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SUMMARY:Clinic Information Session
DESCRIPTION:This information session\, for University of Toronto Faculty of Law upper year students\, will provide details on how to enroll in the for-credit clinical programs at the faculty including the Asper Centre Constitutional Rights Clinic\, Downtown Legal Services\, the International Human Rights Program Clinic and the Investor Protection Clinic. \nThe following Directors will present at the information session and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. \nCheryl Milne\, Asper Centre \nLisa Cirillo\, Downtown Legal Services \nPetra Molnar\, International Human Rights Program \nIvy Lam\, Investor Protection Clinic \nStudents\, please check the internal events calendar listing through E-legal for the webinar link. THANKS!\n  \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/clinic-information-session-3/
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SUMMARY:Application Due Date: Summer Research Assistant Position
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre\, jointly with the International Human Rights Program (IHRP)\, is seeking a Research Assistant for approximately 6 weeks this summer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Research Assistant will be primarily responsible for drafting a Symposium report in relation to the IHRP/Asper Centre Canadian\nMedia Freedom Symposium held in March 2020 at the law school (read more here). Tasks include summarizing key findings\, synthesizing notes and legal materials produced for the Media Freedom Symposium\, conducting legal research\, drafting the report\, and communicating frequently with supervisors on edits\, formatting\, and timeline. \nApplicants for this position must be enrolled in the JD or LLM programs at the Faculty of Law or are expecting to graduate this spring in these programs. \nInterested applicants should send a cover letter\, resume\, and writing sample to Cheryl Milne (cheryl.milne@utoronto.ca) and Vincent Wong (vince.wong@utoronto.ca) by May 4th\, 2020 at noon.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/application-due-date-summer-research-assistant-position/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200227T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200227T180000
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SUMMARY:Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture - Jean Teillet
DESCRIPTION:The 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 was delivered by Jean Teillet on February 27\, 2020. The title for the lecture is “The Overstory & the Understory: Reconciling Justice and the Rule of Law with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples.” \nJean Teillet is the great-grandniece of Louis Riel and an Indigenous rights lawyer. She is the author of Métis Law in Canada and The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People\, the Métis Nation. \n* Open to the Public * For further information\, please contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca * \nView the webcast of the lecture here
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/morris-a-gross-memorial-lecture-jean-teillet/
LOCATION:P120 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200212T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200212T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Law Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights presents a \nCONSTITUTIONAL LAW CAREER PANEL \nOn February 12\, 2020 at 12:30pm-2:00pm \nAre you a JD Candidate with a passion for promoting our Constitutional and Charter rights? \nDo you want to learn about the numerous career paths that exist for law graduates wishing to practice in the field of Charter litigation or Constitutional Law? \nMeet and get advice from four practicing lawyers (including UTLaw & Asper Centre alumni) who are currently working in their fields of passion: \nEmily Chan – Staff Lawyer\, Litigation and Community Development\, Justice for Children and Youth \nSinéad Dearman – Associate\, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP \nGeetha Philipupillai – Associate\, Goldblatt Partners \nPadraic Ryan – Counsel\, Constitutional Law Branch\, Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario \nJ125—Jackman Law Building \n*  Pizza lunch provided * No Registration Required  * \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-law-career-panel/
LOCATION:J125 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200122T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200122T140000
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Public Interest Lunch - Substantive Equality in Sentencing
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre recently intervened in two cases before the Ontario Court of Appeal involving the criminal sentencing of marginalized people. Despite the Supreme Court of Canada’s aspirations in Gladue\, Indigenous people in Canada continue to be criminalized and incarcerated at alarming rates. In particular\, the over representation of Indigenous women in prisons has increased substantially over the past 10 years. Though their historical circumstances are different\, Black Canadians also experience significant systemic discrimination and bias when dealing with police\, in the courts\, and in corrections. \nIn R v Sharma\, the Asper Centre and the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) jointly intervened on a constitutional challenge to ss. 742.1(c) and (e)(ii) of the Criminal Code\, which eliminates conditional sentences for certain offences. Ms. Sharma is an Indigenous biracial woman who was convicted of a drug importation offence who\, but for these provisions\, would have been a suitable candidate for a conditional sentence.  \nIn R v Morris\, the Asper Centre intervened to suggest a framework for how to consider systemic factors in sentencing for Black Canadians. Mr. Morris was convicted of possession of illegal firearms. Upon sentencing\, the judge was mindful of the social context in which Morris committed the offence with reference to reports from psychologists and social scientists with expertise on Black racism in Canada.  \nThe Morris and Sharma cases illustrate how the overarching principle of substantive equality can illuminate sentencing decisions in cases involving marginalized people. Substantive equality is a constitutional imperative that requires courts to analyze the potentially discriminatory impact of laws with regard to their social\, political\, and legal context. Substantive equality plays a vital role in the criminal justice system\, including at the sentencing stage. These cases suggest that sentencing judges should be mindful of systemic discrimination at all stages of the process and the ways in which that discrimination might have impacted the individual or their circumstances. \nOn January 22\, 2020\, the Asper Centre will convene a panel discussion about these two interventions in which the panelists will discuss to what extent historical disadvantage can be considered in sentencing and more broadly in the criminal justice system\, in order to achieve substantive equality for marginalized groups.  \nThe panelists will include Jessica Orkin (Goldblatt Partners\, counsel for Asper Centre in Sharma)\, Nader Hasan (Stockwoods LLP\, counsel for Asper Centre in Morris) and Emily Hill (Aboriginal Legal Services\, Intervener in Sharma and Morris).  \nRead the Asper Centre’s intervener facta in Sharma and Morris. \nFor further information\, contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca \n-light lunch will be provided- \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-public-interest-lunch-substantive-equality-in-sentencing/
LOCATION:J125 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191113T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191113T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable with Carissima Mathen
