{"id":15831,"date":"2020-10-19T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=education&p=15831"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:04:03","slug":"new-speaker-series-2020","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/new-speaker-series-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAF announces a new Speaker Series to examine those excluded from the Persons case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is pleased to announce a new online Speaker Series, launching October 26, \u201cWhat Makes a Person? A Critical Look at the Persons <\/em>Case<\/em> and its Legacy<\/em>.\u201d<\/em> This series will occur in lieu of the in-person gala that LEAF National traditionally holds to commemorate the Persons decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Persons Case is a 1929 legal decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that included \u201cwomen\u201d in the legal definition of \u201cpersons\u201d, giving certain women the ability to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. More generally, the decision gave broader legal recognition to some Canadian women. Although LEAF has celebrated the Persons Case in past years, we recognize that many women were not included in that decision and were not considered \u2018persons\u2019 under Canadian law until decades later. \u202fThere are those whose \u2018personhood\u2019 is still challenged or excluded today. This speaker series will give us the chance to openly discuss what makes a \u2018person\u2019, who has had delayed access to \u2018personhood\u2019, and whose voices need centering in conversations about gender equality.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are at a critical juncture,\u201d said Megan Stephens, Executive Director and General Counsel for LEAF. \u201cIf we can take anything away from the past six months, it is that we must be able to question and think critically about the past. Most importantly, we must recognize and acknowledge those instances when we could have done better as a society.  We must listen to, learn from, and commit to centering the experiences of those who have been marginalized for too long so we can move forward together.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The first panel in the Speaker Series will feature the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and the first Indigenous person in that position, Bonnie Brayton, the National Executive Director of the DisAbled Women\u2019s Network (DAWN) Canada, and Arleen Huggins, Partner at Koskie Minsky LLP. Charlene Theodore, the first black lawyer to lead the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), will moderate the event. After the first discussion in October, speaker events will be held on a monthly basis, ending in February or March 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am very proud that LEAF has been able to reflect on its past and recognize the need to look at certain legal cases differently,\u201d Gillian Hnatiw, Chair of LEAF, stated. \u201cIf we expect the law to change and evolve, then as an organization that works with the law, we must be able to do the same.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about the Speaker Series or to buy tickets please visit: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/what-makes-a-person-a-critical-look-at-the-persons-case-and-its-legacy-tickets-121554860861 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LEAF is a national, charitable, non-profit organization, founded in 1985. LEAF works to advance the substantive equality rights of women and girls in Canada through litigation, law reform and public education using the Canadian Charter of Rights and <\/em>Freedoms<\/em>.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan Cameron <\/p>\n\n\n\n

416-595-7170 Ext. 2004
m.cameron@leaf.ca  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LE LEAF\/FAEJ annonce une nouvelle s\u00e9rie de conf\u00e9rences afin d\u2019\u00e9tudier les exclus de l\u2019affaire \u00ab personne \u00bb<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Le Fonds d\u2019action et d\u2019\u00e9ducation juridiques pour les femmes (FAEJ) est heureux d\u2019annoncer une nouvelle s\u00e9rie de conf\u00e9rences en ligne, \u00e0 partir du 26 octobre, intitul\u00e9e \u00ab D\u00e9finition d\u2019une personne ? Un regard critique sur l\u2019affaire Personne et son h\u00e9ritage. \u00bb Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement remplacera le gala national comm\u00e9morant l\u2019affaire \u00ab personne \u00bb organis\u00e9 habituellement par le FAEJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019affaire \u00ab Personne \u00bb est une d\u00e9cision judiciaire de 1929, prononc\u00e9e par le Comit\u00e9 judiciaire du Conseil priv\u00e9, qui incluait les \u00ab femmes \u00bb dans la d\u00e9finition l\u00e9gale des \u00ab personnes \u00bb, donnant ainsi \u00e0 certaines femmes la possibilit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre nomm\u00e9es au S\u00e9nat du Canada. Cette d\u00e9cision accordait une meilleure reconnaissance juridique \u00e0 certaines femmes canadiennes. M\u00eame si le FAEJ a c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 l\u2019affaire \u00ab personne \u00bb ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, nous reconnaissons que cette d\u00e9cision excluait de nombreuses femmes et qu\u2019elle ne les consid\u00e9ra comme des \u00ab personnes \u00bb en vertu de la loi canadienne que des d\u00e9cennies plus tard. L\u2019identit\u00e9 individuelle de certaines est encore contest\u00e9e ou exclue aujourd\u2019hui. Cette s\u00e9rie de conf\u00e9rences nous donnera l\u2019occasion d\u2019aborder ouvertement la d\u00e9finition d\u2019une \u00ab personne \u00bb, qui n\u2019eut acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une \u00ab identit\u00e9 individuelle \u00bb que tardivement, et dont la voix doit se concentrer sur des conversations concernant l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Nous sommes \u00e0 un tournant critique \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Megan Stephens, directrice ex\u00e9cutive et avocate g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du FAEJ. \u00ab Si nous pouvons tirer une le\u00e7on des six derniers mois, c\u2019est que nous devons \u00eatre capables de nous remettre en question et d\u2019avoir une pens\u00e9e critique sur le pass\u00e9. Plus important encore, nous devons reconna\u00eetre et avouer les moments o\u00f9 nous aurions pu faire mieux en tant que soci\u00e9t\u00e9.  Nous devons \u00e9couter, apprendre et nous engager \u00e0 nous concentrer sur les exp\u00e9riences des individus marginalis\u00e9s depuis trop longtemps afin de pouvoir avancer ensemble. \u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

La premi\u00e8re table ronde de la s\u00e9rie de conf\u00e9rences vous pr\u00e9sentera l\u2019honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, CP, CQ, d\u00e9put\u00e9e, ancienne ministre de la Justice et procureure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du Canada, premi\u00e8re personne autochtone \u00e0 ce poste, Bonnie Brayton, directrice ex\u00e9cutive nationale du DAWN\/RAFH Canada, Arleen Huggins, Koskie Minsky LLP, et Charlene Theodore, premi\u00e8re avocate noire \u00e0 diriger l\u2019Association du Barreau de l\u2019Ontario (OBA), qui animera l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement. Apr\u00e8s cette premi\u00e8re discussion en octobre, d\u2019autres conf\u00e9rences auront lieu tous les mois, jusqu\u2019en f\u00e9vrier ou mars 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Je suis tr\u00e8s fi\u00e8re que le FAEJ ait pu r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 son pass\u00e9 et reconna\u00eetre la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de regarder diff\u00e9remment certaines affaires judiciaires \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Gillian Hnatiw, pr\u00e9sidente du FAEJ. \u00ab Si nous attendons que la loi change et \u00e9volue, en tant qu\u2019organisation \u0153uvrant en sa faveur, nous devons en faire de m\u00eame. \u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Pour en savoir plus sur la s\u00e9rie de conf\u00e9rences ou pour acheter vos billets, rendez-vous sur https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/what-makes-a-person-a-critical-look-at-the-persons-case-and-its-legacy-tickets-121554860861<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fonds d\u2019action et d\u2019\u00e9ducation juridiques pour les femmes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Le FAEJ est une organisation caritative nationale \u00e0 but non lucratif, fond\u00e9e en 1985. Il s\u2019emploie \u00e0 promouvoir les droits fondamentaux des femmes et des filles au Canada en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 par le biais des litiges, des r\u00e9formes de la l\u00e9gislation et de l\u2019\u00e9ducation du public, conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pour en savoir plus :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan Cameron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

416-595-7170 Ext. 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

m.cameron@leaf.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15831","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLEAF announces a new Speaker Series to examine those excluded from the Persons case - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is pleased to announce a new online Speaker Series, launching October 26, \u201cWhat Makes a Person? 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