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Who owns your face? Scholars at U of T's Schwartz Reisman Institute explore tech's thorniest questions

Thursday, November 3, 2022

There are no easy answers when it comes to protecting people’s rights in the digital domain.

Take, for example, your face. Clearly, it belongs to you. But that’s not necessarily the case when you use it to unlock your smartphone or post an image of it on social media – in both instances your likeness is transformed by a third party into a stream of data.

Linda Munk scholarship winner Roshana Ghaedi (JD/MA) finds inspiration at the intersection of law and literature

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Rose Ghaedi

When Rose Ghaedi learned she was selected to receive the second annual Professor Linda Munk Graduate Futures Scholarship, she thought they might have the wrong person.

“I was very shocked,” she recalls, adding that the scholarship had an immediate impact in her life.

Krista F. Hill (LLB 1994) named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Monday, October 31, 2022

Krista Hill

University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumna Krista F. Hill (LLB 1994) has been named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). Hill is one of 18 U of T faculty and alumnae named to this year's list.

Professor Gillian Hadfield has been named Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Gillian Hadfield

University of Toronto Professor Gillian Hadfield has been named as one of eight new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs for her leading research in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.

U of T ranked 2nd in the world in first-ever QS sustainability ranking

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The University of Toronto has been ranked second in the world and first in Canada in the inaugural QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which assesses universities for their environmental and social impact.

The new ranking, released this week by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds, placed U of T second out of 700 post-secondary institutions around the world. Only the University of California, Berkeley ranked higher.

Kevin D. Loo (LLB 1992) appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced on Oct. 25 new appointments in the province of British Columbia.

Faculty of Law graduate Kevin D. Loo (LLB 1992), K.C., Partner at Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. Justice Loo replaces Justice J.R. Groves (Vancouver), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective June 11, 2022.

Thank you to our U of T Law Reunion Class Ambassadors

Friday, October 21, 2022

The Faculty of Law wishes to thank the following Class Ambassadors who helped make U of T Law Alumni Reunion a success on October 20, 2022. Class Ambassadors play an important role in bringing together alumni we may have lost touch with over the years. In addition to the Downtown Legal Services 50th anniversary panel discussion, honoured classes (ending in 2 or 7) gathered for a four-course dinner at Hart House, Great Hall.

Class of 1962:

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