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SUMMARY:Book Forum-Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Kent Roach
DESCRIPTION:Asper Centre and IHRP online Book Forum\nRemedies for Human Rights Violations by Kent Roach \nHosted by the International Human Rights Program and the Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\, \nFaculty of Law\, University of Toronto \nFriday\, March 4\, 2022 at 12:30-2:30pm (EST) \nREGISTER HERE\nNote: After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nProf Roach’s book is available through the Law Library catalog at: https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/14bjeso/alma991107004593306196 or directly at: https://www-cambridge-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/core/books/remedies-for-human-rights-violations/9336DE5D434CE91E89990EE71BBA6B6A \nRead Rights Review interview with Prof Roach – https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/interview-professor-kent-roach-neglected-field-remedies-human-rights-violationsrof \nCo-Chairs: \nRebecca Cook\, Professor Emeritus\, Faculty of Law \nAshley Major\, Research Associate\, International Human Rights Program\, \nCheryl Milne\, Director\, Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/book-forum-remedies-for-human-rights-violations-by-kent-roach/
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SUMMARY:Emergencies Act\, Police Powers & COVID Protests
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to convene an ONLINE expert panel discussion about the Emergencies Act\, Police Powers & COVID Protests on Wednesday March 2\, 2022 @12:30pm. \nZOOM REGISTRATION HERE\n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/emergencies-act-police-powers-covid-protests/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Implications of Facial Recognition Technology
DESCRIPTION:The Implications of Facial Recognition Technology: An Investigation through the lens of Constitutional\, Privacy\, and Human Rights Law\nLegal issues do not occur in a vacuum. For each new innovative leap forward\, there are potential ramifications in business\, privacy\, strategy\, criminal\, constitutional\, and human rights law. The best lawyers are the ones who recognize the interplay between substantive areas of law and understand how each of the individual threads connects together. \nThis virtual session\, on February 15\, 2022 at 12h30 (EST)\, is a collaboration between the Faculty of Law’s David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\, the International Human Rights Program\, and the Future of Law Lab. It will focus on Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) and investigate how its ripples affect various fields of law. In particular\, the panel will examine the Constitutional\, Privacy\, and Human Rights impacts of FRT. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear our experts speak to the benefits\, challenges\, risks\, and trends associated with this novel technology as it relates to their specialization. \nPANELISTS \n\nVincent Chiao\, University of Toronto\nVincent Chiao\, B.A. (University of Virginia)\, Ph.D. (Northwestern)\, J.D. (Harvard)\, 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). \nCarole Piovesan\, INQ Law\n\nCarole is managing partner at INQ Law\, focusing her practice on privacy\, cyber readiness\, data governance and artificial intelligence (AI) risk management. She regularly counsels clients on a wide range of matters related to privacy\, cyber readiness and breach response\, data governance\, ethical AI and responsible innovation. Prior to founding INQ Law\, Carole was co-lead of the national Cybersecurity\, Privacy and Data Management group at McCarthy Tétrault. She has represented clients before all levels of court in Ontario as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada. \n\n\nKate Robertson\, Markson Law\nKate Robertson practices criminal and regulatory litigation representing both individual and corporate clients. Her practice includes both trial and appellate advocacy. She has conducted numerous criminal trials\, including jury and judge-alone trials\, and has advocated at all levels of court in Canada\, including the Supreme Court of Canada. She is a Fellow at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto\, where she consults on law and policy issues relating to privacy\, law enforcement\, and surveillance. \n\nREGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-implications-of-facial-recognition-technology-tickets-258030384827\nSee EVENT Poster here
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/webinar-the-implications-of-facial-recognition-technology/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211109T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211109T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable on City of Toronto et al. v. Ontario
DESCRIPTION:Asper Centre Webinar on City of Toronto et al. v. Ontario \nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtable Series presents \nA panel discussion on the Charter challenge to Ontario legislation reducing the number of wards in the City of Toronto’s 2018 municipal election more than half-way through the election period \non Tuesday November 9\, 2021 at 12h30 EST \nBackground\nWell into the Toronto municipal election in 2018\, the Ontario government passed the Better Local Government Act\, 2018 reducing Toronto City Council to 25 seats from its original 47. A number of individuals\, including candidates in the 47-ward election\, challenged the legislation\, as did the City of Toronto. It was argued that cancelling a democratic election more than halfway through the election period breached the Charter’s guarantee of freedom of expression\, without justification. The challenge was successful at the Superior Court but failed at the Court of Appeal. Toronto appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada and\, in a deeply divided 5 to 4 decision released on October 1\, 2021\, the Court upheld the Act. The panel will discuss the differing views of the majority and dissenting judges and the implications for constitutional litigation and freedom of expression claims more generally. \nPanelists \nGeetha Philipupillai\, Goldblatt Partners LLP\, counsel for the intervener Canadian Civil Liberties Association in the SCC appeal \nLorraine Weinrib\, Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a specialist in constitutional law and litigation \nAlexi Wood\, St. Lawrence Barristers LLP\, counsel for the Asper Centre in its intervention at the OCA and the SCC \nThe panel will be moderated by Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw\, St. Lawrence Barristers LLP\, co-counsel for the Asper Centre in its intervention at the SCC. \nVIEW RECORDING of the WEBINAR HERE
