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Recent faculty achievements

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Our faculty have received recognition for the quality of their scholarship in a number of ways in recent months.

SSHRC Grants

The following faculty projects received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSRHC) Standard Research Grants:

  • David Dyzenhaus for "The Rule of Law in the 'New Normal'"
  • Karen Knop for "Receiving the Foreigner: Old Concepts for New Times"
  • Audrey Macklin for "Law and the Encultured Subject"
  • Denise Réaume for "Putting the Substance in Substantive Equality"

Nikki Gershbain - "In search of work-life balance"

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Nikki Gershbain, Executive Director, Office of the Dean at the Faculty of Law, has penned a commentary in the Toronto Star with Justice Harvey Brownstone of the Ontario Court of Justice, in which they argue that the failure of the sexual revolution to usher in true domestic equality is the biggest hurdle currently facing women in the professions ("In search of work-life balance," April 23, 2007).

A related commentary by the same authors was published in Law Times on April 30 ("Struggling With The Work Life Balance," April 30, 2007).

Prof. Sujit Choudhry - "Referendum? What Referendum?"

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Prof. Sujit Choudhry has written an essay in the Literary Review of Canada analyzing the legal situation of a Quebec referendum on secession in the wake of the federal government's Clarity Act ("Referendum? What Referendum?", April 2007). Prof. Choudhry's article is highlighted in the issue's "Editor's note."

Darryl Robinson interviewed on City TV about Google Earth Darfur project

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Adjunct Professor and Acting Director of the International Human Rights Clinic Darryl Robinson was interviewed on City TV about a new project by Google Earth offering enhanced imagery of the situation in Darfur, Sudan (April 12, 2007).

Watch the interview on the City TV website.
(Click the play arrow under the image of the earth. You will have to endure a brief ad featuring one of those phone company beavers first).

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib - "The Charter at 25"

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

In her monthly Law Times column, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib analyzes the impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in its first 25 years ("The Charter at 25," April 9, 2007).

Read the full commentary on the Law Times website.

Prof. Lorne Sossin - "Merely politicians in robes"

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Lorne Sossin argues against the idea of electing judges, and describes the negative effects it would have on democracy ("Merely politicians in robes," April 11, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Judith McCormack - "Why myths about poor endure"

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Writing in the Toronto Star, Judith McCormack, Executive Director of the law school's legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services, dispells myths about poor people ("Why myths about poor endure," March 2, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib - "Appointing judges in a free and democratic society"

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

In her monthly Law Times column, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib examines issues arising from the federal government's recent changes to the judicial appointment process ("Appointing judges in a free and democratic society," March 19, 2007).

Read the full article on the Law Times website.

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib interviewed on CBC's The National

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib was interviewed  on CBC television's The National on March 5, 2007, regarding questions about the appointment of a Saskatchewan political candidate to a committee that nominates federal judges.

Read a story on the CBC website based on the interview.

Prof. Lorne Sossin - "Can ethics be taught?"

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Prof. Lorne Sossin has written in The Lawyer's Weekly about the various ways ethics can be taught to law students ("Can ethics be taught?", April 6, 2007).

Read the full commentary (PDF).

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