Events
Constitutional Litigator in Residence for 2023
We are pleased to announce that Ewa Krajewska has been selected as the Asper Centre’s Constitutional Litigator in Residence for Fall 2023. Ewa will be co-teaching the Asper Centre’s Clinic … Read More
Constitutional Litigator in Residence for 2022
Jessica Orkin has been selected as the Asper Centre Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for Fall 2022. Jessica Orkin is a partner at Goldblatt Partners LLP in Toronto and leads the firm’s Aboriginal law practice. … Read More
Statement: Inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act
The Asper Centre has joined a number of civil society organizations across Canada to call for the public inquiry into the recent invocation of the Emergencies Act to have broad … Read More
News Statement: Young Canadians File Court Challenge to Lower Federal Voting Age – Calling it Unconstitutional
TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2021 – A group of Canadian children and youth are set to make history, opening the possibility that they and their peers may be able to cast … Read More
News Statement: Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General)
In a deeply divided 5 to 4 decision released today, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Better Local Government Act, 2018 as constitutional. This legislation was enacted by the … Read More