This is an archive of announcements about faculty and student activities at Osgoode Hall Law School beginning at 2014. To view current news about Osgoode please visit the Osgoode Newsroom.

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Submissions from 2019

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Paul Maharg, Distinguished Professor of Practice, has co-edited the first volume of a new book series: “Critical Perspectives on the Scholarship of Assessment and Learning in Law”, PaulMaharg.com

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Eva Marszewski ’73 is one of four winners of York’s 2019 Bryden Alumni Awards, YFile

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First-year JD student Jacob Bennett earns scholarship for pursuing dream to make a difference, YFile

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Professor Dayna Scott is one of three York University professors to earn York-Massey appointments, YFile

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F. Tim Knight, head of technical services for the Osgoode Law Library, participates in project to improve the representation of Indigenous peoples and communities in libraries, National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA) /Alliance nationale des connaissances et langues autochtones (ANCLA)

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JD/MBA student Beverly Cheung receives Canadian Bar Association’s 2019 English Langlois Prize for best scholarly paper on the topic of business law, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professors Craig Scott, Karen Drake and Shelley Kierstead along with Brad Ross, Sasha Baglay, Leslie MacLeod and Patrick Case are this year’s recipients of Osgoode teaching or service awards, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Emeritus Kent McNeil to serve as the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan H. Robert Arscott Chair at University of Saskatchewan College of Law from July 1 to December 31, University of Saskatchewan College of Law

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Distinguished Research Professorship awarded to Osgoode Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai, YFile

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Honorary doctorate recipient Kimberlé Crenshaw urges Osgoode grads to challenge the ‘no’ with ‘well, who says so?’, YFile

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Professor Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino to chair Advisory Committee for new Alectra Utilities Green Energy & Technology Centre, Alectra Utilities

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Professor Sonia Lawrence was presented with the annual Canadian Association of Law Teachers' Prize for Academic Excellence at the CALT/ACPD conference dinner on June 5 in Vancouver, Canadian Association of Law Teachers

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Professor Edward Waitzer receives the Corporate Governance Award at the 2019 Who’s Who Legal Awards in London, England, Law Business Research Ltd

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Three Osgoode alumni – Susan Ursel ’84, Tom Curry ’84 and Jeffery Hewitt ’96, ’16 (LLM) – among the recipients of 2019 Law Society Medals, NewsWire

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2019 Alumni Award Winners honoured at the Dean’s Alumni Reception at Osgoode Hall on May 15 for their contributions to the profession, Law School and legal community, Office of External Relations & Communications

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PhD candidate Sanaa Ahmed to begin two-year Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University starting this September, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Gus Van Harten appointed Associate Dean (Academic), effective July 1, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw to receive honorary doctorate at Spring Convocation, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professors Philip Girard (Osgoode), Jim Phillips (U of T) & R. Blake Brown (SMU) receive Canadian Law and Society Association’s W. Wesley Pue Book Prize Honourable Mention for A History of Law in Canada, Volume One, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai to be awarded 2019 York Distinguished Research Professorship at Osgoode’s Spring Convocation on June 21, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Adjunct Professor Peter Jenkins ’81, ’02 (LLM), ’11 (PhD) has a new book coming out in July – War and Happiness: The Role of Temperament in the Assessment of Resolve, Palgrave

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Professor Emeritus Kent McNeil’s new book, Flawed Precedent: The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title, was published by UBC Press in May, UBC Press

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Professor Karen Drake has co-edited a new book – Renewing Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and Canada – that includes chapters written by Professors Deborah McGregor and Signa Daum Shanks, and herself, University of Saskatchewan Press

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JD student Alana Robert ’19 to receive 2019 Aird & Berlis LLP/WLAO Equality Award at awards gala on June 12, Women’s Law Association of Ontario

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Alain-Guy Tachou Sipowo awarded Osgoode Catalyst Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year, YFile

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Dianne Saxe ’74, ’91 (PhD) and Fathima Cader appointed 2019-20 McMurtry Fellows at Osgoode, YFile

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Osgoode’s Estair Van Wagner is one of four York professors awarded close to $1M in New Frontiers in Research funding, YFile

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PhD candidate Ian Stedman is a member of York U research team that has won $1.89M grant to search for AI solution to infant pain assessment, YFile

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PhD candidates Okechukwu (Jake) Effoduh and Inbar Peled (along with three more York grad students) named Vanier Scholars for 2019, YFile

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Professor Jeffery Hewitt to join Osgoode faculty on July 1, YFile

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Yemisi Dina appointed Chief Law Librarian of Osgoode, YFile

