University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog

Aboriginal Economic Development Summit

On May 1, 2008, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, in partnership with the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, hosted a summit entitled “Developing Aboriginal Economies.”  The summit was a one-day symposium featuring two roundtables with a diverse group of panelists.  The goal of this summit was to provide a forum for new ideas and new approaches to economic development in Aboriginal communities.

The proceedings of this summit were recorded and can now be viewed over the web.

Visit the summit webpage to watch the webcasts

"Can Legal Ethics Be Taught?" symposium webcast now available

On April 4, 2008, the new Centre for Professionalism, Ethics and Public Service hosted a major symposium, "Can Legal Ethics be Taught?", that brought together leading experts to discuss the teaching of legal ethics.

All sessions from this symposium were recorded on video and can now be viewed over the web.

Click here to watch the webcast of "Can Legal Ethics be Taught?"

Report on "The Future of Administrative Justice" symposium

A symposium on "The Future of Administrative Justice" was hosted by the Faculty of Law in January 2008. It explored the future of administrative justice by bringing together academics, participants in the tribunal sector and government policy makers to dialogue about improvements to administrative tribunals in Ontario and other jurisdictions.

A 28-page report on the symposium has now been released (May 2008), which summarizes the presentations and the roundtable discussion that wrapped up the day.

• Future of Administrative Justice Symposium Report (PDF)

The keynote address was given by Lord Justice Robert Carnwath, Senior President of Tribunals, England and Wales. Read the keynote address (PDF).

The symposium was also recorded on video, and the each session of the symposium can be viewed online from the symposium web page. The web page also includes other useful papers and background material.

• Watch the webcast of the symposium "The Future of Administrative Justice"

Webcast: Seminar on Differing Perspectives on the Gardasil/HPV-Vaccination Program in Ontario

The Faculty of Law, with the University of Toronto's Department of Public Health Sciences and Joint Centre for Bioethics, has initiated a seminar series on "Public Health Ethics, Law and Policy."

The inaugural seminar was held on the subject of "Differing Perspectives on the Gardasil/HPV-Vaccination Program in Ontario" at the Faculty of Law on March 20, 2008. It featured the following speakers:

• Vinita Dubey, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Division of Communicable Diseases, Toronto Public Health
• Anne Rochon Ford, Coordinator, Women and Health Protection Working Group
• Angus Dawson, Visiting Faculty Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
• Joanna Erdman, Co-Director, International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme
• CHAIR, Trudo Lemmens, Associate Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine

This seminar is now available to be viewed as a webcast.

Click here to watch the seminar over the web.