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  • Making Ontario’s Courts Fully Accessible to Persons with Disabilities [Report of Courts Disabilities Committee]
  • Ontario has one of the Best Justice Systems in the World … and we can make it Even Better*
  • Opening of the Courts of Ontario for 2022
  • Reflections on Mental Health
  • The Attorney General and the Administration of Criminal Justice
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  • Twenty-Five Years Later
• Archives
  • “The State of the Criminal Justice System in 2006: An Appellate Judge’s Perspective”
  • 25th Anniversary of the Charter
  • Access to Justice
  • Access to Justice, Mediation: Panacea or Pariah?
  • Address To CBAO Civil Litigation/Insurance Sections End-of-Term Dinner
  • Advice Upon Entry into Life as a Lawyer – Convocation Address
  • Advocates’ Society Retirement Party For Chief Justice Winkler
  • Annual Institute of Family Law – County of Carleton Law Association
  • Annual Report 2009
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  • Annual Report 2013
  • Appellate Advocacy in an Abbreviated Setting
  • Arbitration as a Cornerstone of Industrial Justice*
  • Caught In a Trap – Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff’s Lawyer in Class Proceedings
  • Civil Rules Committee
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  • Consultation Paper
  • Costs Grid Consultation Paper (2002)
  • Costs Grid Consultation Paper (2004)
  • County of Carleton Law Association – Civil Litigation CLE Program
  • Criminal Appeal Rules, SI/93-169 – Revoked November 1, 2021
  • Eulogy for the Honourable Charles Leonard Dubin
  • Family Law and Access to Justice: A time for Change
  • Forget the Wind-Up and Make the Pitch: Some Suggestions for Writing More Persuasive Factums
  • Investing in our Diversity
  • Judging in the 21st Century*
  • Labour Arbitration and Conflict Resolution: Back to Our Roots
  • Looking Back and Looking Forward on Learning in Professionalism
  • Mediation with a Difference: Accepting “No” in Dispute Resolution
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  • On Becoming a Professional: What It Means to Be a Lawyer
  • On Being a Specialist at Work and a Generalist in Life – Convocation Address
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  • Reflections On “Pivotal” Life-Altering Events – Convocation Address
  • Remarks by Chief Justice Warren K. Winkler at the Women’s Law Association of Ontario Meeting
  • Role of the Courts and Counsel In Justice
  • Second Chance Scholarship
  • Some Observations on Public Inquiries
  • Some Reflections On Judicial Mediation: Reality Or Fantasy?
  • Swearing-In Speech
  • Swearing-Out Ceremony The Honourable Chief Justice Warren K. Winkler
  • Swearing-Out Ceremony: The Honourable Justice Robert Patrick Armstrong
  • The Five Most Significant Decisions in the Courts in the Past Year
  • The Future After Twenty Years Under the Charter
  • The Globalization of Class Actions
  • The Judicial Role in a Democratic State
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada Call to the Bar Ceremony
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada Call to the Bar Ceremony – A Tribute To The Honourable Justice Edward W. Ducharme
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada Professionalism Revisited
  • The Warren Winkler Lectures on Civil Justice Reform
  • University Education and the Mediating Mind

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• Archived Practice Directions and Notices Regarding COVID-19
  • COVID-19: Notice to the Profession and the Public (March 17, 2020) [spent]
  • Notice of Public Counter Services (Update: October 29, 2020) [revoked March 29, 2021]
  • Notice Regarding the Scheduling of In-Person and Remote Appeals (November 16, 2020) [revoked March 29, 2021]
  • Notice Regarding Videoconference and Teleconference Appearance Technology (CourtCall) (March 27, 2020) [revoked March 29, 2021]
• General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal
  • Appendix A: Amendments
  • Appendix B: Naming Conventions for Electronic Materials
  • Appendix C: Best Practices for Zoom Appearances
• How to Proceed with a Motion for Leave to Appeal in a Provincial Offences Case – A Guide for Unrepresented Persons
• Statement from the Chief Justice of Ontario and the Associate Chief Justice of Ontario Regarding Submissions from Counsel
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• Criminal Matters
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  • Part Five: Procedures where a stay of a driving prohibition is sought
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• Practice Directions and Notices Regarding COVID-19
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