Prof. Kent Roach continues analysis of Bill C-51, co-authors look at its impact on privacy

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach and University of Ottawa Prof. Craig Forcese have continued their analysis of the Canadian government's proposed new anti-terrorism bill with a commentary in the Toronto Star about its impact on privacy ("Bill C-51 moves us one step closer to the end of privacy," February 17, 2015).

Read the commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.


 

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "France shows West the smart way to fight IS at home"

Monday, February 16, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa have written a commentary in The Globe and Mail about effective strategies to discourage young people from being radicalized to violence ("France shows West the smart way to fight IS at home," February 13, 2015).

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

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "The government’s new speech crime could undermine its anti-terror strategy"

Thursday, February 12, 2015

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Kent Roach and University of Ottawa Prof. Craig Forcese provide a hypothetical situation to show how the Canadian government's proposed laws against advocating for terrorism could in fact undermine law enforcement ("The government’s new speech crime could undermine its anti-terror strategy," February 10, 2015).

The commentary is based on their in-depth analysis at antiterrorlaw.ca.

Supreme Court cites faculty, UofT Law conference in right-to-strike decision

Friday, February 6, 2015

The Supreme Court of Canada, in its decision on the case Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan, cited work by faculty members and also several articles that came out of a conference organized by Prof. Brian Langille at the Faculty of Law.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "How Ottawa’s new terrorism act could chill free speech "

Friday, February 6, 2015

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa argue that proposed Canadian government legislation to criminalize the advocacy of terrorism would be a serious constraint of free speech, and likely unconstitutional ("How Ottawa’s new terrorism act could chill free speech," February 5, 2015).

Prof. Kent Roach: "Your rights, your remedies"

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach looks at the current state of court-ordered remedies for violations of constitutional rights ("Your rights, your remedies," February 2, 2015).

The commentary is a lead-up to his "Big Thinking" lecture on "Judicial activism and the role of courts in providing remedies" organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Trudeau Foundation, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "Red, yellow lights for security measures" in Globe and Mail

Monday, February 2, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach, with Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa, has written a commentary in The Globe and Mail analyzing the Canadian government's proposed overhaul of national security laws ("Red, yellow lights for security measures," January 30, 2015).

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


 

Year in Review: the Top 5 Tweets and Facebook posts of 2014

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

What were the Faculty of Law's Twitter and Facebook followers most interested in during 2014? Here are the Top 5 most popular Tweets and Facebook posts of 2014.

Most Popular Tweets

Tweets with the most retweets

Top 10 Faculty of Law news stories of 2014

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

2014

Covering a gamut from new, current and graduating students to incoming faculty, new and departing deans, and alumni achievements, here are the top 10 most-read news stories on our website during 2014.

Top 5 most viewed faculty op-eds of 2014

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Our faculty comment regularly in the media on current issues. The five faculty op-eds that were most viewed on our website over the past year addressed some of the most immediate and controversial topics of 2014, ranging from citizenship to prostitution, terrorism, high-frequency trading and elections.