First post of three on projects at Windsor Law fighting racial discrimination On February 5th, 2009, the Faculty of Law hosted the official launch of LEAP. LEAP is the first law school project of its…
The Harper government attempts to justify deporting U.S. Iraq War resisters with a familiar, but untrue, narrative. They say that unlike during the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers are volunteers and are not considered refugees by…
George Galloway, the controversial British MP scheduled to speak in Canada this week, and parties supporting him, sought an injunction at the Federal Court today. Although I don’t agree with everything Mr. Galloway says, his…
Note: This piece was subsequently published on March 26, 2009 in the StarPhoenix. Available online here Due process is a long-standing Canadian principle. It is enshrined in our legal tradition as a safeguard against the…
Published in today’s Star and reproduced here at the request of the authors. Apartheid or no apartheid, what is going on across Canadian university campuses this week is not a mature and helpful way to…
What do you call it when you destroy 92 interview tapes? (And what do you say when you previously claimed there were only 2?)
Paul Staniszewski was a graduate of Osgoode Hall in 1954. He practiced law for 13 years until he was appointed as a federal judge in 1967. Several law school scholarships were set up in his…
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that Canadians have no expectation of privacy in their online identity. In a St. Thomas-area child porn case, the police asked Bell Canada for a customer’s name…
The Health Law Student Association (HLSA) at the University of Ottawa brings together people who have a common interest in the area of Health Law. However, when questioned, most members of the HLSA (myself included)…
An abridged version of this piece was published today in the Toronto Star. Reproduced here for interest with permission of the author, all rights reserved. Veils and justice February 04, 2009 Faisal Kutty Here they…
Third post in a series on the First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference. The harm reduction panel spoke about strategies for reducing communicable diseases. Most of the discussion focused on the controversy over injection sites….
In response to President Obama’s move yesterday, the Conservative government of Canada is finally reconsidering its position on Omar Khadr, Canadian citizen being detained at Guantanamo Bay. Canada remains the only industrialized nation to not…
