Ian Binnie on Wednesday, May 1st . Former Supreme Court of Canada judge Ian Binnie will talk to the Osgoode Society about four prominent litigators whose careers Canadian legal history from Confederation to the present: Oliver Mowat, W.N. Tilley, J.J. Robinette, and Ian Scott. REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM LOGIN INFORMATION.
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Ian Binnie
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October 18, 2022 - In Memoriam – David Flaherty
Professor Emeritus David Flaherty passed away on October 11, 2022, in Victoria. In the 1970s and 1980s David was a Professor of Law and History at what was then the University of Western Ontario. Although principally an Americanist, he was an ideal choice to organize and edit the Osgoode Society’s first major forays into serious… Read more »
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2023 Book Launch Reception
THE DIRECTORS OF THE OSGOODE SOCIETY and University of Toronto Press , University of British Columbia Press and Irwin Law REQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AT A RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE PUBLICATION OF Essays in the History of Canadian Law Volume XII: New Perspectives on Gender and the Law by Lori Chambers and Joan… Read more »
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Message from the Editor in Chief
A Message from the Editor in Chief The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History was established in 1979 to promote the publication of work on the history of Canadian law, and to create and preserve an oral history archive. We have been very successful at both of these. As of 2024 we have published exactly… Read more »
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Bruce Ziff
Bruce Ziff is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. His main research interest is in the area of property law, and he is the author of the leading Canadian text, Principles of Property Law, now in its fifth edition. In 1988 he received the A.C. Rutherford Award for Excellence… Read more »
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Jim Phillips
Jim Phillips is Professor of Law, History and Criminology at the University of Toronto, and editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. He was law clerk to Madame Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada (1987-1988) before joining the University of Toronto. He has published numerous articles on British imperial history… Read more »
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The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry
R. Roy McMurtry,1932-2024, was the former chief justice of Ontario (1996-2007) and Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1985-1988). He is counsel at Gowlings. He was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1975 after practicing as a trial lawyer for 17 years, and served as attorney-general under Premier William Davis. Mr. McMurtry founded… Read more »
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Tina Loo
Professor Tina Loo teaches at the University of British Columbia where she is the Canada Research Chair in Environmental History. From 1997 to 1998 she was Seagram Chair of Canadian Studies at the McGill Institute for Canadian Studies. Professor Loo taught at Simon Fraser University before joining the Department of History at the University of… Read more »
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Robert Fraser
Robert Fraser is the Executive Director of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography at the University of Toronto and Academic Coordinator, History, Academic Bridging Program, University of Toronto. Dr. Fraser is also the Managing Editor of the Dictionary of Hamilton Biography, chair of the Historical Committee of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlands of Canada and president… Read more »
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J. Barry Cahill
Barry Cahill is an independent historian focusing on Atlantic Canada. He has written numerous historical pieces on the region’s legal history, including the legal profession, the judiciary, and blacks and the. He has also written extensively on religious history, with a focus on Canadian Presbyterianism. He is also a former editor of the Nova Scotia… Read more »