Recent Spotlight
Harris Rosen, Principal Lawyer at Harris Rosen Professional Corporation, Shares His Personal Journey, Career Lessons, and Advice for Aspiring Lawyers in Field of Higher Education Law
Harris Rosen had the pleasure of hosting the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for the Progressive Conservative Party for a stakeholder brunch on October 15, 2024 at The Thornhill Club. Thank you Melissa Lantsman for listening attentively to this group of private post-secondary educators.
Harris Rosen is proud to announce his appointment as an Advisor to the Board of Career Colleges Ontario.
Harris Rosen is both honoured and humbled to have been nominated among some of Canada's finest lawyers, for Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in the "Business" category, in Canadian Lawyer Magazine: https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/voting-is-now-open-for-canadian-lawyers-top-25-most-influential-lawyers/385849
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation was a proud sponsor of the Languages Canada ICEF Reception at the Canadian Embassy, in Berlin, Germany!
Student discipline: What constitutes cheating in the post-COVID era?
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation is proud to be a Bronze Sponsor at the national Languages Canada Conference in February 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Harris Rosen is also delighted to be a speaker at the Conference on the Importance and Regulation of the Language School Sector in Canada! Details here: https://www.
Attention Corporate Trainers! Are you in violation of the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005?
Harris Rosen featured in Canadian Bar Association’s The National Magazine on the benefits of building a niche practice.
Private Career Colleges: Investors, and Regulatory Compliance
Transport training schools: opportunity at the intersection of enforcement and disruption
Harris Rosen was honoured to have been a speaker at the Canada-India Foundation International Women’s Day Forum on March 4th, on the topic of human rights, post-COVID consumer demands on organizations, and male allyship: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/canadaindiafoundation_choosetochallenge-cif-canadaindiafoundation-activity-6772159568450523136-76Mo
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation representing registered private career colleges and non-registrant purchasers on several proposed acquisitions.
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation successfully acted as regulatory counsel to a large Canadian law firm and a Tier One private equity group to close one of Canada’s largest higher education transactions.
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation successfully represented a student against a top university which accused the student of academic misconduct in a foundation program. After providing the University with a plausible explanation for likeness in student responses, the student’s original grade was restored.
Presented at Virtual Town Hall to Independent Private Schools Forum (association of private high schools in Ontario, Canada) on Non-Disparagement Policies.
Counsel to Investor Groups and large law firms: as of the first day of 4Q in 2019, Harris has been engaged as regulatory counsel to Tier One investors, to transaction counsel in large law firms, and to private institutions, on transactions cumulatively exceeding $500,000,000. In 3Q of 2019 Harris was regulatory counsel to the vendor on a multi-province purchase and sale worth more than $100,000,000, and which transaction successfully received regulatory approvals, and which closed.
University of Toronto Re: New Magazine: The 2018/2019 edition of the University of Toronto’s Re: New Magazine featured a story on Harris Rosen and his family’s narrow escape and survival of the Tubbs wildfire in Northern California on October 8, 2017 (http://renew.newcollege.utoronto.ca/index.php/current-issue/). The story follows the Q4 2018 release of his book on the subject (Red Skies After Midnight: Escaping the Wine Country Wildfires) co-authored with his wife, animal welfare lawyer Jennifer Friedman: https://www.facebook.com/FirestormNovel/. 100% of modest proceeds were proudly donated to Habitat for Humanity (Sonoma County) following the first month of the book’s release. Rosen and his wife expect to release future versions of the publication in the hope that they may assist wildfire victims in some small way.
Epic Times Quote: Harris Rosen is pleased to have been quoted in the August 1, 2018 edition of the Epic Times regarding the newly elected Ontario government’s scrapping of the Wynne government’s Sex-Ed curriculum: https://www.theepochtimes.com/fords-scrapping-of-2015-sex-ed-curriculum-a-result-of-concerns-by-parents_2608664.html .
Re-Training and Re-Skilling Aging Workforce: Harris was co-founder of Forty Plus Training Summit, which on December 7, 2017 hosted an inaugural conference at the historic Heintzman House in Thornhill, Ontario. Canada’s former Prime Minister, Right Honourable John N. Turner was the keynote speaker. There was broad representation at the event which included representation from the higher education sector, notable business school professors, and many others.
Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 Annotated
Harris Rosen’s publications are numerous. He publishes frequently on topics of interest to investor groups, private colleges, language schools, and corporate training institutions, ranging from private post-secondary education to the future labour market demand and the problem of an aging workforce.
He co-authored the Annotated Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 and Regulations, Second Edition (http://store.thomsonreuters.ca/product-detail/annotated-private-career-colleges-act-2005-and-regulations-second-edition/), released in August of 2017, by Carswell Legal Publishers, with a Foreword by the Right Honourable John N. Turner (former Prime Minister of Canada).
The second edition of the complete guide to the regulation and operation of private career colleges in Ontario contained key updates to address the explosion of the online education industry, an increased interest from foreign investors, the challenges of dealing with government regulators, sexual violence, bullying, and more.
Harris will be coming out with an updated publication shortly, reflecting the January 1, 2024 changes to the legislation in Ontario brought about by “Red Tape reduction” measures, and focusing on the impact of COVID19 on the higher education sector, Distance Education, ongoing study permit issues, and the investment climate in Canada from a regulatory perspective (not financial advice).
