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Listen to Prof. Audrey Macklin's talk on the 1914 Komagata Maru episode and Canadian citizenship

Friday, March 14, 2014

Prof. Audrey Macklin was invited to deliver a lecture on the 100th anniversary of the 1914 Komagata Maru episode, in which migrants from India arriving by ship in Vancouver were denied permission to enter Canada. Her talk, "Getting to We: The Komagata Maru, The Unmaking of Empire and the Making of a Settler Society," is part of the Komagata Maru Week project marking the episode's centennial.

Prof. Yasmin Dawood co-authors open letter about Fair Elections Act

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Prof. Yasmin Dawood is a co-author, along with Monique Deveaux, Melissa Williams, Maxwell Cameron, Patti Lenard, and Genevieve Fuji Johnson, of an open letter to the Government of Canada regarding the proposed Fair Elections Act. The letter notes several serious concerns about the proposed provisions in the Act.

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "How Canada keeps some immigrant women in their place"

Monday, March 10, 2014

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin and immigration  lawyer Lorne Waldman analyze the ways in which Canada's immigration laws exacerbate the vulnerability of immigrant women ("How Canada keeps some immigrant women in their place," March 7, 2014).

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

Grafstein Lecture: Crowdsourcing industries spawn global pool of digital workers with no labour rights

Monday, March 10, 2014
black and white image of turn of the century mother working at home menial labour

By David Kumagai, 2L

“Crowdsourcing industries are wiping away over 100 years of labour struggles overnight,” Professor Trebor Scholz told his audience during the 2014 Grafstein Lecture in Communications.

Professor Jim Phillips awarded 2013 Mundell Medal

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Congratulations to Prof. Jim Phillips, who has been awarded the 2013 David Walter Mundell Medal.

The Mundell Medal honours those who have made a distinguished contribution to law and letters. It celebrates great legal writing and recognizes that the artful use of language in the right style has the power to give life to ideas.

Dean Mayo Moran appointed the 15th Provost of Trinity College

Monday, February 24, 2014
Dean Mayo Moran portrait

Dear Members of the Law School Community,

I wanted to let you know that I have been appointed the next Provost and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Trinity College. After more than two fantastic decades at our law school, it is hard to imagine being elsewhere. I am very excited about taking on this wonderful new challenge but of course my feelings are also very mixed. I look forward to the opportunity to thank all of you who have made this such an amazing shared journey and to celebrate the law school we love.

All the best,

Mayo

Prof. Anita Anand - "Getting women on corporate boards: Canada's middling approach just might work"

Monday, February 24, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand looks at the Ontario Securities Commission's plans to increase the number of women on corporate boards through a "comply-or-explain" approach ("Getting women on corporate boards: Canada's middling approach just might work," February 21, 2014).

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

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Citizenship reforms a serious threat to rights of all Canadians"

Thursday, February 13, 2014

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman, president of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, identify important concerns with the Canadian government's proposed changes to citizenship legislation ("Citizenship reforms a serious threat to rights of all Canadians," February 12, 2014).

Prof. Brenda Cossman - "How to be a gay rights ally during the Sochi Games"

Monday, February 10, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Brenda Cossman looks at how one can engage with the Olympics without turning their backs on LGBT communities ("How to be a gay rights ally during the Sochi Games," Februrary 7, 2014).

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

How to be a gay rights ally during the Sochi Games

By Brenda Cossman

Februrary 7, 2014

Prof. Kent Roach - "Surveillance and Canada’s lagging law"

Thursday, February 6, 2014

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach argues that current oversight of the Communications Security Establishment Canada agency is inadequate ("Surveillance and Canada’s lagging law," February 6, 2014).

Read the commentary on the Ottawa Citizen website, or below.

Surveillance and Canada’s lagging law

By Kent Roach

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