News & Announcements
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Dr. Jocelyn Stacey awarded UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
The University of British Columbia announced today that Allard Law professor Dr. Jocelyn Stacey, one of Canada’s leading scholars on disasters and Canadian law, has been awarded a UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship.
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New study explores how people react to online hate
A study by Allard Law PhD student Kaitlyn Cumming and UBC Sociology PhD student Sophie Liu aims to bridge the gap between how legislators think about online hate and how victims actually experience it.
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Statement on the passing of Hereditary Chief Bill Wilson
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Hereditary Chief Bill Wilson, Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla, on January 24, 2025. As the second Indigenous graduate from our law school in 1973, Chief Wilson’s legacy is woven into the fabric of the Peter A. Allard School of Law.
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May 19, 2020
COVID-19 has put a harsh spotlight on the anti-Asian racism that has always existed in Canada
Source: CBC Mentioned: Carol Liao
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May 18, 2020
The Law of Disaster Exceptionalism
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May 15, 2020
COVID-19 and the Crisis in Corrections
In her recently published op-ed in The Vancouver Sun, Professor Debra Parkes forewarned that a mass COVID-19 outbreak was likely if steps to depopulate prisons are not taken.
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May 12, 2020
Should COVID-19 empower strata corporations to ban non-residents?
In a recently published op-ed, Professor Douglas Harris provides a legal analysis of the non-resident bans in some local strata corporations.
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