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable Series Presents\nCarissima Mathen\nProfessor\, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law\, Common Law section\non\nWednesday\, November 13\, 2019\n12:30 – 2:00\nJ125\, Jackman Law Building\n78 Queen’s Park\n“Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions”\nwith UTLaw’s Professor Lorraine Weinrib as Discussant\nCarissima Mathen is a law professor at the University of Ottawa.  She is an expert in the Constitution of Canada\, criminal law and U.S. Constitutional Law.  She has a special interest in the Supreme Court of Canada\, judicial review\, the separation of powers\, criminal justice\, and the relationship between law and social media.   She publishes and lectures frequently in these areas. \nShe is committed to making complex legal issues understandable to broad audiences\, explaining the law in accessible and interesting ways.   She is regularly sought-out as a media commentator on legal issues\, appearing on national and international television\, radio and in print.  A frequent blogger and tweeter\, she pioneered the practice of live-tweeting from the Supreme Court of Canada. \nProfessor Mathen’s new book\, Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions (Hart) was released on April 18\, 2019. Her Constitutional Roundtable will cover the main themes of this book\, with a focus on Chapter 4 which deals with separation of powers. Read the book’s Introduction and Chapter 4 here. \nThe following is an excerpt from Prof Mathen’s website: “When one thinks of courts\, it most often is in the context of deciding cases: live disputes involving spirited\, adversarial debate between opposing parties.  Sometimes\, though\, a court is granted the power to answer questions in the absence of cases.  In Canada since 1875\, courts have been permitted to act as advisors alongside their ordinary\, adjudicative role.  These proceedings\, known as references or advisory opinions\, are the subject of my book.  I argue that references raise numerous important questions: about the judicial role\, about the relationship between courts and those who seek their “advice”\, and about the nature of law. \nCourts Without Cases offers the first detailed examination of that role from a legal perspective. Tracking their use in Canada since the country’s Confederation\, and looking to the experience in other legal systems\, I discuss how advisory opinions draw courts into the complex relationship between law and politics. \nThe book has been described as “lucid\, original\, insightful and highly readable” (Justice Lorne Sossin) and “a brilliant contribution to the literature on Canadian constitutional law and politics” (Professor Mark Walters).” \n \nProfessor Lorraine E. Weinrib was appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Department of Political Science in 1988. Previously\, she worked in the Crown Law Office – Civil\, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)\, holding the position of Deputy Director of Constitutional Law and Policy at the time of her departure. Her work included legal advice and policy development on constitutional issues\, as well as extensive litigation\, frequently in the Supreme Court of Canada. \n  \n Light Lunch Provided \nFor further details\, please contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca \n No Registration Required
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-carissima-mathen/
LOCATION:J125 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191030T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191030T133000
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SUMMARY:Asper/IHRP Summer 2020 Fellowship Information Session
DESCRIPTION:For current JD students @UTLaw >> please attend this information session to learn more about the Asper Centre and the International Human Rights Program’s Summer Fellowship opportunities. \nDate: Wednesday Oct 30\, 2019 \nVenue: J140 Jackman Law Building \nTime: 12:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore details about the Asper Centre Fellowship program may be found here.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-ihrp-summer-2020-fellowship-information-session/
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:20191002T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191002T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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SUMMARY:"Wealth\, Equal Protection and Due Process" - A Constitutional Roundtable with Professor Brandon Garrett
DESCRIPTION:With the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Associate Professor Vincent Chiao as Discussant\nOn Wednesday October 2\, 2019 Professor Brandon Garrett presented a Constitutional Roundtable titled “Wealth\, Equal Protection and Due Process” based on his paper.  Professor Vincent Chiao was the discussant. \nProfessor Garrett joined the Duke University School of Law faculty in 2018 as the inaugural L. Neil Williams\, Jr. Professor of Law. A leading scholar of criminal justice outcomes\, evidence\, and constitutional rights\, Garrett previously was the White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs and Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. Professor Garrett’s current research and teaching interests focus on forensic science\, eyewitness identification\, corporate crime\, constitutional rights and habeas corpus\, and criminal justice policy. His work has been widely cited by courts\, including the U.S. Supreme Court\, lower federal courts\, state supreme courts\, and courts in other countries\, such as the Supreme Courts of Canada and Israel. Garrett also frequently speaks about criminal justice matters before legislative and policy making bodies\, groups of practicing lawyers\, law enforcement\, and to local and national media. He is involved with a number of law reform initiatives\, including the American Law Institute’s project on policing\, for which he serves as Associate Reporter. \nProfessor Vincent Chiao\, B.A. (University of Virginia)\, Ph.D. (Northwestern)\, J.D. (Harvard)\, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto. He researches and teaches primarily in the area of criminal law and criminal justice\, with a particular interest in the philosophical examination of its doctrine and institutions. He is the author of Criminal Law in the Age of the Administrative State (Oxford University Press 2018). He is also responsible for overseeing the Faculty of Law’s appellate criminal law externship\, which provides selected third year JD students with the opportunity to work directly on criminal appeals\, including before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. \nABSTRACT: Increasingly\, constitutional litigation challenging wealth inequality focuses on the intersection of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. That intersection—between equality and due process—deserves far more careful exploration. What I call “equal process” claims arise from a line of Supreme Court and lower court cases in which wealth inequality is the central concern. For example\, the Supreme Court in Bearden v. Georgia conducted analysis of a claim that criminal defendants were treated differently based on wealth in which due process and equal protection principles converged. That equal process connection is at the forefront of a wave of national litigation concerning some of the most pressing civil rights issues of our time\, including:the constitutionality of fines\, fees\, and costs; detention of immigrants and criminal defendants for inability to pay cash bail; loss of voting rights; and a host of other ways in which the indigent face both unfair process and disparate burdens. I argue that an intersectional “equal process” approach to these cases better reflects both longstanding constitutional doctrine and the practical stakes in such litigation. If courts properly understand this connection between inequality and unfair process\, they will design more suitable and effective remedies. More broadly\, scholars have bemoaned how the Court turned away from class based heightened scrutiny in equal protection doctrine. Equal process theory has the potential to reinvigorate the Fourteenth Amendment as a guardian against unfair process and discrimination that increases inequality in society. \nPlease email tal.schreier@utoronto.ca for further information. \nLight lunch will be provided and No RSVP required
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-professor-brandon-garrett/
LOCATION:J125 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190923T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190923T120000
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Research Assistant Position - Application Due Date
