Annual Conference 2010

RESISTANCE & THE LAW

Saturday, February 27, 2010

8:30am – 5:30pm

Hart House at University of Toronto

7 Hart House Circle (near Museum subway)

(see poster attached)

SCHEDULE:

8:30am:

Registration

9:00am – 10:30am:

What has my Citizenship Done for Me Lately? Asserting Repatriation Rights

Speakers: Raoul Boulakia, Olivia Chow, Yavar Hameed and others.

Resisting the Right: Kenney’s Attacks on Immigrant Rights

Speakers: Chris Ramsaroop, Aviva Basman and Karin Baqi.

10:45am – 12:15pm

Movement Legal Defence: Then and Now

Speakers: Irina Cleric, Alan Sears, Bob Kellerman, Joel Kupferman and others.

Israel/Palestine, International Law and the Impact of the Goldstone Report

Speakers: Sijuth Xavier, Michael Lynk, Mark Arnold and Mazen Masri

Security Certificates: The End of an Era?

Speakers: Barb Jackman, Hassam Almrei, and Paul Copeland.

1:30pm – 3:00 pm

Mining and Rights Abuses: Three Legal Strategies for Change

Speakers: Murray Klippenstein, Catherine Coumans and others.

Indigenous Struggles for Sovereignty: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake

Speakers: Norman Matchewan, David Nahwegahbow, and Shiri Pasternak.

PLENARY DISCUSSION

DUMPING DUMP SITE 41: THE MAKINGS OF A VICTORY

Spakers: Vicki Monague, Anne Ritchie-Nahuis, Steve Ogden, Jeff Monague, Chris Reid, and Peter Rosenthal
Registration fee:

Pay What You Can (Suggeste: $40, $15 for Students)

Wheelchair Accessible. Free Childcare available on site from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (Advance Notification Appreciated)

More information: 416-964-8126 or lawunionconference@gmail.com

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