Amanda Carling, Manager of Indigenous Initiatives, and Prof. Kent Roach are among the co-authors of a commentary in the Globe and Mail calling on the federal government to amend the criminal code to allow judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences if they give specific reasons for doing so, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ("Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolution," January 2, 2018).

By Geoffrey Vendeville

Twenty-eight years ago, 14 women were killed at the École Polytechnique in Montreal by a shooter who claimed feminists had ruined his life. 

Kristina Nikolova had just turned one and Ashley Major wasn't yet born, but the tragedy has had a profound effect on them.

It has been a characteristically busy year at the Faculty of Law, with a wide, and widening, variety of teaching, learning and scholarship activities in 2017. Just before we head into the holiday season to celebrate with family and friends, I would like to share my reflections on another excellent year for our Faculty.

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, International Human Rights Program director Samer Muscati and research associate Petra Molnar argue that refugees in Ontario should benefit from the exemption to the driving-test waiting period available to other newcomers in Ontario, and to refugees in other provinces ("Ontario should revise discriminatory driving policy against refugees," December 11, 2017).

Access to Justice is one of six sculptures making up the McMurtry Gardens of Justice at the Toronto courthouse

By Andrew Stobo Sniderman, JD 2014. Photos: Jessica Donne, courtesy of the Law Society of Ontario

Allow experienced drivers from war-torn countries to skip driving-test waiting period similar to other newcomers in Ontario