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"What can Canada's legal system do to respect transgender people?"

Trudeau scholar, lawyer and SJD student Kyle Kirkup answers this question in a two-minute video for the Globe and Mail. Kirkup is researching policing in the LGBTQ communities, and comments on the recent case of the transgender comedian who was detained at Pearson International Airport, sent to a jail for men and kept in solitary confinement, despite her self-identification as female.

Dear Members of the Law School Community,

I wanted to let you know that I have been appointed the next Provost and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Trinity College. After more than two fantastic decades at our law school, it is hard to imagine being elsewhere. I am very excited about taking on this wonderful new challenge but of course my feelings are also very mixed. I look forward to the opportunity to thank all of you who have made this such an amazing shared journey and to celebrate the law school we love.

All the best,

Mayo

Assistant Dean of Students Alexis Archbold kicks off Welcome Day 2014 in the Old Vic chapel.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

The Faculty of Law was a busy host to 145 newly admitted students and their guests on February 14, during its annual Welcome Day, with information sessions about student life, alumni insights and academic programs.

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman, president of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, identify important concerns with the Canadian government's proposed changes to citizenship legislation ("Citizenship reforms a serious threat to rights of all Canadians," February 12, 2014).