The cumulative impact of the relentless release of pollutants into the air from Canada鈥檚 "Chemical Valley" affects the members of Aamjiwnaang in a way that is fundamentally unfair, and is now argued to be unconstitutional, wrote Dayna Nadine Scott, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School and co-director of the National Network on Environments & […]
James Morton, adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Anne-Marie Ambert, a retired professor in 91亚色's Department of Sociology, both spoke to Postmedia News November 5 about divorce insurance being offered to couples in the United States. The story appeared in the Montreal Gazette, among other outlets: Because the 鈥渇or poorer鈥 part of marriage […]
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 search committee to appoint a vice-president, research聽& innovation will soon commence a comprehensive international search for a successor to聽Professor Stan Shapson. The search committee will be drafting an advertisement to announce the start of the search, which will appear shortly in various publications and websites. In addition, the committee is working on聽a position profile […]
In their new book, The Trouble with Billionaires, 91亚色 Professor Neil Brooks, a tax law expert at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Canadian author Linda McQuaig make聽the case that the massive fortunes of the ultra-rich 鈥 widely considered benign or even beneficial to society 鈥 are actually detrimental to everyone else. The glittering lives of […]
91亚色 will host a TEDx91亚色U event at Glendon on Saturday, Nov. 6.聽Based on the popular TED Conference, TEDx91亚色U invites speakers to share their important visions for the future and involves audience participants in sharing ideas, addressing new perspectives and spreading inspiration. 91亚色 community members are invited to apply to be an audience participant […]
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 […]
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 […]
Corporate and securities regulation appears to be moving rapidly towards a more shareholder (rather than director) centric governance model, wrote Edward Waitzer, Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corprorate Governance in 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at 91亚色, in a column about changes in securities rules in the National […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ron Atkey, lawyer and adjunct professor of national security law in 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School, spoke about who has security jurisdiction at the G8 and G20 summits, on CBC Radio鈥檚 鈥淭he Current鈥 June 22. You can listen to his interview on The Current's Website. The interview appears in the show's first part. Professor Atkey's […]
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亚色鈥檚 Jay聽& Barbara Hennick Centre for Business &聽Law and Jantzi-Sustainalytics have submitted recommendations to the provincial minister of finance on how the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) can begin to improve corporations鈥 disclosure of their social practices. The report was released at a press conference on Tuesday morning. It is available to the public on […]
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 […]
At 77 years of age, Elizabeth Pitt is heading back to school and she couldn't be happier. A grandmother of a 91亚色 fine arts student, Pitt is a member of the 91亚色 Circle, a legacy initiative of 91亚色鈥檚 50th anniversary. The 91亚色 Circle is an ongoing program that offers curious people like Pitt […]
Professor to complete book addressing global financial and acid-backed commerical paper crises Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Poonam Puri has received a Walter L. Gordon Research Fellowship for 2010-2011. The prestigious award, periodically presented by 91亚色聽to recognized scholars at the University to complete ongoing outstanding and innovative research, will allow her to devote the coming […]
91亚色 has received $5.7 million to renew six of its Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Professors Caitlin Fisher, David Hood, Joel Katz, Steve Mason, Wendy Taylor and Peer Zumbansen will continue their respective research in digital culture, cell physiology, health psychology, Greco-Roman cultural interaction, experimental particle physics, and transnational economic governance and legal theory. With […]
Have you ever wanted to have dinner with a scientist? Ask questions about Canada鈥檚 laser radar on NASA's 2007 Phoenix mission to Mars, the role of human genomes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the consequences of dwindling fossil fuels or perhaps how biochemical pathways affect obesity? The Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the […]