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Since the fall of 2019, students from law schools across Canada had been preparing for the second edition of the Michel-Bastarache Moot, which was to take place in March 2020 at the University of Ottawa. The 2020 edition would have welcomed participants from law schools from the universities of Saskatchewan, Calgary, Alberta, Manitoba, Moncton, and Ottawa (Civil Law and Common Law sections), as la...

Congratulations to Michel W. Drapeau (LLB ’00) who has been award the Ontario Bar Association’s 2020 Award for Distinguished Service.

Congratulations to Audrey Ramsay (LLB ’93) who has been awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s 2020 Award for Distinguished Service.

Congratulations to Juliet L. Knapton (LLB ’04) who has won the Ontario Bar Association’s 2020 Linda Adlam Manning Award for Volunteerism!

Professor Colleen Flood, Director of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, has joined the C.D. Howe Institute Crisis Working Group on Public Health and Emergency Measures. The Group has released a communiqué addressing the poor coordination of laboratory infrastructure and shortages of personal protective equipment for front line work...

Dr. Kumanan Wilson, Internal Medicine Physician at The Ottawa Hospital and Scientific Advisory for Innovation at Bruyère, will host a Zoom webinar on the science and policy of pandemics on Wednesday 8 April 12–1 pm. Dr. Wilson will talk for 30 minutes, followed by a Q&A with the audience.All are welcome!***  Register by Tuesday 7 April  *...

As we collectively face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting many of our regular activities on pause, researchers from the Faculty of Law continue to offer valuable insights and commentary on COVID-19 and its effects on our lives. Collected below are some of these important contributions, including media commentary, op-eds, blogs, and podcasts. This list will be updated as the globa...

C’est dans un monde qui ne connaissait pas encore l’expression « isolement social » et qui n’était pas encore pleinement conscient du privilège et de la joie qu’est l’expérience réelle de la présence à l’autre, qu’a eu lieu l’événement de célébration de la recherche réalisée à la Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil. Ça bourdonn...

As an African and a Canadian, I inhabit an observatory. I am a resident in two worlds of blunt contrasts. On a good note, daily at every turn, those contrasts offer privileged lessons on the richness and complexity of the human experience, of our world. In this observatory, it is irresistible not to have a geopolitical perspective on the dynamic of Africa’s relationship with the global south. And...

The Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics is publishing a series of newsletters on COVID-19, bringing together articles, media, and resources.Click here to view the June 5 issue.Click here to view the May 15 issue.Click here to view the May 8 issue.Click here to view the May 1 issue.Click here to view the April 24 issue.Click here to view ...