kate dearden

KATE DEARDEN
Avocat salarié
T 416.367.6228
F 416.361.7352
Toronto
[email protected]
Éducation
Travail et emploi
Ressources humaines et relations de travail
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BCL and LLB, McGill University, 2007
Kate Dearden (Zavitz) is a senior associate in our Toronto office. Kate practises labour
and employment law, as well as human rights and education law. She has appeared as
employer and/or defence counsel before the Ontario Divisional Court, Superior Court of
Justice, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board and labour
arbitrations, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and various other labour and
employment related tribunals.
M.Sc. in Planning, University of
Toronto, 2003
BES (Bachelor of Environmental
Studies, Hons.), University of
Waterloo, 2001
Kate joined BLG after having summered and articled with the Firm.
Ontario, 2008
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Activités professionnelles
Designer and Co-Chair, CPD
programs of the Ontario Bar
Association: Effective Advocacy
before the Human Rights Tribunal of
Ontario (May 2012); Employment Law
Fundamentals (Fall 2011 and
anticipated Fall 2013); Your First Civil
Trial (2010 and 2011); and Your First
Small Claims Court Trial (2010 and
2011)
Member, Law Society of Upper
Canada
Member, Ontario Bar Association,
Young Lawyers Division, Labour and
Employment Section and Education
Law Section
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Advising management clients on employment matters such as provincial
legislation, policies and contracts, wrongful dismissal claims, health and safety,
injunctions, and investigations.
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Advising on labour relations matters in such areas as grievance arbitration,
collective agreement interpretation, certification applications, and unfair labour
practice applications.
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Advising and advocating on behalf of public sector organizations (boards of
education, post-secondary institutions, hospitals and health-related entities,
and not-for-profit corporations).
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Author, "Hot Off the (Thumb) Press", BLG Labour and Employment NEWS,
October, 2015.
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Author, "Scary Amount of Punitive Damages Ordered Against 'Mean And
Cheap' Employer," BLG Labour and Employment NEWS, October, 2015.

Author, "Court Approves Police Search of Cell Phone Used in Teacher Parking
Lot Drug Deals," Education Law Newsletter, Fall 2015.
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Co-Author, "OLRB Rules Local Strikes Unlawful, While Government Proceeds
With Back-To-Work Legislation," Education Law Newsletter, Spring 2015.
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Author, "Ontario Passes New Law on Asthma Inhalers in Schools," Education
Law Newsletter, Spring 2015.

Co-Author, "Quebec High School Criticized for Student Strip Search,"
Education Law Newsletter, Spring 2015.

Author, "Supreme Court of Canada Creates New Test for Police to Search Cell
Phones without a Warrant," Education Law Newsletter, Winter 2015.
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Co-Author, "Supreme Court of Canada Decision on the Right to Strike Could
have an Impact on the Education Sector," Education Law Newsletter, Winter
2015.

Author, Effective October 29, 2014, Ontario Employees Entitled to Three
Additional Unpaid Leaves From Work," BLG Labour and Employment Law
News, Summer 2014.

Author, "Government Proposes to Amend Key Labour and Employment
Legislation," BLG Client Alert, December, 2013.

Author, "Hospital Employee Vaccinations," Hospital News and
HospitalNews.com, August, 2013.

Presenter, "An Educator's Guide to the Digital World at School," Ontario
School Board Insurance Exchange (OSBIE) Risk Management Seminar,
October 29, 2015.
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Presenter, "Standing in the Fire of Human Rights Challenges," Regional
Special Education Council/Regional Supervisory Officers' Curriculum Council
Annual Meeting, January 31, 2014.

Presenter, "Human Rights and Special Education: a Legal Update,"
LAWWORKS at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, November 6, 2014.

Presenter, "Privacy in a School Setting," Conference of Independent
Schools, February 13, 2013.
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Co-Presenter, "Workplace Investigations," Federated Press Presentation, April
10, 2013.

Co-Presenter, "Privacy in a School Setting," CAPSLE (Canadian Association
for Practical Study of Law in Education), May 6, 2013.

Presenter, "Privacy in Canadian Schools: a Legal Update," LAWWORKS at
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, November 7, 2013.
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Co-Presenter, "Principles and Applications of Health Law," Ontario Hospital
Association, Employment Law presentation, November 15, 2013.
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