Faculty in the News

Professor Noel Semple was quoted in today's Globe and Mail in an article entitled, "Law committee reverses call to end Ontario articling alternative." 

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Professor Richard Moon was quoted in a National Post article entitled, "Universities crack down on offensive Halloween costumes at campus parties," October 20, 2016. 

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Professor Jeffery Hewitt was quoted in an article in The Star today entitled, "Advocates for minority Supreme Court judge disappointed by Trudeau’s pick." Professor Hewitt told The Star that he doesn’t accept arguments that there may be a lack of qualified candidates.“Tell us who applied. Give us the list. Talk to us about . . . whether there were any indigenous people in there?” he said.

Professor Janelle Diller gave a keynote address at the INTRAlaw academic workshop on the “Interaction between human rights: 50 years of the Covenants” in Aarhus, Denmark on September 29, 2016. On the occasion of 50 years since adoption of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Right, her speech highlighted the status of economic, social and cultural rights 50 years on and important normative and institutional issues facing the field.

Associate Dean Jasminka Kalajdzic was cited in a Lawyers Weekly article entitled "Judge Questions Fees, Cuts Settlement" dated September 30, 2016.  

Professor John Cerone discussed legal and political obstacles to accountability for the use of chemical weapons in the Syria conflict, from the timing of Syria’s accession to the chemical weapons to the political configuration of the permanent members of the Security Council in a live Al Jezeera interview on September 28. 

Professor Emeritus Lakshman Marasinghe was recenty appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Commonwealth Law and Education by the Commonwealth Secretariat. 

Professor David Tanovich was interviewed by the Canadian Press on what might happen with the Vader verdict. The piece appears in today's thestar.com in an article entitled, "Legal experts look at ways judge could fix Travis Vader’s murder conviction." 

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Professor David Tanovich’s rap research was featured in a September 30 Los Angeles Times article entitled, "In Canada, prosecutors are using suspects' own rap lyrics to win convictions." The article cites Tanovich saying, ""Courts must … recognize the very real likelihood that rap lyrics will trigger racialized stereotypes when assessing the prejudicial effect of the evidence."

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Calls on government for more resources to cure delays in the private refugee sponsorship programme.