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As we witness a rise of anti-2SLGBTQI+ activity and rhetoric across Canada, we need to redouble our efforts in the fight for equality, which is far from over.

Special Edition 2023

Welcome to 2023-2024! - September 2023 Blast Email

Welcome from the new Chair - September 2023 Blast Email

Welcome and key updates! - September 2023 Blast Email

The Canadian Bar Association denounces the recent harassment and detention of lawyers in Tanzania and urges respect for freedom of expression, the right to protest and the right to counsel.

John Stefaniuk, K.C. of Winnipeg begins his year-long tenure as the 95^th President of the Canadian Bar Association today, taking the helm of the 127-year-old Association of more than 38,000 lawyers, notaries, law professors and law students across Canada. He succeeds Steeves Bujold of Montreal. Lynne M. J. Vicars of Toronto begins her term as Vice-President.

Today marks my last day as CBA President, and I want to reemphasize the importance of the work we all need to do to continue reinforcing the confidence of the public in the independence of our justice system.

This week marks the last week of my term as CBA President. As a proud member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, one of my priorities was to address the inequalities and discrimination experienced by members of my community, and more specifically by trans, non-binary and gender diverse people in Canada.

Welcome to the 2023-2024 CBA Year - August 2023 Blast Email