Episodes

  • Episode 11 - Mental Health in the Legal Profession with Orlando Da Silva

    Episode 11 - Mental Health in the Legal Profession with Orlando Da Silva
    Sep 10 2021
    Topic: Mental Health in the Legal Profession Guest: Orlando Da Silva Orlando is a leader amongst legal professionals on and off the Bench across Canada regarding mental health awareness. He is a past President of the Ontario Bar Association (2014-15) and for years has spoken about his own mental health struggles. He encourages others within all facets of the legal profession to come forward and get help and support. Orlando is currently Chief Administrator/CEO of the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada. He also serves as a Wellness Mentor-in-Residence for students on a pro bono basis with various post-secondary institutions. He is a gem amongst our profession and his story of courage inspires us all.
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    52 mins
  • Episode 10 - An Intro To Bitcoin with Greg Foss

    Episode 10 - An Intro To Bitcoin with Greg Foss
    May 5 2021
    Topic: An Intro to Bitcoin Guest: Greg Foss has spent over thirty years trading credit. This includes bonds, bank loans, credit derivatives, and credit indices. He started his career at RBC in 1988 where he evaluated the bank's Mexican debt position for swap into Brady Bonds. Greg has worked on both the sell side of the street and the buy-side, most recently as Managing Partner - Credit Strategies at GMPIM, the hedge fund arm of Griffiths McBurney. In 2016, Greg was introduced to Bitcoin and became a founding shareholder in 3IQ, the Montreal based manager that successfully launched the first closed end Bitcoin fund on the TSX. Most recently, Greg joined Validus Power as CFO and Bitcoin Strategist.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 09 - From Law to Spearfishing with Valentine Thomas

    Episode 09 - From Law to Spearfishing with Valentine Thomas
    Oct 21 2020
    Topic: From Law to Spearfishing Guest: Valentine Thomas (https://www.instagram.com/valentinethomas/?hl=en)was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and is best known as an Instagram Star with over 223K followers and a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast. Her underwater photography is incredible as she documents her career as a spearfisher woman, a professional traveller, TEDx presenter, accomplished chef and advocate of sustainable eating.
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    47 mins
  • Episode 08 - Mindfulness and the Law with Nicolle Kopping - Pavars

    Episode 08 - Mindfulness and the Law with Nicolle Kopping - Pavars
    Jul 29 2020
    Topic: Mindfulness and Law Guest: Nicolle Kopping-Pavars (https://www.transformationallaw.com/) is a certified Meditation and Mindfulness teacher as well as a lawyer focusing her practice on Collaborative Family Law, Family Mediation and Fertility Law (Surrogacy, Egg Donation; Embryo Donation and Sperm Donation). She conducts workshops and retreats on Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence both in North America and Southern Africa and continues hosts meditation clinics for colleagues within Toronto.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 07 - Landlord and Tenant Law with Caryma Sa'd

    Episode 07 - Landlord and Tenant Law with Caryma Sa'd
    May 22 2020
    Topic: Landlord and Tenant Law & Cannabis Law Guest: Caryma Sa'd (https://www.sadvocacy.com/what-we-do) is known best for her advocacy on issues such as affordable housing and drug reform policy.
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    51 mins
  • Episode 06 - Family Law with Tami Moscoe And Andrea Himel

    Episode 06 - Family Law with Tami Moscoe And Andrea Himel
    Apr 24 2020
    Topic: Family Law Guests: This is my first interview with two guests: Tami Moscoe and Andrea Himel. It was a little tricky for three lawyers to share two microphones but we did it and covered a lot of ground on the topic of Family Law. Tami is counsel with the Office of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court Of Justice at the Ministry of the Attorney General here in Ontario. She has been a part of the team at the forefront of many innovative Family Law projects including the Family Law Limited Scope Services Project and many more which we will talk about in this podcast. Andrea is a child-focused family mediator, lawyer and consultant. She has been a member of the Child & Family Services Review Board for the past 10 years and served on many many boards such as the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
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    1 hr
  • Episode 05 - Criminal Law with Sean Robichaud

    Episode 05 - Criminal Law with Sean Robichaud
    Apr 22 2020
    Topic: Criminal Law Guest: Sean Robichaud (https://robichaudlaw.ca/about-us/sean-robichaud/) is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law by the Law Society of Ontario. He is also host of the popular podcast "Of Counsel" (https://robichaudlaw.ca/series/of-counsel-podcast/) where he interviews lawyers on topics such as advocacy, trial strategy, practice insights and points of interest in contemporary legal issues. In this episode, Sean and I talk about Criminal law particularly how the #MeToo movement has changed the landscape in the area of sexual assaults. We also talk about the justice system and what all the stakeholders could be doing better to improve it. I hope you enjoy this episode!
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    56 mins
  • Episode 04 - The Justice System with The Honourable Mr. Justice Mazza (retired)

    Episode 04 - The Justice System with The Honourable Mr. Justice Mazza (retired)
    Mar 26 2020
    Topic: Family Court, Justice System Guest: The Honourable Mr. Justice Mazza retired from the Superior Court of Justice, Family Court in Hamilton, Ontario in 2018. We discuss his path to becoming a judge, stories from the Bench, tips for lawyers appearing before the Court and technology. His Honour is now a mediator with the George Street Law Group (https://georgestreetlawgroup.com/)
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    55 mins