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-on-city-of-toronto-et-al-v-ontario/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211001T120000
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre Podcast Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Asper Centre is thrilled to announce the launch of its podcast on Friday October 1\, 2021. \nCharter: A Course\, hosted by the Asper Centre’s Executive Director Cheryl Milne\, focuses on Canadian constitutional law and litigation. In each episode\, we highlight the accomplishments of U of T Law’s faculty and alumni involved in leading constitutional cases and issues. Each episode also includes a “Practice Corner\,” where we talk about the ins and outs of what it means to be a constitutional litigator. Whether you are a law student\, a lawyer\, or just an interested person\, we hope that you learn about an aspect of constitutional law and litigation that interests you in our podcast. \nThe podcast will be available on October 1\, 2021 on many popular podcast streaming services such as Spotify\, Stitcher and Apple Music and on our website HERE. \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-podcast-launch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210917T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210917T120000
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SUMMARY:Work Study Positions Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Work-Study Positions with the Asper Centre \nResearch and Communications Assistant \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). 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. Students must be enrolled in JD or LLM programs at the Faculty of Law. Apply by September 17th at 12:00 p.m. through the University’s Career Centre page: http://clnx.utoronto.ca (Job No. 184827). \nAdministrative Assistant \nThe Administrative Assistant will be responsible for financial tracking of expenses for the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and the organization of electronic documents\, including spreadsheets. Tasks will include the creation of templates for the legal and administrative work of the Centre\, electronic file maintenance and the tracking of the Centre’s budget\, including sorting and processing financial documents such as invoices\, expense claims\, and debit memos. Tasks may also include technical and substantive support for the Centre’s podcast series. Basic financial literacy in respect of budgeting and accounting is required. Some knowledge of the legal context would be desirable. Preferred programs of study are business/commerce and law. Apply by September 17th at 12:00 p.m. through the University’s Career Centre page: http://clnx.utoronto.ca (Job No. 184814).
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/work-study-positions-application-deadline/
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SUMMARY:Working Group Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Dear U of T Law JD students\, \nPlease attend this information session on September 14\, 2021 to learn about the volunteer opportunities available this year at the Asper Centre and the IHRP.  Refer to the updated Public Interest Programs Joint Volunteer Recruitment Process guidelines for more details about how to get involved with our programs. \nWe look forward to meeting and working with you! \nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights \nThe Asper Centre is devoted to advocacy\, research\, and education in constitutional law in Canada. The cornerstone of the Centre is a legal clinic that brings together upper year students\, faculty\, and members of the bar to work on significant constitutional cases and advocacy initiatives for credit. \nStudents in all years can volunteer with one of the Asper Centre’s student working groups led by upper year students. Working groups prepare policy briefs\, draft public legal information materials\, organize workshops\, and/or conduct research on current or emerging constitutional law and Charter rights issues.  This year\, the Asper Centre is pleased to support the following working groups: Prisoners’ Rights Handbook\, Privacy Law Reform\, Sex Workers’ Rights\, Police Oversight and Freedom of Expression. \nThe International Human Rights Program \nThe IHRP involves law students in international human rights law advocacy\, knowledge exchange\, and capacity-building. IHRP working groups are student-led projects that provide experiential learning opportunities in several areas of international law. The groups are led by upper year law students and are supervised and supported by the IHRP Director and Research Associates. This year\, the IHRP has 5 working groups: Women’s Human Rights Resources\, Global Health and Human Rights\, Cameroon Anglophone Crisis Database of Atrocities\, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity\, and the Venezuela Accountability Project.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/working-group-information-session/
LOCATION:J250 Jackman Law Building Moot Court
ORGANIZER;CN="Tal Schreier":MAILTO:tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210818T170000
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SUMMARY:Application Due: Asper Centre Working Group Proposal
