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Abuse and the Law in Alberta

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Domestic Violence: It's Your Business! Workshop Announcement

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Domestic Violence Toolkit for Landlords

Alberta Residential Landlord Association

October Educational Seminar & General Meeting Luncheon

Thursday, October 18, 2018
Chateau Louis Conference Centre
11727 Kingsway Avenue NW, Edmonton     St. Michael Room

Domestic Violence: It’s your business!

Every year there are over 10,000 incidents of domestic violence in Alberta that are serious enough that police get involved. Landlords, property managers, and other on-site staff are often the first to be aware that violence may be occurring in a family. But many people are uncomfortable dealing with that knowledge. Whose business is it anyway?

Workshop Facilitators:

  • Professor Lois Gander, Q.C. Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta
  • Cortney Lohnes, Education Coordinator, Stop Abuse in Families
  • Judy Feng, Lawyer, Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta
  • Edmonton Police Service and its Victims Services Unit

This Seminar will provide practical information that will help landlords, property managers, and on-site workers reduce the incidence and severity of domestic violence on their premises. Resource people will address: 

  • ways of reducing domestic violence on your property
  • how to spot early signs of domestic violence
  • what you can do when it does occur
  • what happens when the police are called
  • what resources and services are available to help


Participants will each get a copy of a new resource, Domestic Violence Toolkit for Landlords developed by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta. The Toolkit is also available at https://ww.cplea.ca/publications/family-law/#domestic-violence-toolkit-for-landlords/

This event will be of interest to anyone who deals with tenants of residential rental property who wants to prevent domestic violence if they can and address it effectively if it does happen.

Please be advised Axel Tardieu, Video Journalist for CBC Radio Canada, will be on hand to video the presentation.


For more information or to register

Contact Brittany Dorado at executive@albertalandlord.org

LawNow 43-1 September/October 2018

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Volume 43-1  Sept/Oct  2018

 
 
Perspectives on the intersection of  law and the #MeToo Movement.

Featured Articles: #MeToo Movement

It’s a Movement, Not a Moment
Flora Vineberg
The #MeToo Movement: Where It Came From and Where It’s Going
Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession by Elaine Craig – Book Review
Megan Siu
Craig unapologetically puts the legal profession on trial using uncensored court transcripts.
The Morality of #MeToo
Alice Woolley
We owe duties to each other that go beyond the law.
The #MeToo Movement Hasn’t Led to a Better Understanding of Consent
Paulette Senior
Although the terms verbal, behavioural and ongoing are in line with Canada’s legal definition of consent, myths and confusion endure.
The Barbra Schlifer Legal Clinic and Ontario’s Independent Legal Advice Project
Deepa Mattoo
Legal advice must go hand-in-hand with accessible counselling and social services for survivors.
 

Special Report: Colours of the Law

Colours and Trade-Marks
Francisco Marquez-Stricker
Canadian trade-mark law has begun to afford protection to more obscure forms of marks, including colours, scents and sounds.
Black-Letter Law
Leela Wright
A black-letter approach to law restricts an otherwise infinite number of outcomes and possibilities.
The Colour of the Law
Peter Bowal and Devon Slavin
Describing legal concepts of colour and colourability, blackmail, legal blacklining, blue-pencil severance and red circling.
 

Departments

BenchPress
Aaida Peerani

New Resources at CPLEA
Lesley Conley

Columns

Criminal Law
Melody Izadi
Enemy of the State? Why You Should Treat the Defence and Crown as Equals
Employment Law
Peter Bowal and John Jamieson
Too Over-Qualified for the Job?
Family Law
John-Paul Boyd
Domestic Violence and Family Law Disputes
Famous Cases
Peter Bowal and Brent Rein
The Law of Safe Injection Drug Sites
Human Rights Law
Linda McKay-Panos
Over-representation of Indigenous (and Other Racialized) Children in the Child Welfare System: Human Rights Aspects
Law and Literature
Rob Normey
Lawyers in Revolutionary Times: Doctor Zhivago

Not-for-Profit 
Peter Broder
Registered Charities and the Charter
Cover photo by Olivier Fahrni on Unsplash

LawNow Vol. 42-6 July/August 2018

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Volume 42-6 July/Aug 2018

 
 
Canadian laws that impact your travel and transport.

Featured Articles: Ticket to Ride

Bicycle Law in Alberta
Jeff Surtees and Dave Pettitt
Cyclists should assume that almost everything that applies to drivers of cars applies to them.
Travel and Taxation
Hugh Neilson
Looking at taxes for fuel, license and registration, air travel, Uber and business travel.
Impaired Boating is Just Like Impaired Driving
Cheryl Gallagher
There is no difference between drunk driving and drunk boating under Canada’sCriminal Code.

Bringing Clarity to Passenger Compensation Rules
Ian Black
New federal airline laws will cover bumping, lengthy tarmac waits, flight delays and cancellations.
How Car Term Loans are Causing Bankruptcy
Doug Hoyes
Provincial laws may provide bankruptcy exemption limits for certain vehicles.

Special Report: Diversity in the Law and the Legal Profession

Law Society of Ontario Targets Systemic Racism in the Legal Profession
John Cooper
Four years’ research found that racialized lawyers face a variety of professional barriers to growth.
Accommodating Syrian Refugees’ Legal and Other Needs
Hasna Shireen
Syrian refugees in Alberta are protected from discrimination as are all Albertans.
Indigenous Public Legal Education – PLE from an interconnected world view
Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Alexandra Choby
The work of BearPaw Legal Education is grounded in building individual and family resilience.
Understanding Diversity in the Current Context of the Law and Legal Profession
Charles Davison
Looking at the deeper, more meaningful value of diversity in the law.
 

Domestic Violence Toolkit for Landlords – Project Update

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May 11, 2018
Response to Domestic Violence Toolkit for Landlords

The response to the Domestic Violence Toolkit for Landlords has been terrific! Already over 500 kits or portions of kits have been downloaded from CPLEA’s web sites. If you haven’t got yours yet, go to https://www.cplea.ca/publications-and-resources/.

Grande Prairie Toolkit Workshop May 22, 2018
We’re also excited to report that we have been getting requests to do workshops on the kit in various centres across the province. The first one will be held in Grande Prairie on May 22, 2018. I’m attaching the poster advertising the event. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested.
We’ll keep you posted on future workshops and other developments.

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