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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Public Interest Litigation Conference: Call for Papers DUE DATE
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is pleased to invite abstract submissions for our upcoming Public Interest Litigation Conference\, which will be  held on March 2\, 2018.  The Conference will be focused on legal strategies for successful public interest litigation in Canada\, as a means to bring together relevant stakeholders to share their challenges\, successes and strategies in this field. \nPlease find below the call for papers.  We invite proposals for papers in 2 formats: a longer paper covering pertinent issues related to public interest litigation in Canada and a shorter paper focused on lessons learned from a specific public interest case.  We hope that together these streams will generate positive response among both practitioners (lawyers and NGOs) who are engaged in public interest litigation and scholars who study and analyze the impact of these cases. \nAs indicated in the call for papers\, please submit proposals to tal.schreier@utoronto.ca by November 30\, 2017. \nWe look forward to receiving your applications and to hosting you in March! \nSincerely\,\nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights \nPublic Interest Litigation Conference – CALL FOR PAPERS
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/public-interest-litigation-conference-call-for-papers-due-date/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171129T123000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable: Alistair Price
DESCRIPTION:  Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable\npresents\nALISTAIR PRICE\nAssociate Professor in Law\, University of Cape Town\n“The Relationship between Constitutional and Tort Damages for State Failures to Protect in Canada\, England\, and South Africa”\n Moderated by:\nAssistant Professor Richard Stacey\nUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law\nWednesday\, November 29\, 2017\n12:30 – 2:00\nSolarium (Room FA2)\, Falconer Hall\n84 Queen’s Park\nCanada\, England\, and South Africa face a similar challenge arising from their shared Diceyan heritage in public law. On the one hand\, public bodies and officials in these jurisdictions are bound by the ordinary law of the land applied by ordinary courts\, including the private law of tort. On the other hand\, the state also owes positive obligations to provide a range of services and protections to members of the public that individuals do not bear\, arising from constitutional and administrative law. Where the state breaches its distinctive responsibilities by failing to protect an individual\, who as a result is harmed and seeks recompense\, a question arises as to the proper law to apply. What then is the relationship between the state’s duties and liabilities in tort and constitutional law? The three legal systems under consideration have answered this question in subtly different ways. The English courts have been unwilling to adjust private law to take account of the state’s special duties. In tort law\, public defendants are held to the same standards as private individuals\, who are liable for omissions only exceptionally. State liability for breach of positive duties to protect human rights arises instead under the Human Rights Act 1998\, where courts have a discretion to award compensation alongside declarations and other public-law remedies. South Africa\, by contrast\, has to a large extent fused private law and constitutional law in this context. Novel private law duties and liabilities may be grounded on the need to hold the state accountable for breaching positive constitutional duties. As a result\, the standalone remedy of constitutional damages is comparatively underdeveloped. Canada\, it appears to me\, has avoided both extremes: the courts have developed a narrow range of uniquely public duties of care in tort while also recognising that constitutional damages may be just and appropriate to compensate loss\, vindicate rights\, or deter Charter violations where tort (and other) remedies are insufficient. These varying responses to a shared challenge bring the following issue into sharp focus: to what extent can and should tort law be instrumentalised to serve the social goals of constitutional law? \nAlistair Price is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He received a BBusSc (distinction) and LLB (magna cum laude) from UCT\, a Bachelor of Civil Law (distinction) from University College\, Oxford\, and a PhD from Gonville and Caius College\, Cambridge. His thesis was entitled The Influence of Human Rights on State Negligence Liability in England and South Africa and\, in 2014\, he was awarded a prestigious Yorke Prize by the Cambridge Law Faculty for making ‘a substantial contribution’ to knowledge. Before his appointment at UCT\, he worked as a research clerk for Chief Justice Pius Langa at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and as a research assistant to Professor Reinhard Zimmermann at the Max Planck Institute for Private Law in Hamburg\, and taught tort law for several colleges at Cambridge University. Research interests: the law of obligations (primarily delict/tort); constitutional and administrative law; comparative law. \nA light lunch will be provided. \nFor more information\, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca. \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-alistair-price/
LOCATION:Jackman Law Building Room J140\, 78 Queen’s Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171123T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171123T140000
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SUMMARY:Panel discussion on the Trinity Western University Appeals
