Peter A Allard School of Law

Fraser v Canada (2020 SCC): 20/20 Vision on Equality?

The Centre for Feminist Legal Studies invites you to an exciting panel on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision, Fraser v Canada, on Friday, October 30th at 12:30-2:00pm Pacific Time.

On October 16, 2020 the SCC released its decision in Fraser v Canada, holding that the pension regime for RCMP members discriminated on the basis of sex in the way it disadvantaged workers (disproportionately women) who job-shared due to childcare responsibilities. Fraser is a rare victory for women under s. 15 of the Charter and a strong endorsement of substantive equality principles and the availability of s. 15 to address discrimination by adverse effects. 

Does Fraser signal a new vision of equality and new pathways to address systemic discrimination through s. 15 of the Charter? What are the possibilities and limitations of this decision?


Speakers

CFLS_Danielle Bisnar

Danielle Bisnar, Partner, Cavalluzzo LLP 

 

CFLS_Fay Faraday

Fay Faraday, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School & founder of Faraday Law

 

CFLS_Jennifer Koshan

Jennifer Koshan, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

CFLS_Jonnette Watson Hamilton

Jonnette Watson Hamilton, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

CFLS_Joshua Sealy-Harrington

Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Lawyer at Power Law, J.S.D. Candidate at Columbia Law School

CFLS_Margot Young

Margot Young, Professor, Allard Law, UBC

CFLS_Sonia Lawrence

Sonia Lawrence, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School

 

Moderated by Debra Parkes (Peter A. Allard School of Law)


Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/968792980281589


To RSVP: email cfls@allard.ubc.ca


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