Submissions from 2019
Eva Marszewski ’73 is one of four winners of York’s 2019 Bryden Alumni Awards, YFile
First-year JD student Jacob Bennett earns scholarship for pursuing dream to make a difference, YFile
Professor Dayna Scott is one of three York University professors to earn York-Massey appointments, YFile
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)
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
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
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
Distinguished Research Professorship awarded to Osgoode Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai, YFile
Professor Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino to chair Advisory Committee for new Alectra Utilities Green Energy & Technology Centre, Alectra Utilities
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
Professor Edward Waitzer receives the Corporate Governance Award at the 2019 Who’s Who Legal Awards in London, England, Law Business Research Ltd
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
PhD candidate Sanaa Ahmed to begin two-year Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University starting this September, Office of External Relations & Communications
Professor Gus Van Harten appointed Associate Dean (Academic), effective July 1, Office of External Relations & Communications
Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw to receive honorary doctorate at Spring Convocation, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
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
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
Alain-Guy Tachou Sipowo awarded Osgoode Catalyst Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year, YFile
Dianne Saxe ’74, ’91 (PhD) and Fathima Cader appointed 2019-20 McMurtry Fellows at Osgoode, YFile
Professor Jeffery Hewitt to join Osgoode faculty on July 1, YFile
Yemisi Dina appointed Chief Law Librarian of Osgoode, YFile
Professor Emeritus Harry Arthurs’ memoir, “Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer,” has just been published, McGill-Queen's University Press
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
Professor Benjamin L. Berger appointed Tier 1 York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law, YFile
Tethyan Resources announces appointment of Professor Poonam Puri to Board of Directors, YFile
Osgoode finishes second in the Davies Annual Corporate/Securities Law Moot, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
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
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
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
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
Osgoode wins INADR’s International Law School Mediation Tournament; Every team member comes home with hardware, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
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
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
Osgoode’s Artist in Residence amplifies the stories of Black Canada, YFile
Professor Eric Tucker earns Sefton-Williams Award, YFile
Schulich and Osgoode place 2nd out of 63 universities at mediation competition in Paris, YFile
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
OsgoodePD Voted One of the Top Training and Development Providers in Labour Relations in 2019 Canadian Lawyer InHouse Readers’ Choice Awards, Canadian Lawyer
Osgoode Team Wins Americas Round of Price International Media Law Moot, yFile
Submissions from 2018
Former Dean (2010–18) Lorne Sossin ’92 Appointed a Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, Office of External Relations & Communications
Local Student Honoured by Governor General, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
Professor Emeritus Kent McNeil Named Honorary Member of the Indigenous Bar Association, Indigenous Bar Association
JD Student Alana Robert Is Modern Métis Woman’s 2018 Scholarship Recipient, Modern Métis Woman
JD Student Darren Joblonkay Receives the Canadian Tax Foundation’s 2017–18 Student Paper Prize for Ontario, Office of External Relations & Communications
Professor Emeritus Neil Brooks Receives Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) Lifetime Contribution Award, Office of External Relations & Communications
A Short Video Captures the Outstanding Work of 2018 Bryden Alumni Award Winner Pernille Ironside ’99, YorkU Alumni
Dame Moya Greene ‘78, CEO of the UK’s Royal Mail, receives honorary degree at York’s Fall Convocation, Office of External Relations & Communications
Jay S. Hennick to receive the 2019 International Horatio Alger Award, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
Law in Action Within Schools receives $150K Catalyst grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario, Office of External Relations & Communications
OsgoodePD hosts IFLP Wave One Launch, Office of External Relations & Communications
Professor Janet Walker presented with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Canada) Distinguished Service Award, Office of External Relations & Communications
Rob Wildeboer LLB/MBA ’85 awarded Hennick Medal for Career Achievement, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
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
Harry Glasbeek Book Launch, Oct. 16, 7 to 9 p.m., Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles, Office of External Relations & Communications
Osgoode PhD candidate Jake Okechukwu Effoduh becomes Climate Reality Leader, Office of External Relations & Communications
Professor David Vaver elected to the Royal Society of Canada, Office of External Relations & Communications
Schulich School of Business Professor Peter Macdonald appointed new co-director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
Eleonora Dimitrova appointed Director of the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) Program, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
Nathanson Centre welcomes Iranian scholar Sadeq Bigdeli as Visiting Research Fellow, Office of External Relations & Communications
Osgoode PhD candidate teams up with Sick Kids to explore AI in health outcomes, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
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
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
Professor Lisa Philipps appointed as York University Provost and Vice-President Academic, Office of External Relations & Communications
Announcing Osgoode’s 2018-19 Artist in Residence, Anique Jordan, and FILM Fellows, Allie Caldwell and Jalana Lewis, Office of External Relations & Communications
Five Osgoode students to participate in Institute for the Future of Law Practice, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
Announcing our 2018-19 Catalyst Fellow, Joanna Vieira Noronha, and McMurtry Visiting Clinical Fellow, Jonathan Rosenthal, Office of External Relations & Communications
Congratulations to Osgoode’s Price International Media Law Moot team on making it to the quarter-finals, Office of External Relations & Communications
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
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
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
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
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
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