Remembrance Day

Enjoy this series of images which commemorate Osgoode's history during the first and second World War.
Kaitlin Normandin and Meghan Carrington are credited with creating this exhibit for Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Appearing in Military Uniform

The Benchers suspend the rule that requires students to wear barristers' robes for the call to the Bar ceremony, allowing them to appear in military uniform.
Armed Forces Newsletter

Osgoode Hall begins to send an Armed Forces Newsletter to students and lawyers posted abroad. Each issue contained news about promotions, deaths, graduations, comrades in arms, gossip, and news about major legal decisions. This is the inaugural edition.
Canadian Victory Bonds

The Benchers voted to return the admission fees of all students killed in action to their families. In total, the Law Society of Upper Canada invested $70,000 in Canadian Victory Bonds.
Captain George Graham Sinclair

Captain George Graham Sinclair, Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C., 35 years old, Class of 1933, Buried at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer, France. Son of Lorne M. and Evelyn M. Sinclair, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Dorothy Flavelle Sinclair, of Toronto. Captain Sinclair received his B.A. from the University of Toronto, and graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1933. He was killed in the Dieppe Raid on August 14, 1942. His classmates established the George Graham Sinclair Memorial Prize in his memory, which is awarded annually to the Osgoode Gold Medalist.
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon

Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon, 2nd Bn., Canadian Infantry, 24 years old, Class of 1914, Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon (barrister) and Emily Gordon Gordon, of 221, George St., Toronto. Graduated Royal Military College in 1911. Admitted as a law student in 1911 at age 20. Called to the bar 18 September 1914. Killed in action at Ypres 23 April 1915.
Corporal Cecil Johnstone Bovaird

Corporal Cecil Johnstone Bovaird, 2nd Bde., Canadian Field Artillery, 24 years old, Class of 1915, Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery. Son of William James (contractor) and Laura Ellnora Bovaird, of Mimico Beach, Ontario. Native of Prescott, Ontario. Graduated from high school in 1910. Admitted as a law student in 1911 at age 16. Called to the bar on 10 February 1916. Killed May 3 1917.
George Clemens Ellis

Private George Clemens Ellis wears his uniform in his Class of 1916 graduation photo. Newly married, Private Ellis would be dead months later from wounds sustained during the third battle of Ypres while he was serving with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He was 26.
George Johnston

Classmates George Johnston and Frank Boles served their country. George was gassed and blinded at Hill 70 and Frank never left France alive.