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 [...]
Aftermath! Federal Carbon Pricing and the Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada
OnlineSpeakers: Eric M. Adams, Andrew Leach, Darcy Lindberg, Jocelyn Stacey, & Noura Karazivan Join our panel of experts as they discuss the Supreme Court's decision in the Carbon Pricing [...]
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 [...]
Vaccine Mandates, Passports, and the Constitution
OnlineJoin us in a conversation with Professor Carissima Mathen on the constitutionality of government vaccine mandates and vaccine passports. Are these mandates/passports a breach of Charter rights? Can a [...]
Online Charter Series: The Notwithstanding Clause – Is it Justifiable?
Section 33 of the Charter, the “notwithstanding clause,” allows Canada’s Parliament and legislatures to shield laws from certain Charter challenges. In this session, Richard Mailey, PhD Research Associate, asks [...]
Making Sense of Alberta’s Equalization Referendum
OnlineHow will you vote? On October 18th, 2021, Albertans will be asked to vote yes or no on whether to remove the principle of equalization payments from the Constitution. [...]
Online Charter Series: Language Rights’ Real Most Valuable Player – Section 23 & Minority-Language Education
OnlineStéphanie Chouinard (Associate Professor, Queen's U and Royal Military College) will discuss the impact of section 23 – minority language education rights – of the Charter on minority-language communities [...]