DESCRIPTION:On November 30th and December 1st 2017\, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear two appeals involving Trinity Western University (TWU)\, a private Christian university in British Columbia wishing to open a new law school.  The appeals involve legal challenges to decisions by the law societies of British Columbia and Ontario and the impact of a policy that requires TWU students to sign a code of conduct forbidding sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage. Ontario decided to deny the accreditation of TWU law graduates in the future\, while BC approved accreditation. The cases are expected to “break new constitutional ground” around how administrative decision-makers are to balance the competing Charter rights of equality and freedom of religion. \nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\, Out in Law\, The Journal of Law and Equality and the Dean’s Emerging Issues Workshop Series are delighted to jointly present a panel discussion on November 23\, 2017 at 12h30 to consider and analyse some of the main issues that will be covered in these appeals\, including the administrative law matters\, the balancing of competing rights and the unique circumstances involving the involvement of public interest interveners at the Supreme Court. \n\n\n\n\nPanelists: Professor Richard Stacey (UofT Law)\, Professor Denise Reaume (UofT Law)\, Professor Richard Moon (Windsor Law) and Cheryl Milne (Executive Director of the Asper Centre\, UofT Law). The Panel will be moderated by Maryam Shahid (UofT Law JD Candidate and Co-Editor of the Journal of Law and Equality). \nA pizza lunch will be provided.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/panel-discussion-on-the-trinity-western-university-case/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171020T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171020T160000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable Series presents: Constitutional Law Symposium for Canada's Sesquicentennial
DESCRIPTION:View our Save the Date Poster  \nThe 2017 Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable Series presents a \nConstitutional Law Symposium for Canada’s Sesquicentennial\nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtable Series are annual lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice as well as the emerging field of comparative constitutional law in relation to Canada. This year\, to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation\, our Constitutional Roundtable series theme has focused on the development of Canada’s constitutional and human rights from the British North America Act to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and provides an analysis of constitutional litigation throughout Canada’s history. \nOn Friday October 20\, 2017\, the Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable Series was  pleased to present a one-day Constitutional Law Symposium\, for Canada’s Sesquicentennial\, with a special keynote address delivered by Professor John Borrows\, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law\, Nexen Chair in Indigenous Leadership\, University of Victoria. \nFull Symposium Agenda available here. List of Abstracts available here.\nSummaries available for panel 1\, panel 2\, and panel 3.\n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-series-presents-constitutional-law-symposium-dedicated-to-canadas-sesquicentennial/
LOCATION:Jackman Law Building\, Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto 78 Queen’s Park\, Room J140\, 78 Queen's Park\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171019T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171019T140000
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SUMMARY:Summer Fellowship Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Asper Centre and IHRP Summer Fellowship Opportunities\nFor current JD students: please attend this information session to learn more about the Asper Centre Summer Fellowship opportunities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate: October 19\, 2017\nTime: 12:30-2:00pm\nLocation: J250
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/summer-fellowship-information-session/
LOCATION:J250 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171016T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171016T140000
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SUMMARY:Senator Kim Pate: "The Need to Correct Corrections: The Case for Judicial Oversight"
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is hosting a lunchtime discussion with Senator Kim Pate. \n“The Need to Correct Corrections: The Case for Judicial Oversight“ \n Monday October 16th at 12:30pm in Jackman Law Building J140 \nKim Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 10\, 2016. First and foremost\, the mother of Michael and Madison\, she is also a nationally renowned advocate who has spent the last 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada\, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized\, victimized\, criminalized and institutionalized — particularly imprisoned youth\, men and women. \nA light lunch will be provided. \nFor more information\, contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/senator-kim-pate-on-prison-reform/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170927T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170927T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable: Richard Albert
DESCRIPTION:  \nCONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE\npresents  \nRichard Albert  \n Professor\, Boston College Law School \nThe Most Powerful Court in the World?\nConstitutional Amendment after the Senate Reform and Supreme Court Act References \nDiscussant:\nAssociate Professor Yasmin Dawood\nCanada Research Chair in Democracy\, Constitutionalism & Electoral Law\nUniversity of Toronto \nWednesday\, September 27\, 2017\n12:30 – 2:00PM\nSolarium (room FA2)\, Falconer Hall\n84 Queen’s Park \nThe Supreme Court of Canada has grown since Confederation from supreme in name alone into the guardian of Canada’s constitutional identity\, joining high courts in Colombia\, India\, Israel\, Germany\, South Africa and the United States in contention for the title of the most powerful court in the world. Over the decades since its creation in 1875\, the Canadian Supreme Court has acquired increasing importance in constitutional law and politics as a result of both constitutional design and the gradual accretion of authority that derives from reasoned judgments\, legislative deference and public support. As the Constitution of Canada marks its sesquicentennial\, the Supreme Court has acquired a new power that will make it the gatekeeper to constitutional reform in the years ahead: the power to rule whether a proposed constitutional amendment is constitutional. \nThe recent Senate Reform and Supreme Court Act References reveal the blueprint for how the Court will exercise this extraordinary power under its reference jurisdiction in future litigation challenging the validity of a proposed constitutional amendment: the Court will determine which of the five procedures in Canada’s amending formula political actors must use to formalize any proposed amendment. The source of the Court’s new power is the doctrine and theory of the Constitution’s “architecture”—the Court’s own innovation whose content and boundaries are determined by the Court alone\, even where the proposed amendment may affect the Court itself. \nRichard Albert is a tenured Associate Professor and Nicholson Scholar at Boston College Law School. His scholarship focuses on constitutional amendment in comparative\, doctrinal\, historical and theoretical perspectives. He is currently writing a book on constitutional amendment\, to be published by Oxford University Press. He is also co-editor of the forthcoming volumes: Canada in the World: Comparative Perspectives on the Canadian Constitution (Cambridge)\, The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment (Hart)\, and the Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions (Oxford). A former law clerk to the Chief Justice of Canada\, Richard Albert holds degrees in law and political science from Yale\, Oxford and Harvard. \nA light lunch will be provided. \nFor more information\, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-richard-albert/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170919T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170919T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre & IHRP Student Working Group Information Session
DESCRIPTION:JD students in all years can volunteer with one of the Asper Centre student working groups\, that are led by upper year students. Working groups prepare policy briefs\, organize workshops\, and conduct research on emerging constitutional issues. \nThis year\, there are three Asper Centre student working groups: \n\nThe Refugee and Immigration Law working group\nThe Indigenous Rights working group\nPolice Oversight working group\n\nFind out more about these working groups at the Asper Centre & IHRP (International Human Rights Program) Student Working Group Information Session on September 19\, 2017 at 12:30PM in J250 in the Jackman law building.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-ihrp-student-working-group-information-session/
LOCATION:J250 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170914
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170822T181309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170822T181556Z
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline for Asper Centre Work-Study student
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre is looking for a student to provide research and technical support for the Centre’s website and social media (Facebook and Twitter). The position involves some research and drafting for content to be uploaded to the Centre’s website related to Canadian constitutional law and the activities of the Centre (primarily case summaries). Training will be provided in respect to website; therefore\, in-depth knowledge of website development\, maintenance and design\, although helpful\, is not required.  Apply by September 13th 2017 at 5:00 p.m. through the University’s Career Centre page: http://cln.utoronto.ca (Job No. 101096).
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/application-deadline-for-asper-centre-work-study-student/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170816
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170525T192850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170802T202414Z
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SUMMARY:Deadline for Submission of Proposal for Asper Centre 2017-2018 Student Working Group
DESCRIPTION:U of T law students can become involved in the Centre’s work through volunteering with one of our Working Groups. \nFor information on how to apply to lead a Working Group read the Proposal Requirements below. \nIf you would like to apply but need some ideas\, contact Cheryl Milne or Tal Schreier by email. \nThis year\, in addition to Working Group ideas developed by students\, the Asper Centre invites and welcomes proposals from students who would be interested in leading a children’s rights working group\, or a social media working group that would assist the Asper Centre in developing web-based and social media based material focused on constitutional issues. \nWorking Group Proposal Requirements
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/deadline-for-submission-of-proposal-for-asper-centre-2017-2018-student-working-group/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170701
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SUMMARY:Clinical Course Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Deadline for U of T Upper Year Law students to apply for the Asper Centre clinical courses for 2017. \nFor more information\, see the course list on the Faculty of Law website HERE.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/clinical-course-application-deadline/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170322T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170322T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable - Jamie Cameron
DESCRIPTION:CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE\npresents \nJamie Cameron\nYork University Osgoode Hall Law School \nSection 7 and the Idea of the Charter \nWednesday\, March 22\, 2017\n12:30 – 2:00\nSolarium (room FA2)\, Falconer Hall\n84 Queen’s Park \nThis presentation/paper looks at the idea of the Charter through a s.7 lens. As such\, it treats s.7 as a metaphor – as the metaphor – for the central methodological\, interpretative\, and institutional challenges of Charter decision-making. Section 7 exemplifies the most difficult questions the Supreme Court of Canada has had to consider and has generated the most provocative jurisprudence among the guarantees. Issues of a methodological\, doctrinal\, and theoretical nature are engaged by s.7 in distinctive ways which nonetheless reflect back on and illustrate Charter themes of general application. \nJamie Cameron is a Professor of Law and has been on the full-time faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School since 1984. She holds law degrees from McGill University and Columbia University\, clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada for the Hon. Justice Brian Dickson\, and was on the faculty at Cornell Law School before joining Osgoode. Her teaching and research interests include constitutional and Charter law\, American constitutional law\, criminal law\, the Charter’s fundamental freedoms\, and s.7’s principles of fundamental justice. In addition to her own scholarship she has organized many conference and events\, was editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2006-9)\, and has been the editor and co-editor of a dozen book collections\, including the annual Constitutional Cases volumes\, The Charter’s Impact on the Criminal Justice System\, Reflections on the Legacy of Justice Bertha Wilson\, and The Charter and Criminal Justice: Twenty-Five Years Later. \nA light lunch will be provided. \n For more information\, contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-jamie-cameron/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170302T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170302T140000
