Le 7 mai 2021 s’est tenu le colloque 411 du 88ème Congrès de l’Acfas, un évènement scientifique organisé autour d’un réseau francophone immense (6000 personnes ont assisté au Congrès cette année).
Le 7 mai 2021 s’est tenu le colloque 411 du 88ème Congrès de l’Acfas, un évènement scientifique organisé autour d’un réseau francophone immense (6000 personnes ont assisté au Congrès cette année).
Professor Samuel Singer has been awarded the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) Article Prize for his paper "Trans Rights Are Not Just Human Rights: Legal Strategies for Trans Justice”, which argues that current human rights laws are not sufficient to address legal challenges facing trans people.
Professor Singer’s article explores Canadian t...
Professor Samuel Singer has been awarded the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) Article Prize for his paper "Trans Rights Are Not Just Human Rights: Legal Strategies for Trans Justice”, which argues that current human rights laws are not suffici...
Professor Suzanne Bouclin has published a new book entitled Women, Film, and Law: Cinematic Representations of Female Incarceration (UBC Press), which examines how popular fictional depictions of women’s imprisonment explore, shape, and refine beliefs about women who are incarcerated.
Professor Bouclin argues that fictional depicti...
Professor Suzanne Bouclin has published a new book entitled Women, Film, and Law: Cinematic Representations of Female Incarceration (UBC Press), which examines how popular fictional depictions of women’s imprisonment explore, shape, a...
The Biennial Research Report for the Common Law Section, covering the years 2018-2020, is now available online (PDF, 5.12 MB).This report was produced under conditions unlike any previous such effort. It offers a glimpse of research activities and achievements at the Common Law Section covering the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 fiscal years, or more pre...
The Biennial Research Report for the Common Law Section, covering the years 2018-2020, is now available online (PDF, 5.12 MB).This report was produced under conditions unlike any previous such effort. It offers a glimpse of research activities and a...
As COVID-19 continues to challenge Canada and the world in unprecedented ways, the scientific community has focused efforts on a wide range of responses, from developing vaccines to deploying new digital technologies to help track and contain the pandemic. Professor Michael Geist has made repeated valuable contributions to this ongoing discourse.
As COVID-19 continues to challenge Canada and the world in unprecedented ways, the scientific community has focused efforts on a wide range of responses, from developing vaccines to deploying new digital technologies to help track and contain the pandemic. Professor Michael Geist has made repeated v...
Professor François Larocque has been selected as one of four new Fellows of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, bringing his knowledge and expertise to the Foundation and its Scholars as they embark upon their 2021-2024 Scientific Cycle on the theme of Language, Culture and Identity (PDF, 1.07 MB).Trudeau Fellows are selected bas...
Professor François Larocque has been selected as one of four new Fellows of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, bringing his knowledge and expertise to the Foundation and its Scholars as they embark upon their 2021-2024 Scientific Cycle...
Stateless persons are defined under international law as those who are not recognized as nationals of any country. In the case of stateless communities in Malaysia, the country’s history of British colonial rule has shaped contemporary legal, social and cultural understandings of who are members of the state. Professor Jamie Liew has earned an Insight grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities ...
Stateless persons are defined under international law as those who are not recognized as nationals of any country. In the case of stateless communities in Malaysia, the country’s history of British colonial rule has shaped contemporary legal, social and cultural understandings of who are members of ...
The R.D.S. case is one of Canada's most significant race cases. It marked the first time in the 122-year history of the Supreme Court that Canada’s top judges had been asked to adjudicate a complaint of racial bias against a judge. Professor Constance Backhouse has earned an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...
The R.D.S. case is one of Canada's most significant race cases. It marked the first time in the 122-year history of the Supreme Court that Canada’s top judges had been asked to adjudicate a complaint of racial bias against a judge. Professor Constan...
Around the world, children and youth are increasingly taking action to seek to enforce their human rights and denounce violations. While Canada has ratified the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights violations continue to be widespread with few opportunities for children to claim their rights. Professor Mona P...
Around the world, children and youth are increasingly taking action to seek to enforce their human rights and denounce violations. While Canada has ratified the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights violations contin...
La Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa est heureuse d’annoncer l’embauche d’un nouveau professeur de carrière, Monsieur Pascal McDougall. Les recherches du professeur McDougall portent sur le droit du travail comparé et international, l’analyse économique du droit, la mobilisation du droit syndical comme outil de justice sociale et les liens entre le droit et le ...
La Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa est heureuse d’annoncer l’embauche d’un nouveau professeur de carrière, Monsieur Pascal McDougall. Les recherches du professeur McDougall portent sur le droit du travail comparé et international, l’analyse économique du droit,...