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Training that never stops

For the sake of transparency, since 2018, the Council annually publishes a list of courses and seminars available during the previous fiscal year. The following is a list of courses, seminars and other learning activities attended by federally appointed judges to continue their learning and enhance their knowledge.

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Programs (31)
  • May 30 2017 - June 3 2017

    Annual Conference

    The AFCC conference provided a multi-disciplinary setting in which judges, lawyers, mediators, researchers and mental health professionals shared insights into the resolution of family conflicts. A wide range of family law-related topics were discussed including parenting time, child support, and parenting during separation and divorce. Also discussed were legislative and policy initiatives, recent and developing research findings, professional practices and models, and most important, methods of resolving conflicts between family members.

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  • June 7 2018 - June 8 2018

    New Brunswick Education Seminar: St. Andrews Lectures 2018 XI

    This program brought together judges of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick, the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick and the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick. It focused on criminal law with an emphasis on criminal law fundamentals, disclosure obligations and problems, use of police informants, trial management skills, the underrepresented accused, and Supreme Court of Canada updates.

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  • November 7 2018 - November 9 2018

    Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) 2018 Fall Education Seminar

    All three parts of the Fall Seminar of the Superior Court of Justice touched on what Justice Stephen Goudge described as “the heavy burden of being the ultimate gatekeeper in protecting the system from unreliable expert evidence.” The civil law program reviewed the analytical framework for the admission of expert evidence and discussed recent appellate case law in the civil law area. The family law program considered the judge’s gatekeeping role at the pre-trial stage, exploring the challenges that can arise with experts at the conferencing, temporary care, summary judgment, and trial management stages. On Friday morning, the admissibility of expert evidence after Abbey #2 was discussed with a focus on the return to admissibility when evidence is unfolding, recent cases on independence and impartiality, and emerging areas of expert evidence in criminal law.



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  • November 14 2018 - November 16 2018

    Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Education Seminar 2018 (November)

    Sexual assault trials require a delicate balancing of competing rights in an evolving social context. They raise difficult questions about the use of appropriate inferences vs. inappropriate myths and stereotypes, consent and mistaken belief in consent, third party records, prior sexual experience evidence and sufficiency of reasons. With the assistance of expert faculty, this two-day program explored these difficult questions and challenges and provided participants with training about substantive and procedural law in sexual assault trials within both the confines of the law and an enriched understanding of social context.

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  • April 1 2019 - March 31 2020

    Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba - Lunch and Learn Sessions 2019-2020

    The Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba provides a number of informal Lunch and Learn programs each year. All judges and masters of the court and judges of the Court of Appeal have the opportunity to attend these programs. The Court also holds Lunch and Learn sessions on topics of particular interest to the judges of either the Family Division or the General Division, and directed to those members of the Court.

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