2024 

Canadian Repair Convention

Insights & highlights from our landmark event.

Welcome to the recap page for the inaugural Canadian Repair Convention, held on 25 October 2024 at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre in London, Ontario. This landmark event brought together a diverse range of experts, policymakers, industry leaders, and advocates to explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding the right to repair in Canada.

Throughout the day, attendees engaged in insightful discussions and presentations on key topics such as policy development, repair ecosystems, consumer rights, and the role of technology in enabling repairability. These conversations underscored the need for collaboration and innovation to promote repair-friendly policies and practices across the country.

We are excited to share the full recording of the Convention with you. Below, you will find an embedded video of the entire event, along with timestamped links to each presenter's talk, the policy roundtable, and Q&A sessions for easy navigation.

Official Convention Programme (PDF)

Click here to view the official Canadian Repair Convention programme (PDF).

Talks and presentations.

Julie-Christine Denoncourt (Equiterre)

"Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Canadian Consumers by Providing Access to Repair and to Information on Product Durability"

Video link: 00:00:13

Brian Sutherland (University of Toronto)

"Designing for Reuse: Ecologies of Repair"

Video link: 00:15:30

Derek Nissen (Automotive Recyclers of Canada)

"Automotive Recycling in Canada and the Right to Repair"

Video link: 00:33:15

Hugues Mousseau (Belron Canada)

"The consumer's right to repair from a small business and rural Canada perspective"

Video link: 01:10:27


Anthony Rosborough (Dalhousie University)

"The importance of secondary markets and the market competition dimensions of the right to repair"

Video link: 01:24:10

Jean-Francois Champagne (Automotive Industries Association of Canada)

"The state of the right to repair in the automotive industry"

Video link: 01:41:29

Policy Roundtable

Featuring:
Tom Rakocevic (Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (Humber River - Black Creek)
Patrick Blanar (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Skylar Franke (City Councilor, London Ontario, Ward 11).

Video link: 02:18:35

Denver Gingerich (Software Freedom Conservancy)

"Introduction to software right to repair"

Video link: 03:34:40

Kevin Taylor (Canadian Medical & Biological Engineering Society)

"An update on CMBES Health Technology Right to Repair Initiatives"

Video link: 03:55:15

Alissa Centivany (Western University)

"Values in repair"

Video link: 04:17:12

Conference Co-Organizers:

Anthony D. Rosborough, Dalhousie University | anthony.rosborough@dal.ca
Alissa Centivany, Western University | acentiva@uwo.ca