The Gender-based Analysis Plus Guide for Canada’s Legal Team – Implementation and engagement sessions for legal services. (019122)

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

1.5 hours

Audience

Legal Professionnals

Description

Gender-based Analysis (GBA Plus) is an analytical tool used in the federal context to support the development of responsive and inclusive initiatives, including legislation, policies, programs and services. GBA Plus is a process for understanding who is impacted by the issue and how; identifying how the initiative could be tailored to meet diverse needs of the people directly impacted; and discovering, anticipating and mitigating any barriers to accessing or benefiting from the initiative.

A GBA Plus Guide for Canada’s Legal Team (the “Guide”) has been developed to encourage and facilitate the integration of a GBA Plus approach into the legal services context.

The Implementation and engagement sessions are prepared to encourage and support the integration of intersectional GBA Plus considerations into the work of legal services.

Beginning with a pilot session sponsored by Justice Canada’s GBA Plus Champion, 1-3 sessions will be scheduled and facilitated, with additional sessions available as needed. The final number of sessions scheduled will be dependent on demand as well as on resource availability.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this information session, participants will:

• Integrate an intersectional lens into the daily work of legal professionals
• Foster culture change by engaging in critical reflection on how to integrate intersectional GBA Plus into the provision of legal services
• Provide suggestions about how to strengthen and measure the effects of legal services (legislative, advisory and litigation) on Canadians
• Identify barriers and challenges that legal professionals may experience when implementing the Guide.

Presented by: GBA Plus Unit and Change Management Team in collaboration with the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development.

Who should attend: Participants will be small groups of legal professionals working in the three main legal services functions of Justice Canada (legislative services, advisory services or litigation services). The Department of Justice is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free learning environment. If you need to be accommodated before or during any training activity, please contact CoELPD to inquire and/or request an accommodation. All information received in relation to the accommodation will be kept confidential.

Facilitators:

• Caroline Clark, Executive Director and Senior General Counsel of the Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Legal Services Unit, and GBA Plus Champion, Justice Canada
• Marisa Dowswell, GBA Plus Unit, Lead, Justice Canada
• Neil Cruickshank, Change Management and Business Transformation Team, Senior Advisor, Justice Canada

IMPORTANT: All enrollment confirmation emails are generated by PeopleSoft. Registration into a session can only be handled once the Training Request is approved by your manager/supervisor.

Registration deadline: 5 working days prior to course date

Cancellation policy: Please note, cancellation without substitution, less than 10 working days prior to the course is subject to a cancellation fee of $50.00 for every activity of four hours or less and $100.00 for full day activities. For further details, consult the Training Cancellation Policy applicable to all participants.

Cost: Free (subject to Training Cancellation Policy)

Cancellation policy: Please note, cancellation without substitution, less than 10 working days prior to the course is subject to a cancellation fee of $100.00 for this activity.

For more information: Contact Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development.

Participants are responsible for adding their training activities to their Outlook calendars.

Accreditation by Law Societies:

For information about the continuing professional development (CPD) hours for this course, please consult the Accreditation Summary. 

If you have questions about the accreditation by law societies below, please contact the Accreditation team.