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Presents: Careers in Constitutional Law
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights presents a lunchtime seminar on \nCareers in Constitutional Law \nAre you a JD Candidate with a passion for promoting Charter rights? \nDo you want to learn about the numerous career paths that exist for students wishing to practice Constitutional Law?  \nMEET and get ADVICE from four lawyers (3 are UTLaw graduates) who are currently working in their field of passion: \nJoseph Cheng—Department of Justice \nNader Hasan—Stockwoods Barristers \nDan Rohde—Income Security Advocacy Centre \nCara Zwibel—Canadian Civil Liberties Association \n A question and answer period will be included. \nDate: 2 March 2017 \nTime: 12:30 to 2:00pm \nLocation: J125 \nJackman Law Building \n\nA light lunch will be served. \nFor more information\, please contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-presents-careers-in-constitutional-law/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170301T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170301T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170619T205826Z
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable - Richard Haigh
DESCRIPTION:ASPER CENTRE CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE \npresents \nRichard Haigh\nOsgoode Hall Law School\nYork University \nThe Alberta Press Case \nWednesday\, March 1\, 2017\n12:30 – 2:00\nRoom J-140\, Jackman Law  Building\n78 Queen’s Park \nThis paper/presentation will focus on the Reference re Alberta Statutes case (more colloquially known as the Alberta Press Case). The case is fascinating for a number of reasons. First\, it is one of the earliest signals of the Supreme Court of Canada “finding its feet” and gaining a belief in its own stature and strength. Second\, it is a case well known for a kind of Denning-like pronouncement from Chief Justice Duff (before Denning was even a judge!) on the idea of an implied bill of rights — judicial creativity that some might say was results-driven\, others might say was a brilliantly conceived concept to achieve justice. Third\, it is also a case of a province trying to expand its mandate into areas that could not have been easily imagined\, and the Court using federalism as a sword.  Finally\, it may have been the precursor to many debates about whether Canada should have a formal bill of rights\, and how we could repatriate our Constitution — put differently\, it is a case that foreshadowed much to come in terms of the 1982 amendments. \nRichard Haigh is an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and Director of York’s Centre for Public Policy and Law and Co-Director of the Part-Time LLM in Constitutional Law at Osgoode. He has a doctorate from the University of Toronto in the area of freedom of conscience and religion. He was\, until December 2007\, the Associate Director\, Graduate Program at Osgoode Professional Development. He has been a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne\, Australia\, a Senior Advisor at the National Judicial Institute in Ottawa\, and a Legal Research and Writing Lecturer at Osgoode. His research and teaching interests include Constitutional Law\, Public Law\, and Equity and Trusts. His recent published works include papers on the Supreme Court’s use of metaphor\, division of powers in freedom of expression cases\, freedom of conscience and whistleblowing\, freedom of religion\, dialogue theory\, noise by-laws\, election financing laws and prisoner’s voting rights; he also contributed a chapter to the State and Citizen casebook on Public Law (Emond-Montgomery\, 3rd ed.). \nA light lunch will be provided. \nFor more information\, contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-richard-haigh/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170228T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170228T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
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SUMMARY:Dr. Anver Emon Special Lecture
DESCRIPTION:What’s the fuss about “Islam” and “Muslims” ?  \nThinking in an Age of Information Overload \nSpecial Lecture by Dr. Anver Emon \nProfessor and Canada Research Chair in Religion\, Pluralism\, and the Rule of Law\nUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law\n \nModerated by Cheryl Milne\, Executive Director Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights \nFrom the Brexit referendum in the UK\, the election of Donald Trump in the US\, and the most recent tragedy at a mosque in Quebec City\, it is hard not to notice that politicians of various stripes have “Islam” and “Muslims” on the brain.  So many want to talk about what “Islam” is or who “Muslims” really are.  In this talk\, we will explore the political work done when “Islam” and “Muslim” are invoked.  Whether as social constructions or literary tropes\, “Islam” and “Muslim” become proxies for something that all of us have a stake in defining\, but must now reclaim as our own.  Professor Emon will offer a framework for filtering the random bits of information that fall from the Twitter-sphere.  Also\, participants are invited to submit in advance a media headline and story that they want to discuss and problematize. \nParticipants are invited to submit in advance a media headline/story that they want to discuss and problematize.    \nNO REGISTRATION REQUIRED * LIGHT LUNCH PROVIDED \n  \nFeb 28\, 2017
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/dr-anver-emon-special-lecture/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170209T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170209T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable - Hugo Cyr
DESCRIPTION:Hugo Cyr\nDean and Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory\nUniversité du Québec à Montréal\nNormalizing the Exception in Canada\nThursday\, February 9\, 2017\n12:30 – 2:00\nRoom J-140\, Jackman Law Building\n78 Queen’s Park\nExtraordinary measures may sometimes be justified as being necessary to deal with exceptional events. Those measures may become normalized when the taboo against taking them is broken and their initial justifications are detached from their repeated uses. In this article\, I want to highlight the process of normalization of the exception in the Canadian constitutional context. In particular\, I wilI show how a situation of extreme necessity may have pushed the Supreme Court to develop an extraordinary constitutional remedy – the suspension of a judgment of unconstitutionality – and how such remedy was later normalized. In 1985\, the Supreme Court of Canada temporarily suspended the effectiveness of its opinion that all the laws adopted by the Province of Manitoba between 1890 and 1985 were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court\, ironically\, attempted to justify the suspension as being necessary to protect the rule of law. Following that opinion\, the Supreme Court gradually went on to use that suspension mechanism in several different contexts. Now\, detached from its original justification\, this mechanism is used on a purely discretionary basis by judges to suspend the effect of their decisions that certain statutes are unconstitutional. In short\, the possibility for Courts to suspend the effectiveness of the Constitution has been normalized\, despite the fact that Canada\, according to the preamble of the Constitution Act\, 1982\, is supposedly “founded upon principles that recognize (…) the rule of law”. \nHugo Cyr\, LL.B.\, B.C.L. (McGill)\, LL.M. (Yale)\, LL.D. (U. de Montréal)\, is Dean and Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory at the Université du Québec à Montréal and a member of the Québec Bar. He is a member of the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ). He has been a Boulton Fellow at McGill University\, a Schell Fellow at Yale Law School\, a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Ian C. Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada\, and a Visiting Researcher at the European Academy of Legal Theory and Visiting Professor at McGill University. He is frequently consulted by governments\, media and private parties for his expertise in constitutional law. \nA light lunch will be provided.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-hugo-cyr/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170119T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170119T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170621T131315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T131315Z
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SUMMARY:Morris A. Gross Lecture - the Honourable George R. Strathy\, Chief Justice of Ontario
DESCRIPTION:Judicial Courage and Restraint in Canadian Constitutional History\nThe Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture was established in memory of the late Morris A. Gross by the law firm Minden Gross LLP and by members of his family\, friends and professional associates. The intention of the lectureship is to\, every two years\, bring to the Faculty of Law a distinguished scholar or a member of the practicing bar or bench for discussion with the student body and Faculty\, and to deliver the bi-annual Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture. \nThis year\, the Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture will be delivered by the Honourable George R. Strathy\, Chief Justice of Ontario\, as an introduction to the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ 2017 Constitutional Roundtable series\, which will be in celebration of Canada’s Sesquicentennial. \nThe Honourable George R. Strathy was appointed Chief Justice of Ontario June 13\, 2014. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on April 25\, 2013. For the previous five years he served as a judge of the Superior Court of Justice in the Toronto Region\, where he presided over civil\, class action and criminal matters. Chief Justice Strathy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1970 and was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to pursue graduate studies. He received a Master of Arts degree in International Relations at the University of Toronto in 1971. He attended the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and was awarded the Gold Medal in 1974. \nIn practice\, he specialized in civil litigation\, with particular emphasis in Maritime and Transportation Law. He was a partner in the firms of MacKinnon\, McTaggart\, Campbell Godfrey and Lewtas\, and Fasken Martineau Walker before establishing his own firm in 1991. The firm ultimately became Strathy & Isaacs. He was active in a number of professional organizations\, including the Canadian Bar Association (Chair of the Young Lawyers’ Division and member of the Executive Committee)\, the Canadian Maritime Law Association (Vice-President)\, the Canadian Association of Maritime Arbitrations (Vice-President)\, and the Canadian Association of Average Adjusters (Chairman). He is the author of two books on marine insurance in Canada as well as numerous papers and articles. \nChief Justice Strathy is married to Elyse Strathy. They have five daughters and seven grandchildren. He is an enthusiastic\, but not particularly talented\, squash player\, golfer and tandem cyclist.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/morris-a-gross-lecture-the-honourable-george-r-strathy-chief-justice-of-ontario/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161116T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170619T204640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T204722Z
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable - Claudia Geiringer
