Event Calendar

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:

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)
 
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
 
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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