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is seeking a research assistant to undertake the Asper Centre’s contribution to the Media Freedom Project led by the International Human Rights Program.  This position requires excellent library research skills\, strong computer skills\, attention to detail and a demonstrated interest in constitutional law. \nQualifications:  Candidates must be a current  2L\, 3L\, or a graduate student in law \nRemuneration:  The hourly rate for this position is expected to be $25.00 – $30.00 per hour (plus 4% vacation pay)\, depending upon qualifications\, and subject to deductions required by law \nTo apply\, please send a cover letter\, resume\, undergraduate and law school transcripts\, and a brief writing sample by email to cheryl.milne@utoronto.ca by 12:00 p.m. on Monday\, September 23\, 2019.\n.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-research-assistant-position-application-due-date/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190910T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190910T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre & IHRP student working group Information and Sign-up session
DESCRIPTION:For current JD students at UTLaw only \n\n\n\nJD students in all years can volunteer with one of the Asper Centre student working groups\, or IHRP student working groups that are led by upper year law students. Working groups draft policy briefs\, organize workshops\, and conduct research on emerging constitutional/charter rights issues and international human rights topics. \nThis year\, the Asper Centre is pleased to support the following 4 working groups: \n\nI. Right to Equality in Accommodation: Access to adequate\, appropriate\, and affordable housing is a growing problem for many people in Ontario\, especially those from marginalized groups. Low vacancy rates make affordable housing more difficult to find\, and also increase the potential for housing discrimination\, because landlords can be highly selective. Section 21.1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code states that the right to equal treatment with respect to accommodation does not apply where an accommodation is in a dwelling where the occupants share a kitchen or bathroom with the landlord or their family. This means that Ontarians who would otherwise be protected from discrimination based on code grounds are not.  This working group will be assisting CERA (the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation) by preparing a research memo on the exemption of shared residential accommodation from the human rights code\, which will support CERA’s future goal of challenging the constitutionality of S. 21.1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code. \nII. Sex Workers Rights: The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act\, SC 2014\, c 25 [PCEPA] was introduced in response to the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2013 decision in Bedford v Canada\, where the Court found that three Criminal Code provisions which criminalized components of sex work unjustifiably violated section 7 of the Charter and struck them down. The PCEPA includes new provisions that criminalize the purchase of sexual services in Canada and other related activities such as advertising the sale of sexual services. Sex worker organizations and constitutional experts believe that these new provisions remain unconstitutional because many of the harms identified in Bedford continue to be perpetuated. The continuation of these harms under a new legal context means that a new constitutional analysis is necessary. This working group will develop a comprehensive memo that provides information that could assist in a constitutional challenge of the post-Bedford sex work laws by key sex-worker organizations in Canada. \nIII. Refugee and Immigration Law: Recently\, there have been incidents in which CBSA (Canadian Border Services Agency) officers have randomly conducted street checks in minority-populated Toronto neighbourhoods. In light of the United States ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and immigration camps\, these events are extremely concerning. Thus\, HALCO (the HIV/AIDS Legal Aid Clinic of Ontario) is looking to collaborate with our longstanding Refugee and Immigration working group to create a plain-language public legal information brochure detailing the powers of a CBSA agent and an individual’s rights when interacting with them. The working group will research and develop the brochure under the supervision of a staff immigration lawyer at HALCO. \nIV. Climate Justice: November 18th\, 2019 is ‘Student Law Clinic Global Day of Action for Climate Justice.’ The event organizers (GAJE\, the Global Alliance for Justice Education) have asked participating student legal clinics to choose a project related to air pollution and complete it by or on November 18th to mark the date. This student working group will prepare an opinion piece on the Ontario government’s potential constitutional obligations with respect to regulating air pollution in Chemical Valley. The OpEd will urge the provincial government to honour its commitment to evaluating the impact of the new regulations in the winter of 2019-2020\, and to recognize the role it can and should play in protecting environmental rights.  In the second term\, the group will have the opportunity to brainstorm and work together on another climate justice/constitutional law related project. \n\nLearn more at O-week Clubs Fair (September 5th) and at the Information & Sign Up session on Tuesday September 10\, 2019 at 12:30 in J250 (Moot Court).\nPLEASE NOTE: to be eligible to sign up for one of the above working groups\, you must attend the September 10th Information & Sign-up Session.\n\n\n\nFor more information\, please email: tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-ihrp-working-groups-information-and-sign-up-session/
LOCATION:J250 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190817
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SUMMARY:Call for Proposals for Student Working Groups 2019/20
DESCRIPTION:U of T law students can become involved in the Asper Centre’s work through volunteering with one of our student working groups.  The working groups are student-led initiatives that bring together approximately 15 students to work in conjunction with academics\, civil society groups or members of the bar on Charter rights advocacy or current constitutional law issues.  The working groups receive support and guidance from the Asper Centre Director and Program Coordinator. \nFor information on how to apply to lead a Working Group read the Proposal Requirements in the Call for Proposals for 2019-20 Asper Centre Working Group. If you would like to apply but need some ideas or have some questions\, please contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca. The application is due on August 16\, 2019.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/call-for-proposals-for-student-working-groups-2019-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190628T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190628T100000
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline for Clinical Legal Education course
DESCRIPTION:This course\, available for current upper year JD candidates at the Faculty of Law only\, explores substantive and procedural issues arising in advocating for constitutional rights through seminars and experiential learning. Students will be exposed to skills-building seminars and case work and explore some of the legal\, procedural\, strategic\, ethical and theoretical dimensions of issues that arise in cases and other forms of legal advocacy. The program challenges students to examine issues in significant constitutional cases and advocacy initiatives in a critical way\, while at the same time allowing them to develop the professional and ethical literacy which is essential to the practice of law. Through their clinical work\, written reflections\, and weekly seminars\, students will test relationships between constitutional principles and the practical realities of the advocacy process\, and develop a conceptual and empirical understanding of constitutional lawyering. \nTo register for the course\, you must email a 1 page statement of interest to Cheryl Milne\, cheryl.milne@utoronto.ca by Friday\, June 28\, 2019 at 10:00 am. \nApplications will still be accepted after this date\, but priority will be given to any applications received by June 28 at 10 am. \n\n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/application-deadline-for-clinical-legal-education-course/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190321T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190321T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Family Law: A Panel Discussion on the Beaver v Hill case
