- 06.10.2026 — Article | Read the article by Jeremy Wildeman and his co-author in The Conversation: How Canada could defend itself against an American invasion
- 02.10.2026 — Congratulations to Van Armenian on successfully defending his doctoral thesis!
- 13.09.2026 — Blog | Read the article by Nina Potarska in the New Canadian Media — A Ukrainian’s dilemma: Go back, or stay and build a new life in Canada?
- 09.09.2026 — Challenging the boundaries of criminal law: Marie-Eve Sylvestre elected to Royal Society of Canada
- 27.08.2026 — Academic Freedom: Amicus brief filed in Burneo Salazar v. Universidad Andina
- 14.08.2026 — Grant | Building a Treaty for the Lake Winnipeg Watershed: Professor Aimée Craft receives SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
- 13.08.2026 — Grant | Extracting justice: Professor Penelope Simons explores remedies for human rights harms in resource extraction
- 29.07.2026 — Five years of academic freedom principles: CAFA requests IACHR hearing
- 28.07.2026 — CAFA and partners submit report on academic freedom and university autonomy in Venezuela to the UN Human Rights Council
HRREC Newsletter | 08.10.2026
We are pleased to bring you news and upcoming events from the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC).
Oct 15
BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS
Canada: Right to effective remedy for corporate human rights violations
Pleased to present this webinar about the federal government’s elimination of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
Oct 19
SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Film screening & roundtable | THE VETO
Special screening of The Veto, a documentary examining the veto power of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
Oct 21
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Oct 22
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Fifth CAFA conference on academic freedom in the Americas 2026
We are delighted to host the 5th CAFA Conference at the University of Ottawa!
Nov 4
EVENT IN PERSON
Housing, Inc.: A global takeover and our fight for home
The HRREC is pleased to partner with the Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Law to present this event with Leilani Farha!
Nov 5
EVENT IN PERSON
Working for human rights with Allan Rock
This series of events was created to have leading human rights practitioners come and share their professional experience with our audience.
