Commentary
Federal government needs a stronger foreign affairs power, H. Scott Fairley argues
By Daniel Minden Canadian federalism jurisprudence should provide the federal government with firmer ground to exercise authority over foreign affairs, Toronto lawyer H. Scott Fairley argued last week. On … Read More
Re-opening the Gosselin door: the Asper Centre hosts a Symposium on Litigating Positive Rights
By Daniel Minden Twenty-four years after Gosselin v. Québec, 2002 SCC 84, in which the Supreme Court of Canada left the door open for the recognition of freestanding, positive rights under the Canadian … Read More
David Rabban argues for a distinct theory of the right to academic freedom, as the U.S. and state governments tighten the screws on universities
By Daniel Minden As the Trump administration and state governments ramp up efforts to regulate American universities, David M. Rabban, an expert on the law of academic freedom and professor … 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