Early Bird Rate for SOAR's 30th Annual Conference extended
The $425.00 early bird rate for SOAR's 30th Annual Conference: Building Fair Responsive and Inclusive Approaches on November 1, 2018 has been extended.
Don't miss out on a very special day with concurrent workshops, plenaries on topics relevant to the administrative justice community; an engaging closing speaker and remarks from the Attorney General for Ontario.
Register today! Click on link for detailed information about the conference program and speakers.
Statement Of Principles For the Appointment and Re-Appointments Of Adjudicative Tribunal Members
This document sets out principles that apply to the appointment of members to adjudicative administrative tribunals in Ontario and in particular to the 37 adjudicative bodies with statutory judicial powers governed by the Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009 (ATAGAA).
SOAR - Funded Research Opportunity
SOAR is an organization with representation from Ontario’s administrative law tribunals, boards and agencies. It is administered by a volunteer Board of Directors and has a full-time Executive Director.
SOAR is seeking a researcher with an interest in how administrative law tribunals interact with self-represented litigants.
Working closely with members of SOAR committees and the Board of Directors, the researcher will contact tribunals, boards, and agencies identified by SOAR to obtain information about how the organizations make themselves accessible to self-represented parties, and to
An Evening with SOAR, Wednesday February 21, 2018, hosted by The Advocates' Society
Don't miss out on this unique networking opportunity available to Chairs, Vice - Chairs, Staff Lawyers and members of SOAR, hosted by the Advocates' Society's Regulatory and Administrative Law Group on Wednesday February 21, 2018, 5:30-7:30pm.
To register:
please fill out and send the form (below) to the Advocates' Society or contact angie@advocates.ca
TAS Members and SOAR Members: Complimentary
Chairs, Vice-Chairs & Staff Lawyers of SOAR: Complimentary
Non-members of TAS or SOAR: $30.00 + HST = $33.90
2017 SOAR Medal Recipients Announced!
The SOAR Medal Committee has chosen two worthy recipients to receive SOAR's highest honour.
Join us in congratulating our 2017 SOAR Medal recipients:
Avvy Yao Yao Go
Lilian Ma
They were presented with the SOAR Medals following our AGM on December 6, 2017.
To nominate someone for the SOAR Medal 2018, please click to download the nomination form.
Slate of Nominees for SOAR Board of Directors Election
The Election Committee received 15 qualified Nominations to stand for election to the SOAR Board of Directors for the 2017-2019 term.
The online elections will take place from November 16 to 23, 2017. An online ballot and voting instructions will be emailed to SOAR electors on November 16th. You may review information about the nominees below.
SOAR BOARD ELECTION CANDIDATES
2017 Conference Materials Online!
Materials from SOAR's 29th Annual Conference, November 2 2017, are now online!
Submission on OIC Compensation to the Treasury Board Secretariat
On August 4, 2017, SOAR sent a letter to Minister Liz Sandals with respect to the OIC Compensation Framework that the Treasury Board Secretariat is undertaking. This submission has been approved by the SOAR Board of Directors,
Systems of evaluation of Tribunal members in Quebec
This paper was commissioned by the SOAR Board of Directors to facilitate a continuing dialogue about methods of evaluation of adjudicative tribunal members. The research was conducted in early 2017 by Zina Rita, a third-year law student at Osgoode Hall Law School.