DESCRIPTION:For U of T Law JD students\nDid you know that you can become involved in the Asper Centre’s legal advocacy work through volunteering (as a 1L) or leading (as a 2L/3L) one of our Student Working Groups? The working groups are student-led initiatives that bring together approx. 15 students to work in conjunction with the Asper Centre\, U of T Law faculty members\, researchers\, civil society groups and members of the bar on current Charter rights advocacy or Constitutional law issues. Last year we had 6 incredible working groups focused on Refugee & Immigration Law\, Climate Justice\, Sex Workers’ Rights\, Artificial Intelligence\, Prisoners’ Rights and Indigenous Rights. Read more about our student working groups and find our Call for Proposals for 2021-2022 Asper Centre Working Groups HERE: https://aspercentre.ca/clinic/student-working-groups/.\n\n\n\nWe’re looking forward to hearing from you to discuss ideas for engaging projects for the upcoming year! Emails to tal.schreier@utoronto.ca.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/application-due-asper-centre-working-group-proposal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210622T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210622T133000
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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\, and the Investor Protection Clinic for Fall 2021.\n\n\n\nThe following Directors will present at the information session and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.\n\nCheryl Milne\, Asper Centre\n\nPrasanna Balasundaram\, Downtown Legal Services\nIvy Lam\, Investor Protection Clinic \n\n\nLink to Zoom Webinar can be found in Faculty of Law Events Calendar (internal) here >> Clinic Information Session | University of Toronto Faculty of Law (utoronto.ca)
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/clinic-information-session-4/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Tal Schreier":MAILTO:tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210122T140000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to s.35 and the Duty to Consult (Online Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Climate Justice Working Group and the Indigenous Initiatives Office (IIO) at the Faculty of Law convened an Introduction to s. 35 and the Duty to Consult (online webinar) on January 22nd\, 2021 at 12:30 pm. \nThe duty to consult\, and accommodate\, is a central tenet of Crown-Indigenous relations. On the one hand\, the SCC has stated that the “duty to consult… must be understood generously to achieve reconciliation”. And yet it has also been described as “a process of give and take”. \nIn recent years there have been high-profile and important cases dealing with the content of the duty to consult. Yet\, the origins and the current state of the duty to consult\, as well as possible ways in which it can be improved\, may not be clear to the broader law school community. The Climate Justice working group and the IIO convened this event to provide an opportunity for students\, faculty and the broader law school community to engage with this incredibly important topic from both an academic and practitioner point of view. Ultimately\, this event called on the law school community to continue their own learning on the subject. \nThe panel will be moderated by Professor Kerry Wilkins\, who will be joined in discussion by Joel Morales (Counsel at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP) and Candice Telfer (Acting Director of the Legal Services Branch in Ontario’s Ministry of Indigenous Affairs).  A brief document (Primer on the Duty to Consult) was circulated to attendees ahead of the event with some background information and suggested further readings. \nA RECORDING OF THE EVENT IS AVAILABLE HERE
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/introduction-to-s-35-and-the-duty-to-consult-online-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210118T120000
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SUMMARY:Research Assistant & Project Manager Application Due Date
DESCRIPTION:Research Assistant position\nThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work\, jointly with the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\, is seeking a student to work as a part-time research assistant to contribute to a project regarding operationalizing the compensation categories described in 2019 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ruling 39\, in respect of the claim on behalf of First Nations children. The Application is due on January 18\, 2021 at noon. For more information\, please see: Research Assistant job advert here \nProject Manager position\nThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work\, jointly with the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\, is seeking a part-time student to supervise its Law Foundation of Ontario funded project: Toolkit for Evidence-Based Child Protection Practice. The Application is due on January 18\, 2021 at noon. For more information\, please see: Project Manager job advert here \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/research-assistant-project-manager-application-due-date/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201116T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201116T140000
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SUMMARY:The Constitutionality of Canada's Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Climate Justice Working Group is pleased to present a panel discussion (online webinar) on November 16th\, 2020 at 12:45p.m. about the constitutionality of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. \nThe constitutionality of the Act has been a subject of debate in courts across the country and was most recently the subject of multi-day hearing at the Supreme Court of Canada. The constitutional challenge at the SCC was brought by the governments of Ontario\, Alberta and Saskatchewan\, who were joined by many interveners who advanced diverse and interesting perspectives. \nThe Climate Justice working group is looking forward to providing an opportunity for the law school (and broader legal community) to engage with this incredibly important and timely topic. At the event\, the Climate Justice working group members will be speaking to counsel for the Attorney General of Canada (Sharlene Telles-Langdon)\, counsel for the the Attorney General of Ontario (Joshua Hunter) as well as to counsel for Ecojustice (Joshua Ginsberg) and counsel for the Anishinabek Nation and the United Chiefs and Councils of Mnidoo Mnising (Patricia Lawrence).   \nRegister here\nRegistration is free and open to the public. Link to the Zoom Webinar will be shared after registration. \nPlease email tal.schreier@utoronto.ca for questions.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/the-constitutionality-of-canadas-greenhouse-gas-pollution-pricing-act-a-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201112T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201112T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable with Professor Ran Hirschl
