Haig Basmajian (’99) Appointed to Immigration and Refugee Board

Haig Basmajian (’99) was appointed to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) for a three-year term in the Montreal office. Read more...

Professor Jeremy de Beer Launches "Implementing the Development Agenda" in Geneva

Professor Jeremy de Beer, editor of Implementing the Development Agenda, spoke at the launch of the new book at an event in Geneva on July 10, 2009, co-hosted by the Emerging Dynamic Global Economies (EDGE) Network and Geneva-based think tank IQsensato. Read more...

Alumnus Ajmal Pashtoonyar (’09) Selected as 2009 Gordon Global Fellow

Ajmal Pashtoonyar (’09), a recent graduate of Common Law, is one of ten Canadians selected as a 2009 Gordon Global Fellow. Read more...

Jacques Gaudreau Prize Awarded to Jessica Young (LL.M. ’09)

Each year, the Jacques Gaudreau Prize of $500 is awarded to a Faculty of Law undergraduate or graduate student with the most outstanding mark or essay in the area of international human rights law. Read more...

News from the Human Rights Research and Education Centre

The Faculty of Law (Common Law and Civil Law Sections) and the Faculty of Social Sciences are pleased to announce some updates with respect to the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC). Read more...

Five Common Law Professors Receive Foundation for Legal Research Grants

Common Law Professors Jeremy de Beer, Pascale Fournier, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Pacifique Manirakiza and Marina Pavlovic have received Foundation for Legal Research (FLR) grants for their individual projects. Read more...

Professor Debra Steger Appears on CPAC to Discuss Border Security

On June 7, 2009, Professor Debra Steger appeared on Goldhawk Live, on the Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC), to discuss U.S. border security issues and problems with the U.S. “Buy America” policy. Read more...

Seeking Balanced Solutions: The Annual CARFMS Conference

On June 1-2, 2009, the Common Law Section, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre and the Refugee Forum at the University of Ottawa hosted the second annual conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS). Read more...

Third Annual International Humanitarian Law Course

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) and the Canadian Red Cross presented the third annual International Humanitarian Law (IHL) summer intensive course from May 31 – June 5, 2009 at the Faculty of Law. Read more...