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Prof. Waddams honoured with Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award

Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Faculty of Law’s Prof. Stephen Waddams, LLB 1967, is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law in honour of his outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in Canada.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "Judicial warrants are designed to prevent — not authorize — Charter violations"

Friday, February 20, 2015

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa argue that the judicial protections proposed to control the new powers being offered to CSIS in Bill C-51 are limited and problematic ("Judicial warrants are designed to prevent — not authorize — Charter violations," February 17, 2015).

Prof. Kent Roach continues analysis of Bill C-51, co-authors look at its impact on privacy

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach and University of Ottawa Prof. Craig Forcese have continued their analysis of the Canadian government's proposed new anti-terrorism bill with a commentary in the Toronto Star about its impact on privacy ("Bill C-51 moves us one step closer to the end of privacy," February 17, 2015).

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

 

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "France shows West the smart way to fight IS at home"

Monday, February 16, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa have written a commentary in The Globe and Mail about effective strategies to discourage young people from being radicalized to violence ("France shows West the smart way to fight IS at home," February 13, 2015).

Read the commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "The government’s new speech crime could undermine its anti-terror strategy"

Thursday, February 12, 2015

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Kent Roach and University of Ottawa Prof. Craig Forcese provide a hypothetical situation to show how the Canadian government's proposed laws against advocating for terrorism could in fact undermine law enforcement ("The government’s new speech crime could undermine its anti-terror strategy," February 10, 2015).

The commentary is based on their in-depth analysis at antiterrorlaw.ca.

JD student Graham Henry writes in Toronto Star, "Universities should get out of the fossil fuel business"

Thursday, February 12, 2015

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, JD student Graham Henry argues that university endowments should divest themselves of fossil-fuel related investments ("Universities should get out of the fossil fuel business," Feb. 11, 2015). Henry is Treasurer of Toronto350.org, and a campaign lead for Fossil Free UofT.

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

 

Supreme Court cites faculty, UofT Law conference in right-to-strike decision

Friday, February 6, 2015

The Supreme Court of Canada, in its decision on the case Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan, cited work by faculty members and also several articles that came out of a conference organized by Prof. Brian Langille at the Faculty of Law.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "How Ottawa’s new terrorism act could chill free speech "

Friday, February 6, 2015

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa argue that proposed Canadian government legislation to criminalize the advocacy of terrorism would be a serious constraint of free speech, and likely unconstitutional ("How Ottawa’s new terrorism act could chill free speech," February 5, 2015).

Prof. Kent Roach: "Your rights, your remedies"

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach looks at the current state of court-ordered remedies for violations of constitutional rights ("Your rights, your remedies," February 2, 2015).

The commentary is a lead-up to his "Big Thinking" lecture on "Judicial activism and the role of courts in providing remedies" organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Trudeau Foundation, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.

From antennae to Android: Former CRTC chair says Canada's communications laws stuck in pre-digital era

Monday, February 2, 2015

Konrad von Finckenstein gave the 2015 Grafstein Lecture in Communications

Story and photo by David Kumagai, 3L

 

What happens when a legal regime stuck in the antennae era tries to resolve digital disputes? Competition suffers, says Konrad von Finckenstein.

“Eons have passed since major [communications] legislation was passed,” the former Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission told an audience packed with professors and students on January 27.

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