Court of Appeal of Alberta Education Seminar - Fall 2022

Overview

This education seminar covered a variety of topics relevant to appellate judges in Alberta.

Objective

The objective of the seminar was to improve participants' knowledge of cryptocurrency, intimate partner and familial violence, social media evidence, and race and cultural assessments in sentencing.

Summary

Led by subject matter experts on each topic, this two-day in-person education program considered: what cryptocurrency is and how it works (including the nature of the industry and regulation, and practical issues in how to deal with it); different types of intimate partner and familial violence and its impact on children and adolescents, as well as practical strategies for court management where familial violence is present; the unique challenges presented by social media evidence in court proceedings; and the history and current state of the law relating to impact of race and culture assessments in Alberta and other Canadian jurisdictions.