Background

Noëlle Caloren is a co-leader of the Firm's Labour and Employment Group in Ottawa as well as the Ottawa Regional Contact of the Privacy and Access to Information Group. Noëlle received both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Ottawa . She also graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Laws. Noëlle is fluently bilingual in English and French and practices in both official languages. She was called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 1995.

Areas of Practice

• Noëlle has developed an expertise in Employment and Labour Law through her representation of a variety of organizations in the educational, health care and municipal sectors. She assists private and public sector corporate clients and individuals with employment-related issues, such as contracts and policies, terminations, severance packages, employee discipline, human rights, and workplace safety. She has also acquired an expertise in the areas of access to information and privacy rights as they relate to both the federal and provincial jurisdictions.
• Noëlle also regularly represents employers in Labour Board proceedings and grievance arbitrations and has participated in labour negotiations as employer spokesperson.
• Noëlle has developed a sound knowledge of administrative law through her work as a part-time member of the Ontario Civilian Police Commission. In this role, she reviews public complaints made against police force members and presides over appeal hearings.

Professional Experience

• Noëlle has represented firm clients in various administrative proceedings such as appearances before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Ontario and Canadian Human Rights Tribunals, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and multiple arbitration boards. She has also appeared before the Civil Courts in employment-related litigation and acted on behalf of firm clients in Privacy Commission proceedings.
• Selected Articles/Conferences:
  • University of Ottawa, Guest Lecturer - Labour Law II, 1997-2000.
  • Bill 160 - Update: In-house Seminar for French Language School Boards; February 27, 1998.
  • Maintaining Order and Discipline: Lorman Education Services, "Hot Topics in Ontario School Law"; Ottawa : May 14, 1999.
  • Le maintien de l'ordre et de la discipline dans les écoles: Fouilles et perquisitions; Risk Management Seminar, Toronto: November 4, 1999.
  • Non-Culpable Absenteeism: A Managed Approach: Murray Axmith, Ottawa : Lunch & Learn Series (English & French Presentations); January 27 and February 10, 2000.
  • Pregnancy and Parental Leave, Lorman Education Services, "Employment Standards Act in Ontario ; Ottawa : March 23, 2000.
  • Proving Undue Hardship: The Federal Employee Experience - Infonex Conference (Ottawa : March 26, 2003).
  • Recognizing and Dealing With Workplace Addictions – Cowan Insurance Group Substance Abuse Seminar (Ottawa : October 15, 2009).
• Books:
• Contributing Author, Employment Law: Solutions for the Canadian Workplace, STP Specialty Technical Publishers (2002).

Professional and Community Activities

• Memberships:
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • County of Carleton Law Association
  • Ontario Human Resources Professional Association (Ottawa)
  • Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE)
  • Women's Law Association
  • l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario.
• Teaching:
  • Taught legal writing at the University of Ottawa in the French Common Law Program
  • Continues to lecture to students as an invited practitioner in the Advanced Labour Law Course
  • 1998 to Present: Law Society of Upper Canada - Bar Admission Course - Civil Procedure