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Date: June 8-9, 2026
Price per person: See the Registration fees section for rates and special offers.
Location: Online
OVERVIEW
Clear, accessible, and well-reasoned decisions are essential to the credibility and effectiveness of administrative tribunals. This hands-on training is a must for tribunal members who want to strengthen one of their most important skills: decision writing. Learn how to write decisions that are concise, precise, and easy to understand—focusing on yout audience.
This practical approach has gained momentum across Canada, with both administrative decision-makers and the judiciary adopting techniques that prioritize clarity and reader-focused communication. Whether you’re new to the role or looking to refine your style, this session will help you write with confidence, clarity, and impact. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your work and better serve the public.
The sessions include lectures, discussions, and workshops that stress the nature of good prose, gender neutral language and the special requirements and challenges of decision writing. Much of the instruction will center on practical written exercises. Each attendee will be assigned an instructor who will read a sample of the attendee’s writing prior to the seminar and coach the attendees during the seminar workshops.
Bilingual program with simultaneous interpretation.
IMPORTANT: Please note that to participate in this seminar, you must have written at least one decision since it will be worked on during the workshops.
More information may be found at: https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-programs/decision-writing-seminar-2026/
CPD Accreditation:
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.
Date: June 10, 2026
Location: Ottawa (ON), and online
Efficiency or fairness — two imperatives that collide at the heart of Canadian administrative tribunals.
For the first time, court judges, tribunal members, and professionals who have worked across both worlds will come together around the same table. A rare and unprecedented dialogue, designed to break down silos, challenge perspectives, and foster practices that neither courts nor tribunals could develop on their own.
A full day of discussion, exchange, and shared practices to explore what it truly means to deliver justice in a system under pressure.
Resistance to Change: Neuroscience and Implementation Research in Support of Successful Change
Date: June 12, 2026 – 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (ET)
Location: Online (90min)
Continuing professional development (CPD) credits: 1h.
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.
This webinar will explore why individuals and organizations resist change — and, more importantly, how to create the conditions that make change possible. Drawing on neuroscience, communication, and leadership, the session will offer practical insights to help rethink justice issues and support more human, effective, and sustainable change.
Nicole Sherren, PhD, Principal Consultant, R2P Solutions
Dr. Nicole Sherren has a PhD in neuroscience and has spent the past 18 years helping professionals across the health, education, justice, and non-profit sectors turn “what we know” from research and evaluation into “what we do” in public policy and professional practice.
Using an organizational change management approach, Nicole helps her clients integrate best practice research into organizational strategies, program design and delivery, evaluation plans, and policies. She has provided strategic advisory and implementation support to national and regional non-profits, public agencies, and funders in order to strengthen their ability to improve health and social outcomes at scale.
Her key areas of expertise include the science of early brain development and its impact on learning, social, and health outcomes; research and evaluation; knowledge translation and mobilization; strategy design and execution; professional development; and community development and system change initiatives.
She is also the Board Chair of Calgary Alpha House Society, an agency that provides outreach, emergency shelter, detoxification, and supportive housing to street-involved individuals with substance use issues.