DESCRIPTION:CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE \npresents  \nClaudia Geiringer (Victoria University of Wellington School of Law\, New Zealand) \nmoderated by Professor Kent Roach \nWednesday November 16\, 2016 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM \nFalconer Hall Solarium (room FA2)  \n84 Queen’s Park  \nTopic: The Strange Antipodean Afterlife of John Hart Ely’s Democracy and Distrust  \nThis paper tells the strange\, and little known\, story of how John Hart Ely’s process-perfecting theory of constitutional interpretation (of the United States Constitution) became a blueprint for the design of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. The paper reflects on Ely’s antipodean afterlife as an instance of the migration of constitutional ideas. It examines the processes of de- and re-contextualization by which Ely’s theory was remodelled and repurposed\, during the process of migration\, in order to re-fit it for the new legal system. And it suggests that this process of transmogrification augmented the problems of coherence already associated with Ely’s theory. The paper will be of relevance both to those constitutional theorists with an interest in the coherence and legitimacy of process theories generally\, and to scholars of comparative constitutional law\, who care about the pathways by which constitutional ideas migrate between legal systems.  \nProfessor Claudia Geiringer holds the Chair in Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington School of Law\, and is the Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre of Public Law. Her research interests include the constitutional protection of human rights in New Zealand and comparator Commonwealth nations\, the laws and procedures of Parliament\, and the domestic reception of international law. She currently holds a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand to write a book on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. \nA light lunch will be provided.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-claudia-geiringer/
LOCATION:Jackman Law Building Room J140\, 78 Queen’s Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161114T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161114T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T203127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T203127Z
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre and Aboriginal Law Program Presentation: Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada \nIn Aamjiwnaang First Nation (near Sarnia\, Ontario) the female to male birthrate is 2:1. Community members experience abnormal incidences of miscarriage\, asthma\, cancer\, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses. This workshop will explore if law has thus far failed this community and what Canadian and Indigenous governments are doing now to protect the land. \nMonday\, November 14\, 2016 \n12:30pm – 2:00pm \nJackman Law Building J125 \nUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law \n78 Queens Park\, Toronto \nLight lunch will be provided \nDr. Sarah Marie Wiebe\, Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria and SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow\, will lead students through a conversation covering: \n\nThe chemical manufacturing around Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the damage it has done to the land and community members\nCanada’s dark legacy of inflicting harm on Indigenous bodies and how the system fails to adequately address health and ecological suffering\nThe challenges jurisdictional issues pose for the creation of sound environmental justice policy\nThe clash between Indigenous and scientific knowledge\nThe 2011 Chemical Valley Charter challenge brought by two members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Ecojustice which was\, in April 2016\, withdrawn\n\nPlease RSVP so we have enough food! \nTo RSVP or for further information\, please contact Amanda Carling at amanda.carling@utoronto.ca \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-and-aboriginal-law-program-presentation-dr-sarah-marie-wiebe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161024T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161024T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T203241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170721T160138Z
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre / IHRP 2017 Summer Fellowship Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Information about how to apply for an Asper Centre summer fellowship to work in an organization within Canada that focuses on constitutional / human rights advocacy. \n  \n(October 2016)
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-ihrp-2017-summer-fellowship-information-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160915T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160915T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T203358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170721T160232Z
UID:769-1473942600-1473942600@aspercentre.ca
SUMMARY:Asper Centre Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to apply for an Asper Centre summer fellowship to work in an organization within Canada that focuses on constitutional / human rights advocacy. \n  \n  \n(2016)
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-information-session/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160914
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T203509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170721T160414Z
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre at Law Clubs week
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Asper Centre’s information booth to learn more about our work. \n  \n  \n(2016)
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-at-law-clubs-week/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160827
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T203654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T203654Z
UID:773-1472169600-1472255999@aspercentre.ca
SUMMARY:Call for Asper Centre students 2016/2017
DESCRIPTION:The deadline for applications for the is August 26\, 2016. \nCall for Asper Centre students 2016-2017
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/call-for-asper-centre-students-20162017/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160816
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T203840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T203840Z
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SUMMARY:Working Group Call for Proposals
DESCRIPTION:2016-2017 WORKING GROUPS \nUniversity of Toronto\, Faculty of Law students wishing to propose a 2016/2017 Working Group must email a proposal to Cheryl Milne\, cheryl.milne@utoronto.ca by 5 p.m. on August 15\, 2016. Applications should include the following: \na) The name/title of the Working Group \nb) The issue the group will be working on\, and why the issue is important \nc) Name(s) of the student leader(s) and brief background information \nd) Name and description of partnership organization\, and letter of support from the organization (if applicable) \ne) Description of proposed research or advocacy project for the year\, including project goals and expected outcomes. \nSuccessful groups will be notified prior to the start of term. \nFor more detailed information on how to lead a Working Group\, read the full call for proposals here.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/working-group-call-for-proposals/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160710T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160713T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170620T204039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T204039Z
