Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. PierreRoy & Associés 2. IFLS at Osgoode 3. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4. Barry Sookmant 5. Meurrens on Immigration

PierreRoy & Associés
Responsabilités d’administrateurs d’entreprise : ce que vous devez savoir

Si vous êtes l’administrateur d’une entreprise aux prises avec des difficultés financières, vous vous demandez probablement quelles seraient les répercussions sur vous personnellement advenant une faillite de l’entreprise. Nous tenterons ici de démystifier et de clarifier vos droits et vos responsabilités en tant qu’administrateur d’une entreprise au Québec. …

IFLS at Osgoode
Institute for Feminist Legal Studies

The Institute for Feminist Legal Studies was established at Osgoode in the early 1990s to foster scholarship in feminism and law at Osgoode. We focus on a range of teaching and research activities, including: Visitors who enhance the work of Osgoode faculty and graduate students …

Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Employment Law 101: Workplace Harassment

Complaints of harassment in the workplace continue to flourish across all industries. But what counts as “workplace harassment” and what are an employer’s obligations? This post will set out the basics. Workplace harassment is defined under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) as a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome. …

Barry Sookman
Understanding Bill C-27 from the INDU Committee review

Bill C-27, the Act to enact the new privacy law (the CPPA) and the new law to regulate artifical intelligence (AIDA) has been the subject of much examination and debate including at the INDU Committee. The INDU Committee has now completed hearing from witnesses and has received numerous briefs commenting on the draft new laws. The INDU Committee has now published a list of witnesses that have appeared before it and has made available copies of the briefs filed with the Committee. This information can be accessed …

Meurrens on Immigration
Borderlines Podcast #85 – Security Delays, Study Permits and Mandamus, with Lev Abramovich

Lev Abramovich is an immigration lawyer in Toronto. There has been an increase in security screening in Canadian visa applications for residents of several countries. Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 885 is the first Federal Court of Canada decision to discuss mandamus in the study permit context. Lev was counsel in this …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.