| 1. | Guidelines for Videoconference Labour Mediation and Adjudication in Ontario | Download |
| 2. | Ontario Review Board response to COVID-19 Challenge: The ORB conducts approximately 2,000 hearings annually in respect of approximately 1,500 individuals who have obtained verdicts of either unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. These hearings are typically conducted at one of 11 forensic psychiatric hospitals in the province. That is, of course, not now possible. As a solution, the ORB is now conducting all of its hearings remotely. We have encountered all of the challenges you cite and have responded/dealt with those. Please see link for a general description of our procedure. | Download |
| 3. | Justice Education Society (JES - BC):
a) Questions and answers related specifically to admin law
b) JES also maintains www.AdminLawBC.ca - Information on Telephone Hearings and Written
Submissions
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| 4. | Zoom mediations with sample video mediation clauses for mediation agreement | Download |
| 5. | Ontario Association for Family Mediation (OAFM) best practices for online dispute resolution | Download |
| 6. | How to create breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams - YouTube Videos: This could be used for caucusing in a mediation, or to set up a private room or a party and their lawyer to have a sidebar, or for a panel of members to have a private space. | Download 1
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| 7. | COVID-19 : Information related to services at the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT) - Quebec | Download |
| 8. | Adapting to a New Normal: Our Experience at the Divisional Court’s First Virtual Hearing: John McIntyre, Senior Associate, Disputes Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and Ewa Krajewska, Partner, Disputes Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Download |
| 9. | Basic ODR using Zoom – Time to Rethink the Future - Again | Download |
| 10. | Practice Notice #1: Communicating by electronic mail at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Immigration Division
With respect to Practice Notice #1, parties were limited to the submission of disclosure and correspondence by fax, mail or hand-delivery. However, with the closure of IRB offices, mail and hand-delivery are no longer options so we have needed to look at other channels through which parties can provide their documents to us.
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| 11. | Practice Notice #2: On the use of E-Signature at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Immigration Division
With respect to Practice Notice #2, this makes it much easier for members to transmit final decisions and orders, as there is no longer a requirement to affix a “wet” signature to these documents.
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| 12. | Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Practice Direction for Electronic Conduct of Mediations and Hearings During the Covid-19 Emergency | Download |
| 13. | Best Practices for Remote Hearings - Social Security Tribunal | Download |
| 14. | The Provincial Court of British Columbia: Notice to the Profession and Public Guide to Remote Proceedings | Download |
| 15. | Best Practices in a Zoom Courtroom – Canadian Bar Association | Download |
| 16. | Webinar recording: Lessons from the first virtual trial in the Commercial Court | Download |
| 17. | Best Practices for Remote Hearings: E-Hearings Task Force (Advocates’ Society, the Ontario Bar Association, the Federation of Ontario Law Associations, and the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association) | Download |
| 18. | The Provincial Court of British Columbia: Notice to the Profession and Public Guide to Remote Proceedings | Download |
| 19. | Barreau du Québec: Sample Mediation Guide for Virtual Mediations | Download |
| 20. | 40 Mediation Advocacy Tips for Ontario Lawyers (May 2020 Edition) | Download |
| 21. | Suggested Opening Remarks for Adjudicators conducting Zoom hearings - Law Society Tribunal (Ontario) | Download |
| 22. | Tips for Adjudicators for conducting Zoom Hearings - Law Society Tribunal (Ontario) | Download |
| 23. | Zoom Hearing Protocols - Law Society Tribunal (Ontario) | Download |
| 24. | Internal checklist for the host during the Zoom hearing - Law Society Tribunal (Ontario) | Download |
| 25. | Internal checklists for testing Zoom with the parties (Download 1), the panel (Download 2) and the witnesses (Download 3) - Law Society Tribunal (Ontario) | Download 1
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