Dayna Steinfeld Joins LEAF Winnipeg Executive

Dayna Steinfeld has recently joined the Executive of the newly established LEAF Winnipeg as Co-Chair and Strategic Initiatives Coordinator. LEAF Winnipeg is a branch of LEAF, a national feminist organization that works towards ensuring the law guarantees substantive equality for all women, girls, trans, and non-binary people through litigation, law reform and public education using the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. LEAF focuses on litigation and law reform and public legal education... Read More

Amarkai Laryea to Present at Labour Law Conference

On October 24, Amarkai Laryea will be presenting at the Lancaster House Ottawa Labour Law Conference. He will be speaking on the panel “Bar None: Removing Systemic Barriers in Recruitment, Promotion and Retention.” For more information or to register, visit the conference website. 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

Dayna Steinfeld to Present at Manitoba Labour Law Review

On November 15, 2022, Dayna Steinfeld will be presenting on a panel at The 28th Annual Manitoba Labour Law Review on the topics of employee duties in the unionized workplace, racial discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace, and privacy protections and limits for unionized workers. Dayna will be presenting on the panel from the perspective of union-side counsel. The conference is organized and offered by the Centre for Labour-Management... Read More

RavenLaw Supports Ottawa Blues for Youth

RavenLaw is proud to sponsor an upcoming evening of music again this year in support of Ottawa Blues for Youth, in connection with the Royal Ottawa Hospital. Ottawa Blues for Youth was created in the fall of 2020 by Anita Manley, with funds raised going to support Youth Mental Health at the Royal. The event will be held on October 22, 2022, and tickets are now on sale. For more... Read More

Amarkai Laryea Joins RavenLaw!

We are ecstatic to welcome Amarkai Laryea into the partnership at RavenLaw! Amarkai has dedicated his career to working within Canada’s labour movement. He will maintain a dynamic, fully-bilingual practice in all areas of labour, human rights, and administrative law. Before joining RavenLaw, Amarkai was a leader in the legal services department of one of Canada’s largest unions. He has appeared before labour arbitrators and administrative tribunals throughout the country.... Read More

Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Rules that Manitoba Government Discriminated Against First Nations Children in the Child Welfare System

On May 18, 2022, the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench ruled that the Manitoba government discriminated against First Nations children in Manitoba foster care by denying them the federal Children Special Allowance (“CSA”) to which they are entitled and which is meant to be used exclusively for the care, maintenance, advancement and education of children in care.  In Manitoba, approximately 82% of children in the child welfare system are First Nations.... Read More

Wassim Garzouzi Joins BCCLA Board of Directors

  RavenLaw is pleased to announce that Wassim Garzouzi has joined the Board of Directors for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA).   The BCCLA is the oldest and most active civil liberties and human rights group in Canada. The BCCLA has been actively advancing human rights and civil liberties through litigation, law reform, community-based legal advocacy, and public engagement and education for the last half century.   As a Director, Wassim will... Read More

Dayna Steinfeld Awarded the Advocates’ Society David Stockwood Memorial Prize

Dayna Steinfeld is the 2022 recipient of The David Stockwood Memorial Prize. The prize is awarded to an advocacy-related written article, judged for its merit by a panel. Dayna’s winning submission, “"Finding a Balance - Navigating the Advocacy Challenge for Union Side Labour Lawyers in Cases Involving Allegations of Member on Member Sexual Violence" examines the challenge for union-side lawyers of cross-examining a union member called as an employer witness... Read More

Federal Court Recognizes Minister’s Obligation to Investigate Health and Safety Complaints

In a recent decision, the Federal Court overturned a decision by a delegate of the Minister of Labour, which had refused to investigate the health and safety complaint of a Canada Border Service Agency employee. The employee had filed a complaint with the Minister under the Canada Labour Code when CBSA had refused to appoint an impartial investigator to investigate his harassment concerns. CBSA had taken the position that it... Read More