From the Fall 2006 issue of Nexus.
The University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) have come together to name a fellowship in appreciation of the Honourable Mr. Justice Warren Winkler. The Honourable Mr. Justice Warren K. Winkler Graduate Fellowship in International Human Rights has been established at the Faculty of Law through a total endowment of $100,000, under the terms of the Graduate Student Endowment Fund. Half of the annual income from the endowment will be matched by the Faculty.
The impetus for the award is the university's and the UTFA's recognition of the service that Warren has provided in negotiations between the two entities.
Warren is a specialist in civil litigation law and in labour and employment law. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1965 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1977. He was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in 1993 and, in 2004, became the Regional Senior Justice for the Toronto Region.
"I am gratified," says Warren, "that the university and the Faculty Association have seen fit to honour me and my interests in this way, and especially to provide for students engaged in this critical and fascinating area of research."
The Winker Graduate Fellowship will provide an annual award in perpetuity. The first award will be made in 2007.
