Identify the factors that lead to polarization and learn how to create environments that encourage open and honest dialogue.

You spend a lot of time in front of a computer, and if you’re not sending emails, you’re probably using Microsoft Word to create and edit documents. Whether you’re a transactional lawyer or litigator, you rely heavily on form documents and templates - for agreements, affidavits, pleadings, even letters. But what happens when these documents aren’t formatted properly? You get disappearing text, visual confusion, errors, and more. Stop wasting your time! Attend this 90-minute webinar with technology trainer Frank Byl and learn the basics of Microsoft Word that every lawyer must know! Using simple, easy to understand on-screen examples, Frank will show you how to: quickly select, format and fix formatting issues apply, customize and update styles reorganize content quickly apply automatic paragraph numbering manage page numbering issues use tabs and fix common problems use legal style numbering Plus, you’ll learn how to create, save and apply all kinds of reusable items from text blocks to graphics, including signatures. Sign up today before it’s too late. Your documents will work better for you, and you’ll be more productive. This webinar assumes basic familiarity with Microsoft Word. All registrants will receive a quick reference guide as part of the course materials. Live webinar with chat includes 60 day replay. This program features real-time video of the presenter with synchronized presentation slides, and a chat feature that allows for live Q & A.

This timely session brings together seasoned experts to explore key issues and emerging trends in interest arbitration affecting fire services across Canada.

Registration is open until noon of the Thursday before the Online Land Registration Act training program commences. Members can register via the NSBS Member Portal (go to nsbs.org and click on the “Member Sign In” link in the top right corner) under the Events tab.

This session will provide employers and unions with the best available insight into grievances concerning and algorithmic management.. Specific issues to be addressed include: - Can employers rely on management rights to justify the use of AI to evaluate employee performance and manage employees? - What arguments for and against the use of algorithmic management would arbitrators find most compelling? - What legal concerns are raised when an employer uses AI to assess candidates’ suitability for positions or to evaluate job applicants based on their internet activity?

Join us Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 for the 17th annual Solo and Small Firm Conference, hosted by LIANS and NSBS from 9am-4pm. Sessions may be eligible to count towards your annual CPD requirement, and will be recorded and posted online following the event. Lawyers and their staff are welcome to attend. Stay tuned to lians.ca and nsbs.org for additional conference details, and registration information will soon be circulated.

Identify the factors that lead to polarization and learn how to create environments that encourage open and honest dialogue.

In today’s turbulent sociopolitical and economic climate, it is critical for employers and unions to have a firm grasp of foundational principles regarding workplace reorganizations. In this installment of Lancaster’s Workplace Essentials webinar series, panelists will address key issues regarding restructuring.

The panel will examine how Canadian firms can handle changing practices in the U.S. assess legal and reputational risks of altering EDI commitments, and identify strategies to advance equity amid shifting legal and political climates. Specifically, the panel will discuss: - How are U.S. political and legal developments around EDI influencing Canadian law firm approaches to EDI? What should workplace leaders be paying attention to as they monitor developments? - To what extent could offering EDI initiatives conflict with provincial law society mandates on EDI education, human rights, and rules of professional responsibility? - Are rollbacks of EDI permissible under Canadian human rights and employment equity legislation? How might legislative and Charter provisions permitting “special programs” impact that analysis? - If a firm discontinues a specific EDI initiative, what steps should it take to ensure continued alignment with its values, avoid reputational harm, and protect the well-being of employees? - What practical strategies can Canadian firms adopt to maintain EDI integrity while navigating cross-border business pressures and polarized public discourse? - In a shifting regulatory environment, what steps can workplaces take to uphold EDI values in hiring, client relationships, and firm culture?

This intensive professional learning program is designed to develop the advanced dispute resolution skills that labour relations professionals need in order to be successful in their roles. Participants will have the opportunity to observe dispute resolution techniques used by experienced professional mediators — and to use those techniques as they attempt to resolve a workplace dispute. To make the simulation as realistic as possible, actors will play the role of the aggrieved party. Aimed at labour relations professionals with basic to intermediate knowledge of mediation and workplace dispute resolution techniques, this session aims not to create professional mediators but to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to: - Defuse tensions and manage workplace conflict - Resolve grievances without resorting to lengthy and expensive arbitration processes - Make effective use of informal and formal mediation as a management or union representative Who is this program designed for? - Graduates of the Lancaster House–Toronto Metropolitan University Labour Relations Certificate Program - Labour relations professionals with 3 or more years of experience working full-time for an employer or a union, including: -- Human resources professionals -- Labour relations officers -- Local union leadership -- Managers -- Union staff -Labour and employment lawyers in their first 5 years of practice

So many updates, so little time! 2025 and 2026 are jampacked with evolving issues in Canadian family law, especially in relation to parenting and support. In this 90-minute webinar, Professor Rollie Thompson will take you on a whirlwind tour of the parenting and support issues that matter most to your clients — what’s changed, what’s coming, and what it all means for your practice. You’ll get insights into the impact of the 2021 federal Divorce Act parenting amendments and the mirror provincial laws — especially on relocation outcomes. Who gets to move — and who doesn’t? In addition, Professor Thompson will examine the increasing use of the AFCC Parenting Plan Guides — for good or ill, plus, the treatment of family violence in parenting. Will the Supreme Court recognize a tort of family violence? Finally, you’ll dive into key trends in both child and spousal support: section 9 child support; retroactive child support — everyone wants it; entitlement issues in spousal support; retirement; lump sums; the possible death of Miglin; using the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines for your clients; and, of course, retroactive spousal support. Don’t miss this high-speed tour of the parenting and support issues dominating family law in 2025 and 2026. There will be something for everyone. Register early to avoid disappointment! Live webinar with chat includes 60 day replay. This program features real-time video of the presenter with synchronized presentation slides, and a chat feature that allows for live Q & A.

Stay current on the latest cases, legislative developments, and compliance trends in employment law through this comprehensive annual cross-country update. The webinar and materials will address key issues relevant to unionized and non-unionized workplaces, such as: - Are employees entitled to work remotely and for how much of the work week? Who has the last word in determining whether employees must attend the workplace or work remotely? The employee or the employer? - What restrictions apply to an employer’s ability to lay off employees? How are employees’ entitlements on termination be impacted if they are let go due to large-scale downsizing or restructuring, whether for economic reasons or as a result of technological change such as adoption of artificial intelligence? - What words or phrasing invalidate a termination clause in an employment contract? Will stating that an employer can terminate an employee without cause “at any time” render a termination clause unenforceable? What trends are emerging in terms of how courts in different provinces approach such clauses? - What types of conduct have recently been found to constitute “just cause”? When can employers successfully rely on “after-acquired cause”? - When terms of termination are not set out in a contract, how much notice or pay in lieu thereof will be considered reasonable? What factors do courts now take into account? - How do courts determine whether employers have met the duty to mitigate their damages by seeking other employment? - What factors have prompted courts to award aggravated/moral or punitive damages for an employer’s conduct when terminating an individual’s employment? When may a party’s conduct during litigation warrant an award of damages? The webinar and materials will also address the latest legislative and regulatory changes, such as: - New and amended leave entitlements; - Increasing restrictions on employers’ entitlements to medical notes in support of certain short-term statutory leave requests; and - Recent employment standards changes introduced through Ontario’s Working for Workers legislative series.