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Professor Emeritus Harry Arthurs’ memoir, “Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer,” has just been published, McGill-Queen's University Press

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Osgoode team performs superbly in semi-final round of Price Media Law Moot Court Competition held April 8 to 12 in Oxford, England, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Benjamin L. Berger appointed Tier 1 York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law, YFile

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Professor Mary Condon appointed Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School for a four-year term commencing July 1, YFile

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Tethyan Resources announces appointment of Professor Poonam Puri to Board of Directors, YFile

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Osgoode finishes second in the Davies Annual Corporate/Securities Law Moot, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

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A new book, “The Class Politics of Law: Essays Inspired by Harry Glasbeek,” edited by Professor Eric Tucker and McMaster University Professor Judy Fudge, has just been published, Fernwood Publishing

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Congratulations to the Osgoode team and coaches for taking top prize at the Walsh Family Law Moot for the second year in a row, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Dominant performance by Osgoode as two of its teams advance to semi-finals of Donald G. H. Bowman National Tax Moot, Office of External Relations & Communications

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First-year JD student Fahamida Zahan served as Osgoode’s Dean for a Day on March 14. Watch the video., Office of External Relations & Communications

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Osgoode wins INADR’s International Law School Mediation Tournament; Every team member comes home with hardware, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Trevor Farrow invited to join OECD Advisory Justice Research Consortium and speak at the OECD Global Policy Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice in Lisbon, Portugal, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Twelve graduating Osgoode JD students receive 2019 Dean’s Gold Key Awards for outstanding contribution to the life of the Law School, Office of External Relations & Communications

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York University’s Global Strategy Lab, under the direction of Professor Steven Hoffman, to co-host two global health law conferences in South Africa in April, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Congratulations to MES/JD students Maha Mansoor and Sarah Levy who won the Barry N. Spiegel Award (For the Best Appellant's Factum) in this year’s Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

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Osgoode’s Artist in Residence amplifies the stories of Black Canada, YFile

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Professor Deborah McGregor (Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice) involved with heritage award-winning Manitoulin Island Summer Heritage Institute, YFile

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Professor Eric Tucker earns Sefton-Williams Award, YFile

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Schulich and Osgoode place 2nd out of 63 universities at mediation competition in Paris, YFile

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Osgoode Innocence Project students Emily Baier (2L) and Samantha Skinner (3L) win first place ($24K) and third place ($14K) respectively in national letter writing competition administered by Innocence Canada and sponsored by Kent Legal, Office of External Relations & Communications

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OsgoodePD Voted One of the Top Training and Development Providers in Labour Relations in 2019 Canadian Lawyer InHouse Readers’ Choice Awards, Canadian Lawyer

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Osgoode Team Wins Americas Round of Price International Media Law Moot, yFile

Submissions from 2018

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Former Dean (2010–18) Lorne Sossin ’92 Appointed a Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Local Student Honoured by Governor General, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professors Benjamin Berger and Joan Gilmour Contribute Their Time and Expertise to the Expert Panel of the Council of Canadian Academies on Medical Assistance in Dying, Office of External Relations & Communications

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The Honourable James Stribopoulos ’94 (Former Osgoode Professor) and Susanne Boucher ’96, ’02 (LLM) Appointed to Superior Court of Justice in Brampton and Toronto, Respectively, Government of Canada

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Professor Emeritus Kent McNeil Named Honorary Member of the Indigenous Bar Association, Indigenous Bar Association

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JD Student Alana Robert Is Modern Métis Woman’s 2018 Scholarship Recipient, Modern Métis Woman

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JD Student Darren Joblonkay Receives the Canadian Tax Foundation’s 2017–18 Student Paper Prize for Ontario, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Emeritus Neil Brooks Receives Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) Lifetime Contribution Award, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Dean (Interim) Mary Condon and Osgoode Grads Norie Campbell ’95, ’03 (LLM), Valerie C. Mann ’91 and Grace Palombo ’93 Receive Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ Awards for 2018, WXN

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IP Osgoode Researchers – Professor Pina D’Agostino, Aviv Gaon and Ian Stedman – Join York University’s Artificial Intelligence and Society Task Force, yFile

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A Short Video Captures the Outstanding Work of 2018 Bryden Alumni Award Winner Pernille Ironside ’99, YorkU Alumni

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Dame Moya Greene ‘78, CEO of the UK’s Royal Mail, receives honorary degree at York’s Fall Convocation, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Jay S. Hennick to receive the 2019 International Horatio Alger Award, Office of External Relations & Communications

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JD student Jeff Adams – a six-time Paralympian and six-time World Champion wheelchair racer – inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Law in Action Within Schools receives $150K Catalyst grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario, Office of External Relations & Communications

