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Wednesday 27 May, 2026

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 30 minutes
8:30 AM
Student Workshop
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 2 hours

Workshop on Graduate Students’ Challenges in Whistleblowing Research Facilitators: Wim Vandekerckhove, Nadia Smaili, Amélie Perron,  Pamela Forward

10:30 AM
Coffe Break
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
10:45 AM
Whistleblower Protection in Canada: Implications for Freedom of Expression and Effective Remedies
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | 1 hour

Vannie Lau (International Justice and Human Rights Clinic, UBC)

11:30 AM
Lunch and networking
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
Canadian whistleblowers’ experiences
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Panel with Kelly Donovan (Police Whistleblower), Julian Branch (Journalist Whistleblower), Jo-Ann Fennessy (Consulting) Moderator: Amélie Perron

2:15 PM
Blowing the Whistle in the Federal Public Sector
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 30 minutes

Parham Khajeh Naini (Office of the Public Service Integrity Commissioner of Canada)

2:45 PM
45 years of whistleblower support and advocacy: emerging priorities and challenges
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 30 minutes

By Tom Devine (Government Accountability Project) 

3:15 PM
Pause-café
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | 15 minutes
3:30 PM
Keynote
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Listening-by-design, an overlooked criterion in whistleblowing policy.by  Wim Vandekerckhove

5:00 PM
Organizers’ closing remarks
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
5:30 PM
Networking Cocktail Reception
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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