2022

Nexus/Fall 2022

I entered law school the same year that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into being.

At the Faculty of Law, we bring together the right minds, opportunities and support systems to ignite breakthrough thinking.

On September 22, 2022, the Faculty of Law celebrated Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella (BA 1967 UC, LLB 1970, Hon LLD 1990) and her trailblazing legal career. 

Watch the discussion moderated by Professor Stephen Toope, President & CEO of CIFAR and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, with international court justices: 

Nexus/Fall 2022

A Faculty of Law panel discussion featuring (in the order of presenters):

Nathalie Des Rosiers, Principal, Massey College: Notwithstanding Unions

Professor Kerry Rittich: Collective Bargaining

Professor Jean-Christophe Bédard-Rubin: Quebec's use of notwithstanding clause

Professor David Schneiderman: Constitutional theory underlying s. 33

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights brought together its past Constitutional Litigators in Residence for a special conversation with executive director, Cheryl Milne, reflecting on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms at 40 years.

Speakers:

Charter: A Course is a podcast created by the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and hosted by centre's executive director Cheryl Milne.

Now in Season 2, the podcast focuses on Canadian constitutional law and litigation. 

Charter: A Course is proudly sponsored by the University of Toronto’s affinity partner TD Insurance.

Nexus/Fall 2022

By Paul Fraumeni

Elise Burgert likes to learn by doing.  

While working toward a combined BBA in business and environment at Simon Fraser University, she began to wonder about the legal tools that could be used to promote more sustainable business practices. “I realized I needed to learn how the law worked and what lawyers can actually do."

Nexus/Fall 2022

By Nina Haikara

What does the next 40 years hold for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? 

Nexus/Fall 2022

By Scott Anderson

The University of Toronto's Faculty of Law brought together some of the world’s foremost legal thinkers for a recent event that celebrated the career of retired Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella (BA 1967 UC, LLB 1970, Hon LLD 1990) and recognized her contributions to legal thought around the world.

It was a toast by her peers before a full house at U of T’s Isabel Bader Theatre.

Nexus/Fall 2022

By David Baldridge (JD 2023)

As we mark the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, many commentators will surely recount familiar anecdotes about the negotiations and controversies that surrounded its enactment, express concern about recent political controversies concerning the Charter, or simply reflect on the practical force the Charter has had in protecting and expanding the rights of the LGBTQ community, criminal defendants, and others over the last four decades.