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SUMMARY:Clinical Legal Education Conference
DESCRIPTION:THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES \nThe Asper Centre is collaborating with the Association for Canadian Clinical Education and the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education in the organization and hosting of the 2016 Clinical Legal Education Conference at the University of Toronto\, Faculty of Law. \nDates: July 10- 13\, 2016 \nRegistration open here on the Eventbrite page. Early Bird Registration closes on April 30 (regular price applies after that date). \nRead the Conference Brochure
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/clinical-legal-education-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160418T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20160418T204152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T204540Z
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SUMMARY:Work for the Asper Centre
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM COORDINATOR\nPOSITION DESCRIPTION: \nThe Program Coordinator will support the educational mission of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights by organizing educational events such as conferences\, roundtables and symposia; coordinating publications which promote the Centre and provide educational content to students\, academics\, the practising bar and the general public; and supporting the work of volunteer students in working groups focused on particular issues in constitutional law in Canada.\nQUALIFICATIONS: \n(Minimum) \nEducation: \nBachelor’s Degree or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience. A Law degree (LLB or JD) or graduate degree in constitutional or human rights law (MA) is highly desirable. \nExperience: \nMinimum 2 years’ experience related to program design\, implementation and coordination\, preferably in the area of human rights\nDemonstrated experience coordinating a volunteer-based program\nDemonstrated experience working closely with students or young professionals\nUnderstanding of Canadian constitutional and human rights law and institutions\nUnderstanding of law schools and the legal profession\nExperience with public outreach through newsletters\, web design\, social media\, blogs\, etc.\nAbility to work with and motivate diverse stakeholders\, including law students; faculty; and community partners such as inter-governmental organizations\, non-governmental organizations (in Canada)\, and other civil society actors\nDemonstrated commitment to human rights and social justice\nSkills: \nExcellent computer skills with Microsoft Outlook\, Word\, Excel\, and PowerPoint applications. Proven skill in organizing and maintaining web pages and social media presence. Bilingual in French strongly preferred. \nOther: \nExcellent administrative and organizational skills\, including problem solving and ability to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines\nExcellent oral and written communication skills\nExcellent relationship building skills\, including ability to work independently and in a team\nStrong attention to detail\nAbility to positively represent the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and the Faculty of Law at all times\, and maintain existing relationships with partnerships and collaborations with diverse external stakeholders\nWillingness to be flexible with work hours as the programs and deadlines demand\, including working some overtime\, and including travel in Canada \n  \nAPPOINTMENT DETAILS: \nThis posting is for a part-time (60%) appointment ending two years from the date of hire. There is a possibility of renewal for one additional year\nThis position is part of the United Steelworkers Union Local 1998 employee group\nThe pro-rated hiring rate is $31\,895.40 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $40\,788.60 \n  \nHOW TO APPLY: \nPlease visit the following link and click the “Apply Online” button:\nhttps://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?job=1600392 \nJob posting close date: April 18\, 2016 \n— \nCanada’s leading teaching and research university\, the University of Toronto is recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers\, one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers\, and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Canadians Over 40. U of T offers employees challenging work\, flexible\, family-friendly programs and opportunities for professional and career development. To learn more about the University of Toronto\, please go to http://www.utoronto.ca/. To learn more about U of T as a place to work and develop a career\, please visit http://www.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/ \nThe University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members\, women\, Aboriginal persons\, persons with disabilities\, members of sexual minority groups\, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/work-for-the-asper-centre/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160330T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160330T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170621T131515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170721T160355Z
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SUMMARY:Clinic Information Session
DESCRIPTION:This information session for University of Toronto\, Faculty of Law students\, provides information on how to enroll in the for credit clinical programs at the Faculty including the Asper Centre Constitutional Rights Advocacy Clinic. Representatives from Downtown Legal Services\, the International Human Rights Program and the various externship programs will be on hand to answer your questions. \nThis is a bring-your-own-lunch event. Room location is yet to be confirmed. \n  \n(2016)
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/clinic-information-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160315T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160315T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170621T131615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T131615Z
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable - Richard Albert
