A special panel discussion with leading constitutional scholars to discuss the Governor General's decision to prorogue Parliament. Read presentations on the Faculty Blog.

PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: The Dilemmas, Choices and Future of Parliamentary Government in Canada Edited by Lorne Sossin and Peter Russell, published by University of Toronto Press Faculty of Law, ... Read More

Monday, June 15, 2009, at 4:00 PM Deadline for upper year students to submit their application for the fall 2009 term of the Asper Centre Clinical Legal Education Course.

U. of T. law students are invited to attend an information session on the various working groups of the Asper Centre. Volunteers are needed to participate in the following groups ... Read More

Grant, Harrison, Shepherd & Suberu: The Supreme Court Decisions of the Summer of 2009 Watch the Webcast On July 17, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its long ... Read More

David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and the International Human Rights Program Present Michael Fordham, QC Human Rights at the UK Supreme Court   A light lunch will be served. ... Read More

Students and Faculty are welcome to come and watch the live webcast of the argument at the Supreme Court of Canada in Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar ... Read More

What duties does the Canadian government owe to Canadian citizens when they are outside of the country? Is there such a thing as a legal duty to protect citizens from ... Read More

Albie Sachs: The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law (Oxford University Press, 2009) Friday, January 15, 2010 3:00 – 4:00 (to be followed by a reception) Faculty of Law, Flavelle ... Read More

Nicholas Aroney - TC Beirne School of Law, U. of Queensland This paper utilizes the Australian experience of federation, 1890–1901, as a vehicle for the discussion of the leading conceptions of ... Read More

The Supreme Court of Canada released its unanimous decision in Prime Minister of Canada et al. v. Omar Khadr on Friday, January 29, 2010. It declared that the Canadian government ... Read More

As rapidly advancing communication technology transforms so many aspects of human interaction it is crucial for public safety that investigative powers remain relevant to the rapidly evolving methods of crime. ... Read More

Hugo Cyr - Université du Québec à Montréal ABSTRACT: With the increased mobility and interdependence brought on by globalisation, governments can no longer deal effectively with what were traditionally regarded ... Read More

Information session on clinical opportunities Please join all the clinics for a joint information session about for-credit clinical opportunities in second and third year. Presenters will include: Asper Centre, DLS, ... Read More

Marci Hamilton - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law The Rules Against Scandal and What They Mean For the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses NOTE: Room change to FLA in Flavelle ... Read More

Join us for a panel discussion on the upcoming reference at the British Columbia Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of s. 293 of the Criminal Code which prohibits polygamy in ... Read More

Monday, June 14, 2010, at 4:00 PM Deadline for upper year students to submit their application for the fall 2010 term of the Asper Centre Clinical Legal Education Course.

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is co-sponsor, with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, of a two day conference at the Faculty of Law on September 24th and 25th, ... Read More

Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Constitutional Roundtable presents James Hathaway, University of Michigan Law School Audrey Macklin, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Lorne Waldman, Lorne Waldman and Associates ... Read More

Project G20 Inaugural Panel: Protecting Rights in the Aftermath of the G20 Summit in Toronto Project G20, a student-led working group of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, invites ... Read More

Mary Eberts, S.J.D. Candidate, University of Toronto Faculty of Law October 12, 2010

Speaker: Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court of Israel (Emeritus) This essay focuses on proportionality stricto sensu as a consequential test of balancing. The basic balancing rule establishes a ... Read More

In the recent landmark case Bedford v. Canada, Justice Himmel of the Ontario Superior Court held that three provisions of the Criminal Code that criminalize facets of prostitution—living on the ... Read More

Friday, November 6th, 2010 Sign in and Registration: 8:30 a.m. Public interest litigation can have a significant impact on public policy in Canada. Although Charter and other public interest litigation ... Read More

In three cases released on October 8, 2010, the Supreme Court added the third story in what the Court described as the "interrogation trilogy" (R. v. Oickle, R. v. Singh ... Read More

The Asper Centre with the International Human Rights Program and Canadian Civil Liberties Association present Symposium on the Impact of Targeted Anti-terrorist Sanctions on Charter and International Human Rights Program: ... Read More

