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Prof. Brenda Cossman, director of the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto, was featured in this U of T news story by writer Brianna Goldberg about media attention on Russia’s anti-gay laws, the growing violence against gays in that country, and the impact on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as the countdown to the games begins.

In her interview, Cossman says the West should ask the LGBT communities in Russia how best to protest—and that it will take a lot more than a boycott of Russian vodka.

SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Kyle Kirkup is working on a report to help Ontario police forces better understand and improve their working relationship with LGBTQ communities. He was interviewed on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning to talk about his research into this guide, to be released this fall. Kirkup says, despite 10 years since the legalizaton of same-sex marriage, there's a long way to go in improving awareness of LGBTQ issues in society.

The Centre for the Legal Profession is delighted to announce that its Distinguished Visiting Jurist for 2013/2014 will be The Honourable Robert P. Armstrong.  He was appointed directly from the Bar to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on January 25, 2002. He served on that court until March 6, 2013.  He is presently at Arbitration Place in Toronto where he serves as an arbitrator and provides related ADR services.  

Prof. Mohammad Fadel was interviewed by Matt Galloway, host of CBC Radio 1's Metro Morning show, about the recent ousting of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (June 4, 2013).

Listen to the interview on the CBC Radio website.