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Judith McCormack - "UN rebukes Canada on poverty"

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Judith McCormack, executive director of the law school's legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services, has written a commentary in the Toronto Star discussing a report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Canada's record on issues of poverty and working conditions.

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorne Sossin - "An axe that harms democracy"

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Lorne Sossin discusses the implications of the recent axing of the Court Challenges Program by the Conservative government ("An axe that harms democracy," September 28, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Dean Moran profiled in Ontario Bar Association Magazine

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Dean Mayo Moran was profiled in the August 2006 issue of Briefly Speaking, the Ontario Bar Association Magazine: "Mantra of the New Dean is to Listen, not to Lecture."

Click here to read the article on the OBA website (PDF).

Prof. Anver Emon discusses Pope's comments on Islam

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Anver Emon discusses the Pope Benedict XVI's citation of a medieval text which disparages Islam ("Pope makes mockery of engaging Muslims," September 22, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Judith Wolfson í80 appointed U of T Vice-President, University Relations

Saturday, November 4, 2006

The University of Toronto has appointed alumna Judith Wolfson ('80)  to the newly created position of vice-president (university relations).

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh - "Let 'passport' work"

Friday, October 20, 2006

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has written a commentary in the Financial Post analyzing the recommendations of the Crawford Panel's Blueprint for a Canadian Securities Commission, and arguing that a 'passport' system would be more realistic ("Let 'passport' work: A national securities regulator has proven unacceptable. Let's get on with the alternative, favoured by all except Ontario," June 29, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib comments on suspended invalidity orders

Friday, October 20, 2006

In her regular monthly column in the Law Times, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib addresses the issue of suspended invalidity orders issued by the Supreme Court ("Suspended invalidity orders out of sync with Constitution," August 21, 2006).

Read the full article on the Law Times website.

Joanna Erdman and Lisa Kelly - "HIV/AIDS and the women left behind"

Friday, October 20, 2006

In the run-up to the World AIDS conference being held in Toronto this year, Joanna Erdman,  co-director of the Faculty of Law's International Program on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law, and recent graduate Lisa Kelly ('06) have published a discussion in the Toronto Star of the impact of HIV/AIDS on women ("HIV/AIDS and the women left behind," July 19, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Three faculty members comment on Supreme Court divorce decision

Friday, October 20, 2006

Three faculty members who are experts in family law have commented in three different newspapers on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding spousal support in Leskun vs Leskun.

Brenda Cossman wrote in the National Post ("Cheaters beware," June 24, 2006), Carol Rogerson in The Globe and Mail ("Divorce ruling is far from faulty," June 26, 2006), and Martha Shaffer in the Toronto Star ("Top court muddies divorce law," June 27, 2006).

Professor Emeritus Bernard Dickens named officer of the Order of Canada

Friday, October 20, 2006

Professor Emeritus Bernard Dickens has been named officer of the Order of Canada, the second highest designation after companion.

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