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All Families Are (Now) Equal: MPP Cheri DiNovo speaks at the LGBTQ+ Workshop
Friday, February 24, 2017By Haim Abraham On December 5, 2016, Ontario’s Bill 28, termed the All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016, received royal...
View ArticleA trust approach for sharing research reagents
Aled Edwards, Max Morgan, Arij Al Chawaf, Kerry Andrusiak, Rachel Charney, Zarya Cynader, Ahmed ElDessouki, Yunjeong Lee, Andrew Moeser, Simon Stern, William J. Zuercher, "A trust approach for sharing...
View ArticleNew 1L Tina Yuan co-authors "How Ottawa's Budget 2018 can reduce poverty and...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017New 1L JD student Tina Yuan has co-authored a commentary in the Globe and Mail with former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. The commentary makes the case for the federal...
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IHRP says UN review should urge Canada to reform Immigration detention system
Thursday, October 5, 2017Joint Submission to UN by Human Rights Groups Says Treatment of Children and Persons with Mental Health Conditions Violates International Obligations Toronto, October 5, 2017—...
View ArticleProf. Anver Emon testifies at Parliamentary Committee about Systemic Racism...
Thursday, October 5, 2017On Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017, Prof. Anver Emon testified at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage hearings about the motion Systemic Racism and Religious...
View ArticleThe Asper Centre, Out in Law & the Journal of Law and Equality host a panel...
Thursday, November 23, 2017 - 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Jackman Law Building J140More information to follow. For inquiries, please email:...
View ArticleForeign Dark Money Taints Canadian Parliamentary Proceeding
In her New York Times bestselling book, Dark Money, Jane Mayer investigates the influence-peddling practices of the excessively wealthy class—e.g. Koch brothers—on US democratic institutions. She...
View ArticleThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights' Public Interest Litigation...
Friday, March 2, 2018 (All day)Add to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Jackman Law Building J140The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is a Centre within the University of...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ Workshop - Faith vs. Gay Wedding Cakes: The Phillips Case
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 4:10pm to 5:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: In FA1 - Falconer HallJoin the LGBTQ+ Workshop for a fascinating discussion led by Prof. Anna Su about...
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Debwewin Summer Internship Program Info Session
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Jackman Law Building, J230In his 2013 report on First Nation Representation on Ontario Juries, Justice Frank...
View ArticleConstitutional Roundtable: Athanasios Psygkas
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall, 84 Queen’s ParkConstitutional Roundtable Presents Athanasios (Akis)...
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Ontario Should Revise Discriminatory Policy Against Refugee Drivers, says...
Monday, December 11, 2017Allow experienced drivers from war-torn countries to skip driving-test waiting period similar to other newcomers in OntarioOntario’s Ministry of Transportation should revise...
View ArticleOp-ed by the IHRP's Samer Muscati and Petra Molnar: "Ontario should revise...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, International Human Rights Program director Samer Muscati and research associate Petra Molnar argue that refugees in Ontario should...
View ArticleIndigenous People and Human Rights: A Dialogue with James Anaya
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 7:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Jackman Law Building, J250The Indigenous Initiatives Office is thrilled to welcome the Ontario Human Rights...
View ArticleSpecial issue of U of T Law Journal on "Transfiguring Justice: Trans People...
Thursday, January 18, 2018The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal is a special issue devoted to the topic of "Transfiguring Justice: Trans People and the Law."The issue includes...
View ArticleGender identity, gender pronouns, and freedom of expression: Bill C-16 and...
Brenda Cossman. "Gender identity, gender pronouns, and freedom of expression: Bill C-16 and the traction of specious legal claims." (2018) 68(1) UTLJ 37-79.Abstract: Bill C-16, An Act to Amend the...
View ArticleAsper Centre Immigration and Refugee Law Student Working Group presents...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: J140 - Jackman Law buildingThe Asper Centre's Immigration & Refugee Law Student Working Group is pleased to...
View ArticleThe Urgent Need to Reform Jury Selection after the Gerald Stanley and Colten...
A Saskatchewan jury’s acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the death of a 22 year old Cree man Colten Boushie has galvanized and polarized public opinion in Canada. Followed less than two weeks later by...
View ArticleCanadian Race Relations Foundation Event: Canada Lecture
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 4:30pm to 6:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: In J140 The Canadian Race Relations Foundation PresentsThe 2018 Canada Lecture"Contemporary Issues in...
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SJD student Ido Katri helps reform trans rights in Israel
Wednesday, May 2, 2018From left to right, Ido Katri at Israel's Supreme Court earlier this year with attorneys Hagai Kalai and Haya Erez, for the case of Doreen Bilia (third from left), a transgender...
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