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Profs. BrunnÈe and Fadel featured in Edge magazine

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Professors Jutta Brunnée and Mohammad Fadel are featured in the Spring 2006 issue of Edge magazine (Research and Innovation at the University of Toronto). Prof. Brunnée is featured in the "Leaders" section, including a video discussion of the Kyoto Protocol as one example of the challenges of international environmental law. Prof. Fadel is featured in the "Critically Acclaimed" section.

Read the feature on Prof. Brunnée.

    Prof. Lorraine Weinrib on religious symbols and public education

    Thursday, August 31, 2006

    In her monthly Law Times column, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's recent ruling in Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys on a Sikh student's right to wear the kirpan, a ceremonial dagger, in his public school ("Religious symbols, multiculturalism, and public education," June 12, 2006).

    Read the full article in the Law Times.

    Prof. Lorne Sossin prepares report on Alberta Labour Relations Board

    Thursday, August 31, 2006

    Prof. Lorne Sossin has prepared a report on the role of the Alberta Labour Relations Board in assisting the Alberta government in the preparation of a piece of labour legislation that the Board would subsequently have a role in adjudicating ("The Independe Board and the Legislative Process," June 2006). The study was commissioned by the Alberta Federation of Labour.

    Read the press release about the report.

    LLM student Sara Mainville writes on aboriginal experience of "frontier towns"

    Wednesday, August 2, 2006

    LLM student Sara Mainville has written a commentary for the Toronto Star on the aboriginal experience of "frontier towns" where a native reserve is located next to a non-native community ("Reconciling 'Us' and 'Them'," April 26, 2006).

    Read the full commentary.

    Prof. Audrey Macklin discusses Canada sending people to likely torture

    Wednesday, August 2, 2006

    In a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly, Prof. Audrey Macklin analyzes the rationales used to justify Canada handing people over to likely torture in their country of origin ("On rationalizing handing a human being over to likely torture," June 2, 2006).

    Read the full commentary.

    Prof. Lorraine Weinrib discusses security certificates

    Wednesday, August 2, 2006

    In her May 2006 Law Times column, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib discusses the use of security certificates to detain non-citizens suspected of posing a threat to Canadian security ("Security certificates as an anti-terrorism weapon," May 29, 2006).

    Read the full commentary (PDF file).

    Prof. Kent Roach - "Canadian Anti-Terror Law on Trial"

    Wednesday, July 12, 2006

    Prof. Kent Roach has written a commentary on the on-line Jurist Forum analyzing how the recent arrest of 17 suspects in Canada under the Anti-Terrorism Act will test this new legislation ("Canadian Anti-Terror Law on Trial: The Toronto Terrorism Arrests," June 10, 2006).

    Read the full commentary on Jurist Forum.

    Cheryl Regehr, Director of JD/MSW program, appointed Dean of Social Work

    Wednesday, July 12, 2006

    Prof. Cheryl Regehr, Director of the joint JD/MSW program (Law and Social Work), and a cross-appointed faculty member at the Faculty of Law, has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Work.

    Read the full story.

    Prof. Audrey Macklin widely quoted in wake of terror arrests

    Wednesday, July 12, 2006

    A comment by Prof. Audrey Macklin for a story in the Los Angeles Times about the recent arrest of Canadians accused of involvement in a terror plot has been widely quoted in the press, including stories in the U.K. newspaper the Financial Times, and the U.S. papers The Seattle Times and Rocky Mountain News. A similar comment was included in a Reuters story, which was reprinted by the U.K. paper The Scotsman.

    New faculty member Prof. Nehal Bhuta analyzes Saddam trial

    Friday, June 23, 2006

    Incoming faculty member Nehal Bhuta, who will begin teaching at the U of T law school in the 2006-07 academic year, has written a commentary in Lebanon's Daily Star analyzing the trial of Saddam Hussein before the Iraqi High Tribunal ("Despite TV images, Saddam has not undermined his own trial," May 18, 2006).

    Read the full commentary.

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