What's happening in October?
AI, Cyber Awareness Month, World Investor Week, Access to Justice Week, and everything in between. Here's your monthly round-up of mostly complimentary events happening this month.
Rethinking the organization of work in the age of artificial intelligence (French)
October 7, 2024 | Complimentary | BLG | 12:00 PM ET|
BLG is kicking off fall events with this 60-minute webinar that aims to demystify AI and identify the levers to create a harmonious synergy between internal teams and AI. This webinar will also address the legal issues in integrating AI and its impact on the way we work.
CPD-Eligible: QC - lawyers may determine the eligibility of this training activity and to declare the hours in their “Dossier de formation en ligne”
Details and Registration: BLG
Gowling WLG FSxT Connect Regulatory Pulse
October 7, 2024 | Complimentary | Gowling| 8:30 AM ET|
FSxT Connect: Regulatory Pulse is a unique event that will explore the interplay between financial services and technology from a Canadian regulatory perspective.
Featuring influential voices including from the Bank of Canada, Payments Canada and the Ontario Securities Commission, this event promises to spark new ideas, ignite discussion and offer actionable insights to help you prepare for what’s next.
CPD-Eligible: 1.5 Hours
Details and Registration: Gowling
CPD Series: Pathological Arbitration Clauses & Application of Provincial Laws to Developments on First Nations Lands
October 8, 2024 | Complimentary | BLG | 09:00 AM PT|
This session will feature two distinct presentations – one on Arbitration clauses and the second with an update on the application of provincial laws to developments on First Nation lands. Speakers will review the most common issues caused by poorly drafted arbitration clauses and provide sample clauses for helping the parties get past the dispute and back to work. A second presentation will focus on the application of provincial laws to developments on First Nation lands, providing an overview of key issues relating to financing, taxation, environmental, and infrastructure aspects of major on-reserve developments.
CPD-Eligible: BC - This course has been accredited for 1.5 hours | Course name: CPD Series: Pathological Arbitration Clauses & Application of Provincial Laws to Developments on First Nations Lands Course number: V10082024.
Details and Registration: BLG
AI for Business Leaders: Hiring and performance evaluation
October 8, 2024 | Complimentary | Torys | 12:00 PM ET|
Join Lawyers from Torys as they examine AI’s role in finding, hiring and assessing candidates, and its use in the context of employee performance evaluation. Speakers will discuss the privacy and discrimination risks AI poses and review the disclosure and compliance guidelines offered to employers.
CPD-Eligible: Not specified
Details and Registration: Torys
Pathways to Capital Raising (In-person)
October 9, 2024 | Complimentary | Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | 8:00 AM ET|
In partnership with Blakes and the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization, the Ontario Securities Commission is hosting a free information session on the Ontario capital markets and recent regulatory changes that support early-stage capital raising for Ontario businesses.
CPD-Eligible: Not specified
Details and Registration: Eventbrite
Nuts and Bolts: AI in Education
October 16, 2024 | Complimentary | Dentons | 12:00 PM ET|
AI is being adopted everywhere, even in schools. In this session, artificial intelligence author and certified AI governance professional Simon Du Perron and BLG lawyers will discuss the key issues – including Gen AI risks, the emerging expectations, and practical approaches to moving forward while staying safe.
CPD-Eligible: Unspecified
Details and Registration: BLG
Employment and labour matters for mining leaders
October 17, 2024 | Complimentary | Dentons | 12:00 PM ET|
If you’re a legal advisor in the mining sector and if you would like to stay informed and compliant with the latest employment and labour law developments, then this session is for you. Join Dentons lawyers as they provide practical insights and strategies to help navigate complex challenges effectively.
Topics to be covered:
Employment contracts: key elements of drafting and negotiating contracts in the mining sector, including best practices for termination provisions.
Unionization: understanding how unions identify and leverage employee concerns and strategies to address and mitigate these concerns proactively.
Alcohol and drug testing, including privacy rights and other legal considerations.
CPD-Eligible: LSBC: 60 Substantive minutes | LSO: 60 Substantive minutes | Barreau du Québec: This session could meet the CLE requirements of the Barreau du Québec.
Details and Registration: Dentons
Save the Date: The ITL Conference ‘25
CPD Series: Increased Powers, Increased Risks: the expanding powers of the Canada Revenue Agency & Practical Drafting Tips
October 17, 2024 | Complimentary | Dentons | 09:00 AM PT|
Join BLG Vancouver for a presentation on Increased Powers, Increased Risks: the expanding powers of the Canada Revenue Agency, which will discuss the implications of expanding the CRA’s audit powers under the 2024 Canadian budget, concerns about potential abuse and reduced taxpayer rights. This presentation will consider how new penalties and forced testimony under oath make legal counsel essential for protection, while a second presentation will delve into practical drafting, explaining the importance of including the capital dome.
CPD-Eligible: BC | This course has been accredited for 1.5 hours. Course name: CPD Series: Increased Powers, Increased Risks: the expanding powers of the Canada Revenue Agency & Practical Drafting Tips Course number: V10172024.
Details and Registration: BLG
Dentons HR afternoon 2024: Half-day of training presented by the Montréal Employment and Labour group
October 23, 2024 | Complimentary | Torys | 1:15 PM ET| In-Person
Dentons Montreal is hosting an afternoon of comprehensive training where speakers will cover a range of topics designed to help navigate complex workplace situations effectively. Topics will include anatomy of the employment contract, the public policy nature of labour standards; Employers' obligations to protect workers against domestic, family or sexual violence.
*All presentations will be given in French.
CPD-Eligible: The eligibility of this learning activity has been acknowledged by Barreau du Quebec for 3 CLE hours.
Details and Registration: Dentons
Career Conversations Book Club: Book of the Month
The Book Club conversation with Gary Miles, “Breaking Free: A Guide to Achieving Personal and Professional Freedom as a Lawyer” will hold on October 22, 2024 and contains 1 hour and 30 minutes of accredited Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario. Register here to join the conversation or watch on demand on YouTube.
International developments in the fintech space: learnings for Canada
October 30, 2024 | Complimentary | Torys | 12:00 PM ET|
This session will discuss international regulatory developments impacting the fintech sector, the successes and challenges they have experienced and the implications, and lessons learned, for Canada’s fintechs. Speakers will also examine innovative product offerings outside Canada and discuss the opportunities and challenges the Canadian regulatory landscape provides to fintechs wishing to follow in the footsteps of their international counterparts.
CPD-Eligible: Not specified
Details and Registration: Torys
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