Events
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
Constitutional Litigator-in-Residence for 2021
The Asper Centre is pleased to announce that Jonathan Rudin has been selected as its new Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence and will be co-teaching the Asper Centre’s clinical course in the Fall of … Read More
Introducing our Summer 2021 Research Assistants!
The Asper Centre is excited to welcome eight new research assistants for Summer 2021, three of whom who are working directly through the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. This … Read More