By Noreen Ahmed-Ullah

L-R: Solomon McKenzie, Joshua Favel, Ramz Aziz, Christina Liao

Dean Ed Iacobucci is delighted to announce the second annual Dean’s Leadership Award recipients for the 2016 – 17 academic year. They are:

The Faculty of Law is inviting outstanding applications it could support for a Banting postdoctoral research fellowship.

In a commentary in Policy Options magazine, SJD student Matthew Marinett analyzes some of the key issues Canada faces in reviewing its Copyright Act in the face of recent technological developments ("If Canada is to become an major centre of high-tech business and AI development, it must remove the copyright-related impediments to innovation," July 5, 2017).

Read the full commentary on the Policy Options website, or below.

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Trudo Lemmens and journalist and former U.S. Senate staffer Paul D. Thacker argue that Ontario and Canada needs to establish new rules to ensure payments by pharmaceutical companies not only to physicians and but also to all health-care providers, academic institutions, medical researchers, patient groups, PR agencies, professional societies, and media outlets ("Time for full transparency on pharmaceutical money," July 7, 2017).

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

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Audrey Macklin analyzes the facts of the Omar Khadr case in light of the federal government's settlement with him ("Ottawa failed Omar Khadr: That’s why he deserves compensation," July 5, 2017).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

By Geoffrey Vendeville

It wasn’t until he was inside Buckingham Palace and meeting members of the Royal Family that reality set in for U of T’s Kevin Vuong—he was about to shake hands with the Queen.

“I rehearsed the bow in my head 100 times while I was waiting,” he said.