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The University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to announce that Professor Penelope Simons will serve as its next director, beginning a five-year term in 2025.

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Anne Levesque as the Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights for 2025-2028.

This is not your typical leadership course. This course starts with the bold promise that any participant, whatever their background, will emerge being a leader and exercising leadership as their natural self-expression.

Public subsidies to the fishing industry are designed to increase production and maximize yield. But the environmental effects are numerous. So why does the fishing industry continue to be subsidized in this way?

A new research project aims to fill in gaps in knowledge about the experiences of asylum seekers in the Canadian housing system, with a specific focus on those facing homelessness.

It has been called one of the worst law firm failures in Canadian history. A new book by Professor Adam Dodek examines how Heenan Blaikie LLP rose to great prominence and success and then self-destructed, leaving the Canadian legal community in shock.

The legal profession is increasingly grappling with a growing mental health crisis. Lawyers and legal professionals often face intense pressure, long hours, and the weight of life-altering decisions, all of which can take a significant toll on their mental well-being.

In 2019, Professor Paul Daly was awarded the University Research Chair in Administrative Law and Governance.

In June 2010, the G20 Summit was held in Toronto. Protests outside the event led to the arrests of over 1,000 people in just two days. Other large protests have taken place since this largest mass arrest in Canadian history, but what have we learned from it?

The Common Law Section is pleased to announce the appointment of Gabriela Bolaños Vainstein as the 2024-25 Ian R. Kerr Fellow.