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McCarthy Tétrault & TD Bank: "The Fruit Machine" Film Panel
Wed, Nov 25
|Online Event
McCarthy Tétrault LLP and TD Bank are hosting a panel discussion on The Fruit Machine, a documentary that chronicles the shameful purge of queer employees from Canada’s civil service and military over a period of several decades, and the trauma this inflicted on thousands of Canadians.
Time & Location
Nov 25, 2020, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
Online Event
About the event
This event will explore the history of Canada’s systemic firing of LGBT civil servants, RCMP and military members, the impact of the LGBT Purge on Canadian citizens, and steps we can take to remember and honour this history. This event will feature:
Élisabeth Brousseau, Partner, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Michelle Douglas, human rights activist and Executive Director of the LGBT Purge Fund
Douglas Elliott, Lead Counsel in the LGBT Purge class action
Sarah Fodey, producer and writer and director of The Fruit Machine
Nikki Gershbain, Chief Inclusion Officer, McCarthy Tétrault LLP