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre Indigenous Rights student working group is pleased to present a lunchtime panel discussion on Thursday March 21\, 2019 at 12h30. \nBrittany Beaver and Ken Hill are Haudenosaunee parents to a ten-year-old son. She is a student; he co-founded a successful cigarette company and earns millions of dollars each year. Their relationship ended in 2013\, and Mr. Hill has since argued that Haudenosonee\, not Ontario law\, should guide his spousal and child support payments. \nThree constitutional and family law practitioners will be discussing the case and related issues\, including which families’ Indigenous legal systems should apply\, and whether Indigenous self-governance can be an individual right or only a collective one. \nPanelists are Scott Byers (Martha McCarthy & Co.)\, Jessica Orkin (Goldblatt Partners) and Judith Rae (Olthuis Kleer Townshend). \nProfessor Carol Rogerson will be moderating. \nNo registration required and light lunch will be provided.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/indigenous-family-law-a-panel-discussion-on-the-beaver-v-hill-case/
LOCATION:J125 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190315T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190315T150000
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SUMMARY:Immigration Detention Symposium
DESCRIPTION:On Friday March 15th 2019 the Asper Centre convened a one-day Immigration Detention Symposium focused on advancing litigation and advocacy strategies to address the challenges within Canada’s immigration detention system. This Symposium highlighted immigration practitioners’ and civil society’s current advocacy efforts\, recommendations and resources for achieving meaningful solutions to the challenges. \nThe main objective of this Symposium was to bring together the relevant legal\, research and advocacy partners who are focused on improving the serious deficiencies in the immigration detention system in Canada. We hope to help highlight some of the important responses and strategies currently being developed and implemented in this area\, and that this opportunity for sharing and collaboration will encourage continued strategic litigation collaboration and coordinated advocacy efforts amongst the immigration bar and beyond. \nView Symposium SCHEDULE here\n\nSymposium RESOURCES\nPanel I: Immigration Detention External Audit\, IRB and Audit Response Report: Recommendations and Next Steps \n\n \n\nClick on above image to VIEW a recording of this panel (captioned)\nIRB External Audit\nIRB Chairperson Guideline Detention\, effective April 1 2019\nJoint audit response report – forthcoming\n\nPanel II: Habeas Corpus Best Practices \n\nAnstis\, Will\, & Blum – Separate but Unequal\nHabeas Procedure in Ontario by Jared Will\nSCOTLAND – Notice of Application\nHOQUE – Notice of Application\nSCOTLAND – Court Order to Appear\nSCOTLAND – Index and Covers\n\nPanel III: CARL Toolkit and a Compendium of Relevant Case-Law for Immigration Detention Practitioners \n\nCARL Immigration Detention TOOLKIT\, March 2019\nCARL Symposium Powerpoint Presentation March 15 2019\nAsper Centre Federal Court Caselaw Compendium\, August 2019\nAsper Centre students\, PowerPoint Presentation March 15 2019\n\n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/immigration-detention-symposium/
LOCATION:J140 Jackman Law Building\, 78 Queen's Park Cres\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C5\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Tal Schreier":MAILTO:tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190228T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190228T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable with Assistant Professor Y.Y. Chen
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday February 28\, 2019\, Professor Y.Y. Chen presented a Constitutional Roundtable titled “Toward a Substantive Understanding of Citizenship in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\,” considering how “citizens” should be interpreted in the Charter context and whether “immigration status” should be considered a protected ground under s. 15 of the Charter. \nBIO \nY.Y. Brandon Chen (SJD candidate\, MSW\, JD\, University of Toronto; BSc\, Emory University) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law\, Common Law Section. A lawyer and social worker by training\, Professor Chen’s research program examines laws and policies that contribute to health inequities and marginalization\, particularly among noncitizens and racialized minorities. His published work has touched on such topics as health rights litigation\, refugee health care\, social determinants of health\, health care solidarity\, and medical tourism.  Professor Chen currently teaches in areas of public law\, constitutional law\, health law\, and immigration and refugee law. \nABSTRACT \nMany long-term residents of Canada are legally categorized as non-citizens. The fact that non-citizens constitute a marginalized population whose interests are prone to be overlooked or compromised by governments has been recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada. Notwithstanding this\, Canadian courts have so far adopted a relatively conservative stance when interpreting the applicability of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to non-citizen residents. Particularly\, courts have construed the Charter’s reference to the term “citizen” in a purely legalistic fashion\, limiting the guarantees of voting rights\, mobility rights and language rights to only those meeting the requirements stipulated in the Citizenship Act. In the same vein\, under s 15 of the Charter\, although courts have accepted citizenship as an analogous ground of protection against discrimination\, case law shows that governmental distinction between different groups of non-citizens will generally not attract constitutional scrutiny. Such case law constrains non-citizens’ participation in society and deprives them of important legal recourse in cases of rights infringement despite their contribution and subjugation to the social cooperation process. Given these concerns\, this paper advocates for an understanding of citizenship in the Charter context that is independent from its statutory definition. Specifically\, drawing on a thriving body of social science literature on the subject\, the paper argues that for the purpose of the Charter\, citizenship should embody a non-binary\, multi-dimensional conception of national membership that takes into account a person’s social ties\, societal engagement and self-identification. As the Canadian society becomes ever more pluralistic\, the adoption of this more nuanced understanding of citizenship represents a logical growth of the constitutional “living tree” and a more adequate constitutional safeguard of non-citizens’ rights. \n  \nNo registration required. Light Lunch provided.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-professor-y-y-chen/
LOCATION:Jackman Law Building Room J140\, 78 Queen’s Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190205T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T145824Z
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable with Professor Kent Roach
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, February 5\, 2019\, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach presented a Constitutional Roundtable titled “Canadian Justice\, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley/Colten Boushie Case.” \nIn this Constitutional Roundtable\, Gerald Stanley’s trial for the killing of Colten Boushie\, a 22 year old Cree man\, will be examined in its broader historical\, political and legal context with attention to the role of equality rights in jury selection and trial procedures. The jury selection reforms proposed in Bill C-75 will also be examined as will the role of the RCMP and other policing services. \nBIO \nKent Roach is Professor of Law and Prichard-Wilson Chair of Law and Public Policy at the Faculty of Law. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Yale University\, and a former law clerk to Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. He has served as research director in multiple inquiries\, and represented Aboriginal and civil liberties groups in many interventions before the courts. In 2002\, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, and in 2013 he was one of four academics awarded a Trudeau Fellowship. \nNo registration required. Light Lunch provided.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-professor-kent-roach/
