31st Annual McDonald Lecture in Constitutional Studies with Professor Jacob T. Levy
OnlineThe Separation of Powers and the Challenge to Constitutional Democracy Professor Jacob T. Levy Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, McGill University Professor Levy will examine the roots of our [...]
Online Charter Series: Contact Tracing Apps
OnlineNumerous countries use contact tracing apps to help track COVID exposure. But how do these apps work? And what impact do they have on privacy? Join Professors Emily Laidlaw [...]
Online Charter Series: Constitutional Dissent
OnlineSpeaker: Eric M. Adams, Vice Dean and Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta What is the line between constitutionally-protected dissent and the protection of worksites, workplaces, and workers? [...]
Online Charter Series: Section 1, the Charter’s Balancing Provision
OnlineSpeaker: Patricia Paradis, Executive Director, Centre for Constitutional Studies How do courts balance the constitutional protection of individual rights and freedoms in the Charter with the interests of the community as [...]
Civil Liberty and Fundamental Rights: A Juridical Perspective
OnlineSpeaker: Quentin Skinner, Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities, Queen Mary University of London Professor Skinner considers two competing views of civil liberty – one, the condition of not [...]
Online Charter Series: The Constitutional Right of Religious Freedom in Canada
OnlineSpeaker: Dr. Howard Kislowicz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Professor Kislowicz will address the basics of the law of freedom of conscience and religion in section [...]
Pandemic, Populism and Democracy
OnlineSpeakers: Jeremy Webber, Oonagh Fitzgerald, and Pablo Ouziel. Jeremy Webber, Oonagh Fitzgerald, and Pablo Ouziel reflect on how governments have elected to assert themselves during the pandemic, how citizens [...]
Excluding illegally obtained evidence under s. 24(2) of the Charter: Does the ideology, gender, or professional background of judges matter?
OnlineSpeakers: Steven Penney Professor Penney will discuss the results of a study conducted with Professor Moin Yahya examining the influence of trial judges' backgrounds and other factors on the [...]
Reimagining Rivers: Magpie River as Person
OnlineThe Magpie River was recently granted legal personhood by the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality in Quebec. Our speaker, Yenny Vega Cárdenas, President of the Observatoire international des droits de la nature/ International [...]
Reimagining Rivers: Indigenous Jurisdiction and the Environment
OnlineProfessor Darcy Lindberg and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson will discuss Indigenous jurisdiction and the environment – particularly from the perspectives of Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) and Haida laws – and some [...]
Online Charter Series: Corporations and Section 12 – Protection from Cruel and Unusual Punishment
OnlineIn November 2020, the Supreme Court determined that the Charter's section 12 only protects humans -- and not corporations -- from cruel and unusual punishment. Join Professor Anna Lund as [...]