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“ The programs and
organization are always
high quality and provide
valuable and practical
insights that assist in my
work as an adjudicator and
tribunal administrator.”
― David A. Wright
Chair, Law Society Tribunal
LSUC (Toronto)
About the Seminar
This seminar on decision writing offered by the Canadian Institute
for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) is a tailor-made training
program designed for the members of the Social Security Tribunal
of Canada. The sessions provide essential tools for decision
writers, new or experienced, to improve their decision writing skills.
It includes lectures, discussions, and workshops that stress the
nature of good prose and the special requirements and challenges
of decision writing. Since the art of writing is a skill that can be
improved through practice, much of the instruction will center on
practical written exercises. Each attendee will be assigned an
instructor who will read a sample of the attendee’s writing prior to
the seminar and coach the attendees during the seminar
workshops.
Instructors for the Workshops
Prof. Shelley Appleby-Ostroff (Ottawa) • Prof. Cheryl Suzack (Toronto)
Prof. Virginia McRae (Ottawa) • Mr. Michaël Poutré (Éducaloi)
Mr. Guillaume Rondeau (Éducaloi) • Ms. Stéphanie Roy (En Clair)
THE DECISION WRITING PROCESS
CUSTOM
TRAINING
April 24-25 • 27-28 & May 15-16 • 18-19, 2017 ALT Hotel Ottawa
Keynote Speakers
The Honourable David R. Collier, Superior Court of Québec
The Honourable Mary J. Gleason, Federal Court of Appeal
The Honourable Patrick Healy, Court of Appeal of Québec
The Honourable Catherine M. Kane, Federal Court
The Honourable Richard Mosley, Federal Court
The Honourable James O’Reilly, Federal Court
Social Security Tribunal of Canada
This program contains
6 Substantive Hours and
is eligible for up to 8.25
Professionalism Hours
(LSUC)
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MESSAGE FROM CIAJ’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Me Christine O’Doherty
Welcome to this training program, carefully designed for you by our team.
I am confident that it will help you take a fresh look at your decision writing.
Structured according to the latest developments in decision writing, the
program focusses on active participation with practical written exercises.
You will be asked to review your writing methods, and I am certain that you
will see the results of the program in your future decision writing.
Enjoy the program!
© Paul Ducharme
MESSAGE FROM CIAJ’S PRESIDENT The Honourable Georgina Jackson Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
Dear Social Security Tribunal of Canada Members:
Thank you for attending this program. CIAJ was founded in 1974 with the
mission to promote excellence and leadership in the administration of
justice through knowledge, learning and the exchange of ideas. In 2016
alone, we conducted 19 accredited training programs (totaling 64 days of
instruction in 7 cities across Canada) and mobilized 363 speakers, leaders
in their professions. Thanks to our broad network of experts, including
1,200 active members across Canada, we are proud to offer such relevant
and quality programs to decision writers.
I invite you to discover more of our programs designed for administrative
tribunal members, such as the National Roundtable on Administrative Law or
the Decision Writing Seminar, and to join us for our 42nd Annual Conference
on cultural and religious diversity in the administration of justice, which will
take place in Montreal from October 2-4, 2017.
BECOME A MEMBER!
It is through the participation of its members that CIAJ is able to foster excellence and leadership in the
administration of justice and help preserve a strong and independent judiciary. Ultimately, it is the
Canadian society which benefits from it. In addition, the membership fee of $150 allows you to get a
$100 discount on every training program offered by CIAJ, among other benefits.