The hearing in the Court reference on the constitutionality of the polygamy prohibition in the Criminal Code of Canada commences in the British Columbia Supreme Court.   Event date: Monday, ... Read More

Barry Friedman New York University Law School One of the longstanding, beguiling questions among scholars in several disciplines is how judicial power gains traction. Why do those setting up governments ... Read More

A screening of selections from Adam Letalik's documentary Toronto G20 Exposed followed by a panel discussion on Charter rights, particularly focused on the impact on freedom of expression. The panel ... Read More

Is Coalition Government in Britain here to stay? Professor Robert Hazell University College London   Thursday, February 3, 2011 4:00-5:30 p.m. Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House, Faculty of Law   ... Read More

Event date: Friday, April 01, 2011, from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM Location: Bennet Lecture Hall, Flavelle House, Faculty of Law, Universtity of Toronto Legal experts in practice and the ... Read More

Marlys Edwardh   Friday, April 1, 2011 4:30 p.m. (Reception to follow) Bennett Lecture Hall Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Reflecting on a distinguished career in law involving some ... Read More

Event date: Tuesday, April 05, 2011, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Location: Room FLB, Flavelle House Meet the Program Directors and find out how to apply for the Asper ... Read More

CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (LAW391H1F) University of Toronto, Faculty of Law students wishing to apply for this course must email a 1-2 page statement of ... Read More

Event date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, at 6:30 PM Location: Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House, Faculty of Law CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE WEBCAST

The Asper Centre working groups aim to provide U of T students with an opportunity to conduct legal research and assist in advocacy on Canadian constitutional rights issues (often in ... Read More

Event date: Monday, September 12, 2011, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Location: Bennett Lecture Hall All U of T law students wishing to participate in this year's working groups ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents The Canadian Judicial Appointment Process: Where Are We? Where Are We Going? Peter H. Russell, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto Jacob Ziegel, University of Toronto Faculty ... Read More

Call for Conference Papers Charter Litigation and the Use of Social Science Evidence: After thirty years what have we learned? What could we do better? University of Toronto, St. George ... Read More

Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision November 4-5, 2011 Bennett Lecture Hall Faculty of Law University of Toronto 78 Queen’s Park Cres, Toronto, ON The Supreme Court of Canada released ... Read More

Reference re. Assisted Human Reproduction Act Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in the Reference re. the Assisted Human Reproduction Act this ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE Co-sponsored by Out in Law Speakers: R. Douglas Elliott, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Robert Keel Monday, November 28, 2011 12:30 – 2:00 Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House 78 Queen’s ... Read More

The media often shows intense interest in the court cases that shape social policy in Canada. Constitutional and human rights related cases such as the recent Insite decision (Canada (Attorney ... Read More

The British Columbia Supreme Court released its decision in the Ref. Re. S.293 of the Criminal Code of Canada (Polygamy Reference) on November 23rd. With a length of over 280 ... Read More

On September 20th, 2011, federal justice minister Rob Nicholson tabled Bill C-10, the Safe Streets and Communities Act. Forty five sitting days later, on December 5th, the bill passed in ... Read More

The Asper Centre working groups aim to provide U of T students with an opportunity to conduct legal research and assist in advocacy on Canadian constitutional rights issues (often in ... Read More

Dr. Pavlos Eleftheriadis (University Lecturer & Fellow in Law, University of Oxford) Abstract: The United Kingdom constitution endorses both parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law as constitutional principles of ... Read More

Prof. Wayne Sumner (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Toronto, expert witness on ethics in the Carter case) and Joseph Arvay, Q.C. (counsel for the plaintiffs in Carter and leading ... Read More

Helen Irving, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Abstract: In this paper, I invite a reconceptualization of constitutional (as distinct from political) citizenship, by examining the legal practice, virtually ... Read More

Andrew Geddis, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago Abstract: This paper begins with the broader question of how a constitutional order based upon a liberal-democratic commitment to letting the ... Read More

Developments in Thirty Years of Fact Finding What have we learned? What could we do better? Event date: Friday, November 09, 2012, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Location: Flavelle ... Read More

Sanford Levinson W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair Professor of Government, School of Law University of Texas at Austin Event date: Wednesday, November 28, ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE and the International Human Rights Program present Jeff King, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University College, London Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:30 – 2:00 Room FLC, Flavelle House, ... Read More

Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney The most feasible conception of the common good is one that refers to the legitimate motives for proposing and enacting collective authoritative decisions, which can ... Read More

Panel Discussion On January 28, 1988, 25 years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada’s abortion law using the still new Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The ... Read More

Zak Yacoob Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Event date: Thursday, February 14, 2013, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Location: Room B, Flavelle House, Faculty of ... Read More

The Honourable Lynn Smith The Quest for a Charter Equality Test: Has the Longest Way Round Been the Shortest Way Home? Watch the webcast here. Event date: Wednesday, February 27, ... Read More

Craig Scott Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth This lecture will discuss the structure and philosophy of the Supreme Court of Canada's approach to the dynamics of constitutional change, including the ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable Professor Heather Gerkin Yale Law School Abstract: Much of constitutional theory is preoccupied with a single question: what does a democracy owe its minorities? And most of the ... Read More

CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (LAW391H1F) FALL 2013 CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: HALF TERM CLINIC - WINTER 2014 University of Toronto, Faculty of Law students wishing to ... Read More

UofT law students who wish to submit proposals to lead voluntary Working Groups for the 2013-2014 year, must complete the proposals and submit them by 5:00 p.m. on July 31, ... Read More

Constitutional Remedies: Are They Effective and Meaningful? Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, St. George Campus – February 28, 2014 The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights invites papers for ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies & Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Multiculturalism  present Leti Volpp UC Berkeley School of Law The Indigenous as Alien ... Read More

Event date: Friday, November 08, 2013, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Location: Victoria Chapel, Victoria College, University of Toronto The Asper Centre will celebrate 5 years of accomplishments with ... Read More

Health Law, Ethics & Policy Workshop Series David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights & International Human Rights Program present SPEAKER:  Norman Daniels, Harvard School of Public Health Ethical Basis for ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE SERIES presents John Norris Constitutional Litigator in Residence David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights "Generous" to a Fault?  The Supreme Court of Canada's Approach to Section 6(1) of ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE presents  Benjamin Berger Osgoode Hall Law School Religious Diversity, Education, and the “Crisis” in State Neutrality Education – and particularly public education – has become a crucible for ... Read More

REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED LINK TO LIVE WEBCAST Keynote Address For more information contact Kara Norrington at kara.norrington@utoronto.ca The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is hosting a conference examining in ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE presents Sandra Liebenberg H.F. Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law University of Stellenbosch Law Faculty Deepening democratic transformation in South Africa through participatory constitutional remedies Prepared for Conference, ... Read More

David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, Faculty of Law present Privacy at Risk? The NSA and CSEC, its Canadian Surveillance Partner Wednesday, March ... Read More

CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (LAW391H1F) FALL 2013 CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: HALF TERM CLINIC - WINTER 2014 University of Toronto, Faculty of Law students wishing to ... Read More

Campbell McLachlan, Q.C. Victoria University of Wellington Foreign Relations Law Reviewer/Discussant: Stephen Toope Friday, September 12, 2014 12:30 – 2:00 Solarium (room FA2), Falconer Hall 84 Queen’s Park What legal ... Read More

Battles Are Won Because They Are Fought! The Case Against 8 is a behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first ... Read More

The Interplay between Sections 7 and 15 of the Charter Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, St. George Campus – February 27, 2015 The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights ... Read More

The Aboriginal Law Program Speaker Series and the Constitutional Roundtable present: “R v Kokopenace: The Panel” Heard before the Supreme Court on October 6, 2014, R v Kokopenace is a ... Read More

Mary Eberts Constitutional Litigator-in-Residence David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights University of Toronto Moderator: Yasmin Dawood University of Toronto Faculty of Law NOTE DATE CHANGE: Tuesday, November 18th 2014 12:30 ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE presents Hugo Cyr, Université du Québec à Montréal Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Solarium (room FA2), Falconer Hall 84 Queen’s Park What does the constitutional principle of federalism entail? ... Read More

  Constitutional Roundtable presents Richard Stacey, Faculty of Law University of Toronto 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 5, 2015 Room 101, Victoria College Constitutional Law in the Absence of ... Read More

