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Superior Court of Québec (Québec Division)
November 18 2020 - November 18 2020

Family Law - Video presentation of “The Voice of the Child” - Online

This lunchtime training session dealt with the appropriate way for a judge to address and interact with a child.

Number of Participants: 81

Overview

This lunchtime training session dealt with the appropriate way for a judge to address and interact with a child. A video presentation showing a judge speaking with a child was followed by a discussion about the lessons to be learned from that scenario.

Objective

The objective of this training session was to teach judges how to conduct a conversation with a child when this must be done during a hearing.

Summary

This training session followed up on the presentation on family law given during the week for the Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges (Civil Law) held on October 26 to 30, 2020. During that session, the Honourable Justice Louisa L. Arcand of the Superior Court of Québec and the Honourable Associate Chief Justice Catherine La Rosa of the Superior Court of Québec presented a video entitled “The Voice of the Child”. That scenario dealt with the appropriate way to address and interact with a child in a conversation held during the hearing of a motion to vary custody. The video was followed by a discussion about the lessons to be learned from the scenario for any case that involves a conversation with a child.