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APRIL 24
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Virginia McRae • Cheryl Suzack
8:15–8:45 am Registration
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
• Valerie Hazlett Parker, Acting Vice-Chair,
Income Security
9:00–10:00 am
Good Reasons
• Justice James O’Reilly, Federal Court
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
The Decision Writing Process
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Integrating the Facts and Evidence
• Virginia McRae
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)Workshops Work based on samples submitted
APRIL 25
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Virginia McRae • Cheryl Suzack
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
• Valerie Hazlett Parker, Acting Vice-Chair,
Income Security
9:00–10:00 am
The Judicial Review
• Justice Richard Mosley, Federal Court
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
Effective Organization and Analysis
• Virginia McRae
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Reader-Based Prose, Building
Strong Sentences and Organizing Legislation
• Cheryl Suzack
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Individual meetings of 20 minutes
AGENDA
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APRIL 27
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Stéphanie Roy • Cheryl Suzack
8:15–8:45 am
Registration
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
• Valerie Hazlett Parker, Acting Vice-Chair,
Income Security
9:00–10:00 am
Good Reasons
• Justice James O’Reilly, Federal Court
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
The Decision Writing Process
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Integrating Facts and Evidence
• Stéphanie Roy
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Work based on samples submitted
APRIL 28
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Stéphanie Roy • Cheryl Suzack
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
• Valerie Hazlett Parker, Acting Vice-Chair,
Income Security
9:00–10:00 am
Presentation of Justice Patrick Healy, Court of
Appeal of Quebec
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
Effective Organization and Analysis
• Stéphanie Roy
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Reader-Based Prose, Building
Strong Sentences and Organizing Legislation
• Cheryl Suzack
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Individual meetings of 20 minutes
AGENDA
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MAY 15
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Virginia McRae • Stéphanie Roy • Cheryl Suzack
8:15–8:45 am
Registration
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
9:00–10:00 am
Presentation of Justice Mary J. Gleason, Federal
Court of Appeal
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
The Decision Writing Process
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Integrating the Facts and Evidence
• Virginia McRae
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Work based on samples submitted
MAY 16
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Virginia McRae • Stéphanie Roy • Cheryl Suzack
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
9:00–10:00 am
Judicial Review − What the Court Considers
when Reviewing a Decision of the SSAT • Justice Catherine M. Kane, Federal Court
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
Effective Organization and Analysis
• Stéphanie Roy
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Reader-Based Prose, Building
Strong Sentences and Organizing Legislation
• Cheryl Suzack
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Individual meetings of 20 minutes
AGENDA
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MAY 18
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Michaël Poutré • Guillaume Rondeau
8:15–8:45 am
Registration
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
9:00–10:00 am
Presentation of Justice David R. Collier,
Superior Court of Québec
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
The Decision Writing Process
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
• Michaël Poutré
• Guillaume Rondeau
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Integrating the Facts and Evidence
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
• Michaël Poutré
• Guillaume Rondeau
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Work based on samples submitted
MAY 19
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WORKSHOPS
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff • Michaël Poutré • Guillaume Rondeau
8:45–9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
9:00–10:00 am
Presentation of Justice Mary J. Gleason,
Federal Court of Appeal
10:00–10:15 am ― Break ―
10:15–11:00 am
Effective Organization and Analysis
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
• Michaël Poutré
• Guillaume Rondeau
11:00 am–Noon
Workshops
Noon–1:00 pm ― Lunch ―
1:00–1:45 pm
Reader-Based Prose, Building
Strong Sentences and Organizing Legislation
• Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
• Michaël Poutré
• Guillaume Rondeau
1:45–4:30 pm (break during the session)
Workshops
Individual meetings of 20 minutes
AGENDA
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Prof. Shelley Appleby-Ostroff is a legal writing specialist and founder of SAO Legal Writing, which specializes in reader-driven professional writing development for lawyers. She teaches legal writing at the University of Ottawa's law school, where she is one of the Legal Writing Academy's program co-directors. In addition to practicing law, she worked as a senior government executive, mediator, and executive coach. She received her law degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1986, her B.A. (Philosophy) from the University of Toronto in 1982, and her M.A. (Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies) from Carleton University in 2016.
The Honourable David R. Collier has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University (Sociology), and a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a Diploma in Public Law (D.S.U.) from the University of Paris II (Panthéon). He practised with the firm of Ogilvy, Renault, now Norton Rose Fulbright, for 27 years until his appointment to the Superior Court of Québec in October 2011. He was appointed President of the Bar of Montreal in 2005-2006 and was awarded the Merit of the Bar of Montreal in 2005.
The Honourable Mary J. Gleason has a B.A. (Honours) in History (summa cum laude) from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Dalhousie University. She was a senior partner with Norton Rose Fulbright (formerly Ogilvy Renault) in Ottawa for nearly 26 years. She frequently guest lectured at the University of Ottawa and has written numerous articles. Appointed a judge of the Federal Court and an ex-officio member of the Federal Court of Appeal in 2011, she was appointed a judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court in 2013 and a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal in 2015.
