Constitutional Roundtable: Gay Marriage in South Africa & Canada

PLEASE NOTE TIME & LOCATION

Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Constitutional Roundtable

&

Roy Elliott O’Connor LLP

The International Lesbian and Gay Law Association

present

Gay Marriage in South Africa and Canada:

Where are we and how did we get here?

Speakers:

R. Douglas Elliott

Roy Elliott O’Connor LLP

Dr. David Bilchitz

South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public,

Human Rights and International Law

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Classroom B – Flavelle House

 Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

78 Queen’s Park

This round-table brings together participants from South Africa and Canada to critically appraise the legal strategies employed in both countries to achieve same-sex marriage.

David Bilchitz was a legal advisor to OUT LGBT well-being, an NGO that coordinated the same-sex marriage campaign through parliament, and wrote the response of the Joint Working Group (a coalition of 17 LGBTI organizations) to parliament.

Douglas Elliott successfully represented the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto in the Ontario Court of Appeal in Halpern v. Canada and in the Supreme Court of Canada on the Marriage Reference.


For more workshop information, please contact Professor Lorraine Weinrib at l.weinrib@utoronto.ca or Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.