World Institute for Research and Publication (WIRP) Presentations

By: Omar Ha-Redeye · June 4, 2010 · Filed Under Evidence, Media Law · Add Comment 

I presented a couple papers this morning at the Annual Meeting of the World Institute for Research and Publication – Law. You can read more about the conference over at Slaw.

The presentations, with audio and complete papers, are available on the WIRP site, or on SlideShare below:

Full Paper: Media Narratives in Times of Turmoil: Depictions of Minorities in Canada Post 9/11

Media narratives in times of turmoil

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Full Paper: Admissibility of Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Reports

Admissibility of Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Reports

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Admissibility of AGCO reports

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Media, free speech, and human rights

By: Law is Cool · November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Civil Rights, Media Law · Add Comment 

Media aren’t the best friends of human rights

Max Yalden was an Official Languages Commissioner in 1977-84 and the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 1987-96. Recalling the Maclean’s case and other contentious issues of free speech versus human rights, Haroon Siddiqui reviews Yalden’s just-published memoir:

Yalden’s central message is that Canada’s human rights regime works reasonably well, notwithstanding the media’s hissy fit.

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