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Professor Audrey Macklin receives the President’s Impact Award and the Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award

Saturday, February 22, 2020

 

Professor Audrey Macklin

For the profound impact she has made on migration and citizenship law, business and human rights, Professor Audrey Macklin has received the President’s Impact Award.

What is buzzer practice with 'a $9 toilet paper-holder?' U of T's Brooke MacKenzie shares her Jeopardy! secrets

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek with Brooke MacKenzie, a doctoral candidate in U of T's Faculty of Law and a recent Jeopardy! champion (photo courtesy of Brooke MacKenzie)

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek with Brooke MacKenzie, a doctoral candidate in U of T's Faculty of Law and a recent Jeopardy! champion (photo courtesy of Brooke MacKenzie)

Expert Advisory Group Releases Report on Assisted Dying and Mental Disorders

Friday, February 14, 2020

Following comprehensive review of the available evidence, the Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) released a report February 13 cautioning that evolving assisted dying policies must not put the lives of Canadians who live with mental illness at risk. MAiD in Canada is for medical conditions with irreversible decline, yet unlike other medical conditions mental illnesses can never be predicted to be irremediable.

Brazil's humane refugee policies: Good ideas can travel north, writes Professor Audrey Macklin

Thursday, February 13, 2020

The global north tends to view the global south as a source of refugees, and it often implements policies aimed at preventing those refugees from reaching the global north.

Brazil recently set a bold precedent that should make those northern states adjust the lens. Its policy toward Venezuelan refugees, in contrast to its wealthier peers, is pragmatic, humane and sensible.

U of T Law alumna Christine Pallotta appointed to the Federal Court

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Congratulations to Faculty of Law alumna Christine Pallotta (JD 1995), Partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto, who was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court by The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada on February 3, 2020.

Op-Ed by Professor Trudo Lemmens: Canada must learn lessons from Belgium on assisted dying

Friday, January 31, 2020

In an op-ed for the Montreal Gazette, Trudo Lemmens addresses how Canada must learn lessons from Belgium on assisted dying.

He writes:

U of T's David Asper Centre prepares constitutional challenge to lower Canada's voting age

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, in partnership with several child rights organizations, is laying the groundwork for a legal challenge of Canada’s minimum voting age.

The Asper Centre – at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law – launched consultations on the topic last summer and began to develop a legal theory with participation from youth organizations across Canada, including Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY).

People with Albinism Form First Ever Global Alliance: Human Rights Watch

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

New Coalition Seeks to Combat Abuse, Stigma Around the World

India Annamanthadoo a third-year externship student for the Human Rights Watch disability rights division, writes:

"This week, I witnessed a historic moment in human rights advocacy and empowerment: people with albinism from around the world unanimously voted to form a global alliance on albinism.

U of T's experiential program makes learning about the law 'come alive': The Lawyer's Daily

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Dean Edward Iacobucci, Manager, Experiential Education, Kim Snell and law student Emma Weiss discuss a course that pairs law students with innovative entrepreneurial companies for The Lawyer's Daily. 

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