Publications & Reports – Touchstones Newsletter
Touchstones is the biannual newsletter of the CBA's Equality Committee.
June 2011 - In this issue:
- Mowat v. Canada – The difference costs make to access to justice and the human rights culture in Canada
- Ensuring representation under the B.C. Mental Health Act
- Engaging in the contours of the feminist debate about sex work
- The new formal mandate of the Equality Committee
- Survey of LGBTTQ lawyers in Canada
- And more...
May 2010 - In this issue:
- The Niqab in the courtroom: A new guise for "whacking" sexual assault complainants?
- Reasonable Accommodation: The Charters of Rights and the responsibility of jurists in the public debate
- Innovative approaches needed to address inequalities in the legal profession: ABA report on diversity
- Who do you think we are? Voluntary self-identification and the CBA
- Competing rights: Hate and free speech
October 2009 - In this issue:
- Employment equity by the numbers
- Equity and diversity in Nova Scotia: The legacy of Donald Marshall Junior
- The Indigenous Blacks and Mi’kmaq (IB&M) Initiative – celebrating 20 years!
- Message from the Chair
- And more...
January 2009 - In this issue:
- Mentoring as a path to diversity
- Parental Leave Program launched in Manitoba
- Updates from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C.
- Message from the Chair
August 2008 - In this issue:
- Establishing benchmarks for diversity
- The CBABC Aboriginal Law Student Scholarship Trust
- Canada’s railways and the needs of the disabled
- Rolling out the Equity and Diversity Guide
- And more...
February 2008 - In this issue:
- Message from the Editors
- Message from the Chair
- The duty to accommodate: some personal reflections on what has been and what can be
- British Columbia's Disability Advisory Committee
July 2007 - In this issue:
- The CBA's Equity and Diversity Guide for the Legal Profession
- Strategies for removing barriers for women
- New anti-discrimination requirements for the Law Society of England and Wales
- And more...
February 2007 - In this issue:
- CBA Reacts to cuts to the Court Challenges Program
- Impact of Cuts to Court Challenges Program on Language Rights
- An excerpt from the submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights concerning the elimination of the Court Challenges Program (LEAF)
- Message from the Chair
- Note from the Editor
August 2006 - In this issue:
- Equity and diversity template: involving the profession
- Message from the Chair
- Crystal Clear and in-house counsel
- Equity and Diversity Template final consultation in Toronto
- Committee activities at the 2006 Canadian Legal Conference in St. John's
February 2006 - In this issue:
- Access to legal education
- Promoting racial equality in legal education
- Indigenous legal traditions and Canadian legal pluralism
- Law and barriers to racial equity
- Diversity as an access to justice issue
- Call for nominations for the Touchstone award
- Call for nominations for the SOGIC Hero and Ally award
- The Canadian Bar Review Special Edition on Ethics: Call submissions
- CBA Women Lawyers' Forum
August 2005 - In this issue:
- Message from the Chair
- Equity and diversity audit template for legal workplaces
- CBA National Aboriginal Law Section report
- Indigenous Bar Association: Aboriginal appointments to appellate courts
- SOGIC and Equality Committee: Partners in equity
- Canadian Association of Black Lawyers: Working to achieve equity in the legal profession
- West Coast LEAF: Celebrating 20 more years
- CBA-B.C. Equality Committee year-end report
- Committee activities at the Canadian Legal Conference
- Equity and Diversity Template consultations in Vancouver
February 2005 - In this issue:
- Message from the Chair
- Message from the Equity Advisor
- CBA - B.C. Equality Committee
- Alberta Branch Equity Committee
- Saskatchewan CBA Equity Committee
- Manitoba Section Equity Committee
- Ontario Bar Association Equal Opportunity Committee
- Quebec Division Equality Committee
- New Brunswick Equity Section
- Nova Scotia Equity Committee
- Newfoundland and Labrador Equity Branch
- Upcoming events of interest
July 2004 - In this issue:
- Editor's message
- Report from the Chair
- Racial Equality Implementation Committee report
- Law enforcement and racial profiling: a time to stand and be counted
- Canadians must fight racism: Martin
- In Their Own Voices: two reports study racial profiling in Toronto
- Racial profiling in Quebec
- Racial Profiling: An Overview
- Paying the Price: The Human Cost of Racial Profiling
- CBA Canadian Legal Conference in Winnipeg - Register today!
April 2004 - In this issue:
- Report from the Chair
- Comments from the Equity Advisor
- Re-imagining Touchstones: The Wilson Report after ten years
- Equity and Diversity in Alberta’s Legal Profession
- Arleen Huggins receives OBA volunteerism award
- Call for Nominations – Touchstone Award
- Law For the Future Fund Gala Dinner
- Activities at the CBA Canadian Legal Conference in Winnipeg
July 2003 - In this issue:
- The legacy of Madame Justice Bertha Wilson
- Equality seeking resolutions
- Chair's report
- Racial equality in the Canadian legal profession
- Reflections on ten years and counting: where are we now after Touchstones?
- The Touchstones report after 10 years: revisiting the issues and rethinking the questions
- The Equality Committee's work on the Tuition Fees Resolution
- The Honourable Madam Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Recipient of the 2003 Touchstone Award
- Women leading the law
- Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson - Speech on the Occasion of an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from The Law Society of Upper Canada
- Challenges facing women lawyers
- and much more ...
December 2002 - In this issue:
- Equity and Diversity in law school faculties
- Yvonne Peters: 2002 winner of Bertha Wilson Touchstone Award
- The contribution of Madame Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
- CBA Resolution on Law School Tuition Fees
- and much more ...
July 2002 - In this issue:
- Proposed tuition hikes
- The glass ceiling: Shattered or reinforced
- Madame Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A time for tribute
- And much more ...
February 2001 (.pdf) - In this issue:
- Kathleen Mahoney First Academic to Win CBA's Touchstone Award
- Improved Judicial Appointments System Attracts Underrepresented Groups
- Equality Glossaries
- and much more.....
June 2000 (.pdf) - In this issue:
- Remaining Recommendations on Racial Equality Pass
- Progress on Recognition of Same-Sex Couples
- and more.....
February 2000 (.pdf) - In this issue:
- Racial Equality Resolution
- Changing the Canadian Human Rights Act
- Harassment in the Workplace: A Mock Investigation
- 1999 Touchstone Award Winner
- Diversity Management and the Quest for Equality
- Equal Access to the Canadian Justice System
- and much more.....
August 1999 (.pdf) - In this issue:
- Achieving Equality in the New Millennium
- Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Releases Policy Paper
- The Value of Diversity
- and more.....
If you have any questions regarding Touchstones or would like to contribute an article or idea for an article, please contact:
Rebecca Bromwich
Staff Lawyer
Canadian Bar Association
Tel.: (800) 267-8860 or (613) 237-2925
Fax: (613) 237-0185
rebeccab@cba.org
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