PROGRAM 1:
THURSDAY,MARCH 3, 2022
7:00 - 8:00 PM (EST)
Virtual Program
Our expert panel will examine how educators are responding to the urgent need to counter racism as they discuss whether current theories in place such as Critical Race Theory are the solution or the curse.
Barbara Kay studied English Literature – undergrad at U of Toronto and graduate studies at McGill. For many years she taught literature and composition part time at various Quebec cegeps.
Since 2003, Barbara has been a weekly columnist for the National Post. and since Sept 2019, a regular contributor to the Epoch Times newspaper and more recently, the WesternStandardOnline.
Barbara is the author or co-author of four books: a biography, a cultural memoir, a murder mystery, and most recently, the book “Unsporting,” a collaboration with high performance coach Linda Blade on the destructive effect of trans activism on Canadian and international sport.
Awards:
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1964)
National Coalition of Men’s 2009 award for gender fairness in journalism.
2013 - Diamond Jubilee medal for excellence in journalism.
Ziporah Reich serves as the Director of Litigation. She came to The Lawfare Project with an extensive background in complex commercial litigation. Her experience includes shareholder derivative lawsuits, contract-based disputes, employment law, including sexual harassment and racial discrimination, and claims arising from cross-border transactions.
Ziporah has mediated multi-party agreements and has appeared before various government agencies for administrative hearings. She represented the New York City Transit Authority and major corporations including Macy’s, Inc., Whole Foods Market, Domino’s Pizza, LLC, and GEICO. She has now turned her attention to her true passion—civil rights litigation.
Ziporah graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree from the Thomas Hunter Honors Program at Hunter College and received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. While there, she served as a law journal editor and worked at the Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic representing juvenile defendants in criminal proceedings. Throughout her career, Ziporah has volunteered many hours to securing orders of protection and temporary custody and support orders for battered women. She has also devoted her time to negotiating agreements in Housing Court on behalf of low-income tenants facing eviction.
Ziporah is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Golden Key International Honour Society. She is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of New York, as well as in the federal courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts.
Richard Bilkszto is a recently retired TDSB principal who was recognized as a leader in equity at the Board. He led the largest and one of the most diverse high schools in the TDSB. Richard is also the Chapter Leader of FAIR Toronto (fairforall.org).
Richard graduated with an Honours Degree in Business Administration and completed a Masters Degree in Education. Richard was also a councillor in the Niagara Region for three terms.
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PROGRAM 2:
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022
7:00 - 8:15 PM (EST)
Virtual Program
Our panelists: Leo Adler and Julius Grey and Richard Marceau will identify manifestations of racism today and discuss how we strike the right balance in countering it while still honouring Canadian values and our fundamental rights.
Do current proposals to counter hate, whether online or on the street, provide effective solutions that will strengthen the Rule of Law in Canada?
Leo Adler is the founder and senior member of Leo Adler: Criminal Counsel / Avocats penale, a full-service criminal, quasi-criminal and regulatory law firm that specializes in international cases – extradition, mutual legal assistance matters, repatriation of Canadians serving foreign sentences, corporate governance matters – as well as domestic cases throughout Canada.
As a lawyer, he has published various articles and appeared on numerous media programs as a commentator with respect to forensic, criminal justice and national security issues in Canada and abroad. In addition, he has either spoken at, or chaired, panels and committees dealing with different aspects of domestic and international criminal law and human rights. He has appeared as a witness before Senate and House of Commons committees on a variety of legal issues.
Julius Grey is a renowned lawyer with more than 40 years of experience and practice in several areas of law. He received his education from McGill and Oxford Universities. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1974.
He was a member of the Faculty of Law at McGill University from 1977 to 2002, and taught at the Université de Montréal and the Canadian Human Rights School in Charlottetown. He was president of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation from 1985 to 1988.
Julius’ book ”Capitalism and the Alternatives” (McGill-Queen’s Press, 2019) describes his vision for a renewed social contract. It is recommended for anybody hoping to alleviate social, economic and political disparities, and cast off the oppressive yoke of the neoliberal paradigm.
Dr. Barbara Perry is the Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. She has written extensively in the area of hate crime and right-wing extremism. Her books include:
• In the Name of Hate: Understanding Hate Crimes
• Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader
• The Silent Victims: Hate Crimes Against Native Americans
She is also General Editor of a five-volume set on hate crime (Praeger), and Editor of Volume 3: The Victims of Hate Crime, which is part of that set.
Dr. Perry has also written on policing diverse communities, including work on social control in Native American communities. She has made substantial contributions to the limited scholarship on hate crime in Canada. Most recently, she has contributed to a scholarly understanding of anti-Muslim violence, hate crime against LGBTQ communities, the community impacts of hate crime, and right-wing extremism.