LOCATION:J140 Jackman Law Building\, 78 Queen's Park Cres\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190123T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190123T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20181109T160821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T150105Z
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable with Professor Mark Tushnet
DESCRIPTION:On January 23\, 2019\, visiting Professor Mark Tushnet presented an Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable on “Interpreting Unwritten Constitutional Norms: Court-Packing in the United States as a Case Study\,” with University of Toronto Faculty of Law Professor Yasmin Dawood as discussant.  This Roundtable is based on a chapter of Professor Tushnet’s forthcoming book (see chapter abstract below). \n  \n \nProfessor Tushnet  is a leading scholar of constitutional law and legal history and the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall\, and he specializes in constitutional law and theory\, including comparative constitutional law. His research includes studies examining (skeptically) the practice of judicial review in the United States and around the world. He also writes in the area of legal and particularly constitutional history\, with works on the development of civil rights law in the United States and (currently) a long-term project on the history of the Supreme Court in the 1930s. \n  \n  \nProfessor Dawood\, J.D. (Columbia)\, Ph.D. (Chicago)\, is the Canada Research Chair in Democracy\, Constitutionalism\, and Electoral Law\, and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She is cross-appointed in the Department of Political Science. Professor Dawood specializes in election law\, comparative constitutional law\, and democratic theory. She has testified before Parliament as an election law expert\, and been interviewed on election law issues by CBC Radio\, The Agenda\, and Power and Politics. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Ethics\, University of Toronto. \n  \n  \nAbstract \nThis is a draft of a chapter in a forthcoming book\, written for a general audience. The book’s overall argument is that the 2020 elections are likely to be an inflection point in American political development\, ending what the book (and this Chapter) refer to as an interregnum after the decay of the Reagan Revolution. The 2020 elections may move the nation along a “Trumpist” path or a more strongly social democratic path than recent Democratic leaders have followed. \nThis chapter deals with the latter possibility. A prior chapter argues that the Supreme Court will be an obstacle to the programs that would be developed along the “social democratic” path (because it will remain dominated by conservative Republican justices)\, and that Democrats should prepare responses to that problem. \nChapter 13 outlines some of those responses\, the most important of which is Court-packing. It addresses the argument that there is now a constitutional convention against Court-packing\, suggesting that there may be no such norm\, but only a practice of non-expansion because there was no need to expand the Court earlier. It then deals with the claim that Court-packing would undermine judicial legitimacy\, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court might not have much legitimacy (understood as deference to judicial decisions simply because they emanate from the Court) and that any marginal effect on legitimacy is likely to be small.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-professor-mark-tushnet/
LOCATION:J130 Jackman law building\, 78 Queen's Park\, University of Toronto\, Faculty of Law\, Jackman Law Building Atrium\, Toronto\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Tal Schreier":MAILTO:tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181112T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181112T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20181026T145142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181026T145248Z
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SUMMARY:Information Session for UTLaw students wishing to work at the Asper Centre
DESCRIPTION:For University of Toronto Faculty of Law 1L and 2L JD Candidates ONLY \nOn Monday November 12\, 2018 at 12:30pm in J140\, the Asper Centre will take part in an Information Session about the Faculty’s hiring process. \nThis will be an opportunity for students to learn about the work positions available at the Asper Centre\, amongst other organizations. \nStudents will also hear about the application\, and interview process\, which takes place in the winter term. \nKindly RSVP for this program via UTLC\, as space is limited.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/information-session-for-law-students-wishing-to-work-at-the-asper-centre/
LOCATION:J140 Jackman Law Building\, 78 Queen's Park Cres\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181017T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181017T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180711T162400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T150254Z
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre's 10th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:View the event photo gallery\nRead our “Celebrating 10 Years” Magazine\nRead the Asper Centre’s 2017 – 2018 annual report\nWatch the video of the event on YouTube\nIt’s been a full decade since the Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights opened its doors! \nTo celebrate 10 years of dedicated advocacy\, education and research\, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell will moderate a conversation between Mary Eberts and Joseph Arvay\, two of our former Constitutional Litigators-in-Residence \non October 17\, 2018 at 5:00pm \nReception to follow \nThe Honourable Thomas Albert Cromwell\, C.C. received law degrees from Queen’s and Oxford\, practised law in Kingston and Toronto and taught law at Dalhousie University. During his time at Dalhousie\, he was active as a labour arbitrator and served as Vice-chair of the Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board. After serving as Executive Legal Officer to the Chief Justice Canada from 1992 – 1995\, he was appointed a judge of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 1997\, serving there until his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2008. Mr. Cromwell was the first recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence and is an honorary fellow of Exeter College\, Oxford and of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A holder of four honorary doctorates in law\, he has also had an award established in his name at the Queen’s Faculty of Law\, The Honourable Thomas Cromwell Award for Public Service. He is the chair of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters\, a director of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice and of Access Pro Bono British Columbia. He retired from the Supreme Court of Canada on September 1st\, 2016. A member of the Bars of Nova Scotia\, Ontario and British Columbia\, he now serves as senior counsel with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Ottawa and Vancouver. He is a recipient of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s Justice Medal and of the Medal of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law. In 2017\, was named a Companion of the Order of Canada for his “illustrious service as a Supreme Court justice\, and for his leadership in improving access to justice for all Canadians.” In 2018\, he was named by the Canadian Lawyer Magazine as of one Canada’s most influential lawyers. \n \nMary Eberts received her legal education at Western and the Harvard Law School\, and is a member of the Bar of Ontario. She joined a Bay St. law firm after several years of teaching at the Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto\, and was a partner at that firm until opening a small firm specializing in Charter and public law litigation. From this base in Toronto\, she has appeared as counsel to parties and interveners in the Supreme Court of Canada\, Courts of Appeal and Superior Courts in Ontario and other