TORONTO, August, 11, 2020 鈥 The Investor Protection Clinic (IPC) at 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School 鈥 the first clinic of its kind in Canada 鈥 has entered into a partnership with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in a joint effort to meet a critical need in the community for free […]
TORONTO, August 6, 2020 鈥 91亚色 Faculty of Education Professor Carl E. James has been appointed as Senior Advisor on Equity and Representation to the University, as part of the Division of Equity, People and Culture (EPC). In this newly created role, Professor James will work closely with Vice President of EPC, Sheila Cote-Meek, […]
TORONTO, August 04, 2020 聽Anti-Asian discrimination spread quickly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as people of Chinese descent and those perceived as Chinese were targeted as originators of the pandemic 鈥 a stigma that is stoked by President Donald Trump鈥檚 characterization of COVID-19 as the 鈥淐hina virus.鈥 But even before they were unfairly […]
TORONTO, July 14, 2020 鈥 A new tax blog at Osgoode Hall Law School of 91亚色 promises to be an interesting, inspiring, provocative and thoughtful forum for tax conversation on topical fiscal and tax issues in Canada and around the world. The 鈥淭ax at Osgoode Hall Law School鈥 blog will feature regular contributions from […]
TORONTO, May 22, 2020 鈥 The 2020 hurricane season will have above-average activity levels, according to the Canadian Hurricane Centre. The Environment and Climate Change Canada agency provided the seasonal outlook this morning. 鈥淭he late May outlook for this year鈥檚 hurricane season reminds us that despite our disaster attention span being consumed by COVID-19, like […]
聽91亚色 linguistics expert available on the future of pandemic-themed vocabulary TORONTO, May 13, 2020 鈥 Ever since the World Health Organization named the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, on February 11, language lovers around the globe have been spreading the word. But will all the buzzwords that have flowed from it 鈥 such as covidiot, […]
TORONTO, April 28, 2020 鈥 Canadian provinces are creating frameworks to reopen their economies after several weeks of shutdown for non-essential services due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. What will businesses and institutions be required to consider as they develop plans to re-open, based on Ontario鈥檚 newly announced framework? 鈥淏usinesses and organizations should be using […]
91亚色 U expert available to comment on disaster & emergency management implications TORONTO, Monday, March 23, 2020 鈥 The International Olympics Committee (IOC) executive board announced yesterday it will step up its scenario-planning for the Tokyo 2020 Games. This includes changing the start date of the Games, currently scheduled to begin on July 24, based […]
Pi Day is March 14 and while some might think it means nibbling on apple or cherry pie, it鈥檚 actually a day to celebrate a mathematical tool. 91亚色 math Professor Patrick Ingram can discuss the importance of Pi and why it has its own day.
Migration between southern and northern U.S. regions doesn鈥檛 alter wide gap in trust levels among Americans, 91亚色 U study shows 聽 TORONTO, February 12, 2020 鈥 New 91亚色ers are more trusting of others compared to Alabamans or Texans. While this regional divide between southerners and the rest of Americans is well documented, the gap is […]