Déjeuner Lionel McGowan 1:00pm - 1:15pm
Presentation of the Regional and National McGowan Awards of Excellence 1:20pm - 2:00pm
A Fireside Chat on Access to Justice with Justice Thomas Cromwell, Chair, National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters; and William G. Horton, C.Arb, FCIArb, William G. Horton Commercial Arbitration. The “Fireside Chat on Access to Justice” will be conducted as a conversation on the state of access to justice, the causes of inadequate access to justice and the responsibility that various participants in the justice system have to rectify the problem. During his academic and judicial careers and since his retirement from the Supreme Court of Canada, Hon. Thomas Cromwell has played a leading role in examining and recommending solutions to the access to justice challenge. He will be interviewed by William G. Horton, editor of the Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal published by ADRIC.
13h00 - 13h15 Remise des Prix d'excellence McGowan régionaux et nationaux
13h20 - 14h00 Discussion au coin du feu avec le Juge Thomas Cromwell, président, Comité d’action national sur l’accès à la justice en matière civile et familiale ; et William G. Horton, Arb.A, FCIArb, William G. Horton Commercial Arbitration