provinces\, the Federal Court and Court of Appeal\, and before administrative tribunals and inquests in Ontario and other provinces. She was active in securing the present language of section 15 of the Charter\, and was one of the founders of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). Since 1991\, she has been litigation counsel to the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). Mary held the Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights at the University of Ottawa in 2004-2005 and the Ariel Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the College of Law\, University of Saskachewan in 2011 and 2012\, where she taught courses in test case litigation. Mary was the Constitutional Litigator in Residence in 2014-15 and a McMurty Fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2015-16. Recognition of her work includes the Law Society Medal\, the Governor-General’s Award in Honour of the Persons’ Case\, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and several honourary degrees. In 2017\, Mary was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is currently a Senior Fellow at Massey College\, University of Toronto. \nJoseph Arvay\, who co-founded the firm of Arvay Finlay Barristers in 1990 with offices in Vancouver and Victoria\, is recognized as one of this country’s most highly respected lawyers. His practice emphasizes constitutional and administrative law matters\, as well as Indigenous rights litigation.. He has been counsel in scores of important Supreme Court of Canada cases. His exceptional commitment to human rights in this country has been recognized with numerous awards and tributes. He was awarded honourary doctorates of law from both York University and the University of Victoria. In 2017 he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada as well as a Member of the Order of British Columbia. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/10th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Jackman Law Building\, Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto\, 78 Queens Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180926T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180926T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180906T182503Z
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SUMMARY:Your Right to Know: an Access to Information Workshop for Legal Research and Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Your Right to Know: an Access to Information Workshop for Legal Research and Advocacy\nEvery Canadian has the right to request information from federal\, provincial/territorial and municipal governments.  Access to information from our government underpins society’s most important democratic ideals\, including government accountability\, freedom of expression and press freedom.  Many organizations even characterize access to information as a fundamental human right. \nWe are convening a lunchtime panel on September 26th 2018 at 12:30 – 2:00 in J140 focused on the use of ATI (Access to Information) and FOI (Freedom of Information) requests. \nThis moderated panel will focus on the importance and uses of ATI and FOI requests\, best practices for filing ATI requests\, and limitations/challenges with the ATI regime in Canada.  A Q & A period will follow the panel. Panel members will include: \nDara Lambie\, Legal Counsel for the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario \nAlex Luscombe\, PhD student in the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto and a Junior Fellow at Massey College\, works to advance the use of FOI requests as a method of data production in the social sciences. With Prof Kevin Walby\, he has written about FOI and theory\, FOI and standards of validity/reliability\, FOI and comparative research\, and FOI and research ethics. \nMichael Power\, Toronto Lawyer and Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School\, author of Halsbury’s Laws of Canada\, Access to Information and Privacy and Sailing in Dangerous Waters: A Director’s Guide to Data Governance. \nA light lunch will be provided. No Registration Required.  \nPlease note: A longer “hands-on” session will be held later in the year\, where law students\, faculty members and other scholars can bring their draft access to information requests or research questions for assistance. Date TBD. \nEmail tal.schreier@utoronto.ca for further information
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/your-right-to-know-an-access-to-information-workshop-for-legal-research-and-advocacy/
LOCATION:J140 Jackman Law Building\, 78 Queen's Park Cres\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180920T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180920T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180918T153417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180919T145504Z
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SUMMARY:Above the Law? The proposed Better Local Government Act constitutional challenge and Premier Ford's use of the Notwithstanding Clause
DESCRIPTION:See EVENT POSTER here. \nOn September 10\, 2018 Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba ruled that Premier Doug Ford’s Bill 5 – the so-called Better Local Government Act – to reduce Toronto’s city council from 47 wards to 25\, breached s. 2(b) of the Charter and was therefore unconstitutional. Shortly thereafter Premier Ford announced that not only was his government going to appeal the court’s decision\, but he was going to invoke the Constitution’s “notwithstanding clause” for the first time in Ontario’s history to override the judge’s decision. The revised Bill has been introduced in the legislature with debates lasting into the late night; while a stay application\, pending the appeal of the court decision\, has been scheduled for Tuesday\, September 18th.  \nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is convening a moderated panel discussion in order to unpack the various legal issues involved in this unprecedented case. Panel members will include two of our faculty’s Constitutional Law Professors Lorraine Weinrib and Yasmin Dawood\, and litigator Steven Barrett of Goldblatt Partners LLP. \nPlease join us on Thursday September 20\, 2018 at 4:30pm-6:00pm in J250 Jackman Law Building\, for this timely event.\nEmail tal.schreier@utoronto.ca for information. \nNo Registration Required.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/above-the-law-the-proposed-better-local-government-act-constitutional-challenge-and-premier-fords-use-of-the-notwithstanding-clause/
LOCATION:J250 Jackman Law Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180914T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180914T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180904T153337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180904T153337Z
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline for Work-Study Position
DESCRIPTION:Work-Study Position with Asper Centre \nThe Asper Centre is looking for a student to provide research\, writing 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). Some support for Asper Centre events will also be expected. Training will be provided in respect to the website; therefore\, in-depth knowledge of website development\, maintenance and design\, although helpful\, is not required.  Apply by September 14th 2018 at 12:00 p.m. through the University’s Career Centre page: http://cln.utoronto.ca (Job No. 125724).
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/application-deadline-for-work-study-position/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180911T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180911T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180711T162056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180711T165324Z
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre and 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\nThere are also four student working groups with the International Human Rights Program: \n\nMapping Global Health Rights\nSexual Orientation and Gender Identity Country-Conditions Reports\nMaking Women’s Human Rights Resources Accessible Globally\nDigital Verification Corps\n\nFind out more about these working groups at the information session on September 11\, 2018 at 12:30PM in J250 in the Jackman law building. \nTo be eligible to sign up for one of the above working groups\, you must attend this important info session. \nBring your own lunch!