DESCRIPTION:Richard Albert\nAssociate Professor of Law and Dean’s Research Scholar at Boston College\n12:30 – 2:00 p.m. \nTuesday\, March 15\, 2016 \nSolarium\, Falconer Hall \nThe Conventions of Constitutional Amendment in Canada \nCommentators have suggested that the unsuccessful national referendum to ratify the 1992 Charlottetown Accord has created an expectation of popular participation requiring national referendal consultation in major reforms to the Constitution of Canada. In this Article\, I inquire whether federal political actors are bound by a constitutional convention of national referendal consultation for formal amendments to the basic structure of the Constitution of Canada. Drawing from the Supreme Court of Canada’s Patriation Reference\, I suggest that we cannot know whether federal political actors are bound by such a convention until they are confronted with the question whether or not to hold a national referendum in connection with a change to the Constitution’s basic structure. I conclude by suggesting\, perhaps counterintuitively\, that layering a conventional requirement of national referendal consultation onto the existing requirements for formal amendments to the Constitution’s basic structure could well undermine democracy\, despite our common association of referenda with democratic legitimacy. \nRichard Albert is an Associate Professor at Boston College Law School\, where he specializes in constitutional law and comparative constitutional law. He holds degrees from Yale University\, Oxford University\, and Harvard University.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-richard-albert-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160229T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160229T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170621T132137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T132200Z
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable - Susan Williams
DESCRIPTION:Constitutional Roundtable \npresents \nSusan Williams \nWalter W. Foskett Professor of Law and Director\, Center for Constitutional Democracy Maurer School of Law Indiana University\n12:30 – 2:00 p.m. \nWednesday\, February 24\, 2016 \nSolarium\, Falconer Hall \nTopic \nLegal Pluralism\, Gender Equality and Parity of Participation: Constitutional Issues Concerning Customary Law in Liberia \nSusan Williams is the author of Truth\, Autonomy\, and Speech: Feminist Theory and the First Amendment (NYU Press 2004). Her current book project\, Constituting Equality: Comparative Constitutional Law and Gender Equality\, is a collection of essays growing out of a spring 2007 conference she organized. She has also written numerous articles on constitutional law and feminist legal theory. She is actively involved in constitutional advising for the Burmese democracy movement. She is a constitutional advisor to the Women’s League of Burma\, the Federal Constitution Drafting Coordinating Committee\, and the state constitution drafting committees of all of the states of Burma. In this capacity\, she teaches workshops\, produces educational materials\, and works on drafting and revising constitutional language. At Indiana Law\, Williams teaches Property\, First Amendment Law\, Feminist Jurisprudence\, and a seminar on Comparative Constitutional Law on Gender Equality. She believes that the best lawyers do not conduct legal analysis in a vacuum. “We must train our students to think and argue clearly and critically\,” she says. “But at the same time\, we must encourage them to bring their own values and experiences to bear on the legal issues they are studying. Law is a mirror in which we can read our character as a society\, both as it presently exists and as we would ideally like it to be.”(Bio drawn from Susan Williams’ profile at Maurer School of Law) \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-susan-williams/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160226T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160227T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T224727
CREATED:20170621T132024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180126T155203Z
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SUMMARY:The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy
DESCRIPTION:SYMPOSIUM \nFebruary 26 – 27\, 2016 \nFaculty of Law\, University of Toronto (Room: Solarium\, FA2) \nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\, University of Toronto and the Centre for Constitutional Studies\, University of Alberta\, co-organized this symposium examining the state of Canada’s constitutional democracy. Dramatic changes have taken place in recent years at the national level in respect to the day to day functioning of our constitutional democracy. These changes impinge on the separation of powers\, the rule of law and the supremacy of the constitution. \nExamples of topics covered included:\n• the operation of the House of Commons and the Senate and the functioning of committees in both Houses in respect to the quality of deliberation\, reflection on questions of constitutionality generally\, and in respect to specific policy areas\,\n• the increased powers of the PMO\n• the appointment process to the Senate and the Supreme Court\n• the stance taken by the government to some aspects of the Constitution and the judiciary\,\n• the government’s approach to information creation\, retention and dissemination as well as sources of expertise and scientific knowledge\, as it impacts on public policy areas such as health\, climate change\, resource development\, Aboriginal education\, women’s equality\n• the Court’s role to strike down legislation and critique government action and the government’s response to this such as the aftermath of the PHS case\, Bedford and Carter\, and the SCC’s declaration in Khadr.\n• the professional ethics applicable to the work of government lawyers in a more politicized environment \nOur interest in examining these changes was to assess their impact on the norms and processes stipulated by our written Constitution as well as by fundamental constitutional principles and conventions. \nThis symposium was part of a broader analysis by the Asper Centre of the state of the rule of law and Canada’s constitutional democracy comprising background papers and additional workshops that resulted in a now available final report. \nSymposium Agenda \nREAD MORE ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM HERE
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/the-state-of-canadas-constitutional-democracy/
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