This half-day conference examined in detail the interplay between sections 7 and 15 of the Charter. Papers were presented that stimulated and developed an ongoing exploration of the relationship between ... Read More

CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (LAW391H1F) FALL 2015 CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: HALF TERM CLINIC - WINTER 2016 University of Toronto, Faculty of Law students wishing to ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents Richard Moon Law Faculty University of Windsor 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Solarium, Falconer Hall Topic: The Myth of Balancing In Constitutional Rights Cases ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents Tarunabh Khaitan Associate Professor and the Hackney Fellow in Law at Wadham College University of Oxford 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Solarium, Falconer Hall ... Read More

All are welcome to attend the book launch for False Security: The Radicalization of Canadian Anti-Terrorism , the latest book by Professor Kent Roach from the University of Toronto - ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents Cristina Rodriguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at 
Yale Law School 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Location: Victoria College, Room VC 115 The ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents Zaid Al-Ali, Law and Public Affairs Fellow at Princeton University 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 30, 2015 Solarium, Falconer Hall   The Absence of Social Solidarity ... Read More

The State of Canada’s Constitutional Democracy Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, St. George Campus – February 27, 2016 The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights invites papers for its ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents Raj Anand Constitutional Litigator in Residence with the Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 03, 2016 Victoria College, Room 206 Topic: Subsection ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable presents Susan Williams Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law and Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy Maurer School of Law Indiana University 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, ... Read More

Richard Albert Associate Professor of Law and Dean’s Research Scholar at Boston College 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Solarium, Falconer Hall The Conventions of Constitutional Amendment in ... Read More

This information session for University of Toronto, Faculty of Law students, provides information on how to enroll in the for credit clinical programs at the Faculty including the Asper Centre ... Read More

PROGRAM COORDINATOR POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Program Coordinator will support the educational mission of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights by organizing educational events such as conferences, roundtables and symposia; ... Read More

THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES The Asper Centre is collaborating with the Association for Canadian Clinical Education and the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education in ... Read More

2016-2017 WORKING GROUPS University of Toronto, Faculty of Law students wishing to propose a 2016/2017 Working Group must email a proposal to Cheryl Milne, cheryl.milne@utoronto.ca by 5 p.m. on August ... Read More

The deadline for applications for the is August 26, 2016. Call for Asper Centre students 2016-2017

Visit the Asper Centre's information booth to learn more about our work.     (2016)

Learn how to apply for an Asper Centre summer fellowship to work in an organization within Canada that focuses on constitutional / human rights advocacy.     (2016)

Information about how to apply for an Asper Centre summer fellowship to work in an organization within Canada that focuses on constitutional / human rights advocacy.   (October 2016)

Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada In Aamjiwnaang First Nation (near Sarnia, Ontario) the female to male birthrate is 2:1. Community members experience abnormal incidences of miscarriage, asthma, cancer, ... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE presents Claudia Geiringer (Victoria University of Wellington School of Law, New Zealand) moderated by Professor Kent Roach Wednesday November 16, 2016 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Falconer Hall ... Read More

Judicial Courage and Restraint in Canadian Constitutional History The Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture was established in memory of the late Morris A. Gross by the law firm Minden Gross ... Read More

Hugo Cyr Dean and Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory Université du Québec à Montréal Normalizing the Exception in Canada Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:30 – 2:00 Room J-140, ... Read More

What’s the fuss about “Islam” and “Muslims” ?  Thinking in an Age of Information Overload Special Lecture by Dr. Anver Emon Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and ... Read More

The Alberta Press Case

The Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights presents a lunchtime seminar on Careers in Constitutional Law Are you a JD Candidate with a passion for promoting Charter rights? Do you want to ... Read More

Section 7 and the Idea of the Charter

Deadline for U of T Upper Year Law students to apply for the Asper Centre clinical courses for 2017. For more information, see the course list on the Faculty of ... Read More

U of T law students can become involved in the Centre’s work through volunteering with one of our Working Groups. For information on how to apply to lead a Working ... Read More

The Asper Centre is looking for a student to provide research and technical support for the Centre’s website and social media (Facebook and Twitter). The position involves some research and ... Read More

