TORONTO, April 14, 2010 -- Canada’s leading constitutional scholars and practitioners will offer practical and thoughtful analysis of noteworthy 2009 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional decisions at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University’s 13th annual Constitutional Cases Conference on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 9am to 4:45pm at Osgoode Professional Development Centre, 1 Dundas St. W., 26th floor, Toronto.
Chaired by three respected constitutional law experts – Patrick Monahan, Vice-President Academic and Provost of York University, and Osgoode Hall Law School Professors Jamie Cameron and Bruce Ryder – the conference will begin at 9am with an overview by Monahan of last year’s Supreme Court constitutional decisions.
That will be followed by a preview of upcoming rulings by Ryder, a plenary session on The Charter and Omar Khadr and breakout sessions on Freedom of the Press and the Rights of the Media, Freedom of Expression and Association as well as Criminal Law – Legal Rights and Remedies and Federalism/Securities Reference. The conference will conclude with a plenary session on Freedom of Religion. The luncheon keynote speaker will be Rebecca Snyder, Deputy Director, Navy-Marine Corps Appellate Defense Division (USA), whose topic will be “Military Commissions and the Case of Child Soldier Omar Khadr.”
Other conference faculty will include:
Jane Arbour, General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section, Department of Justice Canada
Benjamin Berger, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
Gerald Chan, Ruby and Shiller
Robert E. Charney, General Counsel, Constitutional Law Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Jonathan Dawe, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP
Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Adam Dodek, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Peter Downard, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Brad Elberg, Heenan Blaikie LLP
Fay Faraday, Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre & Cornish LLP
Ryder Gilliland, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Daniel Guttman, Counsel, Constitutional Law Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Michel Hélie, Director, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Legal Services Division, Constitutional Law Branch
Peter W. Hogg, Scholar in Residence, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School
Jean Leclair, Professor, Faculté de Droit, Université de Montréal
Brian MacLeod Rogers, Barrister & Solicitor
Audrey Macklin, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Janet Minor, General Counsel, Constitutional Law Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Richard Moon, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
Warren Newman, Senior General Counsel, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section, Department of Justice Canada
Steven Penney, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Marilyn Pilkington, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Poonam Puri, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Brian Slattery, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Lorne Sossin, Dean Designate, Osgoode Hall Law School
Lori Sterling, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
Jennifer M. Woollcombe, Counsel, Crown Law Office, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Wade Wright, Associate in Law, Columbia Law School
Alan Young, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
For the complete conference agenda, please click on the 2009 Constitutional Cases link or see the attached brochure.
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For further information, please contact:
Virginia Corner
Communications Manager
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
416-736-5820
Heather Gore
Program and Business Development Lawyer
Osgoode Professional Development
416-597-8847
