In an op-ed for the Toronto Star, published May 12 ("The Big Debate: Should those with immunity get a COVID-19 digital passport?") U of T Law Professor Sophia Moreau and Queen's Law Professor Sabine Tsuruda, say digital immunity passports for COVID-19 raise troubling moral and legal issues.

The Board of Governors of Ontario Tech University has appointed Mitch Frazer, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, as the university's fourth Chancellor. He assumes the role of Chancellor immediately and will be formally installed at a ceremony to be announced.

Justice is supposed to be blind — and that is precisely the problem, argues Indigenous rights lawyer and U of T law alumna, Jean Teillet. She says symbols such as Blind Justice may capture our ideals of justice, but not the reality.

Arthur Scace (BA 1960, Hon DSL 2003, Hon LLD 2003) was a champion of education, health care and the arts, who spent his life working to build a better community.

The University of Toronto community is deeply saddened by the passing of Arthur Scace, a lifelong supporter of his alma mater and a greatly valued University citizen. He passed away peacefully this week with his wife, alumna Susan Scace, by his side.

In an op-ed published in the Financial Post, May 5, lawyer and adjunct professor Richard C. Owens, writes on why Canada’s drug discovery system seems broken. 

"Firms are supposed to maximize shareholder value. Nothing more. It is difficult to see how these firms’ decisions do that, at least in the short term. The cause for their apparently paradoxical behaviour may be rooted in the politics of defending the intellectual property system we rely on for drug discovery in societies that are increasingly hostile to private enterprise."

The Centre for Ethics (C4E) at the University of Toronto, led by Faculty of Law Professor Markus D. Dubber, C4E director, is where conversations about ethics happen, sitting at the interface between academic research and public discourse.

Artforum is an international monthly magazine, based in New York City, specializing in contemporary art with over 2.3 million site visitors, annually.

Author Stuart Schrader on policing and COVID-19 ("The Harm or Law") quoted research by Faculty of Law Professor and Centre for Ethics director, Markus D. Dubber: