Professor Albert Yoon co-authors new study that analyzed datasets of all U.S. Supreme Court clerkships

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Professor Albert Yoon, the Michael J. Trebilcock Chair in Law and Economics, is one of the authors of a new study that analyzed datasets of all clerks who served between 1980 and 2020.

Noah Aiken-Klar (LLB 2003) joins The Law Foundation of Ontario as Director, Grants & Programs

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Noah Aiken-Klar (LLB 2003)

The Law Foundation of Ontario announced on Jan. 24 the hiring of Noah Aiken-Klar (LLB 2003) as Director, Grants & Programs.

In Memoriam: John Harvey Whiteside (1940-2023)

Monday, January 16, 2023

John Harvey Whiteside

John Harvey Whiteside (BCom 1963 TRIN, LLB 1967, Hon DSacLitt 2019 TRIN), a retired lawyer and philanthropist who was also a key volunteer at Trinity College for many years, has passed away. He was 82.

Prof. Chris Essert joins new academic-industry partnership to balance infrastructure needs with environmental integrity

Monday, January 16, 2023

U of T Engineering’s newest research centre will develop innovative ways to meet the urgent and growing need for infrastructure — without further exacerbating the climate crisis.

The Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment brings together seven researchers from across U of T, as well as a dozen companies in construction and related industries. The goal is to identify strategies that will lower the environmental footprint of new infrastructure across the board by reimagining how they are designed, where they are built and even what materials they are made of.

‘A life-long champion of accessibility’: U of T remembers former lieutenant governor and alumnus David Onley

Monday, January 16, 2023

The University of Toronto community is mourning the loss of David Onley, a passionate advocate for disability rights and accessibility whose close relationship with the university spanned decades. 

An alumnus of U of T Scarborough where he was a senior lecturer in its political science department, Onley served as lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2007 to 2014 following a distinguished career as a broadcaster.

He died Saturday at the age of 72, leaving behind wife Ruth Ann and three children, Jonathan, Robert and Michael and their families.