The Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network, under the guidance of Professors Jeremy de Beer and Chidi Oguamanam, has received $300,000 in funding from the new Queen Elizabeth Scholars Advanced Scholars West Africa program. With this funding, Open AIR will continue creating opportunities for emerging scholars to recogniz...
The Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network, under the guidance of Professors Jeremy de Beer and Chidi Oguamanam, has received $300,000 in funding from the new Queen Elizabeth Scholars Advanced Scholars West Africa program...
Professor Samuel Singer served as a co-plaintiff in a human rights challenge that recently won a historic victory for the rights of trans and non-binary individuals. Justice Gregory Moore of the Superior Court of Quebec ruled that several articles of the Civil Code of Quebec discriminate against trans and non-binary people, depriving them of their dignity and equality.
Professor Samuel Singer served as a co-plaintiff in a human rights challenge that recently won a historic victory for the rights of trans and non-binary individuals. Justice Gregory Moore of the Superior Court of Quebec ruled that several articles of the Civil Code of Quebec discriminate against tr...
The Common Law Section is pleased to announce the creation of the Common Law Section Students Community Enhancement and Anti-Racism Action Fund to support community enhancement initiatives stewarded by students from Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities. The Fund will also support students engaged in the development and implementation of projects, partnerships or events that promote anti-...
The Common Law Section is pleased to announce the creation of the Common Law Section Students Community Enhancement and Anti-Racism Action Fund to support community enhancement initiatives stewarded by students from Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities. The Fund will also support students ...
On December 1st, 2020, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s Judicial and Legal Services Commission appointed The Hon. Justice Richard Floyd, LLB ’84, to the Territory of the Virgin Islands as a High Court Judge.His official designation is High Court Judge, Criminal Division, British Virgin Islands, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.Congratulat...
On December 1st, 2020, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s Judicial and Legal Services Commission appointed The Hon. Justice Richard Floyd, LLB ’84, to the Territory of the Virgin Islands as a High Court Judge.His official designation is High...
Professor Aimée Craft has been awarded the 2021 Canadian Bar Association President’s Award, which recognizes the significant contribution of a Canadian jurist to the legal profession and to the public life of Canada. Professor Craft is one of two honorees for this year’s President’s Award; the other recipient is Professor John Borrows, the Ca...
Professor Aimée Craft has been awarded the 2021 Canadian Bar Association President’s Award, which recognizes the significant contribution of a Canadian jurist to the legal profession and to the public life of Canada. Professor Craft is one of two ho...
Professor Yan Campagnolo’s 2020 publication, Le secret ministériel : théorie et pratique (Presses de l’Université Laval) has been named the runner-up for the 2020 Walter Owen Book Prize, awarded by the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research.
Le secret ministériel is the first complete examination of the subject of cabinet secr...
Professor Yan Campagnolo’s 2020 publication, Le secret ministériel : théorie et pratique (Presses de l’Université Laval) has been named the runner-up for the 2020 Walter Owen Book Prize, awarded by the Canadian Foundation for Legal Re...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on December 21, 2020 the appointment of Faye E. McWatt (LL.B. ‘84) as the new Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on December 21, 2020 the appointment of Faye E. McWatt (LL.B. ‘84) as the new Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario.
Following the opening of the Indigenous Human Rights free legal clinic in Ottawa in early January, Fallon Benson, a 2L student in the English JD program, and member of Rainy River First Nations, shared with us her experience.
Why did you choose to be involved?
A dear friend of mine sits on the Advisory Council for the Indigenous Human Rights Pro...
Following the opening of the Indigenous Human Rights free legal clinic in Ottawa in early January, Fallon Benson, a 2L student in the English JD program, and member of Rainy River First Nations, shared with us her experience.
Why did you choose to ...
Professor Vivek Krishnamurthy has earned a grant from Global Affairs Canada for a project entitled “Media Freedom in an Algorithmic Age: Perils and Possibilities”, which examines the implications of algorithmic systems and other emerging digital technologies for media freedom.
The aim of the project is to foster greater understandi...
Professor Vivek Krishnamurthy has earned a grant from Global Affairs Canada for a project entitled “Media Freedom in an Algorithmic Age: Perils and Possibilities”, which examines the implications of algorithmic systems and other emerg...
