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SJD student Y.Y. Brandon Chen has written a commentary in the Toronto Star looking at the impact on provincial health-care systems of the federal government’s recent decision to scale back temporary health-care coverage for refugees and refugee claimants ("Refugee health-care cuts threaten everyone’s access," May 23, 2012).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo 

(May 15, 2012) SJD student and alumnus Michael Pal has received a 2012 Trudeau Foundation Scholarship, considered the most prestigious doctoral award in Canada. The scholarship, a $60,000 grant given annually for three years, recognizes and supports outstanding social sciences and humanities doctoral students “who are focused on researching and sharing innovative ideas that will help solve the issues of critical importance to Canadians.”

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Ed Morgan analyzes the constitutional issues around different forms of religious expression in public schools ("The difference between lunchtime prayer and a Jesus T-shirt," May 9, 2012).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website.