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In the "Room for Debate" section of the New York Times, Prof. Ayelet Shachar has contributed to the discussion "Which Country Did You Say You Were Playing For?" about Olympic citizenship requirements. Her contribution, "Serious Moral Quandaries," (July 27, 2012) picks up on her article "Picking Winners" in the Yale Law Journal. (See also the Nexus magazine article, "Picking Winners", about Shachar's work).

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin takes the federal government to task for its lack of action in bringing the Omar Khadr case to its promised resolution ("The government has not kept its word in the Omar Khadr case," July 17, 2012).

Read the article on the Toronto Star website, or below.

As the 2012 London Olympics approach, Nexus magazine takes a look at the touchy issue of citizenship as a recruitment tool, and its increasing use and abuse in the worldwide hunt for triumph ("Picking Winners," Spring/Summer 2012).

Prof. Ayelet Shachar has looked at this issue in depth, arguing that passports are becoming a powerful form of international currency. Elite athletes who have no real ties or connections to the countries that covet them are being wooed and enticed—offered the precious prize of citizenship in exchange for a whiff of gold. 

JD student Josh Mandryk has published a commentary in the Toronto Star in response to the federal government repealing the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act, pointing out the benefits of such acts for training and workplace safety ("Repealing the Fair Wages Act goes against evidence and workers’ interests," July 3, 2012).

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