Business & human rights: Modern slavery & other compliance issues in global supply chains

Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, came into force January 1, 2024, creating new prohibitions and reporting obligations applicable to Canadian businesses engaged in international trade and investment.A diverse expert group of legal practitioners, regulators, and academic commentators will explain the new requirements, and consider how they fit into evolving corporate governance, risk management and human rights due diligence practices in transnational business.

Our speakers

Oonagh Fitzgerald | Moderator
President of the International Law Association of Canada & HRREC Senior Fellow

Jacob Mantle
Associate, Competition, Traide and Foreign Investment, Osler

Sean Stephenson
Counsel, Dentons

Laurel Johnson
Executive Director and Senior General Counsel, Public Safety Canada Legal Services, Justice Canada

Jennifer Quaid
Associate Professor & Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa

Salvador Herencia
Ph.D. Candidate, part-time professor in law & HRREC member, University of Ottawa

Sheri Meyerhoffer
Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)

Penelope Simons
Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section & Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights, HRREC, University of Ottawa

Akinwumi Ogunranti
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba

Sara Seck
Associate Professor of Law; Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law & Director, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University