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, ... Read More

  CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE presents  Richard Albert  Professor, Boston College Law School The Most Powerful Court in the World? Constitutional Amendment after the Senate Reform and Supreme Court Act References Discussant: Associate Professor ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is hosting a lunchtime discussion with Senator Kim Pate. "The Need to Correct Corrections: The Case for Judicial Oversight"  Monday October 16th at ... Read More

Introduction to Asper Centre and IHRP Summer Fellowship Opportunities For current JD students: please attend this information session to learn more about the Asper Centre Summer Fellowship opportunities. Date: October ... Read More

View our Save the Date Poster  The 2017 Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable Series presents a Constitutional Law Symposium for Canada’s Sesquicentennial The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtable ... Read More

On November 30th and December 1st 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear two appeals involving Trinity Western University (TWU), a private Christian university in British Columbia wishing to open a ... Read More

  Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable presents ALISTAIR PRICE Associate Professor in Law, University of Cape Town "The Relationship between Constitutional and Tort Damages for State Failures to Protect in Canada, ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is pleased to invite abstract submissions for our upcoming Public Interest Litigation Conference, which will be  held on March 2, 2018.  The Conference will ... Read More

We have decided to extend the deadline for our Call for Papers The new deadline for Abstract submissions for our March 2, 2018 Public Interest Litigation Conference is January 3, ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Constitutional Roundtable Presents Athanasios (Akis) Psygkas Lecturer in Law University of Bristol Law School on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 12:30 – 2:00 Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall 84 Queen’s Park ... Read More

Applications for Asper Centre Summer Fellowships are due on February 20, 2018. Please find the 2018 Asper Centre Fellowship Guide here. Also, current law students can log into the University of ... Read More

View CONFERENCE Schedule Here The 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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Applications for next year's (Fall 2018) Asper Centre Clinical Legal Education Course  are due on Friday June 29, 2018 at 10am. The Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is devoted to advocacy, ... Read More

U of T law students can become involved in the Asper Centre’s work through volunteering with one of our Working Groups. For information on how to apply to lead a ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Work-Study Position with Asper Centre The 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). ... Read More

See EVENT POSTER here. On 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 ... Read More

Your Right to Know: an Access to Information Workshop for Legal Research and Advocacy Every Canadian has the right to request information from federal, provincial/territorial and municipal governments.  Access to ... Read More

View the event photo gallery Read our "Celebrating 10 Years" Magazine Read the Asper Centre's 2017 - 2018 annual report Watch the video of the event on YouTube It's been ... Read More

For University of Toronto Faculty of Law 1L and 2L JD Candidates ONLY On Monday November 12, 2018 at 12:30pm in J140, the Asper Centre will take part in an ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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." In this ... Read More

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” ... Read More

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. ... Read More

The Asper Centre Indigenous Rights student working group is pleased to present a lunchtime panel discussion on Thursday March 21, 2019 at 12h30. Brittany Beaver and Ken Hill are Haudenosaunee ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

For current JD students at UTLaw only JD students in all years can volunteer with one of the Asper Centre student working groups, or IHRP student working groups that are led by ... Read More

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.  ... Read More

With the University of Toronto Faculty of Law's Associate Professor Vincent Chiao as Discussant On Wednesday October 2, 2019 Professor Brandon Garrett presented a Constitutional Roundtable titled "Wealth, Equal Protection ... Read More

  The Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable Series Presents Carissima Mathen Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Common Law section on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 12:30 – 2:00 J125, Jackman ... Read More

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, ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights presents a CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CAREER PANEL On February 12, 2020 at 12:30pm-2:00pm Are you a JD Candidate with a passion for promoting our Constitutional and Charter ... Read More

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 ... Read More

The Asper Centre, jointly with the International Human Rights Program (IHRP), is seeking a Research Assistant for approximately 6 weeks this summer. The Research Assistant will be primarily responsible for ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights & the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society were pleased to co-present  COVID-19 Contact Tracing and the Canadian Constitution   a FREE WEBINAR ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 VIEW recording of event here

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, ... Read More

"So You Want to Implement UNDRIP…" by Kerry Wilkins The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights hosted a Constitutional Roundtable with U of T Law adjunct professor Kerry Wilkins on ... Read More

