From deciding whether or not a tax return should trigger an audit, to determining which refugee claimants will be given status in Canada, administrative officials around the country make thousands of decisions every day that fundamentally affect the lives of Canadians. But these officials – and all Canadians – are entering an era of “artificial administration”, where human decision-making may be d...
From deciding whether or not a tax return should trigger an audit, to determining which refugee claimants will be given status in Canada, administrative officials around the country make thousands of decisions every day that fundamentally affect the lives of Canadians. But these officials – and all ...
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, alumni Anna Keller, LLB ’09, Chase Irwin, LLB ’10 and Jamison Young, LLB ’07, have been named recipients of the Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 awards for 2020. A joint initiative of the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal, the annual Forty Under 40 awards recognize rising business ...
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, alumni Anna Keller, LLB ’09, Chase Irwin, LLB ’10 and Jamison Young, LLB ’07, have been named recipients of the Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 awards for 2020. A joint initiative of the Ottawa Board o...
In a rapidly evolving legal landscape where big corporations leverage their economic power and influence to avoid being criminally prosecuted for their crimes, Professor Jennifer Quaid stands out as one of only a select few scholars in Canada actively conducting research on how the criminal law is applied to organizations. As a part of three newly-funded research projects, she is set to further co...
In a rapidly evolving legal landscape where big corporations leverage their economic power and influence to avoid being criminally prosecuted for their crimes, Professor Jennifer Quaid stands out as one of only a select few scholars in Canada actively conducting research on how the criminal law is a...
Ottawa, August 10, 2020 - Students in the French Common Law Certificate Program at the University of Ottawa now have access to ten bursaries worth $3,000 each. The bursaries have been made available through a new Bursaries for Postsecondary Studies in French as a Second Language (FSL) Program, administered by the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne (ACUFC), and fu...
Ottawa, August 10, 2020 - Students in the French Common Law Certificate Program at the University of Ottawa now have access to ten bursaries worth $3,000 each. The bursaries have been made available through a new Bursaries for Postsecondary Studies in French as a Second Language (FSL) Program, admin...
Professor Carissima Mathen has been named Executive Co-Editor of the upcoming 6th edition of the leading textbook Canadian Constitutional Law. Addtionally, Professor Vanessa MacDonnell, Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre, and Professor Peter Oliver, founding Co-Director, have been named to the book’s Editorial Board.
Professor Carissima Mathen has been named Executive Co-Editor of the upcoming 6th edition of the leading textbook Canadian Constitutional Law. Addtionally, Professor Vanessa MacDonnell, Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre, and Professor Peter Oliver, founding Co-Director, have been named to...
For all the chaos and disruption caused by COVID-19, the pandemic has also provided the rare opportunity to think about how we can rebuild our communities and economies to create a more green and inclusive future. Professor Heather McLeod-Kilmurray has recently joined a multi-institutional task force dedicated to reducing inequality and advancing environmental stewardship in a post-pandemic societ...
For all the chaos and disruption caused by COVID-19, the pandemic has also provided the rare opportunity to think about how we can rebuild our communities and economies to create a more green and inclusive future. Professor Heather McLeod-Kilmurray has recently joined a multi-institutional task forc...
Event InformationWebinar: Return to Work and Mental HealthDate and time: August 27th from 2-4 pm EDTDescription: When returning to work, what are some of the ‘invisible’ barriers faced by employees who were absent from work due to a mental health problem? How can workplaces overcome these barriers to support return to work of employees d...
Event InformationWebinar: Return to Work and Mental HealthDate and time: August 27th from 2-4 pm EDTDescription: When returning to work, what are some of the ‘invisible’ barriers faced by employees who were absent from work due to a mental...
Professor Samuel Singer, who joined the Common Law Section on July 1st, belongs to select group of authors celebrating this year’s Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. This year’s prize was awarded to LGBTQ2+ Law: Practice Issues and Analysis, edited by Joanna Radbord. Professor Singer contributed a chapter to the book on Tr...
Professor Samuel Singer, who joined the Common Law Section on July 1st, belongs to select group of authors celebrating this year’s Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. This year’s prize was awarded to LGBTQ2+ Law: Practice Iss...
As a new addition to the UBC Press “Landmark Cases Series”, our own Professor Carissima Mathen and Dr. Michael Plaxton of the University of Saskatchewan have recently published The Tenth Justice: Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon and the Supreme Court Act Reference. The book recounts one of the strangest legal sagas in recent y...
As a new addition to the UBC Press “Landmark Cases Series”, our own Professor Carissima Mathen and Dr. Michael Plaxton of the University of Saskatchewan have recently published The Tenth Justice: Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon...