News & Announcements
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It’s time to expand what we think of as "work," says Allard Law’s Supriya Routh
Allard Law Professor Supriya Routh has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Labour Law and Social Justice to examine how the law can more effectively support workers.
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Professor Bethany Hastie awarded UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
Professor Hastie hopes to shed light on the challenges that new technologies are raising for workers – and the gaps in current labour law and policy in Canada.
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Celebrating 1 year, Allard Law program at UBC gives Afghan women judges a new professional home
The Peter A. Allard School of Law celebrated the one-year anniversary of the law school's Afghan Women Judges Program on February 9 with an event at Allard Hall.
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Oct 28, 2022
Human rights and the law across borders: Meet Assistant Professor Dr. Hassan Ahmad
Dr. Hassan Ahmad is a scholar, advocate and activist who studies the law’s transformative role in making the global economy more humane for marginalized communities. On July 1, he joined Allard Law as an assistant professor.
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Oct 18, 2022
Making the case for open-access law texts
Dr. Samuel Beswick has created Canada’s first online open-access tort law casebook.
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Oct 17, 2022
New book gives millennial perspective on corporate law and sustainability
A group of young lawyers say corporate law can help change the status quo in a new book on law, business and the intersecting environmental, social and economic sustainability crises.
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Oct 5, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada to hear Safe Third Country appeal
Since 2004, the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement has blocked asylum seekers in the US from making refugee claims in Canada. In this Q&A, Professor Efrat Arbel discuses her work on the case and what’s at stake.
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Sep 20, 2022
Labour law through a social justice lens: Meet Associate Professor Supriya Routh
Supriya Routh is a leading labour and employment law researcher, whose work straddles the disciplines of law, political philosophy and sociology.
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Sep 16, 2022
Fernanda Bruce on counselling with compassion and curiosity
This fall, we’re delighted to welcome Fernanda Bruce as the Student Wellbeing Counsellor at Allard Hall.