Author Archives: Linda McKay-Panos

About Linda McKay-Panos

Linda McKay-Panos is the Executive Director of the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre. She taught Language Arts and Social Studies with the Calgary Board of Education for 7 years before returning to university to obtain a Law Degree. She practiced law for a time, before joining the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre in 1992 as a Research Associate. Linda is a sessional instructor in the Faculties of Communication and Culture and Law at the University of Calgary. Linda received her Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Calgary. Linda is the President of the Alberta Association for Multicultural Education and the Past President of the Public Legal Education Network of Alberta. Linda is the author of several publications dealing with civil liberties, access to information, human rights, discrimination, equality and related topics. Linda received the 2001 Suzanne Mah Award and an Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005 for her work in human rights in Alberta.

Age Discrimination in Employment: What will Make the Grade?

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Linda McKay-Panos

Cases Considered: Brawn v. Profile Seismic Ltd., (June 16, 2009, Diane Colley-Urquhart Panel Chair) PDF Version: Age Discrimination in Employment: What will Make the Grade? Diane Colley-Urquhart, sitting as a Panel for the Human Rights and Citizenship Commission (“Commission”), recently dealt … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Bench Follows Business Watch rather than Kellogg, Brown and Root Regarding Jurisdiction of Privacy Commissioner

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: Edmonton Police Service v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2009 ABQB 268 PDF version: Queen’s Bench Follows Business Watch rather than Kellogg, Brown and Root Regarding Jurisdiction of Privacy Commissioner In an earlier post on Kellogg, Brown and Root … Continue reading →

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To Employ or Not to Employ: Is That the Question?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: Lockerbie & Hole Industrial Inc. v. Alberta (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission), 2009 ABQB 241, overturning Donald Luka v. Lockerbie & Hole Industrial Inc. and Syncrude Canada, Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, February 15, 2008 (Beth Bryant) … Continue reading →

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Amendments to Bill 44 Worsen a Bad Bill

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Linda McKay-Panos

Legislation considered: Bill 44, Human Rights Citizenship and Multiculturalism Amendment Act; Amendment A1A; Amendment A1B PDF version: Amendments to Bill 44 Worsen a Bad Bill In a previous post, I discussed a number of concerns about the proposed amendments to … Continue reading →

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Costs Take Centre Stage in Human Rights Case

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: Alberta (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Panel) v. Tequila Bar & Grill Ltd., 2009 ABQB 226 PDF version: Costs Take Centre Stage in Human Rights Case The issue of costs does not normally merit discussion in a blog. … Continue reading →

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