PL’s Gail Gatchalian recently spoke to the Canadian HR Reporter about Dalhousie University’s decision to restrict applicants for the position of Vice Provost of Student Affairs to racially-visible and indigenous applicants, and whether this was legal. As…
By Gail L. Gatchalian The Honourable Pam Williams, Chief Judge of the Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia, will be speaking at the annual Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law (CAPSLE) conference taking place…
On January 31, 2018, Pink Larkin’s Gail Gatchalian spoke to The Lawyer’s Daily about sexual harassment in legal workplaces. Gail, who is the Chair of the CBA National Labour & Employment Law Section, pointed out that…
By Nicola Watson Nearing the end of my law school studies in Toronto, I knew I wanted three things: (1) to practice employee-side labour and employment law, (2) to work in private practice for a reputable firm,…
By Gail L. Gatchalian The Honourable Justice Thomas Cromwell will be the opening keynote speaker at the annual Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law (CAPSLE) conference taking place in Halifax from April 29 to May…
Pink Larkin welcomes Vince Calderhead to our Nova Scotia Office. Vince Calderhead, an eminent Canadian authority in the area of poverty law, will be offering services to those in need on a pro bono basis. This enables him…
Mark your calendars! Canada’s leading conference on education law is coming to Halifax in 2018. Halifax will host the annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE) on April 29…
Featured in the article, Punching Above Weight, published in Lexpert April/May 2017, Ronald A. Pink. Q.C. gives an inside perspective on the changing business world and how our firm succeeds in this new environment. “So people see us as not…
Saturday, May the 9th, 1992. I remember the weather that day. It was cool and rainy. I remember hearing a radio report around noon about an explosion at the Westray Coal Mine that morning, and that a…
Twenty-five years ago, May 9, 1992, the Westray Coal Mine in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, blew up in a huge gas and coal dust explosion. Twenty-six miners, the entire shift underground at the time, were killed. The…
