4 weeks and counting...
The IAML AGM and Canadian Chapter meeting is now just 4 weeks away. We hope that you have already booked your place at what promises to be a very interesting meeting, with wonderful side trips too!
Highlights will include:
- Vancouver City Tour
- Welcome Reception at the Sutton Place Hotel
- A tour taking in some of Vancouver's glorious gardens
- A visit to spectacular Grouse Mountain taking in inspiring scenery on the way
- A chance to learn some of the secrets of the Pacific Northwest food movement
- A visit to Vancouver's stunning Museum of Anthropology to experience the history and culture of the Haida, Coast Salish and other Pacific Coast peoples
- Our President's Dinner at the elegant Vancouver Club
- Chances to take part in a range of optional activities including: Victoria/whale watching, golf, fishing, sailing, cycling the Stanley Park sea wall, old growth forest hiking
As well as these wonderful tours, of course, there will be a very informative educational program including:
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Relocation Disputes and Parental Child Abduction, Justice Chamberland, Quebec
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Perspectives on the Hague Converntion and International Relocation
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Domestic Violence and Family Dysfunction - Fresh Approaches to Intervention and Child Protection and Effective Family Interventions, Baroness Scotland, Attorney General, England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Dealing with Difficult Clients, Professor John Wade and Doctor Sandra Hacker, Australia
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Reconciling The Modern And The Traditional - Challenges For Aboriginal Communities And Culture, Chief Judith Sayers, Hupacasath First Nation, Port Alberni Band
 We are delighted to announce that, so far, 83 Fellows and 47 Guests have registered for the meeting. If you are not among them and would like to join us, please do not delay! Hotel rooms are now running short (the hotel will be full at the time of the meeting) and we would not want you to be disappointed.
Click here to to the meeting web page to book your hotel room and register for the meeting online.
If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to contact Donna Goddard (donna.goddard@iaml.org) who will be happy to help you.
We hope to see you in Vancouver!
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Our Sponsors
We are truly very grateful to our meeting sponsors:
Manches (London) will be sponsoring our President`s Dinner
Walzer & Melcher (Woodland Hills, California) will be sponsoring the entertainment at the President's Dinner
Jenkins Marzban Logan (Vancouver) will be sponsoring the meeting papers
J K Hannaford Barristers (Toronto) will be sponsoring Thursday`s Educational Program
Farris, Vaughan, Wills and Murphy LLP (Vancouver) will be sponsoring Friday`s Educational Program
Soby Boyden Lenz (Calgary) will be sponsoring the Audrey Ducroux Lecture and other items
Moores Legal (Melbourne) will be sponsoring a satchel insert
Elisabeth Sachs Law Offices (Orangeville, Ontario) will be sponsoring a coffee break
If your firm would also like to sponsor the meeting, there are still opportunities available. Please contact Donna Goddard (donna.goddard@iaml.org) for details.
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