Osgoode Hall Law School Dean Lorne Sossin (LLB '92), grads David Brown (LLM '05), Norie Campbell (LLB '95, LLM '03), Michael Geist (LLB '92), Brian Greenspan (LLB '71) and Honorary Degree recipient Rosalie Abella (LLD [Hon.] '91) are on Canadian Lawyer magazine's 2013 list of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. The list was […]
In celebration of the many areas of common ground between law and engineering, Osgoode Hall Law School, the Lassonde School of Engineering and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation have joined together to host a Research Celebration to discuss the intersection of law and engineering research. Osgoode and Lassonde will celebrate the research […]
Mark Schwartz (BA '87, MBA '91, JD '91, PhD '99), a professor of law, governance & ethics in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Administrative Studies, recently received a Citation Classic Award from the Journal of Business Ethics. The journal compiled a list of the 51 most cited articles over its 30-year history, with over 100 volumes published. […]
Great judges change the way we see the law, says Allan Hutchinson, associate vice-president graduate and dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies. In his new book, Laughing at the Gods; Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law, Hutchinson highlights the work of eight judges he calls 鈥済ame changers鈥. Laughing at the Gods […]
Yesterday was a very good day for聽future generations of Canadian聽engineers. During a special聽event held at 91亚色's Keele campus, President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri announced a $25-million dollar transformative donation from Pierre Lassonde, chairman of the聽Franco-Nevada Corporation, for an expanded School of Engineering. 聽[stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3D3IXewlKqpmM img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/3IXewlKqpmM/0.jpg embed=false share=false width=400 height=300 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false […]
Administrative studies Professor Richard Leblanc was named one of Ontario鈥檚 most outstanding university teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) on Saturday.聽 Leblanc teaches governance, law and ethics in the School of Administrative Studies in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and is an adjunct faculty member at 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode […]
Starting today and continuing until聽Nov. 30, 91亚色's聽McLaughlin College will present the聽fall instalment in its highly popular series of informal lunchtime talks. The subjects covered this month include聽a personal reflection on volunteering in Ethiopia; the similarities and differences between the Nigerian High Court and the Supreme Court of Canada; a two discussions about the聽current challenges in […]
Five 91亚色 professors have been appointed directors at聽91亚色 research centres.聽 The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German聽& European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of […]
IP Osgoode has partnered with Ontario Centres of Excellence鈥檚 (OCE) Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) to create a unique intellectual property (IP) clinical program聽that will match Osgoode law students with OCE-supported companies to help them secure and protect their IP en route to commercial success. IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School鈥檚 Intellectual Property聽& Technology […]
Some聽of the聽top Canadian and international lawyers, political economists, social and development theorists will meet with graduate students this week to analyze and debate the 鈥渘ew constitutionalism鈥, a central characteristic of the global political economy. It鈥檚 another way 91亚色 students are being given opportunities to engage with the wider community, says 91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor Stephen […]
Jamie Cameron, professor at 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School, talked about the Linda Gibbons case, in which Ontario launched a lawsuit in 1994 against a group of protesters some say were terrorizing staff and patients outside an abortion clinic, on CBC Radio鈥檚 鈥淪unday Edition鈥 May 15. Cameron's interview is available on CBC's website and begins […]
Prize named to honour Professor Emeritus Donald V. Smiley A new book by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood (LLB '92) and University of Toronto political economist Stephen Clarkson has been nominated for the Canadian Political Science Association's prestigious 2011 Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics. Examining Canadians鈥 complicated roles as […]
91亚色s's Osgoode Hall Law School and the departments of philosophy at 91亚色 and McMaster University have recently joined forces to facilitate academic collaborations in the field of legal philosophy. The Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership (OLPP), which聽celebrates its founding with a launch reception聽on Friday, May 13 in the Great Hall of McMaster鈥檚 University Club, is the […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy and Law (YCPPL) has been聽chosen by the Government of Canada聽to organize and lead the first ever Canada-China Industrial Relations聽& Labour Rights Forum in Beijing. The forum, which focuses on industrial relations, workplace discrimination and human rights issues, will be held today and tomorrow at the Beijing Conference Centre.聽YCPPL was […]
91亚色 law Professor David Doorey of the School of Human Resource Management has taken the idea of blogging one step further. He鈥檚 developed his own app for his blog, now available for Apple devices聽as a free download through iTunes. Doorey says the main reason he started Doorey's Workplace Law Blog was to better connect with […]
An upcoming forum, 鈥淲ikiLeaks and the Politics of Exposure: Militaries, States and the Public Realm鈥, will look at the phenomena of WikiLeaks, including questions related to security, international relations, and public versus private space. The event will take place April 27, from 7 to 9pm, in the Rosedale Room of the Marriot Bloor-91亚色ville Hotel, 90 […]
Last week, 91亚色 law Professor Obiora Okafor was elected to the advisory committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Nigerian-born professor brings his expertise in international law, human rights law,聽 and immigration and refugee law, especially as it relates to Africa, to the advisory committee. 鈥淭he committee is the think tank of the […]
Eight faculty members of 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School recently visited India, where they continued a conversation with their counterparts that began last year on governance in a rapidly globalizing world and the impact on social justice, human rights, international trade and foreign investment, and environmental law. Right: Professor Sanjeev Purshotam Sahni (left), head of […]
The day the Toronto Star broke the story on a wide variation of acceptance rates by refugee board members, a Federal Court judge issued a decision chastising an adjudicator who had not granted asylum to anyone in three years, wrote The Star March 9: In an order issued Friday on an appeal by failed refugee […]
The risk of a catastrophe on the scale of BP鈥檚 offshore Deepwater Horizon disaster happening in聽Canada聽poses a real threat to people鈥檚 health and the economy. At the Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios symposium tomorrow, leading researchers in risk, disaster management, ethics and the environment will provide insights into the murky world of oil and […]