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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 (80)
  • May 24 2023 - May 26 2023

    Supreme Court of British Columbia Education Seminar

    The Supreme Court of British Columbia’s Education Seminar covered wide-ranging areas of interests for the judges and masters of the court. The program explored difficult financial calculations in the context of family matters, including business valuations and corporate guideline income. Other sessions focused on the admissibility and treatment of surreptitious recordings, chambers practice, and various pre-trial matters. There was discussion with senior members of the bench on a variety of criminal matters, from complex trials to innovative approaches to sentencing. For the latter, presentations were also offered by a judge of the Provincial Court and a justice of the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench, and from the First Nations Justice Council and Aboriginal Legal Services. Finally, the seminar included a judicial wellness component providing judges with tools to aid in understanding and building resilience, especially when dealing with difficult family and criminal matters.

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  • May 24 2023 - May 26 2023

    Supreme Court of British Columbia Education Seminar

    The Supreme Court of British Columbia’s Education Seminar covered wide-ranging areas of interests for the judges and masters of the court. The program explored difficult financial calculations in the context of family matters, including business valuations and corporate guideline income. Other sessions focused on the admissibility and treatment of surreptitious recordings, chambers practice, and various pre-trial matters. There was discussion with senior members of the bench on a variety of criminal matters, from complex trials to innovative approaches to sentencing. For the latter, presentations were also offered by a judge of the Provincial Court and a justice of the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench, and from the First Nations Justice Council and Aboriginal Legal Services. Finally, the seminar included a judicial wellness component providing judges with tools to aid in understanding and building resilience, especially when dealing with difficult family and criminal matters.

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  • November 30 2022 - December 2 2022

    Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Education Seminar - Fall 2022

    This seminar provided training on a variety of substantive law, social context and judicial skills related topics. The sessions included an examination of recent and significant cases in sexual assault law, interviewing children, guardianship of the person, the jury selection process and managing difficult litigants.

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  • November 28 2022 - November 28 2022

    Teaching Indigenous Law 2022

    Including special guests from the University of Victoria Indigenous Law program, an event was held to celebrate the installation of 6 pieces of Indigenous artwork, including land acknowledgements, in the Whitehorse Courthouse atrium in an event called Towards Reconciliation.

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  • November 16 2022 - November 18 2022

    Criminal Jury Trials Seminar 2022

    Criminal jury trials pose unique procedural, evidentiary, and substantive law challenges. This seminar focused on criminal jury practice and law, from pre-trial conferencing to taking of the verdict, as well as a variety of evidentiary and substantive law issues trial judges will likely encounter in these cases.

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