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1983 - You Can’t Hug Your Children with Nuclear Arms
The student group Lawyers for Social Responsibility is founded and holds a Disarmament Week in protest of the use of cruise missiles by NATO. The First Award of Excellence is given to John J. Robinette, Q.C. The award honours Osgoode Hall Law School alumni whose outstanding careers have brought distinction to the profession and to the Law School.
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1982 - The Free and Democratic Society
The Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association is inaugurated. John D. McCamus is appointed Dean of Osgoode. Osgoode students help process small claims court actions against the Metro Toronto Police Force for assault, as part of the Citizen’s Independent Review of Police Activities (CIRPA). CIRPA grew out of the Working Group on Police Minority Relations which had been established in response to several incidents in the Toronto area. The John White Society hosts a panel discussion on the Supreme Court’s decision on the new Constitution.
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David Lepofsky ‘79 (1957 –)
David Lepofsky is a blind lawyer and disability rights advocate. While an articling student, he was part of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind delegation, which appeared before the Special Joint Committee on the Constitution of Canada and helped to ensure the inclusion of disabled people under the equal rights provision of the Charter. As head of the Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee, Lepofsky also played a critical role in the passing of the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2001) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (2005). Lepofsky has more recently become famous for his two cases against the Toronto Transit Commission, which have made it mandatory for all stops to be announced on subways, buses and streetcars. He has won numerous awards for his human rights work – which he does on a volunteer basis in addition to his work as a criminal lawyer – including the Order of Ontario as well as the Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers in 2008 and the Osgoode Alumni Gold Key Public Sector award in 2011.
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