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 : Download | Download
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 | Download 2
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. – Download
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. – Download
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 | Download 2 | Download 3
26.Federal Court e-filing webinar: Best E-Practices Demonstration – Download
27.Best Practices and Teleconference Hearing Information for Representatives and Parties – Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (ON) – Revised June 15, 2020 – Download
28.COVID-19 Interim Practice Guideline: Objections to Alternative Hearing Methods – Revised June 15, 2020 – Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (ON) – Revised June 15, 2020 – Download
29.Tips for an Electronic WSIAT Hearing – Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) – Download
30.Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board – Videoconferencing Guidelines – Download
31.Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board – Tips and Tricks for FPSLREB Videoconference Proceedings – Download
32.OBA Best Practices Guide – Download
33.Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Protocol for virtual Hearings – Download
34.Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Protocol for In Person Hearings – Download
35.Meet me Accessibly – A Guide to Zoom Cloud Meetings from a Blindness Perspective – Download
36.Guide to Videoconferencing Proceedings and Microsoft Teams – Tribunals Ontario – Download
37.Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada – Refugee Protection Division Virtual Hearings – Guide for Parties – Download
