLGBTQ+ Community

16:30

BREAK

18:00

Social at McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Friday, August 04

11:00 - 19:30

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9:30

Check in

10:00

The Fight for Trans Rights

11:30

BREAK

12:00

Keynote Lunch

13:00

BREAK

13:15

Breakout Workshops:
Advocacy for EDI in the Workplace

13:15

Breakout Workshops:
Trans ID Clinics

14:45

BREAK

15:00

2SLGBTQ+ Rights: The International Perspective

16:30

BREAK

16:45

CALL/ACAL AGM 

17:45

BREAK

19:00

Social at l'idéal bar & contenus

Saturday, August 05

09:30 - 21:00

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