Kundera Provost-Yombo Presents on Workplace Racial Discrimination

On March 6, 2024, Kundera Provost-Yombo spoke on a panel hosted by the Association of Canadian Financial Officers, North America’s largest union representing exclusively accountants, comptrollers, auditors, and financial professionals. The panel discussed the legal principles of discrimination based on race, colour, nationality, and ethnicity, as well as recent trends in legal cases addressing racial discrimination in the workplace. Read More

Dayna Steinfeld Profiled by Manitoba Bar Association

Dayna Steinfeld has been profiled in the upcoming Member Spotlight section of the Manitoba Bar Association’s Headnotes & Footnotes March 2024 publication. Dayna first became a member of the Manitoba Bar Association in 2009 and then rejoined after returning to Winnipeg in 2016. Click here to read about Dayna’s experiences as a member of the Bar Association and her reflections on her career as a labour and employment lawyer. Special... Read More

Amanda Therrien Co-Hosts National Association for Women and the Law 50th Anniversary Reception

On February 29, 2024, Amanda Therrien will be co-hosting the National Association of Women and the Law’s 50th Anniversary Reception and Awards Ceremony on Parliament Hill, along with NAWL Executive Director, Tiffany Butler. Members of Parliament and Senators will join NAWL to honour the substantive contributions NAWL’s volunteers and partners have made toward advancing substantive equality for women over the past 50 years. For more information about the event and... Read More

Raphaëlle Laframboise-Carignan to Present on Workplace Obligations

On February 15, 2024, Raphaëlle Laframboise-Carignan will be presenting on a panel hosted by the Law Society of Nunavut, titled “Workplace Obligations of Employees and Employers in Nunavut and Ontario”. The panel will discuss employment law in Ontario and Nunavut, including recent legal cases and changes in the law on workplace harassment, violence, and discrimination. For more information or to register, please see the Facebook event or the online registration... Read More

Dayna Steinfeld Awarded with 2022 Emerging Leader Award

Dayna Steinfeld has been awarded the 2022 Faculty of Law Alumni Emerging Leader Award by the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law. The Emerging Leader Award honours a UM Law alumnus who has graduated within the last 10 years, has shown dedication and commitment to the legal profession, and has the qualities of integrity, professionalism, and leadership in their time practicing law. Read more about the award here. Read More

Amarkai Laryea to Presents on Equity Panel

On February 10, 2023, Amarkai Laryea presented as part of a panel at the Canadian Association of University Teachers Equity Conference. Amarkai presented as part of a panel, tiled “Yes, We Can Do This,” which addressed questions from conference participants on specific equity issues. Read More

Class Action

CAF/DND Sexual Misconduct Class Action – Late Claims Update The Court has made a decision respecting late claims, which can be found here. The Court has decided that the Administrator shall accept late claims submitted after the final claims deadline of January 23, 2022, if the claimant establishes: (1) a continuing intention to pursue the matter; (2) the claim has some merit; (3) no prejudice arises from the delay; and (4)... Read More

Dayna Steinfeld to Moderate Panel on Pay Equity

On January 19, 2023, Dayna Steinfeld will be moderating a panel at the Manitoba Bar Association 2023 Mid-Winter Conference, one of the marquee professional development events in Manitoba. Dayna will be moderating a panel discussion on “Pay Equity in the Legal Profession”, which will feature a diverse panel of speakers on the data (and lack thereof, due to resistance to the collection of data within the profession) to help legal... Read More

RavenLaw Congratulates 2022 Alison Dewar Scholarship Recipient

RavenLaw is proud to announce that Sarah-Claude L’Ecuyer has been awarded the 2022 Alison Dewar Scholarship in Women’s Equality, Labour and Human Rights Law. Sarah-Claude is in her third year at the University of Ottawa and has demonstrated a deep commitment to the values that Alison held dear. She is the President and founder of the Social Justice Society, an active volunteer with the National Association of Women and the... Read More

Alison McEwen and Raphaëlle Laframboise-Carignan Present with Law Society of Nunavut

In October 2022, Alison McEwen and Raphaëlle Laframboise-Carignan were in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. They presented workshops in association with the Law Society of Nunavut and spoke on the topic of preventing workplace harassment. Read More