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March 29, 2022 - Osgoode Society Author, Professor Philip Girard, awarded Mundell Medal
The Ontario government has awarded the 2021 David Walter Mundell Medal for excellence in legal writing to Philip Girard. Please join us in congratulating Professor Girard on this important achievement. https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/1001881/excellence-in-legal-writing-celebrated-with-mundell-medal
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November 15, 2021 - The Law Foundation of Ontario Announces Recipients of Catalyst Grant Funding
The Law Foundation of Ontario has selected 25 nonprofit organizations to participate in the second cycle of Catalyst, its highly competitive core funding program. Please see the official announcement here – https://lawfoundation.on.ca/news/19-7m-in-core-funding-to-support-leading-access-to-justice-organizations/. The Osgoode Society is very grateful for the continued support from The Law Foundation of Ontario.
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November 8, 2021 - Osgoode Society 2019 Book Awarded Prize
Eric Reiter’s 2019 Osgoode Society book, titled Wounded Feelings: Litigating Emotions in Quebec, has been named as a co-winner of the monograph prize from the Fondation du Barreau du Québec. The official notice can be found here: https://www.fondationdubarreau.qc.ca/decouvrez-les-laureats-du-concours-juridique-2021-et-les-regles-de-ledition-2022/. This book was previously awarded the Canadian Historical Association’s prize for best book in Canadian history. Please join us in congratulating… Read more »
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October 26, 2021 - 2020-21 OHS Joseph Brant Award Winner: Heidi Bohaker, Doodem and Council Fire
Please join us in congratulating Heidi Bohaker on winning the 2020-21 Joseph Brant Award for her book, Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance Through Alliance, published by University of Toronto Press (2020). Doodem and Council Fire deals with the world of the Anishinaabe people and the importance of doodem to Anishinaabe identity. Published for the Osgoode Society for… Read more »
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September 14, 2021 - Osgoode Society Authors have been Elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
The Osgoode Society is delighted to announce that our Associate Editor-in-Chief and five-time Osgoode Society author, Professor Philip Girard, and Professor Lori Chambers, another of our authors (three times) have both been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. Philip Girard’s prize-winning work on the history of law in Canada has shaped the field… Read more »
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June 21, 2021 - Osgoode Society Director The Hon. Mahmud Jamal appointed to The Supreme Court of Canada
Osgoode Society Director Mahmud Jamal appointed to Supreme Court of Canada. Along with the rest of the legal community, the Society congratulates one of our Directors, the Hon. Mahmud Jamal, on his appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada. We anticipate judgments that refer often to the importance of legal history!
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June 15, 2021 - Osgoode Society Book Awarded Best Book in Political History
The Osgoode Society is thrilled to announce that Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance through Alliance, by Professor Heidi Bohaker, has been awarded the Canadian Historical Association’s Prize for Best Book in Political History Prize. Congratulations to Professor Bohaker.
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May 17, 2021 - Philip Girard interviewed on Podcast
In this podcast, Greg Marchildon interviews Osgoode Society Associate Editor Philip Girard regarding A History of Law in Canada, Volume 1: Beginnings to 1866, published by the University of Toronto Press in 2018, of which he is the co-author along with Jim Phillips and Blake Brown. Girard explains the ways in which Canadian legal culture… Read more »
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May 6, 2021 - Osgoode Society Book has been shortlisted for the John W. Dafoe Book Prize 2021
Please join us in congratulating Osgoode Society author Professor Heidi Bohaker on her book, Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance through Alliance, being shortlisted for the John W. Dafoe Book Prize for 2021.
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April 16, 2021 - Osgoode Society Book Shortlisted for Canadian Historical Association Prize
Our 2020 title Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance through Alliance, by Professor Heidi Bohaker, has been shortlisted for The Canadian Historical Association Prize. The prize is given to the non-fiction work of Canadian history judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past. For more details visit –… Read more »