DESCRIPTION:“City\, State: Constitutionalism and the Megacity” by Ran Hirschl\n \nThe Asper Centre is pleased to present a Constitutional Roundtable on Thursday November\, 12 2020 at 12:45p.m. with Professor Ran Hirschl about his new book: City\, State: Constitutionalism and the Megacity (Oxford: 2020). \nThis book: \n\nAddresses a major scholarly gap – the great constitutional silence concerning urban agglomeration and the rise of megacities.\nProvides a detailed\, first-of-its-kind\, comparative analysis of the constitutional status of cities across time and place.\nProbes the origins and consequences of the constitutional (dis)empowerment of the metropolis.\nAdvances novel arguments for granting the metropolis adequate constitutional standing while mitigating the urban/rural divide.\n\nRan Hirschl is Professor of Political Science & Law at the University of Toronto. As of 2016\, he holds the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Comparative Constitutionalism\, having been granted a coveted AvH International Research Award (the most highly-endowed research award in Germany) by the Humboldt Foundation. From 2006 to 2016 he held the Canada Research Chair in Constitutionalism\, Democracy and Development at the University of Toronto. In 2014\, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)–the highest academic accolade in that country. The official citation describes him as “one of the world’s leading scholars of comparative constitutional law\, courts and jurisprudence.” \nMany of the themes of this book can be found in this recent paper by Prof Hirschl: Cities in National Constitutions:\nNorthern Stagnation\, Southern Innovation. \n\nVIEW RECORDING of the WEBINAR HERE
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-professor-ran-hirschl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201028T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201028T140000
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Roundtable with Kerry Wilkins
DESCRIPTION:“So You Want to Implement UNDRIP…” by Kerry Wilkins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights hosted a Constitutional Roundtable with U of T Law adjunct professor Kerry Wilkins on Wednesday October 28\, 2020 at 12:45p.m.(online webinar) about his upcoming journal article in the UBC Law Review\, “So You Want to Implement UNDRIP…” (see abstract below). \nKerry Wilkins\, B.A. (Utah)\, M.A. (Michigan)\, LL.B.\, LL.M. (Toronto) is a recovering government lawyer\, has written one book\, edited another and published some articles. Kerry convenes the Aboriginal Law Practicum at U of T Law and also teaches Indigenous Peoples and the Constitution of Canada. He accepts speaking engagements and submits written work for publication when he thinks he has something to say. Others have occasionally agreed. \n\nABSTRACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlthough much has been written already about the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP\, or the Declaration)\, there is surprisingly little in print about what it would mean\, and what it would take\, to give meaningful\, enforceable legal effect to UNDRIP in Canadian law. Given that the government of Canada has twice committed publicly to introducing legislation to implement UNDRIP\, most recently in the September 23\, 2020 Speech from the Throne\, it is prudent to give some thought to these conceptual and operational issues. \nThis paper seeks to initiate that conversation. It’s in two principal parts. The first of those identifies and discusses four (of many) issues that deserve\, and arguably need\, clarification at the outset of UNDRIP implementation: identifying and individuating the “Indigenous peoples” to whom the rights in UNDRIP would belong; identifying which lands in Canada are\, or were traditionally\, those of each of the nominate Indigenous peoples; deciding how to decide which features of an Indigenous people’s culture would\, and should\, benefit from the protection of the cultural rights in the Declaration; and clarifying what residual role\, if any\, mainstream Canadian governments or legal institutions should play if something goes wrong within a community of Indigenous peoples exercising its UNDRIP rights of self-determination. \nThe second principal part considers the relative advantages and disadvantages of treaties and legislation as possible vehicles for domestic UNDRIP implementation. A national UNDRIP treaty would constitutionalize the rights it contained\, but would probably take a great deal of time to negotiate and conclude. There might be ways of proceeding incrementally. Legislation has the potential advantages of promptness and uniformity\, but UNDRIP legislation raises some constitutional issues and ordinary legislation faces risks of cumulative erosion\, or even subsequent outright repeal. Finally\, it will take care and forethought to integrate Indigenous peoples’ consent – a feature of several UNDRIP rights – into administrative decision-making in a way that works. \n \n\n\n\nWEBINAR RECORDING LINK
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/constitutional-roundtable-with-kerry-wilkins/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200918T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200918T140000