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-and-ihrp-student-working-group-information-session/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180816
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180711T161040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180718T154333Z
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SUMMARY:Deadline for Submission of Proposal for Asper Centre 2018-2019 Student Working Group
DESCRIPTION:U of T law students can become involved in the Asper 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. \nCall for proposals for 2018/19 Asper Centre Working Groups 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/deadline-for-submission-of-proposal-for-asper-centre-2018-2019-student-working-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180629T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180629T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
CREATED:20180323T160237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200616T195825Z
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Clinical Course Application Due Date
DESCRIPTION:Applications for next year’s (Fall 2018)\nAsper Centre Clinical Legal Education Course\n are due on Friday June 29\, 2018 at 10am.\nThe Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is devoted to advocacy\, research and education in the area of constitutional rights in Canada. Its cornerstone is a legal clinic bringing together students\, faculty and members of the bar to work on significant constitutional cases. Appellate level cases that invoke the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in innovative ways to promote social justice will be selected. It is expected that students will have the opportunity to work alongside practitioners and faculty in developing written and oral arguments\, for academic credit. Daily casework could include case theory formulation\, constitutional legal research\, appellate brief and factum writing and attendance at oral argument. Projects may also include policy advocacy and research along with public legal education. \nSubstantive and procedural issues arising in advocating for constitutional rights will be explored through seminars and experiential learning. You will be exposed to skills-building seminars and case work and explore some of the legal\, procedural\, strategic\, ethical and theoretical dimensions of issues that arise in cases and other forms of legal advocacy. The program challenges students to examine issues in significant constitutional cases and advocacy initiatives in a critical way\, while at the same time allowing them to develop the professional and ethical literacy which is essential to the practice of law. Through their clinical work\, written reflections\, and weekly seminars\, students will test relationships between constitutional principles and the practical realities of the advocacy process\, and develop a conceptual and empirical understanding of constitutional lawyering. \nThe clinic will meet once a week for 3 hours. Part of each session will be organized as a seminar\, which will focus on substantive issues in constitutional advocacy (eg. constitutional jurisdiction of various courts and tribunals; substantive basis for claims; roles of the various parties in Charter litigation; effective advocacy strategies) or on skills building (eg. research\, drafting of pleadings\, effective brief writing\, analysis of legislation). Part of each session will be organized as discussions of the issues raised by the students casework and the issues involved in constitutional advocacy. Casework may include formulating case theories and advocacy strategies\, legal research\, drafting of briefs\, facta or reports\, or attending hearings. \nExamples of past projects include: \n  \n\nResearch and meetings with an advocacy organization on an election rights test case;\nLitigation support (research and legal drafting) for the Centre’s Supreme Court interventions;\nResearch memorandum exploring advocacy alternatives for redress of rights infringements arising in situations such as the conditions in federal prison and the detention of refugee claimants.\n\n  \nEmail cheryl.milne@utoronto.ca if you have any questions. \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-clinical-course-application-due-date/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180307T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180307T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Immigration & Refugee Law student working group presents Senator Ratna Omidvar
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre’s Immigration & Refugee Law Student Working Group is honoured to host Senator Ratna Omidvar for a lunchtime seminar on Wednesday March 7\, 2018 at 12h30. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Senator Omidvar will share her personal story of coming to Canada from India\, and she will discuss issues related to inclusion and diversity in Canada\, immigration and refugee law and policy\, the Charter and progressive law reform. She will then take questions from the audience. This will be a great opportunity to get some insight from her inspiring career. \nLight lunch will be provided \nEmail tal.schreier@utoronto.ca for further information. \nAbout Senator Omidvar: \n \nThe Honourable Ratna Omidvar\, C.M.\, O.Ont.\nSenator for Ontario\, The Senate of Canada \nRatna Omidvar is an internationally recognized voice on migration\, diversity and inclusion. In April 2016\, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed Ms. Omidvar to the Senate of Canada as an independent Senator representing Ontario. As a member of the Senate’s Independent Senators Group she holds a leadership position as the Scroll Manager. \nSenator Omidvar is the founding Executive Director and currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Global Diversity Exchange (GDX)\, Ted Rogers School of Management\, Ryerson University. GDX is a think-and-do tank on diversity\, migration and inclusion that connects local experience and ideas with global networks. Previously\, Senator Omidvar was the President of Maytree\, where she played a lead role in local\, national and international efforts to promote the integration of immigrants. \nSenator Omidvar is the current Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on Migration hosted by the World Economic Forum and serves as a Councillor on the World Refugee Council. She is also a director at the Environics Institute\, and Samara Canada. Senator Omidvar is the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council’s Chair Emerita and was formerly the Chair of Lifeline Syria. \nSenator Omidvar is co-author of Flight and Freedom: Stories of Escape to Canada (2015)\, an Open Book Toronto best book of 2015 and one of the Toronto Star‘s top five good reads from Word on the Street. She is also a contributor to The Harper Factor (2016) and co-editor of Five Good Ideas: Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success (2011). Senator Omidvar received an Honorary Degree\, Doctor of Laws\, York University in 2012. \nSenator Omidvar was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2005 and became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011\, with both honours recognizing her advocacy work on behalf of immigrants and devotion to reducing inequality in Canada. In 2014\, she received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of her contribution to the advancement of German-Canadian relations.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-immigration-refugee-law-student-working-group-presents-senator-ratna-omidvar/
LOCATION:J140 Jackman Law Building\, 78 Queen's Park Cres\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2C5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180302T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180302T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230519T002405Z
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SUMMARY:Public Interest Litigation Conference
