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R v Morgentaler: how far we have come, and still need to go

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
R v Morgentaler: how far we have come, and still need to go

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Illustration by Justin Renteria

Leading constitutional and human rights players gathered at the Faculty of Law on January 29, 2013, for a stimulating discussion to mark the momentous Supreme Court of Canada decision that struck down the country’s restrictive abortion law a quarter century ago.

Full webscast of Residential Schools Settlement conference now available

Thursday, January 31, 2013

The full webcast of the conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation & Settlement Processes is now available on this website. Each individual session has its own webcast. The conference features Chief Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations;  The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, former Supreme Court of Canada justice who led the settlement process; The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and many others involved in this historic agreement.

New issue of UT Law Journal edited by Prof. Angela Fernandez focuses on "Animals in the Law and Legal History"

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (63:1, January 2013) is a special focus issue edited by Prof. Angela Fernandez, titled Foxes, Seals, Whales and the Rule of Capture: Animals in the Law and Legal History.

Prof. Douglas Sanderson appears on TVO's "The Agenda" to discuss "Moving Beyond the Indian Act"

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Prof. Douglas Sanderson appeared on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Jan. 22, 2013 as part of a panel discussion on "Moving Beyond the Indian Act."

Watch the discussion on The Agenda's website.

Does patent law help or hinder medical innovation?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Does patent law help or hinder medical innovation?

By Mark Witten / Illustration By Peter Ryan

Patent law is necessary for the invention of new medicines. But in order for patients and the health-care system to benefit appropriately from these inventions, the courts have a duty to ensure broad societal benefits are realized in exchange for granting pharmaceutical companies the exclusivity of monopoly patent protection. 

Profs. Roach and Schneiderman - "Police are right to be cautious with Idle No More protesters"

Friday, January 18, 2013

In a commentary in the National Post, Professors Kent Roach and David Schneiderman analyze the legal situation behind the manner in which police are dealing with of injunctions against the aboriginal Idle No More protestors ("Police are right to be cautious with Idle No More protesters," January 18, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

"Off the Clock" with Prof. Jim Phillips

Thursday, January 17, 2013

When Prof. Jim Phillips is off the clock, he rides a tandem bicycle with people with limited or no vision as part of a tandem cycling club in Toronto called Trailblazers.

Check out the Q&A with Prof. Phillips as part of U of T News' "Off the Clock" series.

JD student Grant Bishop in The Globe and Mail - "Why Canada needs to take the politics out of foreign investment"

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, JD student Grant Bishop argues for changes to Canada's foreign investment review process ("Why Canada needs to take the politics out of foreign investment," January 15, 2013).

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

Civil action, redress and memory

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Lessons learned from the Canadian residential schools context

Read coverage of the January 18, 2013 conference here.

By Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law / Illustration by Sebastien Thibault

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