PETER ANNIS. Curriculum Vitae. EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Political Science), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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1 PETER ANNIS Curriculum Vitae LANGUAGES English and French EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Political Science), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Bachelor of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Doctorat d'université, Université d'aix-en-provence, France CALLED TO THE BAR Law Society of Upper Canada 1974 Certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation WORK EXPERIENCE 2006 Present Sole Practitioner, ADR & general litigation counsel work Partner - Vincent Dagenais Gibson LLP/s.r.l. (7 lawyer firm) ADR, with general litigation counsel 1987 to 2001 Partner - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (formerly Scott & Aylen), practicing general litigation with recent emphasis on mediation and employment and labour law, in addition to a past broad general background in all areas of law, including public law, professional responsibility, personal injury and commercial law work 1985 to

2 Partner - Honeywell, Wotherspoon (now Lang Michener LLP), practicing general litigation with emphasis in administrative, employment and personal injury law to 1984 University of Ottawa, founding Director, Centre for Legal Translation and Documentation, on executive interchange from Department of Justice Senior Counsel, Civil Litigation Section - Department of Justice. Litigated in a wide variety of fields at both the trial and appeal level in the Federal and Ontario Courts and before administrative tribunals. COUNSEL EXPERIENCE aboriginal law (specialized), access to information and privacy law(various), admiralty law, air law, banking law & commercial law (various), constitutional law (various), environmental law, construction law(various), Crown law (various), Customs & tariff law, education law (specialized), employment law (specialized), employment equity law, elections law, human rights law (specialized), income tax law, official languages law (specialized), labour relations law (specialized), medical malpractice, health professions law, mortgage law, landlord and tenant law, real estate law, partnership law, personal injury and insurance law (various, represented the Sociéte de assurance d automobile du Québec, several Quebec insurers and plaintiffs), professional malpractice, public service law (specialized), sexual assault law, shareholder disputes, sports law, trademark law, wills and estates law. MEDIATION AND ADJUDICATIVE EXPERIENCE Mediation Process Training Program Certificate (1994, CDRAssociates, Boulder, Colorado); Adjudicator Training Course, The Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators, April 1999); Advanced Mediation Certificate (2003, CDR Associates, Boulder Colorado); Negotiating Collective Bargains Certificate (2003, Queen s Industrial Relations Centre); 2

3 Former Roster Mediator, Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program, Ottawa, (conducted more than 400 mandatory mediations); Part-time member of Board of Inquiry (Human Rights Code) September 1998 to September 2002; Part-time member of the Review Tribunal (Agriculture and Agri-Food) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS CCLA Trustee Canadian Bar Association Advocates Society (Ottawa) Association des juristes d'expression française de l'ontario (AJEFO) Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario Ottawa Human Resources Professional Association Regroupement des gens d affaires PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AJEFO: President: Federal Court Bench & Bar Committee CBA National Civil Litigation Section Representative AWARDS Attorney-General s recognition of contribution to the bilingual administration of Justice in Ontario - August 1984 Recipient of L Odre du mérite Francophile from ACFO in June 2002 TEACHING Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Law, Common Law, University of Ottawa Civil Procedure III (Federal Court Procedure) Civil Procedure I (Ontario Procedure) "Les délits civils" (Law of Torts - French Common Law Program) Civil Procedure I (Ontario Procedure) Trial Advocacy participant. Winter 1998 Civil Procedure I (Ontario Procedure). 3

4 Bar Admission Course - Ottawa Section Ottawa Section, Civil Procedure II, seminar leader and guest lecturer on Appeals Advocacy Skills, seminar leader Administrative Law (French section), seminar leader Professional Responsibility. Judges' Language Training - Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Module on Tort Law - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August Module on Administrative Law (including preparation of module), Banff, Alberta Module on Judgment Writing, Kingston, Ontario, July Other 1997 Programme de formation pour les membres des tribunaux administratifs (judgment writing), Canadian Centre for Management Development. PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES "Production of Documents in the Federal Court", Advocates Quarterly, Volume 2, No. 3, 1980, pp "Tort or Contract and the Question of the Recovery of Economic Loss", Ottawa University Law Review, Volume 13, No. 3, 1981, pp "Bilingualism and the Law Society of Upper Canada", The Law Society Gazette, Volume XVII, 1983, pp Editor - "Guide du praticien" being a series of French legal precedents (similar in nature to the O'Brien's precedent series), Association des juristes d'expression française de l'ontario, Volumes 1-3, "La procédure en français", Joint Continuing Education Program, Association des juristes d'expression française de l'ontario, Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario section), Advocates Society, November 1984, Ottawa. "The Demystification of Bilingual Trials", Civil Litigation Updated, 1984, County of Carleton Law Association, November 23-24,

5 "Le bilinguisme judiciaire en Ontario théorie et réalité", Association des juristes d'expression française de l'ontario, 1985, monograph on the bilingual administration of justice in Ontario, 363 pages. "La révision judiciaire devant la Cour fédérale"; "La Plaidoirie Administrative", joint program of Association des juristes d'expression française de l'ontario and Barreau de Hull, February 10, 1989, Hull, Québec. Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, Breakfast Seminar Judicial Review in the Federal Court, December 9, 1992, Ottawa. Moderator - Linguistic Challenges panel, Conference on Linguistic Rights in Canada: Collusions or Collisions, Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights, November 4-6, CBAO, LSUC, CCLA Programme Chair - Public Authorities Liability and presented paper Representing the Federal Government Employee, February 26, National Symposium on Canada s Official Languages, Ottawa: (Department of Justice, Heritage Canada, Treasury Board): Moot Trial participant in bilingual judicial review proceeding under Official Languages Act, September 16-18, Lorman Education Services, Seminar Chair: Hot Topics in Ontario School Law ; paper on School Closures, May 14, Round Table: Expériences gagnantes de la médiation - AJEFO Annual Conference, Toronto, June 1999 Update 99 - Borden & Elliot Labour and Employment Law Symposium - paper on Innocent Absenteeism, November 2, 1999 Civil Litigation Updated 1999, CCLA Conference - paper on Students Rights from the Litigator s Point of View - Montebello, November 6, Murray Axmith, Lunch & Learn Series - paper on Non-Culpable Absenteeism: A Managed Approach, January 27 and February 10, 2000 (English and French presentation). Federal Employer Liaison Committee - Termination Tips - Separate Employers and Crown Corporations, February 29, Lorman Education Services, Employment Standards Act in Ontario, paper on Successorship and Related Employer Issues, March 23,

6 Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE), Bridging the Millennium, paper on When Teachers are Accused of Breaking the Law, May 1, Drake Beam Morin morning seminar, paper on 10 Tips for Effective Employment Contracts in the High-Tech Sector, June 15, Carleton County Law Association and CBAO Joint CLE Co-Chair - half-day program on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: Issues of Interest in Bill C-6, September 20, Ottawa Human Resources Professional Association - New Privacy Challenges for the HR Professional, October 25, Murray Axmith Seminar, 12 Steps to Meeting the Employer s Duty to Accommodate the Disabled Worker, French and English presentation, November 16 and 23, Ottawa Association of Law Clerks, New Privacy Challenges, February 12, AJEFO Conference, June 21-23, 2001, La médiation obligatoire. Should Mediators Take the Reins Paper & Panel Discussion, Civil Litigation Updated Conference, Montebello, Fall 2002 Ten tips for Employment Law Mediation, The Six Minute Employment Lawyer, ABCO, Ottawa, May 7,