DESCRIPTION:View CONFERENCE Schedule Here\nThe Asper Centre convened a one-day Conference on March 2\, 2018 focused on legal strategies for successful public interest litigation as a means to bring together relevant stakeholders to share their challenges\, successes and strategies in this field.  The Conference was aimed at both practitioners (lawyers and NGOs) who are engaged in public interest litigation and scholars and students who study and analyze the impact of these cases. \nOver 25 papers in total were presented in 11 concurrent sessions throughout the day. \nList of Participating Authors & Papers\n1. Alexander\, Basil: “Pragmatic Assorted Strategies: How Canadian Cause Lawyering Contributes to Social Change”\n2. Anglin\, Howard: “Public Interest Case Study: R v Comeau”\n3. Bharati\, Subodh and David Coté: “Scotland v Attorney General of Canada Case Study”\n4. Blum\, Joshua: “Ali v Attorney General of Canada Case Study”\n5. Bredt\, Chris & Ewa Krajewska: “Only 5 Minutes? The Supreme Court’s Approach to Interveners Requires Reform”\n6. Bussey\, Barry: “The Law of Intervention after the TWU case”\n7. Chan\, Kathryn & Howard Kislowicz: “Divine Intervention: A study of the operation and impact of NGO interveners in Canadian religious freedom litigation”\n8. Giltrow\, Maegan and Nathan Hume: “The Shadow Intervener: Economics and Public Interest Litigation”\n9. Gold\, Richard and Rachel Meland: “Litigating Patents in the Public Interest”\n10. Grant\, Angus: “Intervener Standing in Immigration and Refugee Cases”\n11. Faraday\, Fay\, Tracy Heffernan & Helen Luu: “Winning the Right to Housing: A Holistic Approach to Public Interest Litigation in Three Voices”\n12. Fenske\, Allison and Joëlle Pastora Sala: “The Wheels of Justice for Vulnerable Individuals: Reflections from the Public Interest Law Centre of Legal Aid Manitoba”\n13. Giorgio\, Barbara: “Attorney General of Canada v Downtown Eastside Sex Workers: Judicially Precipitated Reform for Public Interest Advocacy”\n14. Ha-Redeye\, Omar: “When Public Interest Litigation is used as a Cover for Controversy”\n15. Kennedy\, Gerard and Lorne Sossin: “Justiciability\, Access To Justice and the Development of Constitutional Law In Canada”\n16. Laing\, Christine: “Does Yaiguaje v Chevron Corporation change the security for costs game for public interest litigants?”\n17. Latimer\, Alison: “Examination of a Solitary Confinement Test Case”\n18. Latner\, Gabriel: “The Rights Stuff: Why Canada doesn’t have its own ACLU and how we can build one?”\n19. Levesque\, Anne: “The symbiotic relationship between social movements and public interest litigation: A case study of the I am a Witness Campaign and the human rights complaint of 165 000 First Nations kid”\n20. Davidson\, Gail and Gavin Magrath: “Balancing Act: Practical Lessons for Human Rights Interventions”\n21. Mangat\, Raji: “Here from the beginning: the promise of trial-level intervention”\n22. Paterson\, Josh: “The Carter case – Sustaining the Fight Both Inside and Outside the Courtroom”\n23. Sheldon\, Tess and Helgi Maki: “Trauma–Informed Strategies in Public Interest Litigation”\n24. Sheppard\, Dan: “Just Going Through the Motions: The Supreme Court\, Interest Groups and the Performance of Intervention”\n25. Silcoff\, Maureen: “Party Status in Y.Z. v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)”\n26. Spector\, Karen: “Legal Strategies for Intervention in Cases Seeking to Advance the Rights of Persons with Mental Health Disabilities”\n27. Vaughan\, Eleanor: “Solicitor Client Privilege in Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada and Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary” \nN.B. Full day attendance at the Conference may qualify for 6.5 Substantive CPD hours.  Kindly also note that we have made an application for accreditation of Professionalism CPD hours with the Law Society of Ontario.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/public-interest-litigation-conference/
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SUMMARY:Applications for 2018 Asper Centre Summer Fellowship Position Due
DESCRIPTION:Applications for Asper Centre Summer Fellowships are due on February 20\, 2018. \nPlease find the 2018 Asper Centre Fellowship Guide here. \nAlso\, current law students can log into the University of Toronto Law Career Network for further information on the application process. \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/applications-for-2018-asper-centre-summer-fellowship-due/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180131T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180131T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable: Athanasios (Akis) Psygkas
DESCRIPTION:Constitutional Roundtable Presents\nAthanasios (Akis) Psygkas\nLecturer in Law\nUniversity of Bristol Law School\non \nWednesday\, January 31\, 2018\n12:30 – 2:00\nSolarium (Room FA2)\, Falconer Hall\n84 Queen’s Park\n“The hydraulics of constitutional claims: Four models of democratic constitutionalism and same-sex marriage“\nWith Professor Brenda Cossman\, Director of the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies as Discussant\n——- \nWho makes constitutional claims? The paper argues that on both sides of the Atlantic a multiplicity of constitutional actors outside the courts participate in the elaboration of constitutional principles. I map out these constitutional actors by using as a case study the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the United States\, Spain\, the United Kingdom\, and Ireland. In all four country cases\, there are common functional demands for democratic involvement in shaping constitutional meaning. Even though these demands may take various institutional and procedural forms owing to diverse political\, institutional\, and cultural contexts\, I argue that the same overarching hydraulics effect is at play across jurisdictions. When social movements are shut out of one forum\, they channel their constitutional claims through different institutional avenues. \nThe four systems represent distinctive models of formal recognition of same-sex marriage\, with different actors taking the lead and having the final say on this contested issue. However\, I explain that in all four cases we can detect the voices of multiple actors\, including notably the people themselves\, in a process of legal contestation around and interpretation of fundamental constitutional principles. These voices can take different forms\, and the paper proposes institutional\, historical\, political\, and cultural factors that may account for this. Thus\, the paper tells a story of legal development arising from inclusive interpretive communities in the context of a democratic constitutional theory. This facilitates dynamic constitutional interpretation that reflects evolving political and social demands instead of top-down delivery of constitutional meaning. \n———— \nAthanasios (Akis) Psygkas is lecturer in law at the University of Bristol in the UK and currently a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto. His research interests include comparative public law\, regulation\, and global governance. His latest book\, entitled “From the ‘Democratic Deficit’ to a ‘Democratic Surplus’: Constructing Administrative Democracy in Europe” (Oxford University Press\, 2017)\, examines the impact of EU law on the adoption of participatory regulatory processes in the member states. \nAkis received J.S.D. and LL.M. degrees from Yale Law School\, where he was a Fulbright scholar\, and an LL.B. and LL.M. in Public Law and Political Science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He has held fellowships at the European University Institute in Florence\, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris\, and Yale. He has been managing the Comparative Administrative Law Blog over the past seven years. \n Light Lunch Provided \nFor further details\, please contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca \n No Registration Required
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-athanasios-akis-psygkas/
LOCATION:Jackman Law Building Room J140\, 78 Queen’s Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T141311
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SUMMARY:TWU Panel discussion with interveners
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday January 18\, 2018\, Out in Law\, the Journal for Law and Equality\, the Asper Centre and other groups at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law are pleased to present a debrief panel discussion between a number of interveners in the recent Trinity Western University appeals at the Supreme Court of Canada. \nMore information here \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/twu-panel-discussion-with-interveners/
LOCATION:J250 Jackman Law Building
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