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Prof. Ayelet Shachar was quoted in a Reuters article on buying citizenship ("Passports... for a price," Feb. 13, 2012). Prof. Shachar notes:

"The idea that someone can gain fast-tracked citizenship in a country they have no ties to based on a wire transfer of funds or cash is a far cry from the vision of equal and participatory membership in a political community that is still reflected in many citizenship and naturalization laws," says Ayelet Shachar, a professor of law, political science and global affairs at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law.

Prof. Colleen Flood is the editor of a recently published book, Data Data Everywhere: Access and Accountability? (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011).

A promise is a promise--and we have some great ones lined up, and ready to be 'sold'! On Wednesday January 11, 2012, students and faculty will be auctioning promises for charity.

Proceeds will go to The Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, which is advocating equitable child welfare services on reserves (for more information on their ongoing litigation see: http://www.fncfcs.com/fnwitness/importance).

The new Tax Court of Canada Advocacy Project pilot, project launched by Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) and Fraser Milner Casgrain at U of T law school, has received recent attention in the media.

The pilot project was developed at the suggestion of the chief justice of the Tax Court of Canada in response to the "significant number of unrepresented appellants appearing before the court."