"City, State: Constitutionalism and the Megacity" by Ran Hirschl The Asper Centre is pleased to present a Constitutional Roundtable on Thursday November, 12 2020 at 12:45p.m. with Professor Ran Hirschl about ... Read More

Research Assistant position The 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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

For U of T Law JD students Did you know that you can become involved in the Asper Centre’s legal advocacy work through volunteering (as a 1L) or leading (as ... Read More

Dear U of T Law JD students, Please attend this information session on September 14, 2021 to learn about the volunteer opportunities available this year at the Asper Centre and ... Read More

Work-Study Positions with the Asper Centre Research and Communications Assistant The Asper Centre is looking for a student to provide research, writing and technical support for the Centre’s website and ... Read More

The Asper Centre is thrilled to announce the launch of its podcast on Friday October 1, 2021. Charter: A Course, hosted by the Asper Centre’s Executive Director Cheryl Milne, focuses ... Read More

Asper Centre Webinar on City of Toronto et al. v. Ontario The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtable Series presents A panel discussion on the Charter challenge to Ontario ... Read More

The Implications of Facial Recognition Technology: An Investigation through the lens of Constitutional, Privacy, and Human Rights Law Legal issues do not occur in a vacuum. For each new innovative leap ... Read More

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. ZOOM REGISTRATION HERE  

Asper Centre and IHRP online Book Forum Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Kent Roach Hosted by the International Human Rights Program and the Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, Faculty ... Read More

Dear Upper Year JD Students: We are currently accepting proposals from upper year students who are interested in leading a student working group at the Asper Centre next year.  Please ... Read More

The Asper Centre is hiring a law student to work part-time (8-10 hours/week for about 10 weeks) on its podcast, Charter: A Course, to commence in early September 2022. The ... Read More

Dear U of T Law JD students, Please attend this important lunchtime Information session on September 13, 2022 to find out about the volunteer opportunities available this year at the ... Read More

Forty years ago, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was adopted with the signing of the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982.  The Charter protects the rights and freedoms of all Canadians ... Read More

The 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 ... Read More

Register at morrisgross2023.eventbrite.com 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 ... Read More

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Symposium, Litigating Equality in Canada, is due to take place on Friday, May 26, 2023. Please see our Call for Proposals below. The ... Read More

Are you a U of T Law JD Candidate with a passion for promoting and advancing Charter rights and Constitutional law? Do you want to learn about the numerous career ... Read More

Attention upper year JD students at U of T Law! Re: Applications for Asper Centre Clinical Legal Education: Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (LAW391H1F)  The Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights ... Read More

Dear Upper Year JD Students at U of T Law: We are currently accepting proposals from upper year students who are interested in leading a student working group at the Asper ... Read More

Attention U of T Law Students! 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 ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtables are an annual series of lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice.  ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtables are an annual series of lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice. ... Read More

Celebrating the Launch of “Improving Access to Abortion Services in Canada: A What We Heard Report” The Asper Centre’s Reproductive Rights Working Group produced a report to be used as ... Read More

The Asper Centre is hiring 2 work-study students this year. See below for details. I. Research and Communications Assistant The student will be responsible for researching and drafting content for ... Read More

The Asper Centre is hiring a Research Associate limited Term (2 year Term). More information here: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Research-Associate-Limited-Term-David-Asper-Centre-for-Constitutional-Rights-ON/584373817/ Application Deadline: October 4, 2024 at 11:59PM ET

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtables are an annual series of lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice.  ... Read More

Reflections on Litigating Equality in Canada: An Asper Centre Book Launch Event Please join us on Thursday January 16, 2025 at 5pm for a special panel discussion to celebrate the ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtables are an annual series of lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice.  ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Call for Papers Re-Opening the Door: Litigating Positive Rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (the Asper Centre) invites papers for ... Read More

Attention current Upper Year students at U of T Law who are interested in applying to the Asper Centre Fall clinic for-credit course! This year, the course will be co-taught ... Read More

Litigating Positive Rights Symposium 📅 Friday, January 16, 2026 · 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (ET)📍 Henry N. R. Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (Room P120) Overview Join ... Read More

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtables are an annual series of lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice.  ... Read More