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OsgoodePD hosts IFLP Wave One Launch, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Janet Walker presented with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Canada) Distinguished Service Award, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Rob Wildeboer LLB/MBA ’85 awarded Hennick Medal for Career Achievement, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Associate Dean (Academic) Trevor Farrow is principal investigator on international research project that will assess the costs, benefits and opportunities for increasing access to community-based justice services, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Collared, a visual legal advocacy project supported by the Fund for Innovation in Law and Media (FILM) at Osgoode, in partnership with the Hennick Centre, premieres to much acclaim, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Deborah McGregor, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, co-edits new book, Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices and Relationships, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Harry Glasbeek Book Launch, Oct. 16, 7 to 9 p.m., Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Osgoode PhD candidate Jake Okechukwu Effoduh becomes Climate Reality Leader, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor David Vaver elected to the Royal Society of Canada, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Schulich School of Business Professor Peter Macdonald appointed new co-director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Congratulations to Osgoode alumni Esi Codjoe LLM ’12, Brian Greenspan LLB ’71, Naiomi Metallic LLM ’16 and Rachel Notley LLB ’90 who are among “Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential” of 2018, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Eleonora Dimitrova appointed Director of the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) Program, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Lawyers/filmmakers Garrick Apollon (centre) and Étienne Trépanier (right) interview Joseph Groia for “Collared” documentary – a visual legal advocacy project supported by the Fund for Innovation in Law and Media (FILM) at Osgoode in partnership with the Hennick Centre for Business and Law, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Nathanson Centre welcomes Iranian scholar Sadeq Bigdeli as Visiting Research Fellow, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Osgoode PhD candidate teams up with Sick Kids to explore AI in health outcomes, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Pernille Ironside ’99, an international civil servant with the United Nations, and Jamil Jivaniis, former Osgoode visiting professor, are among the recipients of York’s 2018 Bryden Alumni Awards, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Estair Van Wagner receives IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2018 Environmental Law Education Award (Emerging Faculty) in recognition of her important contributions to the field of environmental law education, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Osgoode mourns the passing of Sergio Marchionne LLB ’83, chairman of CNH Industrial, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, chairman & CEO of FCA US LLC, chairman & CEO of Ferrari, and chairman of Maserati. In 2015, he was at the Law School to receive the Hennick Medal for Career Achievement and deliver the Vico Lecture., Office of External Relations & Communications

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The Winkler Institute at Osgoode recently completed their three-year Justice Innovation and Access to Justice Program, a project supported by York University’s Academic Innovation Fund. Read their just-released final report., Office of External Relations & Communications

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Professor Lisa Philipps appointed as York University Provost and Vice-President Academic, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Announcing Osgoode’s 2018-19 Artist in Residence, Anique Jordan, and FILM Fellows, Allie Caldwell and Jalana Lewis, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Five Osgoode students to participate in Institute for the Future of Law Practice, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Osgoode welcomes Benoit Mayer, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, as a Visiting Scholar from May 8 to June 8, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Prof. Cynthia Williams, Osler Chair in Business Law at Osgoode, at Oxford’s Said School of Business May 11 With Authors Who Contributed Chapters to Oxford University Press Handbook on Corporate Law and Governance, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Announcing our 2018-19 Catalyst Fellow, Joanna Vieira Noronha, and McMurtry Visiting Clinical Fellow, Jonathan Rosenthal, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Congratulations to Osgoode’s Price International Media Law Moot team on making it to the quarter-finals, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Dean Lorne Sossin is pictured with four students from Universidad de Concepción, Chile who were at Osgoode as part of a winter student exchange program, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Four new full-time faculty to join Osgoode on July 1. The Law School welcomes, from left, Fay Faraday, Adam Parachin, Adrian A. Smith and Emily Kidd White, Office of External Relations & Communications

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In his last blog post as Dean of Osgoode, Lorne Sossin expresses his “Gratitude!” to the members of the Osgoode/York community, Office of External Relations & Communications

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IP Osgoode Founder & Director Giuseppina D’Agostino and PhD candidates Aviv Gaon and Ian Stedman were awarded a grant of $25,000 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for their conference, “Bracing for Impact – The Artificial Intelligence Challenge: A Road Map for AI Governance in Canada,” which was held in January, Office of External Relations & Communications

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IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic proud to see its client, the Indigenous Friends Association, deploy the Indigenous Friends App to universities and colleges in southern Ontario, Office of External Relations & Communications

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Law Commission of Ontario to host one-day conference on May 3 examining “Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Where Do We Go From Here?” Registration is now open, Office of External Relations & Communications