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Prof. Anita Anand co-authors "Diversity on boards means more than gender"

Monday, December 8, 2014

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Anita Anand, with Prof. Vijay Jog of Carleton University, argues that discussion of diversity on corporate boards should include the issue of visible minorities as well as women ("Diversity on boards means more than gender," December 8, 2014).

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

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh writes series on new national securities regulator proposal

Friday, November 21, 2014

In a series of commentaries in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has analyzed the proposal for a national securities regulator put forward by the federal government and five provincial governments. Read the series on the Financial Post website:

Prof. Kent Roach provides insight on anti-terrorism law in various media in wake of Ottawa attack

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

In the wake of the attack in Ottawa that killed a Canadian soldier and resulted in shooting in the Parliament Buildings, Prof. Kent Roach has provided insight into the role of anti-terrorism laws, in various media.

In Just Security, he wrote "The Canadian Terrorist Attacks and Canadian Counter-Terrorism Law," (October 23, 2014). Read the commentary on the Just Security website.

Prof. Ed Iacobucci is new dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law

Friday, October 24, 2014
incoming dean edward iacobucci

By Althea Blackburn-Evans

The University of Toronto today announced the appointment of Professor Edward Iacobucci as dean of the Faculty of Law for a five-year term, beginning January 1, 2015.

“The Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto is a great Canadian institution, and one of the world’s best law schools,” said Iacobucci. “I am enormously fortunate to be associated with the Faculty, and am humbled and honoured to be its next dean.”

Prof. Anver Emon awarded a Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and Rule of Law

Friday, October 17, 2014
Anver Emon lecturing in a classroom

The Faculty of Law’s Prof. Anver Emon has received a Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and the Rule of Law, one of 137 new and renewed CRCs announced today to recognize cutting-edge scholarship at 34 Canadian institutions.

Prof. Kent Roach, with Carmen Cheung - "UN wants to battle Islamic State, but is it fighting freedom?"

Thursday, October 2, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach and Carmen Cheung, former acting Director of the International Human Rights Program, analyze the dangers inherent in the United Nations Security Council's recent anti-terrorism resolution ("UN wants to battle Islamic State, but is it fighting freedom?," October 2, 2014).

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

 

Profs. Trebilcock and Iacobucci examine CRTC’s mandatory pick-and-pay proposal

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Profs. Michael Trebilcock and Edward Iacobucci, with lawyer Lawson Hunter, have written a commentary in the Financial Post arguing against the CRTC's proposal to require TV providers to provide "pick and pay" channel selection options for consumers ("CRTC’s mandatory pick-and-pay proposal deeply misguided," September 25, 2014). The article is based on a report prepared by the authors for the C.D.

Prof. Markus Dubber awarded Konrad Adenauer Research prize by the Royal Society of Canada

Thursday, September 18, 2014
Portrait of Prof. Markus Dubber

Prof. Markus Dubber is the recipient of the prominent 2014 Konrad Adenauer Research Award from the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his efforts to promote academic collaboration between Canada and Germany. The award is given annually to a Canadian scholar in the humanities or social sciences, and is named by a jury of his peers, Royal Society of Canada Fellows, and representatives from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Alumna and former dean Mayo Moran installed as Trinity College provost & vice-chancellor

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Portrait of Dr. Mayo Moran, Trinity College's 15th Provost and Vice-Chancellor

Alumna and former dean of the Faculty of Law, Mayo Moran, SJD 1999, was installed as the 15th provost and vice-chancellor of Trinity College, in the University of Toronto, at its 2014 Matriculation Convocation ceremony September 3rd.

The annual event welcomes new students to Trinity College and this year included Dr. Moran’s formal installation.

Faculty of Law alumnus and gold medal graduate Bill Graham, LLB 1964, is the current Trinity College chancellor and also participated in the ceremony.

Special issue of UTLJ devoted to the residential school litigation and settlement

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The new issue (64:4) of the University of Toronto Law Journal (UTLJ) is a special issue devoted to the residential school litigation and settlement, co-edited by Profs. Mayo Moran and Kent Roach. As well as their introduction, each of them contributes an article, along with articles by other distinguished scholars including frequent visitor to the U of T law school, Prof. John Borrows.

See the issue web page on the University of Toronto Press website.

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