Course Chairs
Sandra F. Guarascio — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Sandra F. Guarascio is a partner with Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver. Prior to joining the firm in 2008, she practiced with a large national firm. Sandra practices in all areas of employment and labour law, with a particular interest in human rights issues, working with public and private sector employers to provide strategic and proactive advice for unionized and non-unionized environments. Sandra is an experienced facilitator and speaker, and has conducted numerous workshops dealing with management issues, discrimination, accommodation, and workplace harassment and bullying. After clerking with the BC Supreme Court, Sandra was called to the BC bar in 2002. She has been the co-chair of CLEBC’s annual two-day Human Rights Conference since 2007.
Lindsay M. Lyster is a partner in Moore Edgar Lyster, a union-side labour firm. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a Member of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal between 2002 and 2010, and was the Policy Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association. For the seven before that, Lindsay practiced labour, employment, and public law with a major national law firm. Lindsay's practice includes acting for employees and trade unions in labour, employment, and human rights matters, as well as conducting third party investigations and mediations. She also practices administrative and constitutional law, having appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
After clerking for Madam Justice McLachlin at the Supreme Court of Canada, Lindsay was called to the BC Bar in 1993. She is the current president of the BC Civil Liberties Association, and is a frequent lecturer and author in labour, human rights, employment and administrative law.
Planning Committee
Jonathan Chapnick — Legal Counsel, Hospital Employees’ Union, Burnaby
Jessica Connell — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Devyn Cousineau — Koskie Glavin Gordon, Vancouver
Robyn Durling — Co-Director, BC Human Rights Clinic, Vancouver
Catherine A. Sullivan — BC Government & Service Employees’ Union, Burnaby
Laura Track — British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Vancouver
Featured Speaker
Scott Brent — Client Services Manager, Mental Health Claims Unit, WorkSafeBC, Richmond
About the Featured Speaker (photo to come)
Scott Brent joined the WorkSafeBC Mental Health Claims Unit as a Client Services Manager in February 2014. He began his career with WorkSafeBC in 2008 as a Review Officer intern and later transitioned into the role of Fair Practices Officer in 2010, where he managed and resolved complaints received from various stakeholder groups including injured workers, employers, service providers, and the Office of the Provincial Ombudsperson. Scott obtained his law degree at the University of British Columbia in 2009 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Victoria.
Faculty—Day 1
Devyn Cousineau — Koskie Glavin Gordon, Vancouver
Lindsay M. Lyster — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Bryant A. Mackey — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy, Victoria
Christopher M. McHardy — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Ryley M. Mennie — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Susanna Quail — Allevato Quail & Worth, Vancouver
Veronica S.C. Rossos — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver
Lobat Sadrehashemi — BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Vancouver
Gabriel M.A. Somjen — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Professor Margot Young — Faculty of Law at Allard Hall, University of BC, Vancouver
Faculty—Day 2
Dr. Gwen Brodsky — Barrister & Solicitor; Director of the Poverty and Human Rights Centre, Vancouver
Harriette Cunningham — Comox
Shelagh Day — President, Canadian Human Rights Reporter, Vancouver
Robyn Durling — Co-Director, BC Human Rights Clinic, Vancouver
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Jacqueline Gant — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Katherine A. Hardie — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Diana Juricevic — BC Human Rights Tribunal, Vancouver
Frances M. Kelly — Community Legal Assistance Society, Vancouver
Monique G. Orieux — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Elizabeth A. Reid — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver
Lindsay Waddell — Moore Edgar Lyster, Vancouver
Michael A. Wagner — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver