Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Black General Counsel Perspective on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Canada

As part of our efforts to honour Black History Month, we invite you to join us for a Black General Counsel panel discussion on Wednesday, February 16th from 4:00 – 5:00 pm followed by a 15 minute Q&A.

The panel will feature:

• Terrie-Lynne Devonish, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Altus Group
• Sue-Lynn Noel, Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Purolator Inc.
• Patrice Rouse, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Farm Mutual Re

The discussion will include:

• Current landscape of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and progress made (or lack thereof)
• The challenges and barriers faced by Black lawyers
• The role of legal departments and law firms in advancing EDI in the legal industry
• In-house counsel’s EDI expectations of outside counsel

Please note that this webinar will be held in English with a live French translation audio option.

Agenda

• 3:50 pm ET / 12:50 pm PT   Registration opens
• 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm ET / 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm PT    Panel discussion and Q&A

Cost

This webinar is complimentary

Type

This event is only available via webinar

This program contains 1 hour and 15 minutes of EDI Professionalism content.