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La professeure Emmanuelle Bernheim a été nommée titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé mentale et accès à la justice. Cette nomination constitue une marque de reconnaissance méritée du leadership manifeste de la professeure Bernheim dans les domaines du droit de la santé mentale, de l’accessibilité à la justice, ainsi que...

Mes chères collègues de Fauteux. Congratulations to the class of 2021.

Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York, Eugene T. Kingsley worked as a railway brakeman in Montana until an accident left him a double amputee. His subsequent socialist activism brought him to Canada where he eventually became known to the government as “one of the most dangerous men in Canada”.  Dr. Malhotra and Dr. Isitt offer a portrait of a f...

Penny Collenette, LLB ’91, co-chaired the Advisory Committee of the Prosperity Project which recently called for a nation-wide childcare system. The Project penned  an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, six other federal ministers and Opposition Leaders, signed by public policy...

The Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law grieves with Muslim communities from coast to coast following the devastating and targeted attack against a family doing the most human of things – taking a walk through their neighbourhood after dinner. We cannot imagine the pain and the fear felt at this moment by Muslim members of our Common Law community. To our Muslim colleagues, students, alumni, ...

Professor Jennifer Chandler’s term as the Bertram Loeb Chair in Organ and Tissue Donation has been renewed for a second five-year term, beginning on July 1, 2021. An expert in the study of the law and ethics of emerging biomedical technology, Professor Chandler is known nationally and internationally for her ground-breaking work in the areas of or...

“Beads have carried law since time immemorial… when I say that, people often respond ‘Oh, lady, no! I don’t know what you’re talking about,’” Danielle Lussier says, smiling broadly.

Professor Richard Albert will spend the Fall 2021 term in residence at the Common Law Section as the inaugural Allan Rock Visiting Professor. Professor Albert will also serve as a Visiting Fellow with the uOttawa Public Law Centre.

Canadian Lawyer has released its list of nominees for the 2021 “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada” honours.  Among the nominees is the Common Law Section’s Professor Nathalie Chalifour in the category of “Changemakers” (3rd page of the voting survey). Please consider voting!  You may vote for up to five nominees i...

Professor Lynda Collins has published a new book entitled The Ecological Constitution: Reframing Environmental Law (Routledge), which sets out the necessary components of any constitution that could be considered “ecological” in nature. Re-imagining constitutions along these lines could play a vital role in building a sustainable fu...