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SUMMARY:Asper Centre 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 law students. Working groups draft policy briefs\, organize workshops\, and conduct research on current or emerging constitutional/Charter rights issues and human rights topics. \nThis year\, the Asper Centre is pleased to support the following 6 working groups: Climate Justice\, Indigenous Rights\, Prisoners’ Rights\, Artificial Intelligence & Constitutional Rights\, Refugee & Immigration Law\, and Sex Workers’ Rights. \nJoin us online on Friday September 18\, 2020 at 12h45 (via the link on the U of T Law internal events calendar) to learn more about our working groups’ projects and how you can get involved. \nWe look forward to meeting you! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/asper-centre-working-group-information-session/
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SUMMARY:Every Citizen: Perspectives on Lowering the Voting Age
DESCRIPTION:Read News Release\, dated November 14\, 2019: Asper Centre and Justice for Children and Youth organize youth consultations for legal challenge to Canada’s voting age\nVIEW recording of event here
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/every-citizen-perspectives-on-lowering-the-voting-age/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200815
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20200528T135953Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Proposals for Student Working Groups 2020/21 - Application Due Date
DESCRIPTION:University of Toronto Faculty of Law JD 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 2020-21 Asper Centre Working Group. If you would like to apply but need some ideas or have some questions\, please contact tal.schreier@utoronto.ca. \nThe application is due on August 14\, 2020.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/call-for-proposals-for-student-working-groups-2020-21/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200729T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200729T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20200715T165043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T153941Z
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: COVID-19 Contact Tracing and the Canadian Constitution
DESCRIPTION:The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights & the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society were pleased to co-present  \nCOVID-19 Contact Tracing and the Canadian Constitution \n a FREE WEBINAR on Wednesday July 29\, 2020 @12:00-1:30pm \nContact tracing apps play an important role alongside human tracing in our public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to ensure that contact tracing apps infringe our Constitutional rights as little as possible\, however\, the apps must be carefully constructed and the information they collect must be safeguarded.  In a highly collaborative research paper entitled “Test\, Trace\, and Isolate: COVID-19 and the Canadian Constitution\,” a team of experts from the University of Toronto\, York University and the Ontario Tech University reviewed the benefits and limitations of using contact tracing apps to identify people who have been exposed to COVID-19.   \nIn this webinar\, the paper’s authors Lisa Austin (pictured)\, Vincent Chiao\, David Lie (pictured)\, and  Andrea Slane took part in a group discussion\, led by Asper Centre Executive Director Cheryl Milne\, about their research and conclusions including: the usefulness of contact tracing apps\, the privacy choices involved in the technical design of these apps\, which app the government has selected to use and why\, as well as the privacy impacts considered under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\, which provides a framework for balancing competing rights and interests.  \nThe panelists will be available for questions at the end of their discussion. An electronic copy of the paper is available here.  Email tal.schreier@utoronto.ca for inquiries. \nWEBINAR RECORDING LINK \nAuthors’ BIOS \nLisa Austin BA &Sc (McMaster) 1994\, MA (Toronto) 1995\, LLM (Toronto) (1998)\, PhD (Toronto) 2005\, called to the Bar of Ontario in 2006\, is a Professor of Law and the Chair in Law and Technology at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.  She is a co-founder of the IT3 Law at the University of Toronto\, which engages in interdisciplinary research on privacy and transparency. Professor Austin’s research and teaching interests include privacy law\, property law\, and legal theory. She is published in such journals as Legal Theory\, Law and Philosophy\, Theoretical Inquiries in Law\, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence\, and Canadian Journal of Law and Society.  Professor Austin’s privacy work has been cited numerous times by Canadian courts\, including the Supreme Court of Canada.  \nVincent 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.  \nDr. Beth Coleman is Associate Professor of Data & Cities at the Institute of Communication\, Culture\, Information and Technology and Faculty of Information\, University of Toronto\, where she directs the City as Platform lab. Working in the disciplines of Science and Technology Studies and Critical Race Theory\, her research focuses on smart technology & machine learning\, urban data\, and civic engagement. She is the author of Hello Avatar and multiple articles addressing issues of smart cities\, urban data\, augmentation & experience design\, and critical race\, among others. She has presented at leading international conferences and municipal contexts such as CHI; Sharing Cities\, Barcelona; Gender and Cities\, Geneva; Mars/Waterfront Toronto. Her research affiliations include the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society\, Harvard University; Microsoft Research; Data & Society Institute\, New York; and expert consultant for the European Commission Digital Futures. She is one of the foundational directors of Thriving Cities\, Mistletoe Singapore. Her previous academic positions include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo.  \nDavid Lie received his BASc from the University of Toronto in 1998\, and his MS and PhD from Stanford University in 2001 and 2004 respectively. He is currently Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto.  