Asper Centre formally launches its Police Complaints Guide for Ontario

by Daniel Minden On March 26, 2026, the Asper Centre formally launched its new Practical Guide to Police Oversight, a resource designed to help people in Ontario navigate Ontario’s police … Read More

My Summer Fellowship at the Canadian Environmental Law Association

by Olivia Parker This summer, I had the privilege of being sponsored by the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights through the Yaremko Fellowship program to work with the Canadian … Read More

Meet Megan Savard, the Asper Centre’s new Constitutional Litigator in Residence for Fall 2025

By Tyler Lee & Romina Hajizadeh During her term at Downtown Legal Services, a young and eager Megan Savard was called upon by an elderly man who had been accused … Read More

Encampments and the Charter Workshop: Charter Challenges, Systemic Barriers, and Indigenous Legal Perspectives

by Aurora Lawrence and Jay Wai On February 28, 2025, the Centre for Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights co-hosted a … Read More

Supreme Court concludes limits on third-party spending for political advertising violate the right to vote

By Taoran Li On 7 March 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Ontario (Attorney General) v. Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc., 2025 SCC 5, where the … Read More