In the midst of the global migration crisis, higher education opportunities for refugee youth can play a crucial role in their safety and protection.
Following the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants in 2016, universities and other members of civil society have been called upon to share responsibility for creating pathways to refugee protection. To assist these efforts, Windsor Law’s Professor Anneke Smit was engaged by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Europe and partner organizations in the European Resettlement Network (ERN+) as external consultant to conduct a feasibility study of higher education scholarships for refugees.
Professor Emerita Maureen Irish received the Sidney Picker Jr. award from the Canada-United States Law Institute (CUSLI) on April 12, 2018 during the 42nd annual conference in Cleveland.
Professor Richard Moon was interviewed by CTV National News about recent incidents of neo-Nazi speech in Montreal and whether this speech might breach the Criminal Code.
Bill Bogart has given 12 radio interviews on programs across the country in the last two weeks regarding the resolution at the Liberal Party Convention to decriminalize all drugs.
Listen to the full interview from the Jill Bennett show on CKNW Vancouver:
The Attorney General, Yasir Naqvi, awarded 16 individuals and four organizations for their outstanding efforts towards raising awareness, providing support and advocating for victims of human trafficking.
In this Conversation essay, Professor Tanovich explores the triggers and process failures that enabled racial bias to impact the jury in the Gerald Stanley case.
Professor Richard Moon published an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen about the Pope's refusal to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in the residential school system.
Windsor Law student, Kayla Smith (1L), spoke with CBC Windsor about the "Resisting the Criminalization of Black Youth" symposium and some of the ways in which black youth are being discriminated against in the legal system.