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The Faculty of Law congratulates alumni retired Court of Appeal judge, Justice John Morden, LLB 1959 and Bob Rae, LLB 1977, the 21^st premier of Ontario and former interim leader of the federal Liberal Party, on their Order of Canada appointments.

Justice Morden was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his remarkable contributions to the administration of justice in Ontario and commitment to the public interest.

Prof. Audrey Macklin, Chair in Human Rights Law, was interviewed at length by CBC Radio's The Current about the current state of Canada's refugee policies ("Canadians desperate to sponsor refugees as governments dither," September 3, 2015).

Listen to the segment on the CBC website (Macklin interview begins at 11:50 mark).

Prof. Jennifer Nedelsky is proposing a radical new concept of part-time work and part-time care for everybody. Listen to her discuss this idea on the radio show Big Ideas on the Australian Broadcasting Network ("Beyond the work family balance," August 20, 2015, 54 minutes). Prof.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Audrey Macklin and Prof. Penelope Simons of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law argue that Canada can and should more closely regulate the conduct of Canadian oil, gas and mining companies operating overseas ("We need to better regulate Canadian companies abroad," July 25, 2015). The commentary responds in part to the report by the UN Human Rights Committee on Canada published a few days prior.