He also holds appointments in the Department of Computer Science\, the Faculty of Law and is a research lead with the Schwartz Riesman Institute for Technology and Society.  He is known for his seminal work on the XOM architecture\, which was an early precursor to modern trusted execution processor architectures such as ARM Trustzone and Intel SGX.  He was the recipient of a best paper award at SOSP for this work. David is also a recipient of the MRI Early Researcher Award\, Connaught Global Challenge Award.  He developed the PScout Android Permission mapping tool\, whose datasets have been downloaded over 10\,000 times and used in dozens of subsequent papers.  David has served on various program committees including OSDI\, Usenix Security\, IEEE Security & Privacy\, NDSS and CCS.  Currently\, his interests are focused on securing mobile platforms\, cloud computing security and bridging the divide between technology and policy.  \nMartha Shaffer is a Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law\, which she joined in 1990. She holds law degrees from Harvard and Toronto\, as well as an undergraduate degree from Harvard. She served as Law Clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada for Chief Justice Brian Dickson\, before becoming the Boulton Junior Fellow at the Faculty of Law\, McGill University. Professor Shaffer’s principal research and teaching interests concentrate on criminal law\, family law and equality issues.    \nDr. Andrea Slane joined Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Social Science and Humanities in 2009 as an Associate Professor in the Legal Studies program. She is also the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs\, Legal Studies. Her research focuses on privacy\, data protection\, and the variety of legal regimes that protect people from both individual and commercial wrongdoing online and over digital devices. She has a substantial body of work on the appropriate means to regulate the flow of personal information\, whether between individuals; individuals and businesses; businesses and government; business to business; or to the public. She has also conducted sociological research on the views of professionals who work with victims of online child sexual exploitation\, and is currently engaged in a new project examining senior citizens’ views toward new social support technologies such as digital assistants and social robots\, and the kinds of protections they feel they need.  \nFrançois Tanguay-Renaud is a Professor of Law and the Director of York University’s Jack & Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights\, Crime and Security since 2012. He is also one of the founders and first Director of York’ University’s Juris Doctor/Master of Arts (JD/MA) combined program in law and philosophy\, the founder and main administrator of the Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership (OLPP) and a former Associate Dean Research\, Graduate Studies\, and Institutional Relations. Professor Tanguay-Renaud holds degrees in both civil and common law from McGill University\, where he was both a Loran Scholar and a Greville-Smith Scholar. He also studied at the National University of Singapore\, and completed his graduate work (BCL\, MPhil\, DPhil) at the University of Oxford. Professor Tanguay-Renaud ‘s current academic interests span a wide range of subject areas — but notably\, criminal law\, criminal procedure\, constitutional law\, emergency law\, and public international law — viewed mostly through the lens of analytical legal theory. 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/webinar-covid-19-contact-tracing-and-the-canadian-constitution/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200624T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200624T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20200618T215544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200622T144255Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200504T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20200423T173547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200423T173547Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20191119T162846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200413T184632Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200212T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20200114T154852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200210T184528Z
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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
ORGANIZER;CN="Tal Schreier":MAILTO:tal.schreier@utoronto.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200122T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200122T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20191119T150624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T151710Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20191004T155124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191106T185711Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20191004T142257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T152835Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191002T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191002T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20190906T161716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T145819Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20190919T141517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T141517Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190910T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190910T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T121931
CREATED:20190809T175404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190906T150139Z
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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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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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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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