The Honourable Patrick Healy was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal in 2016, after nine years as a judge of the Criminal and Penal Division of the Cour du Québec in Montréal. Before his appointment to that court in 2007, he was a professor of law for almost twenty years at McGill University. He has lectured widely in Canada and abroad and was involved in issues of law reform for many years. He advised governments and various non-governmental organisations and testified on several occasions before Parliament on issues concerning pending legislation. He was President of CIAJ from 2013-15 and is a director of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law.
The Honourable Catherine M. Kane has been a counsel with the Department of Justice since 1982. She was counsel with the Policy Programs and Research Branch and Legal Advisor in the Policy Secretariat of the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada (1984-85); and has been counsel, general counsel, and senior general counsel in the Criminal Law Policy Section since 1985. She was responsible for the development of a wide range of criminal law reforms and was involved with the Uniform Law Conference. In 2011, she received the John Tait Award for exemplary public service from the Department of Justice. Since 2012, she serves as a judge of the Federal Court and ex officio member of the Federal Court of Appeal.
Prof. Virginia McRae has been teaching legal writing since 1979. She was in private practice in Ottawa before joining the Department of Justice, where she practiced administrative law, human rights law and the Charter, family law and policy before becoming Assistant Deputy Minister. She was on faculty in the Bar Admission Course for 11 years and is now Co-Director of programs for the Legal Writing Academy at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law where she teaches senior level legal writing, Legal Writing and Social Justice, and the Writing Leadership course. She consults with law firms, government departments, and tribunals on writing.
The Honourable Richard Mosley was appointed Assistant Crown Attorney in1976, and General Counsel, Policy Planning and Criminal Law Amendments, Department of Justice, in 1984. Named Queen's Counsel in 1989, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Criminal Law and Social Policy, Department of Justice, in 1992. He was appointed Justice of the Federal Court and ex officio, member of the Federal Court of Appeal, in 2003 and Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada in 2004. He is Past President of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada and long term Chair of the Coordinating Committee of Senior Federal, Provincial and Territorial Officials responsible for Criminal Justice.
BIOGRAPHIES
The Honourable James O’Reilly was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1985. He was Consultant to Law Reform Commission of Canada (1984-88); Counsel, Department of Justice Canada (1988-89); Sole practitioner (1989-97); Executive Legal Officer of the Supreme Court of Canada (1997-2002); and Associate Executive Director and National Judicial Institute (2002). He was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division and ex officio member of the Court of Appeal in 2002. Since 2003, the date of the coming into force of the Courts Administration Service Act, he is now a Judge of the Federal Court.
Prof. Cheryl Suzack is an associate professor, cross-appointed to the Departments of English and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching focus on Indigenous literatures, Indigenous feminism, and Indigenous decolonization. She has been a writing instructor with the Osgoode Written Advocacy Program since 2009, and with CIAJ’s Judgment Writing Seminar since 2007. Mr. Michaël Poutré is Head, Legal Content Updating and Development at Éducaloi. As such, he closely monitors new developments in Quebec law and ensures that the legal information Éducaloi provides is always up to date. He also regularly participates in the creation of legal information content. Michaël holds degrees in law and multimedia. After being admitted to the Quebec Bar in 2012, he completed a three-year clerkship with the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Mr. Guillaume Rondeau earned his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Law at the Université de Sherbrooke and completed his Bar internship in labour law with the Quebec Civil Service. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 2010 and later joined Éducaloi as a plain language specialist. He creates legal information resources for the general public, acts as a consultant and provides specialized training on various legal topics. As Chief Plain Language Specialist, he advises his colleagues and ensures their continuous development.
Ms. Stéphanie Roy has been a lawyer since 2007 and is the co -founder of En Clair Service-Conseil. After an early career in corporate financing in one of Montreal’s top law firms (now Dentons), she went on to join Éducaloi as a plain legal language specialist. She has applied her talent to a wide range of documents such as contracts, websites, forms, notice letters, and judgments. She has coached judges and decision-makers since 2015 during CIAJ’s clear judgment-writing seminars. In 2013, she was named Lawyer of the Year by the Young Bar Association of Montreal.
BIOGRAPHIES
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