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Leaders Summit on Climate: Q&A with Dean Jutta Brunnée

Thursday, April 22, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate, April 22 (Earth Day) and April 23.

According to the White House announcement, the summit “will underscore the urgency – and the economic benefits – of stronger climate action.  It will be a key milestone on the road to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) this November in Glasgow.”

Report into RCMP's treatment of grieving Indigenous family left out key systemic problems: Professor Kent Roach for Policy Options

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach, Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy, writes an op-ed for Policy Options on how the report into the RCMP's treatment of Colten Boushie's family should have pushed for fundamental cultural and governance change.

Tax audits of Muslim charities cover for biased terrorism suspicions: New report by Professor Anver Emon

Monday, April 5, 2021

A new report titled “Layered Suspicion” by Faculty of Law Professor Anver Emon, director of U of T's Institute of Islamic Studies, and Nadia Hasan, chief operating officer of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), identifies whole-of-government policies and patterns of audit practices that together demonstrate potential biases in Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audits of Musl

Professor Karen Knop gives public lecture at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS)

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Faculty of Law Professor Karen Knop is currently the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS).

On March 25, she gave a public lecture for her visiting professorship.

Professor Ayelet Shachar's book, The Shifting Border (MUP 2020), reviewed in CHOICE magazine

Monday, March 1, 2021

Ayelet Shachar

Professor Ayelet Shachar (photo credit: MPI-MMG 2020)

Professor of Law, Political Science, and Global Affairs Ayelet Shachar holds the R.F. Harney Chair in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, where she directs the Harney Program at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. 

Who decides? Consent, meaningful choices, and accountability: Professor Lisa Austin

Friday, February 12, 2021
Lisa Austin

Faculty of Law Professor and Schwartz Reisman Research Lead Lisa Austin, comments on aspects of Canada’s newly-proposed privacy law reform.

How Bill C7 will sacrifice the medical profession's Standard of Care: Professor Trudo Lemmens for Policy Options

Friday, February 12, 2021

Faculty of Law Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy and a professor with the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Joint Centre for Bioethics, along with Dr. Mary Shariff (University of Manitoba Law) and Dr. Leonie Herx (Queen's University School of Medicine), write for Policy Options on Bill C-7's expansion of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Act:

Professor Yasmin Dawood receives Legal Excellence Award from the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA)

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Yasmin Dawood

Yasmin Dawood, an associate professor of law and political science, has been recognized by the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA) with the Legal Excellence Award.

The honour recognizes SABA members who have achieved excellence in their areas of practice or made an exceptional contribution to the profession. 

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