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. RT Blog 2. National Magazine 3. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4. Legal Feeds 5. Know How
RT Blog
“Accent translation” software? It’s time to flip the script on linguistic hierarchies
Language discrimination is a harmful reality in many workplaces, and employers need to be proactive in not only preventing it, but in celebrating and promoting language diversity. In a world where 281 million people live in countries other than where they were born,1 and with a record number of Canadians (13%) reporting a first language other than English or French2, this issue is more important than ever. The rise of controversial new voice-altering technology, which perpetuates existing hierarchies about who speaks English with the “right” accent and who does not, adds to this urgency. …
National Magazine
Modern Law podcast: Everything, everywhere all at once
With so many overlapping crises happening at once, feeding off one another and contributing to the unraveling of longstanding institutions, how must the legal profession prepare itself for the future? That’s the starting point for my conversation with returning guest, Jordan Furlong. A former editor-in-chief of this publication, Jordan is a legal sector analyst with great insight into changes throughout the legal industry. …
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Boomerang Employees – What Employers Need to Know about Rehiring Past Employees
As we all know, the pandemic has had lasting effects on the employment world. Some of the major trends we saw were mass layoffs, terminations, downsizing, and of course, the infamous move to remote work. Another trend we saw across the board was mass resignations as the pandemic led to many employees reevaluating their career paths. With the pandemic trends seemingly in the past, an anticipated recession on the horizon, and things getting back to “normal”, the newest trend we are seeing in employment is rehiring and a surge in boomerang employees. …
Legal Feeds
Memo to law firms: Start the new year right by nominating your firm for the Canadian Law Awards
As Canadian law firms start the new year, what better way to kick it off than submitting to the Canadian Law Awards? Building on the success of the three previous events (virtual and in-person) since it was launched in 2020, the annual Canadian Law Awards celebrates the nation’s outstanding law firms, in-house legal teams, individuals, deals and cases in 2022. It’s the perfect chance to acknowledge great work and look to the future. …
Know How
House of Bills: An Update of Ontario Bills
We have gathered an update on bill activity for the November 28-December 1 sitting week below: Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 …
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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.
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