Brandon Stewart (Dalhousie) and Lynda Collins (Ottawa) are inviting people to join in on June 1, 2021 from 1:00-3:35pm EST for an online symposium on Teaching Wellbeing in the Law.
Speakers will include:
- Professor Marilyn Poitras (University of Saskatchewan), who created Canada’s first law school course in “Happiness and the Law” and now directs the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
- Professor Rhonda Magee (University of San Francisco), author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming our Communities through Mindfulness
- Professor Thomas Telfer (Western University), who teaches “Mindfulness and the Legal Profession”
- Daniel Lussier-Meek (University of Ottawa), Director of Indigenous and Community Relations
- Professor Brandon Stewart (Dalhousie University), co-author of “Engendering Hope in Environmental Law Students”
- Professor Jordana Confino (Fordham University), who teaches a course on Positive Lawyering
- Professor Karen Ragoonaden (University of British Columbia), who is an expert in Mindful Approaches to Anti-Oppression Pedagogy
- Professor Lynda Collins (University of Ottawa), who teaches “Happiness and the Law”
- Heather Cross, Appellate lawyer and teacher of “Mindfulness in the Law”
Below you can find both connection information and a working program. Please direct any questions related to the symposium to [email protected].
The symposium will be run on Zoom and accessible using the details below; registration is not required.
https://zoom.us/j/96827829531
Meeting ID: 968 2782 9531
Passcode: q3bBYz
TEACHING WELLBEING IN THE LAW
June 1, 2021, 1:00-4:00pm
Hosted on Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96827829531
Conference Co-Chairs: Lynda M. Collins & Brandon D. Stewart
Sponsored by the Greenberg Chair, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Welcome and Introduction 1:00pm to 1:10pm
Lynda M. Collins, Full Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
PANEL 1: TEACHING WELLBEING IN PRACTICE
1:10pm to 1:25pm
Rhonda Magee, Professor, University of San Francisco, Faculty of Law
Welcome to My Mindfulness Classroom: Teaching Mindfulness to Law Students 1:25pm to 1:40pm
Thomas Telfer, Full Professor, Western University, Faculty of Law
Law and Happiness 101: My Seminar with Law Students 1:40pm to 1:55pm
Marilyn Poitras, Director, Indigenous Law Center, University of Saskatchewan
Mindful Teaching and Learning: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Practice 1:15pm to 2:10pm
Karen Ragoonaden
Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
Dean (incoming), Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Open Forum or Break 2:10pm to 2:30pm
PANEL 2: INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES AND APPROACHES
Law, Love, and Beads: Mobilizing Indigenous Legal Pedagogies 2:30pm to 2:45pm
Danielle Lussier-Meek Director, Indigenous and Community Relations
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Promoting Student Autonomy in (the Happier) Law Classroom 2:45pm to 3:00pm
Brandon D. Stewart, Instructor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Teaching Lawyer Well-Being as an Ethical Responsibility 3:00pm to 3:15pm
Jordana Confino, Director of Professionalism and an Adjunct Professor of Law
Fordham Law School
Matter over Mind: The Importance of Paying Attention to the Body 3:15pm to 3:30pm
Heather Cross, Lawyer, Legal Writer and Owner of Here and Now Studio
Concluding Remarks and Thank You 3:30pm to 3:35pm
Optional Open Forum 3:35pm to 3:55p
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And wellbeing is so important!
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