News & Announcements
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Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, receives Order of Canada
Allard Law Professor and Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre Academic Director Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, has been appointed an Officer to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian awards.
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New $1.8M federal grant supports data-driven approach to solving Canada’s housing crisis
A $1.8-million grant from the federal government will support a cross-Canada research team in creating easy-to-use, equity-focused tools for diagnosing Canada’s housing needs and identifying the best land for affordable housing. We spoke with Allard Law professor Alexandra Flynn about the project.
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The year the climate emergency came to British Columbia
This past year saw the end of the longest provincial state of emergency in the province’s history. If 2021 has been the year the climate emergency arrived in British Columbia, then 2022 must be the year in which British Columbia picks up the tools best suited to the task of responding, writes Allard Law professor Jocelyn Stacey.
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Dec 10, 2021Professor Debra Parkes named Jim Taylor, QC Faculty Scholar
The Allard School of Law is pleased to congratulate Professor Debra Parkes on being awarded the 2021-2022 Jim Taylor, QC Faculty Scholar Award. The award honours highly dedicated faculty members who have consistently gone above and beyond to give more than their fair share to the law school.
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Dec 7, 2021‘Inclusion should trump exclusion,’ new book reminds 2SLGBTQ+ students the law is on their side
Professor Bruce MacDougall's new book, Making the Case: 2SLGBTQ+ Rights and Religion in Schools, examines where the Canadian courts stand when it comes to rights of identity versus religion and culture in schools.
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Dec 3, 2021ILS Summer Intensive in Tort Law builds community, provides skill development and Indigenous legal perspectives
This past summer, Indigenous Legal Studies brought together faculty, Indigenous alumni and other members of the legal community to offer the Indigenous Legal Studies Summer Intensive in Tort Law to incoming Indigenous first-year students.
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Nov 30, 2021Shedding light on how Canadian Mining conflicts shape governance in Southern Africa
Through her latest SSHRC-funded research project, Dr. Sara Ghebremusse is undertaking a review of two Canadian mining companies and the conflicts involving them.
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Nov 25, 2021National Post: Why there's no real 'common prosperity' campaign in China
Op-ed: Contrary to recent headlines of China taxing the rich for 'common prosperity,' Professor Wei Cui examines China’s tax-to-GDP ratio to reveal a different story.
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Nov 19, 2021Rethinking labour law for the new world of work
With growing divergence between the legal regulation of work and its reality on the ground, professor Bethany Hastie investigates what a meaningful system of labour rights must account for, and aims to make collective workplace representation more accessible, suitable and effective for today’s workers.