A Virtual Celebration of the 2022 Recipient of CIRA’s Canadian Freedom of Association Award
Date and Time : Wednesday 10th May 2023 16:00-17:30
Follow this Zoom Link to participate: https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/83932716180?pwd=MDJ4WDhaSXRNSVNMRGlTVE1rQy9xZz09
All are welcome in this celebration of the 2022 Canadian Freedom of Association Award. The program for this award celebration will last approximately 90 minutes and provide insights into the legacy of Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella on the freedom of association in Canada. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Each year, the Canadian Freedom of Association Award recognizes an outstanding contribution to the understanding of, and respect for, international standards on the right to organize and bargain collectively to which Canada is bound. The 2022 recipient, Honourable Rosalie Abella, now a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, is most deserving of this honour. Justice Abella has devoted her entire career to the recognition, promotion and respect of fundamental human rights and freedoms, including the freedom of association, the right to unionize, and the right to collective bargaining.
Organization of the Ceremony on Wednesday May 10th 2023 @ 16:00 (EST)
1. The Canadian Freedom of Association Award: What is CIRA and the Canadian Freedom of Association Award?
- Dionne Pohler (U. Sask and CFoA Award CIRA Nominations Committee)
2. Why this recipient?
- Gilles Trudeau (CRIMT, Université de Montréal and CFoA Award CIRA Nominations Committee)
3. Interview with the 2022 Recipient of the Canadian Freedom of Association Award
- Justice Rosalie Abella and/et Dionne Pohler
4. Assessing Justice Abella’s Legacy:
- Interactive panel with key experts on Justice Abella’s legacy and the challenges for advancing freedom of association in Canada and beyond
- Adelle Blackett (Faculty of Law, McGill University)
- Steven Barrett (Partner, Goldblatt Partners)
- Louis Lebel (former Justice, Supreme Court of Canada / ancien juge de la Cour suprême du Canada)
- Kerry Rittich (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)
- Panel moderated by Gregor Murray (CFoA Award CIRA Nominations Committee, CRIMT Director and Professor, École de relations industrielles, Université de Montréal)
5. Closing Remarks
- Rosalie Abella
- Gregor Murray
Acknowledgement of support for this activity: Roy J. Adams, the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT)
CIRA is a bilingual association, also known as Association canadienne des relations industrielles (ACRI), which comprises a diverse network of people from across Canada and around the world interested in promoting research, discussion and education in the field of work, labour, employment and industrial relations. CIRA sponsors conferences, encourages high quality research and practice, and fosters the building of relationships between members. CIRA is open to any individual interested in industrial relations, work, labour and employment, including unionization, union-management relations, labour and employment law, and human resources management. Our association brings together specialists from labour, management, government and universities. The Canadian Industrial Relations Association is a great venue to learn more about the field of study and meet leading scholars and practitioners shaping the world of work.
The Canadian Freedom of Association Award Mandate
The Canadian Industrial Relations Association is the result of a generous donation by Roy J. Adams to the Canadian Industrial Relations Association to support an annual award to a person or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to promoting understanding of and compliance with international standards regarding the right to organize and bargain collectively as those standards apply to Canada. See: https://www.cira-acri.ca/en-awards#foaaward
Previous award winners include:
2019 Pierre Verge (accepted posthumously by his son Louis Verge)
2018, the Honourable Justices Beverley McLachlin and Louis LeBel; and
2017, Craig Bavis and Larry Kowalchuk.