Are you a lawyer who wants to use your expertise to help advance gender equality? Join us for an online panel discussion to learn about intervening in court cases with gender equality organizations! We will be spotlighting the Canadian Council of Muslim Women’s intervention in EMSB v. Quebec as an example to showcase how lawyers and organizations can collaborate on this important systems-change strategy.
- Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2026
- Time: 12 PM – 1 PM ET
- Location: Online via Zoom
- Cost: Free
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You’ll hear from:
- Nuzhat Jafri, Executive Director at the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
- Sahar Talebi, associate at Lenczner Slaght and co-counsel for CCMW’s intervention in EMSB v. Quebec
- Moderated by Molly Krishtalka, LEAF Board member and principal lawyer at Krishtalka Litigation
For legal professionals in Ontario: This webinar has been accredited for 1 hour of EDI Professionalism content.
Register now to reserve your spot.
Please note that the webinar will be in English with live captioning and simultaneous interpretation in French. If you have any questions or accessibility requests, please email Celia Zhang at [email protected].
Meet our panelists
Nuzhat Jafri is the Executive Director (ED) of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) and has served as President and long-time national board member and volunteer with the Council. She has also served as chair and member of several other non-profit boards. Nuzhat has wide-ranging leadership experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to her current role, she served as the Executive Director of the Office of the Fairness Commissioner from 2007 to 2017. Her experience spans leadership roles in legislative and policy development and compliance, communications, and human resources. Nuzhat is an untiring advocate for human rights, equity, inclusion and accessibility and grounds her work in intersectional anti-oppression/anti-racism frameworks. She has a B.A. in French language and literature from the University of Toronto and a Master’s from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. She lives in Toronto and enjoys being a grandmother among many of her occupations.
Sahar Talebi (she/her) is an associate at Lenczner Slaght with a broad litigation practice focused on injunctions, civil fraud and complex commercial and shareholder disputes. She has significant experience obtaining and resisting urgent injunctive relief, including Mareva, Anton Piller and Norwich orders. She has also acted on judicial inquiries and regulatory investigations. A distinguished graduate of Windsor Law’s Dual JD program, she was the recipient of Windsor Law’s 2025 Transnational Leader Award for her professional leadership, service, and legal achievements. She has received national attention for her work, representing the Canadian Council of Muslim Women in the constitutional challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21 before the Supreme Court of Canada. Her commitment to access to justice started in law school, where she volunteered with the Windsor Refugee Sponsorship Support Program and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Legal Clinic. Today she serves on the executive committees and boards of several legal organizations, and leads initiatives across the legal community to support the advancement of equity seeking groups in the profession.
Molly Krishtalka is the principal lawyer at Krishtalka Litigation, based in Montréal, Québec. She practices civil and commercial litigation, public and constitutional law, and defamation and media law. In this regard, Molly has represented clients before all levels of court in Quebec, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Courts, and various administrative tribunals. She has notably acted in litigation matters involving gender equality and other Charter rights. Molly has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada – Ones to Watch since 2023. She received a B.A. (First Class Honors with Distinction) from McGill University in 2010 and a B.C.L./LL.B. (Dean’s Honour List) from McGill University in 2014. She was called to the bar in 2015 after clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada.