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Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "Red, yellow lights for security measures" in Globe and Mail

Monday, February 2, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach, with Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa, has written a commentary in The Globe and Mail analyzing the Canadian government's proposed overhaul of national security laws ("Red, yellow lights for security measures," January 30, 2015).

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

 

Year in Review: the Top 5 Tweets and Facebook posts of 2014

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

What were the Faculty of Law's Twitter and Facebook followers most interested in during 2014? Here are the Top 5 most popular Tweets and Facebook posts of 2014.

Most Popular Tweets

Tweets with the most retweets

Top 10 Faculty of Law news stories of 2014

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

2014

Covering a gamut from new, current and graduating students to incoming faculty, new and departing deans, and alumni achievements, here are the top 10 most-read news stories on our website during 2014.

Top 5 most viewed faculty op-eds of 2014

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Our faculty comment regularly in the media on current issues. The five faculty op-eds that were most viewed on our website over the past year addressed some of the most immediate and controversial topics of 2014, ranging from citizenship to prostitution, terrorism, high-frequency trading and elections.

Prof. Anita Anand co-authors "Diversity on boards means more than gender"

Monday, December 8, 2014

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Anita Anand, with Prof. Vijay Jog of Carleton University, argues that discussion of diversity on corporate boards should include the issue of visible minorities as well as women ("Diversity on boards means more than gender," December 8, 2014).

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

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh writes series on new national securities regulator proposal

Friday, November 21, 2014

In a series of commentaries in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has analyzed the proposal for a national securities regulator put forward by the federal government and five provincial governments. Read the series on the Financial Post website:

Prof. Kent Roach provides insight on anti-terrorism law in various media in wake of Ottawa attack

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

In the wake of the attack in Ottawa that killed a Canadian soldier and resulted in shooting in the Parliament Buildings, Prof. Kent Roach has provided insight into the role of anti-terrorism laws, in various media.

In Just Security, he wrote "The Canadian Terrorist Attacks and Canadian Counter-Terrorism Law," (October 23, 2014). Read the commentary on the Just Security website.

Prof. Ed Iacobucci is new dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law

Friday, October 24, 2014
incoming dean edward iacobucci

By Althea Blackburn-Evans

The University of Toronto today announced the appointment of Professor Edward Iacobucci as dean of the Faculty of Law for a five-year term, beginning January 1, 2015.

“The Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto is a great Canadian institution, and one of the world’s best law schools,” said Iacobucci. “I am enormously fortunate to be associated with the Faculty, and am humbled and honoured to be its next dean.”

Prof. Anver Emon awarded a Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and Rule of Law

Friday, October 17, 2014
Anver Emon lecturing in a classroom

The Faculty of Law’s Prof. Anver Emon has received a Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and the Rule of Law, one of 137 new and renewed CRCs announced today to recognize cutting-edge scholarship at 34 Canadian institutions.

Prof. Kent Roach, with Carmen Cheung - "UN wants to battle Islamic State, but is it fighting freedom?"

Thursday, October 2, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach and Carmen Cheung, former acting Director of the International Human Rights Program, analyze the dangers inherent in the United Nations Security Council's recent anti-terrorism resolution ("UN wants to battle Islamic State, but is it fighting freedom?," October 2, 2014).

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

 

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