Course Selection for 2013

Friday, 21 December 2012 It being December, first-year students are already asking about course selection for next year. Vice Dean of the English Program, Craig Forcese has posted a blog on upper-year course selection and a podcast in which he interviews Professor and Law Society Bencher Constance Backhouse on the considerations students might employ in selecting upper year courses.  Both may be accessed here.

HRREC’s Sonya Nigam Discusses Relationship Between Human Rights and Canada’s Democracy

Monday, 17 December 2012 In her December column for Canadian Lawyer Magazine, Executive Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), Sonya Nigam, discusses “Our relationship with the voices of the vulnerable.” Read more...

Prof. Steger Featured in Numerous Media on CNOOC-Nexen Deal

Friday, 14 December 2012 Professor Debra Steger has been featured across numerous media in the past week as an expert commentator on the takeover of Calgary-based energy oil and gas producer Nexen by the China National Offshore Oil Company, a deal recently approved by the federal government. Read more...

Gordon F. Henderson Post Doctoral Fellow 2013

Thursday, 13 December 2012 The Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa has launched its second edition of Post Doctoral Scholarship Program. Read more...

The eGirls Project Website Goes Live!

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Professors Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves are pleased to announce that the website for The eGirls Project has gone live at www.egirlsproject.ca.  Professors Bailey and Steeves are the co-principal investigators on The eGirls Project, a 3-year research project funded under SSHRC's Partnership Development Grant Programme. Read more...

Prof. Mendes Appears on CTV to Discuss a Recent Meeting of Canada’s Premiers

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Professor Errol Mendes was interviewed on CTV News on Saturday, November 24, 2012, regarding the recent meeting of Canada’s premiers which addressed a variety of issues including some normally dealt with by the federal government. Read more...

Prof. LaViolette and Prof. Showler Contribute to Film about LGBT Refugees

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Professor Nicole LaViolette and Professor Peter Showler have contributed to a film entitled Last Chance by filmmaker Paul Émile d'Entremont, which deals with LGBT refugees.  Both professors provided background information to the filmmakers and appear in interview clips in the film. Read more...

Studying for Exams? Join the New uOttawa Law Running Group.

Tuesday, 04 December 2012 If you’re studying for exams, now is the best time to keep the engine primed.  Join Professor Craig Forcese, students and faculty training for the May 2013 Ottawa Race Weekend 10k or Half Marathon and fundraising for Girls Gotta Run.  The uOttawa Law running group has been meeting weekly Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.  For more information on how it all works, see Prof. Forcese's blog.

Prof. Mathen Visits CBC’s The Current to Discuss “Gay Panic Defence”

Saturday, 01 December 2012 Professor Carissima Mathen was featured on CBC Radio One’s The Current on November 21, 2012 to discuss the so-called “gay panic defence,” in which lenient criminal sentences are handed down to defendants who claim they were provoked by homosexual advances. Read more...