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Prof. Ayelet Shachar's research profiled in Edge magazine

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Edge, the magazine about research at the University of Toronto, has profiled the work of Prof. Ayelet Shachar, who recently published her second book, The Birthright Lottery, in the Spring of 2009.

Read the Edge profile (PDF).

Prof. Shachar and The Birthright Lottery are also profiled in the Summer 2009 issue of Nexus.

Prof. Anita Anand - "Why macro is prudent"

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Prof. Anita Anand has written a commentary in the Financial Post looking at proposals for "macroprudential regulation" of the financial sector ("Why macro is prudent: Canada should heed the call for macroprudential rules," September 23, 2009).

Read the full commentary. 

Prof. Colleen Flood's analysis of health Charter challenges featured in CMAJ

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

An analysis by Prof. Colleen Flood of health care-related legal challenges based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has been featured in detail in an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ("Outcome of health-related legal challenges is sometimes surprising," October 9, 2009).

Read the full article on the CMAJ website.

Profs. Trebilcock and Iacobucci write about i4i injunction against Microsoft

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

In a commentary on the Globe and Mail website, Profs. Michael Trebilcock and Edward Iacobucci argue in favour of the recent court injunction on behalf of Toronto technology company i4i against Microsoft's Word software, resulting from Microsoft's infringement of an i4i patent ("Patent protection, the new mother of invention," September 22, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorne Sossin earns teaching award from Ontario university faculty

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Prof. Lorne Sossin is one of six Ontario educators who have received a 2009 Teaching and Academic Librarianship Award from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA).

Prof. Michael Trebilcock - "Windmills: Bigger waste than eHealth"

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

In the Financial Post, Prof. Michael Trebilcock has published a commentary about a new Danish study of wind power that questions its economic value ("Windmills: Bigger waste than eHealth," September 30, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

$4 Million Provincial Grant for New Internationally Trained Lawyers Program

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

In response to a growing need and awareness of the plight of internationally trained lawyers seeking accreditation to practice law in Ontario, the Government of Ontario has made an unprecedented $4 million investment in a new partnership with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Prof. Michael Code appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announced on May 20, 2009 that Prof. Michael Code has been appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice in and for the Province of Ontario.

Prof. Code has been Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law since 2006. He was elected by students to give the Hail and Farewell speech at Convocation in 2009, 2008 and 2007, and received the Mewett Teaching Award from students in 2007.

Read more about Prof. Code.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel comments on Obama's speech in Cairo

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Prof. Mohammad Fadel has written a commentary on patheos.com about US President Barak Obama's June 4, 2009 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world ("President Obama Passes the Muslim Test"). Prof. Fadel writes that that Obama’s speech could genuinely represent an important break from U.S. policy towards the Islamic world in general and the Arab world in particular, adding that while one speech cannot change the world, if Obama follows through with the ideas that he announced in yesterday’s speech, there may be renewed cause for optimism.

Best Interests of the Child conference report released

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The report of the conference "Best Interests of the Child: Meaning and Application in Canada", hosted by the Faculty of Law and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights in February 2009, has been released (June 25, 2009).

The report calls for a new approach to application of the Best Interests of the Child, a core principle in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report brings together research and the voice of practitioners who gathered for the national, multi-disciplinary conference on this subject.

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