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The IHRP's Petra Molnar co-authors "Ottawa’s use of AI in immigration system has profound implications for human rights"

Friday, September 28, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, International Human Rights Program researcher Petra Molnar (JD 2016) and Ronald Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, warn about the implications of the federal government's use of artificial intelligence in refugee cases ("Ottawa’s use of AI in immigration system has profound implications for human rights," September 26, 2018).

IHRP report says Canada's adoption of AI in immigration raises serious rights implications

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Algorithms and artificial intelligence are augmenting and replacing human decision-making in Canada’s immigration and refugee system, with alarming implications for the fundamental human rights of those subjected to these technologies, says a report released today by the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP) and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

Prof. Anita Anand writes "Ford government decision is a step backward for investor protection"

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand expresses concerns about the decision of the new Government of Ontario to oppose a reform proposed by the Ontario Securities Commission intended to improve investor protection ("Ford government decision is a step backward for investor protection," September 25, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

In full swing for 2018-19: Back to school at the Faculty of Law

Friday, September 14, 2018

It’s been a busy start to back to school here at the Faculty of Law, as the Dean welcomed 213 new first-years, plus returning students, graduate, transfer and executive students of the Global Professional LLM for the 2018-19 academic year. Once again, the law school has very strong cohorts from across Canada, and more than 16 countries represented in the graduate program alone. Among the 1Ls, 58 percent are women, 35 percent are students of colour and nine percent identify as LGBTQ.

Professor Yasmin Dawood named member of Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Headshot of Professor Yasmin Dawood

Internationally renowned election law scholar, Professor Yasmin Dawood, has been named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, an outstanding honour, and one of six from the University of Toronto.

From far and wide: Meet some members of the Class of 2021

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

By Karen Gross

Rebecca Barclay

Rebecca Barclay

Born and raised in Vancouver by a dedicated mother who blazed her own impressive trail, Rebecca Barclay grew up curious and compassionate.  When she encountered those who were less fortunate, she empathized and wished she could be of more help. The law, she thought, might be a good way to do it.

Prof. Anna Su and the IHRP's Petra Molnar write "The brutal personal costs of the Philippines’ human rights abuses"

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Prof. Anna Su and Petra Molnar, Research Associate at the International Human Rights Program, have published an article in The Conversation detailing their findings from a trip to the Philippines to investigate the deteriorating human rights situation in that country ("The brutal personal costs of the Philippines’ human rights abuses," August 2, 2018).

Toronto homecoming for renowned law and economics scholar: Meet new faculty member Professor Gillian Hadfield

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
photo of Gillian Hadfield

Global authority on the intersection between law and technology returns to Canada to join a vibrant and thriving powerhouse for AI research and legal tech

By Sheldon Gordon

Gillian Hadfield, a leading scholar and advocate for legal reform and redesign, is the latest pioneering academic to be drawn by Toronto’s growing reputation as an advanced technology hub.

Meet new faculty member Professor Chris Essert

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Prof. Christopher Essert

By Sheldon Gordon

Eight years ago, when he began his academic career at Queen's Faculty of Law, Chris Essert was assigned to teach a course on property law.  He discovered that the connection between property rights and equality under the law raised so many interesting questions that it was an area he should address in his research, too. 

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