WeirFoulds Partners help bring LTC home to Toronto’s Korean Canadian community
On June 1, 2023, it was announced that Arirang Age-Friendly Community Centre (AAFCC) acquired the Rose of Sharon Korean Long Term Care Home from the receiver. As part of the […]
Everyone Everywhere All at Once: Belonging and Storytelling
As organizations seek to establish a culture of belonging, our EDI strategies need to make room for the role that intersectionality plays in how we and others truly experience our […]
Toronto HRA Micro-Conference – Lancaster House
Partner Megan Mah will speak during the Toronto Human Rights and Accommodation Micro-Conference, hosted by Lancaster House, on Wednesday, April 19. Megan’s session, “One Size Does Not Fit All: Fashioning […]
WeirFoulds Hosts King Catering for Black History Month Celebration
On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, WeirFoulds proudly hosted Chef Deon King of King Catering for a Black History Month celebration and culinary experience. As an all-service corporate and personal chef […]
Change the Narrative – FACL Conference 2023
Partner Daniel Wong will be in attendance at Change the Narrative, the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) 2023 Annual Conference. The conference this year will be held on March 4 […]
Leaders in DEI Inaugural Session – Odgers Berndtson
Elizabeth Charles, WeirFoulds’ Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, will take part in the Leaders In DEI Inaugural Session, a webinar hosted by Odgers Berndtson on Wednesday, February 8th, 2023. […]
Ageism in the Workplace – Ontario Bar Association
Partner Megan Mah will serve as the Program co-Chair of Ageism in the Workplace, a comprehensive, webcast-only program held by the Ontario Bar Association on Monday, October 31st. The program […]
WeirFoulds celebrates successful challenge to anti-LGBTQ laws in Antigua and Barbuda
On July 5, 2022, Antigua and Barbuda’s High Court of Justice declared laws which criminalize consensual, private, same-sex intimacy between adults to be unconstitutional. With this landmark decision, Antigua and […]
WeirFoulds stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine
WeirFoulds stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, those in the surrounding regions, and everyone affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including colleagues and clients in Canada and abroad. […]
WeirFoulds EDI 2021 Year in Review
As we settle into 2022, our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (“EDI”) Committee is reflecting on its accomplishments in 2021 and setting goals for the upcoming year. Part of this reflection […]
Raj Anand writes to the editor of The Globe and Mail regarding Quebec’s Bill 21 and the recent dismissal of a teacher for wearing a hijab
Raj Anand, WeirFoulds partner and former Chief Commissioner of Ontario Human Rights Commission wrote a letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail, published on December 15, 2021. The letter […]
Partner Raj Anand receives the 2021 SOAR Medal
WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that Partner Raj Anand has received the 2021 Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (“SOAR”) Medal. SOAR is a non-government, non-partisan organization of agency chairs, […]
WeirFoulds’ Partner Raj Anand assists the Assembly of First Nations in obtaining the Federal Court’s decision in upholding landmark compensation order for First Nations children
On September 29, 2021, one day before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Federal Court released its 109 page decision in Canada’s attempt to set aside the orders […]
WeirFoulds marks Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a two-part educational series
WeirFoulds acknowledges that we practice law on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples […]
WeirFoulds stands with the Muslim community and condemns Islamophobia
Earlier this month, four members of the Afzaal family were tragically killed, and another seriously injured, in London, Ontario, when they were struck by a driver, who police allege mounted […]