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Google should start playing nice with the news media: Op-Ed by Richard C. Owens

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Lawyer Richard C. Owens is a senior Munk fellow of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law. In an op-ed published April 28 in the National Post, he writes why Google should compensate the media for content provided in its news service.

Professor Douglas Sanderson for the GB Geo-Blog: COVID-19 Strategy From Indigenous Memory of Pandemics

Friday, April 24, 2020

For the Geo-Blog with Global Brief, an international affairs magazine, Faculty of Law Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) examines COVID-19 strategy from Indigenous memory of pandemics. He writes: 

"My purpose here, in this first post of my Geo-Blog with GB, is twofold: first, argue for the kind of government coordination that is not my people’s experience of government crisis response; and second, to say a little bit about how my people understand the nature of the problem before us."

Op-Ed by Professor Trudo Lemmens: COVID-19 triage orders mustn't work against those with disabilities

Monday, April 20, 2020

Governments need to affirm ethical and human rights obligations to persons with disabilities

In an op-ed for CBC's Opinion section published April 19, Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk, director of the Disability Law Intensive Program at York University and U of T Faculty of Law and Dalla Lana School of Public Health Professor Trudo Lemmens write how COVID-19 triage orders mustn't work against those with disabilities.

Confronting the Cost of Collective Action: Professor Jutta Brunnée featured by Research2Reality (R2R)

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Research2Reality (R2R) shines a spotlight on world-class scientists engaged in innovative and leading-edge research in Canada. R2R celebrates the success and impact of researchers who are shaping the new frontiers of science

Professor David Dyzenhaus named a Guggenheim Fellow

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Faculty of Law Professor David Dyzenhaus has been named a 2020-21 Guggenheim Fellow.

Established in 1925 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.

Borders in the Time of COVID-19: Professor Ayelet Shachar

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Professor Ayelet Shachar

Professor Ayelet Shachar, Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (photo credit: MPI-MMG 2020)

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the significance of borders,” says University of Toronto’s Ayelet Shachar, a professor of law, political science and global affairs at the Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

Canada the Good? Professor David Dyzenhaus for the Verfassungsblog

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Canada’s Almost Full State of Emergency

Canada is in almost full emergency mode in its bid to flatten the pandemic curve. But so far the federal government has not declared a federal state of emergency in terms of the Emergencies Act (1985), although it has discussed publicly the pros and cons of taking this step and has been urged to do so on the basis that such a declaration would enable a nationwide testing program. There are four main reasons for this hesitation to declare a national state of emergency.

Professor Gillian Hadfield awarded Mundell Medal for great legal writing

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Gillian Hadfield

(photo courtesy of Gillian Hadfield)

In recognition of her distinguished contribution to law and letters, Professor Gillian Hadfield has been awarded the Mundell Medal in celebration of great legal writing,

Professor Brenda Cossman writes about the Weinstein verdict’s impact on the #MeToo movement: Globe and Mail

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Should we celebrate the Weinstein verdict? It’s complicated writes U of T Law Professor Brenda Cossman, director of the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at U of T. 

In an op-ed for the Globe and Mail, Cossman writes: 

"In a New York court, Judge James Burke cautioned the jury not to see the case as a referendum on #MeToo. He is absolutely right; the criminal trial was about the exacting standards of proof that had to be established by the prosecution to find the former Hollywood mogul criminally responsible.

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