Asylum rejection rates have no bearing in the quality and consistency of decisions made by adjudicators, says Canada鈥檚 refugee board, reported the Toronto Star March 4: In fact, the board insists that each decision must be examined on a case-by-case basis. 鈥淪tatistics on the acceptance and rejection rates of individual IRB members who determine refugee […]
If you were a refugee seeking protection in Canada, you wouldn鈥檛 want to cross the path of David McBean, wrote the Toronto Star March 4, in a story about a new 91亚色 study that shows evidence of bias among different adjudicators on the Immigration & Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada: According to an analysis of […]
Organizers of an upcoming environmental forum are hoping to engage First Nations youth, wrote The Sarnia Observer Jan. 30: The event, hosted by the Aamjiwnaang First Nations Health and Environment Committee, in partnership with 91亚色, is a follow-up to a 2008 health symposium held in Sarnia to share research findings with members of the […]
Is snacking on morsels of human flesh wrong? Apparently it is, if it involves murdering the person first 鈥 even if you鈥檙e stranded at sea without food or water. According to common law, necessity is no defence to murder. Such a聽19th-century case of murder and cannibalism is highlighted in Osgoode Hall Law School聽Professor Allan Hutchinson's […]
91亚色 is the new home of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. The forum is moving to 91亚色 from the University of Alberta鈥檚 Faculty of Law and聽will partner with the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law (YCPPL) and Osgoode Hall Law School on various socio-legal research initiatives. 鈥淭he Canadian Forum on Civil Justice […]
91亚色 history Professor Marc Stein grew up in the suburbs of New 91亚色 City in the 1960s and 1970s with a passionate聽faith in the聽US Constitution and US Supreme Court as strong聽protectors of聽freedom, equality and democracy in the post-war era. That faith was shaken in the 1980s when the Supreme Court justices upheld state sodomy laws, […]
Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Jinyan Li is one of six people to receive the 2010 Chinese Canadian Legend Award from the Asian Business Network Association. The award was presented to Li on Oct. 30 at a gala in Richmond Hill. Right: Jinyan Li The Chinese Canadian Legend Award recognizes and honours Chinese Canadians who […]
The latest issue of聽the online journal Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society is now available. The journal, which was launched in 2002, is an initiative of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Research on Work & Society (CRWS). Just Labour 鈥 which seeks to explore issues related to the volatile transformation of the Canadian workplace聽鈥 […]
91亚色 law & society Professor Annie Bunting (LLB '88) and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples are聽hosting聽an international workshop on forced marriage in conflict situations today and tomorrow in Room聽305 91亚色 Lanes on the Keele campus. Left: Annie Bunting Bringing together historians of slavery and women's human rights […]
The Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) is calling for papers for its second International Graduate Student Research Conference. The first conference attracted over 70 presenters from Canada, the United States, Europe and Latin America, who presented in 20 themed panels over a two-day period. Expert faculty members helped ensure rich […]
A new book by a 91亚色 professor argues that the act of copying, much maligned in our culture, is fundamentally necessary to our evolution. In Praise of Copying, which was officially launched last night in Toronto, explores different aspects of copying and looks at everything from quilting and cooking to gang warfare and martial […]
A Superior Court justice gutted the federal prostitution law in Ontario on Tuesday, allowing sex-trade workers to solicit customers openly and paving the way for judges in other provinces to follow suit, wrote The Globe and Mail Sept. 29: Justice Susan Himel struck down all three Criminal Code provisions that had been challenged 鈥 communicating […]
Disability Rights Promotion International provides innovative response to UN鈥檚 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities If you pass a law to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities, how do you know whether it鈥檚 being enforced, let alone making a difference? Marcia Rioux (right), director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) and […]
It鈥檚 safe to say that 91亚色 student Neil Wilson never expected that his real estate law professor鈥檚 idea for an essay topic would land him $3000, wrote Canadian Lawyer Magazine July 5: The Osgoode Hall Law School student鈥檚 essay, 鈥淧art performance: An invaluable tool in the practice of real estate law鈥, recently won the 2010 […]
The Michael Baptista Essay Prizes offer an opportunity for 91亚色 faculty to recognize outstanding student work at the undergraduate or graduate level in the area of Latin American and Caribbean studies. The annual competition recognizes聽outstanding scholarly essays of relevance to the area of Latin American and Caribbean studies from a humanities, social science, business […]
It's always a delicate balance between protecting civil liberties and ensuring public safety, wrote the Toronto Star June 28: This G20 summit weekend, while peaceful protests did turn violent, some believe the police 鈥 who with their sheer numbers in full riot gear 鈥 went too far, at times, in their actions, proportionately to the […]
Can you tell a lie from looking at a face? asked The Globe and Mail June 15: It鈥檚 a hotly debated question in the legal community, as the courts decide whether a Toronto sexual assault complainant will be allowed to wear a niqab while testifying. Richard Litkowski, adjunct professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School, […]
91亚色 hosted two major international events in the field of refugee studies, one of its widely recognized areas of research excellence, during the week of May 17 to 20. On May 17, the War Crimes and Refugee Status Research Workshop took place, followed by a welcome reception to launch the 91亚色 2010 International Conference […]
In a profile about Darren Wershler, professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, the Waterloo Region Record touched on a forthcoming collaboration between Wershler and 91亚色 Professor Rosemary Coombe, Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication & Culture on May 7: Through his research, Wershler is working to bring about policy change. He is a principal investigator for […]
Today, more than halfway around the world, 91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor of Communications, Culture and Political Science Stephen Gill is watching his vision become reality. Gill is聽at the University of Helsinki in Finland as the institution鈥檚 inaugural Jane & Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society. As part of his role with […]