Denis Boivin
Professeur titulaire
57 Louis Pasteur, Room 379
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
K1N 6N5
Denis.Boivin@uOttawa.ca
(613) 562-5800, ext. 3329
(613) 562-5124
B.Soc.Sc., LL.B. (Ottawa), LL.M.(Yale), of the Bar of Ontario, Associate Professor
Professor Boivin joined the Faculty of Law in 1993 after completing his graduate studies at Yale and clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada for Justice Iacobucci. He teaches and publishes in the areas of Torts, Insurance Law and Remedies. In 1999, the Canadian Association of Law Teachers awarded him the Schorarly Paper Award for his article "Factual Causation in the Law of Manufacturer Failure to Warn". A Fulbright Scholar, he is the author of three books, Insurance Law (2004 - Irwin Law), La responsabilité délictuelle en common law (2005 - Yvon Blais - with Louise Bélanger-Hardy) and Le droit des assurances dans les provinces de common law (2006 - LexisNexis). His English text on Insurance Law has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, by five different appellate courts (B.C., Ontario, Québec, N-B and Nfld.) and in many trial court decisions; his French book on insurance has been cited twice by the Québec Court of Appeal. Professor Boivin is also the recipient of several teaching awards. In June 2007, he received the University of Ottawa’s Excellence in Education Prize award, granted to an educator who has demonstrated outstanding teaching skills while maintaining a solid research program.
Professor Boivin also has considerable experience in adjudication. Since December of 2004, he is an active member of the Financial Services Tribunal of Ontario and, in this capacity, has chaired many disciplinary hearings involving insurance and mortgage intermediaries. In June of 2009, his appointment to the Tribunal was extended for another five years by the provincial government.
Professor Boivin practices law on a part-time basis in the Ottawa office of Heenan Blaikie. A member of their litigation department, he is involved in a number of civil files dealing with Torts, Insurance Law and Remedies.