Speakers
Programmed at B.C., in alphabetical order.Agenda
Selected from 9 sessions on the bill.- Thursday, April 16, 2026, 10:40 – 11:40 am
Panel 5 - Complex Accommodations: Neurodiversity, substance use, chronic absenteeism, and more
Explores how employers can identify and respond to accommodation needs in complex situations: neurodivergence, mental health, substance use, absenteeism, medical information requir…
- Thursday, April 16, 2026, 12:40 – 1:55 pm
Panel 6 - Shining a Light on Investigations: Expert guidance, best practices, recent caselaw
Experts discuss best practices for investigating human rights violations in the workplace, including trauma-informed approaches, supports for well-being, accessibility and accommod…
- Thursday, April 16, 2026, 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Panel 7 - Uses and Abuses of Modern Technology: A scenario-based session on social media, employee monitoring, and AI
The session covers the role of AI in management, dismissals for social media conduct, algorithmic management, disclosure of AI use by employees, arbitration perspectives, employee …
- Thursday, April 16, 2026, 9:05 – 10:20 am
Panel 4 - Respecting Rights, Achieving Closure: Strategies for successful mediation of human rights disputes
Mediation is a vital tool for resolving human rights disputes. This session covers advantages/disadvantages, mediation-adjudication and mediation-arbitration, case assessment, addr…
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 1:00 – 1:45 pm
Fireside Chat - Navigating resistance to EDI initiatives
A candid conversation about the shifting landscape of EDI initiatives in Canada. The session examines evolving pushback, implications for equity-deserving individuals, and strategi…
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 11:05 – 12:15 pm
Panel 2 - Human Rights in the Hybrid Workplace: Giving effect to employee accommodations in the context of a return-to-office mandate
In this session, panelists will examine return-to-office mandates through a human rights lens, covering features of mandates that may violate rights, impacts on mental health, circ…
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 2:05 – 3:35 pm
Panel 3 - Repairing Harm: Exploring restorative solutions following human rights transgressions
When human rights violations occur in the workplace, traditional labour relations tools alone may fall short. This panel explores restorative approaches, ADR options, addressing ba…
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:05 – 9:35 am
Keynote - Indigenizing/Decolonizing the Workplace
Whether Gramsci did actually utter the exact words of the currently oft-quoted phrase, “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”…
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:35 – 10:50 am
Panel 1 - New and Noteworthy: Major recent caselaw, legislation, and policy developments
This session provides a focused review of significant developments in British Columbia labour, employment, and human rights law. Specifically, panelists will address: When does ‘un…
An audience of 21 companies, parsed from the program.
21 companies in attendance.
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12% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.
- Founder / Owner14%
- Director / Head of28%
- Manager / Lead14%
- Other roles2083%
Of 24 on the bill · classified by free-text title
- 01Hamilton Howell Bain & Gould2V
- 02Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia1V
- 03Allevato Quail & Associates1V
- 04B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU)1V
- 05BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner1V
- 06Black Burke Mayor1V
- 07British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF)1V
- 08Cooperwilliams Truman & Ito LLP1V
- 09Goldvine Dispute Resolution Services / BC Human Rights Tribunal1V
- 10Harris & Co.1V
- 11Hospital Employees Union1V
- 12Kandola Arbitration Services Ltd.1V
- 13McCarthy Tetrault1V
- 14Overholt Law LLP1V
Tiers were not disclosed for this event.