Recent Spotlight
Harris Rosen, Principal Lawyer at Harris Rosen Professional Corporation, Shares His Personal Journey, Career Lessons, and Advice for Aspiring Lawyers in Field of Higher Education Law
Harris Rosen had the pleasure of hosting the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for the Progressive Conservative Party for a stakeholder brunch on October 15, 2024 at The Thornhill Club. Thank you Melissa Lantsman for listening attentively to this group of private post-secondary educators.
Harris Rosen is proud to announce his appointment as an Advisor to the Board of Career Colleges Ontario.
Harris Rosen is both honoured and humbled to have been nominated among some of Canada's finest lawyers, for Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in the "Business" category, in Canadian Lawyer Magazine: https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/voting-is-now-open-for-canadian-lawyers-top-25-most-influential-lawyers/385849
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation was a proud sponsor of the Languages Canada ICEF Reception at the Canadian Embassy, in Berlin, Germany!
Student discipline: What constitutes cheating in the post-COVID era?
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation is proud to be a Bronze Sponsor at the national Languages Canada Conference in February 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Harris Rosen is also delighted to be a speaker at the Conference on the Importance and Regulation of the Language School Sector in Canada! Details here: https://www.
Attention Corporate Trainers! Are you in violation of the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005?
Harris Rosen featured in Canadian Bar Association’s The National Magazine on the benefits of building a niche practice.
Private Career Colleges: Investors, and Regulatory Compliance
Transport training schools: opportunity at the intersection of enforcement and disruption
Harris Rosen was honoured to have been a speaker at the Canada-India Foundation International Women’s Day Forum on March 4th, on the topic of human rights, post-COVID consumer demands on organizations, and male allyship: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/canadaindiafoundation_choosetochallenge-cif-canadaindiafoundation-activity-6772159568450523136-76Mo
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation representing registered private career colleges and non-registrant purchasers on several proposed acquisitions.
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation successfully acted as regulatory counsel to a large Canadian law firm and a Tier One private equity group to close one of Canada’s largest higher education transactions.
Harris Rosen Professional Corporation successfully represented a student against a top university which accused the student of academic misconduct in a foundation program. After providing the University with a plausible explanation for likeness in student responses, the student’s original grade was restored.
Presented at Virtual Town Hall to Independent Private Schools Forum (association of private high schools in Ontario, Canada) on Non-Disparagement Policies.
Counsel to Investor Groups and large law firms: as of the first day of 4Q in 2019, Harris has been engaged as regulatory counsel to Tier One investors, to transaction counsel in large law firms, and to private institutions, on transactions cumulatively exceeding $500,000,000. In 3Q of 2019 Harris was regulatory counsel to the vendor on a multi-province purchase and sale worth more than $100,000,000, and which transaction successfully received regulatory approvals, and which closed.
University of Toronto Re: New Magazine: The 2018/2019 edition of the University of Toronto’s Re: New Magazine featured a story on Harris Rosen and his family’s narrow escape and survival of the Tubbs wildfire in Northern California on October 8, 2017 (http://renew.newcollege.utoronto.ca/index.php/current-issue/). The story follows the Q4 2018 release of his book on the subject (Red Skies After Midnight: Escaping the Wine Country Wildfires) co-authored with his wife, animal welfare lawyer Jennifer Friedman: https://www.facebook.com/FirestormNovel/. 100% of modest proceeds were proudly donated to Habitat for Humanity (Sonoma County) following the first month of the book’s release. Rosen and his wife expect to release future versions of the publication in the hope that they may assist wildfire victims in some small way.
Epic Times Quote: Harris Rosen is pleased to have been quoted in the August 1, 2018 edition of the Epic Times regarding the newly elected Ontario government’s scrapping of the Wynne government’s Sex-Ed curriculum: https://www.theepochtimes.com/fords-scrapping-of-2015-sex-ed-curriculum-a-result-of-concerns-by-parents_2608664.html .
Re-Training and Re-Skilling Aging Workforce: Harris was co-founder of Forty Plus Training Summit, which on December 7, 2017 hosted an inaugural conference at the historic Heintzman House in Thornhill, Ontario. Canada’s former Prime Minister, Right Honourable John N. Turner was the keynote speaker. There was broad representation at the event which included representation from the higher education sector, notable business school professors, and many others.
Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 Annotated
Harris Rosen’s publications are numerous. He publishes frequently on topics of interest to investor groups, private colleges, language schools, and corporate training institutions, ranging from private post-secondary education to the future labour market demand and the problem of an aging workforce.
He co-authored the Annotated Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 and Regulations, Second Edition (http://store.thomsonreuters.ca/product-detail/annotated-private-career-colleges-act-2005-and-regulations-second-edition/), released in August of 2017, by Carswell Legal Publishers, with a Foreword by the Right Honourable John N. Turner (former Prime Minister of Canada).
The second edition of the complete guide to the regulation and operation of private career colleges in Ontario contained key updates to address the explosion of the online education industry, an increased interest from foreign investors, the challenges of dealing with government regulators, sexual violence, bullying, and more.
Harris will be coming out with an updated publication shortly, reflecting the January 1, 2024 changes to the legislation in Ontario brought about by “Red Tape reduction” measures, and focusing on the impact of COVID19 on the higher education sector, Distance Education, ongoing study permit issues, and the investment climate in Canada from a regulatory perspective (not financial advice).
