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Prof. Kent Roach - "Canadian Anti-Terror Law on Trial"

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Prof. Kent Roach has written a commentary on the on-line Jurist Forum analyzing how the recent arrest of 17 suspects in Canada under the Anti-Terrorism Act will test this new legislation ("Canadian Anti-Terror Law on Trial: The Toronto Terrorism Arrests," June 10, 2006).

Read the full commentary on Jurist Forum.

Cheryl Regehr, Director of JD/MSW program, appointed Dean of Social Work

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Prof. Cheryl Regehr, Director of the joint JD/MSW program (Law and Social Work), and a cross-appointed faculty member at the Faculty of Law, has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Work.

Read the full story.

Prof. Audrey Macklin widely quoted in wake of terror arrests

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

A comment by Prof. Audrey Macklin for a story in the Los Angeles Times about the recent arrest of Canadians accused of involvement in a terror plot has been widely quoted in the press, including stories in the U.K. newspaper the Financial Times, and the U.S. papers The Seattle Times and Rocky Mountain News. A similar comment was included in a Reuters story, which was reprinted by the U.K. paper The Scotsman.

New faculty member Prof. Nehal Bhuta analyzes Saddam trial

Friday, June 23, 2006

Incoming faculty member Nehal Bhuta, who will begin teaching at the U of T law school in the 2006-07 academic year, has written a commentary in Lebanon's Daily Star analyzing the trial of Saddam Hussein before the Iraqi High Tribunal ("Despite TV images, Saddam has not undermined his own trial," May 18, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorne Sossin analyzes human rights system reform in Ontario

Friday, June 23, 2006

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Lorne Sossin analyzes recent proposals by the Ontario government for reform to the province's human rights system ("We should skip a step in human rights cases," May 2, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Kent Roach - "Inquiry about the future as well as the past"

Friday, June 23, 2006

Prof. Kent Roach has published a commentary in the Toronto Star regarding the recently established public inquiry into the Air India bombing ("Inquiry about the future as well as the past," May 8, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Richard Owens - "Intellectual property laws need a rewrite"

Friday, June 23, 2006

Richard Owens, Executive Director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, has written a commentary in the National Post analyzing the current state of copyright laws in the wake of the Da Vinci Code copyright lawsuit ("Intellectual property laws need a rewrite," May 10, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Colleen Flood Appointed New Scientific Director of CIHR Institute

Friday, June 23, 2006

Prof. Colleen Flood has bee appointed as incoming Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR). This appointment is effective September 1, 2006.

Prof. Frank Iacobucci named head of Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario

Friday, June 23, 2006

Frank Iacobucci, former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, current professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law, has been named chair of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO).

Read the full press release from the Ontario government.

Read about the appointment in U of T News.

Faculty Mourns the Loss of Beloved Scholar Douglas Sherbaniuk

Friday, June 2, 2006

Professor Emeritus Douglas John Sherbaniuk, who taught at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law for more than 30 years, passed away on April 8th, 2006.

The following notice was published in The Globe and Mail:

DOUGLAS JOHN SHERBANIUK, Q.C., L.L.M. RETIRED PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CANADIAN TAX FOUNDATION.

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