Start Date: 11/1/2024 4:00 PM EDT
End Date: 11/3/2024 1:00 PM EST
Venue Name: White Oaks Resort & Spa
Location:
253 Taylor Rd
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON Canada L0S 1J0
Organization Name:
Canadian Defence Lawyers
Contact:
Start Date: Friday, November 1, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
End Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Where: White Oaks Resort & Spa
253 Taylor Rd, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
CLE Credits: at least 6 hours of CPD credit, including Professionalism (to be confirmed post-event)
Cost:
Full Registration: $350 CDL Members, $500 Non-Members, plus HST
(includes CLE, professional development & networking, and all meals from Friday evening until Sunday Brunch!)
Chaired by: Ashley Richards, Richards Advocacy
CDL's Women's Caucus invites you to celebrate and connect with women leaders of the insurance defence bar at our third annual retreat at White Oaks Resort & Spa in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Chaired by: Ashley Richards, Richards Advocacy
RETREAT AGENDA
Friday November 1: 6 pm to 11 pm Welcome Event: Games, Food and Cocktails
Saturday November 2:
9:50 am to 11:30 am - Industry Panel: Industry insurance leaders will discuss their respective career journeys and the twists and turns that their career paths took to get them to the positions that they each hold now.
- Robyn Campbell, Marsh Canada
- Melanie Hoad, CNA Insurance
- April Pittendreigh, Gallagher (Canada)
- Allison Radcliffe, HDI Global Specialty SE – Canada
- Colette Taylor, The Sovereign General Insurance Co.
- Moderator: Pearl Rombis, Snowden Law Professional Corporation
12 pm to 2 pm -
Lunch Roundtables
2:15 pm to 3:30 pm -
DEI Panel:
This panel will discuss the intersecting concepts of being your authentic self at work, and seeking your “piece of the pie.”
- Cynthia Aoki, Clyde & Co.
- Sonya Katrycz, Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP
- Maya Kanani, Aviva Trial Lawyers
- Moderator: Ashley Richards, Richards Advocacy
Sunday, November 3:
9:45 am to 11:15 am -
Career Coaching Panel: Each panelist will describe their career transitions,
the challenges they faced and how they overcame them and their career goals and how are they setting themselves up for success.
- Elina Fish, Spetter Zeitz Klaiman PC
- Pam Vlasic, Preszler Injury Lawyers
- Rosemary Book, DGIG
- Moderator: Amelia Leckey, SGI Canada
11:15 am to 12:15 pm - Trauma Informed Lawyering: Presented by Carole Jenkins, Carole Jenkins Law, and Maura Thompson, Shillington McCall LLP; Women's Caucus Chair.
Make your reservation at White Oaks Resort now for the best room selection and avoid disappointment (cancelation available up to 48 hours prior to arrival). The rates are: Friday, Nov 1: $249 and Saturday, Nov 2: $289 NOTE: this rate is available until October 14, 2024
Book online at https://reservations.travelclick.com/115170?groupID=4292352 or call 1-800-263-5766
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