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

Cheryl Milne Receives OBA Award of Excellence in Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law

The Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is delighted to announce that our Executive Director, Cheryl Milne, has been awarded the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Award of Excellence in Constitutional, Civil … 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

Kimberly Murray presents findings from Report on Missing and Disappeared Indigenous Children and Unmarked Burials in Canada

By Taoran Li On 25 February 2025, the Asper Centre welcomed Ms. Murray to present the bi-annual Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture. From June 2022 until December 2024, Ms. Murray … Read More

Mary Birdsell selected as new Constitutional Litigator in Residence

We are pleased to announce that Mary Birdsell has been selected as the Asper Centre’s new Constitutional Litigator in Residence for Fall 2024. Mary will be co-teaching the Asper Centre’s … Read More