Osgoode’s Distinguished Speaker Series: Justice L’Heureux-Dubé
“Don’t work for money, work for justice—you will make money anyway but the focus is quite different.” Between 2:00pm and 4:30pm on Monday, March 11, some variation of this quote...
Author: Stephanie Voudouris
Quebec (Attorney General) v A—Much ado about saying “I do”
In a decision handed down on January 25th, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada dealt with a Charter challenge to certain spousal support and property division articles in the Québec...
Peeling Back the Court’s Decision in R v NS
On December 20th, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R v NS, 2012 SCC 72 [NS]. As Kirk Makin stated in an article written for the Globe &...
Friedmann v MacGarvie: Deconstructing Discrimination and Differential Treatment
On November 8th, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) released its decision in Friedmann v MacGarvie, 2012 BCCA 445 [Friedmann], stating that sexual harassment constitutes sex discrimination. While one might...
