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RAVENLAW WINNIPEG HAS EXPANDED!

The Winnipeg office continues to serve our union and employee clients throughout Manitoba, and beyond, on all labour and employment related matters from human rights claims to wrongful terminations to employment contract negotiations to collective bargaining.

Our Winnipeg office has continued to grow. You can find us in our new office space on Hargrave Street:

175 Hargrave Street – Suite 640
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3R8
T: 204.560.3095
F: 613.567.2921
E: info@ravenlaw.com

Contact us to meet with our Winnipeg lawyers: Dayna Steinfeld, Ryan Nerbas, and Zachary Rodgers.

RavenLaw LLP has offices in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Kingston, and Toronto, and our lawyers practice in every province and territory in Canada. We are proud to offer our services in both French and English.

We look forward to welcoming you at 175 Hargrave Street soon!

RAVENLAW LLP TORONTO HAS EXPANDED!

RavenLaw LLP is excited to announce our new, expanded, Toronto Office location.

The Toronto Office continues to serve clients in the GTA, and beyond, on all labour and employment-related matters, from human rights claims to wrongful terminations to employment contract negotiations to collective bargaining.

Over the last year, our Toronto office has grown, and you can now find us in our new office space in the Yonge-Richmond Centre.

WHERE TO FIND RAVENLAW LLP TORONTO:

151 Yonge Street – Suite 1301
Toronto, ON M5G 2J5
T: 416.673.5680
F: 613.567.2921
E: info@ravenlaw.com

RavenLaw LLP has offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, and Winnipeg, and our lawyers practice in every province and territory in Canada. We are proud to offer our services in both French and English.

We look forward to welcoming you at 151 Yonge Street soon!

RavenLaw Presents at Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers Conference

RavenLaw lawyers presented on panels and facilitated the annual Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers conference in Edmonton during the week of June 5, 2025. CALL President Wassim Garzouzi opened the conference with remarks highlighting significant contributions of CALL members over the past year. National Vice-President of Equity and Anti-Oppression Sarah Yusuf helped coordinate the conference Ombuds program and moderated the “Organizing in the Age of Telework” panel, which Barhilla Jesse-Buadoo presented on. Nicole Whitmarsh moderated the “Managing Employer Mergers” panel, Zachary Rodgers presented on the “Developments and Updates on Pay Equity Federally and Provincially” panel, and Sarah Millman co-facilitated the first meeting of the CALL 2SLGBTQIA+ Committee.

We thank all the union lawyers from across the country who joined us for these sessions and for the conference! We look forward to reconvening in Yellowknife next year.

Sydney Sloane and Morgan Rowe Attend Disability Rights Symposium

On May 23, 2025, Morgan Rowe and RavenLaw summer student Sydney Sloane attended the one-day disability rights symposium, hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School. The symposium, titled “Bridging Disability Accommodations from Clinical Education Programs to Practice”, is a first-of-its-kind event, intended to address barriers to law students with disabilities through panel discussions, small group sessions, and workshops, with attendees including disability community experts and people with lived experience, law students, lawyers, and law school staff and representatives.

In addition to participating in the symposium, Sydney presented as part of the morning panel on the experiences of law students with disabilities, addressing particularly experiences of and access to clinical legal education and accommodation for these students across Ontario.

Ryan Nerbas Presents on Wrongful Termination Negotiations

On May 15, 2025, Ryan Nerbas spoke on a panel held by the Manitoba Bar Association’s Labour and Employment Law Section, discussing the topic of “Wrongful Terminations: Negotiations & Pre-Trial Considerations”.

The webinar explored many areas of interest around wrongful termination actions, including tactics and strategies both prior to and during litigation. Ryan presented from the perspective of employee-side legal counsel, with an emphasis on how to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a wrongful termination case, properly prepare a claim for litigation. and conduct the early stages of proceedings.

For more information, please visit the Canadian Bar Association’s website here.

Claire Boychuk To Present on DEI and Freedom of Expression

On May 29, 2025, Claire Boychuk will be presenting at the County of Carleton Law Association’s Annual Equity Conference. Claire will be speaking on the employment law panel DEI under Threat: Free Expression in Tumultuous Times.  

This panel will explore scenarios where employees have faced repercussions for speaking out on political issues, including expression that takes place inside and outside the workplace. Through these scenarios, the panelists will unpack the legal protections available to employees, the responsibilities of employers, and how organizations can navigate the tension between diversity, equity, inclusion, and expression in the workplace.

For more information and to register, click here.

Dayna Steinfeld to Present on Family Status Discrimination

On May 8, 2025, Dayna Steinfeld will be speaking on the Lancaster House panel “Relative Accommodations: An update on family status discrimination (childcare, eldercare, spousal responsibilities, etc)”.

The webinar will discuss the different tests for prima facie discrimination on the basis of family status across the country, and the uncertainty in the law given the lack of clear guidance from the Supreme Court of Canada. The panel will critically examine how decision-makers address the growing range of family status claims and explore emerging trends in this area of law.

For more information and to register, click here.