Current or Future Speaking Engagements

Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
RTA: Human Rights Case Studies Webinar

February 16 - 2012; 10 AM to 11 AM
Link to Register for Webinar

Kristin Ley will be instructing a webinar highlighting issues that housing providers face when accommodating the needs of tenants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Residential Tenancies Act. Participants of the webinar will learn how the Human Rights legislation impacts their day-to-day operations and when the accommodation efforts of a housing provider reach the point of "undue hardship."

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Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario
Minimizing Your Risk and Liability of Fire Code Offences

February 29, 2012; 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (Seminar)
February 29, 2012; 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (Webinar)
20 Upjohn Road, Toronto
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Download Webinar PDF 

Joe Hoffer and Kristin Ley will be taking part in a seminar that reviews best practices to ensure your staff minimize risk and liability for Fire Code offences. Expert speakers will assess common liability issues that often result in prosecution of landlords and how to avoid that liability. Attendees will also learn how landlords are often held responsible for fire risks due to the acts of tenants, and how you can reduce tenant-caused liability.

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London Property Management Association
March Meeting

March 6, 2012
Lamplighter Inn, London

Joe Hoffer will be speaking at March's LPMA meeting on the subject of special issues when renting to students; the applicability of licensing and lodging house by-laws; and updates on recent court decisions affecting landlords in Ontario

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Law Society of Upper Canada's Annual Real Estate Summit

April 18th and 19th, 2012
University of Toronto, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto

Joe Hoffer will be speaking at the Law Society of Upper Canada's annual Real Estate Summit in Toronto on the topic of "Advice for the Novice Landlord" and requirements for compliance by residential landlords with the Accessibility for Ontarians wit Disabilities Act.

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Past Speaking Engagements

London Property Management Association
January Meeting

January 10, 2012
Lamplighter Inn, London

Laura McKeen will be speaking at January's LPMA meeting about what landlords need to do to comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)

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Ontario Private Campground Association 2011 Convention and CampEx

November 20th to 23rd, 2011
Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville

On November 22nd, Joe Hoffer will be speaking on legal issues facing campgrounds.

Download conference brochure.

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Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario
Webinar: How Landlords Should Prepare for Ontario's New Accessibility Standards

November 9, 2011 ( 10:00am to 11:00am )

Kristin Ley will provide landlords who employ one or more staff with an outline of the mandatory obligations of landlords for compliance with the new law respecting "Accessibility" for Ontarians with disabilities.  As landlords, your compliance obligations will be subject to close scrutiny by regulators.  Kristin's message will consist of recommendations to ensure that you comply in a positive, comprehensive, and cost-effective manner to achieve the policy goals of the legislation without compromising management operations.

Online Registration | Download Registration Form.

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The Law Society of Upper Canada
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Conference

November 14, 2011
University of Toronto, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, or view by live webcast

Joe Hoffer and Kristin Ley will be making presentations on the Legal and Practical Implications of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and on Human Rights Code considerations relative to implemenation and compliance.

The Honourable David Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, is the Keynote Speaker for this program.

Download conference brochure.

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Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
2011 Annual Conference and Trade Show

October 27-30, 2011
Sheraton on the Falls Conference Centre, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Joe Hoffer & Kristin Ley will be speaking on human rights and accommodation strategies (Course #206)

Visit conference website.

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Down Syndrome Ontario DSAO Conference 2011

October 21-23, 2011
Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Kelly Taylor and Joe Hoffer will be Keynote speakers at the conference.

Download conference brochure.

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Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association Housing Provider Forum

June 27th, 2011 (10 AM to 3:30PM)
College Street United Church

Joe Hoffer will be speaking on issues of Human Rights and Housing.

More Information.

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CFAA 2011
Canadian Rental Housing Conference

June 16th & 17th, 2011
The Westin Prince Toronto, Toronto

More Information.

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FRPO 2011 RTA SEMINAR SERIES
Landlord Tenant Law in 2011: Make the Smart Move

Thursday, April 28th, 2011 (London) -- 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
Best Western Lamplighter Inn, 591 Wellington Road South, London

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 (Kingston) -- 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
Donald Gordon Conference Centre, Queens Univerity, 421 Union Street

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 (Toronto) -- 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
The Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Road, Etobicoke

More Information.

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Seminar Materials