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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 »

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  • February 17, 2021 - Osgoode Society Director, Linda Silver Dranoff, Appointed to the Order of Ontario

    Please join us in congratulating Linda Silver Dranoff on being appointed to the Order of Ontario for 2019. For the complete list of appointees, and more information on this honour, please visit https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/59858/the-2019-appointees-to-the-order-of-ontario. Linda Silver Dranoff — Toronto A lawyer, writer and social justice activist, Linda Silver Dranoff has devoted her career to transforming family law,… Read more »

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  • December 1, 2020 - Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief, Professor Jim Phillips, has been inducted into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

    Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief, Professor Jim Phillips, has been inducted into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. The Bertha Wilson Honour Society was created in 2012 to recognize “extraordinary alumni and showcase their geographic reach and contributions to law and society.” This year, Jim is among a handful… Read more »

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  • June 22, 2020 - The Osgoode Society Announces Awards for 2020

    OSGOODE SOCIETY AWARDS. The Osgoode Society is very pleased to announce the 2020 winners of two of its awards. Peter Oliver Prize. Named for the Society’s first and long-serving Editor-in-Chief, the Peter Oliver Prize is given for published work in Canadian legal history by a student. The 2020 winner is Jacqueline Briggs, a Ph.D. student… Read more »

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  • June 3, 2020 - Osgoode Society Book is the Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History and has won the Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research

    The Osgoode Society is thrilled to announce that one of its 2019 publications, Eric Reiter, Wounded Feelings: Litigating Emotions in Quebec 1870-1950, has been awarded the Canadian Historical Association’s Prize for the best Scholarly book in Canadian history , and the Governor General’s  Award for Scholarly Research.. Congratulations to Professor Reiter.  

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  • September 16, 2019 - Osgoode Society Author Blake Brown Recognized by The Royal Society of Canada

    Osgoode Society author Blake Brown has been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for his outstanding scholarship and has been named a member of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.The Royal Society of Canada established the College of New Scholars, Scientists and Artist in 2014. The college recognizes individuals who have begun… Read more »

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Recent News

  • January 26, 2023 Osgoode Society Authors on The Champlain Society Podcast
  • December 20, 2022 Chief Justice Tulloch
  • October 18, 2022 In Memoriam – David Flaherty
  • August 29, 2022 Osgoode Society 2021 Members book awarded Best Book in Canadian Studies and Indigenous History
  • August 12, 2022 Osgoode Society Awards for 2022
  • March 29, 2022 Osgoode Society Author, Professor Philip Girard, awarded Mundell Medal
  • November 15, 2021 The Law Foundation of Ontario Announces Recipients of Catalyst Grant Funding
  • November 8, 2021 Osgoode Society 2019 Book Awarded Prize
  • October 26, 2021 2020-21 OHS Joseph Brant Award Winner: Heidi Bohaker, Doodem and Council Fire
  • September 14, 2021 Osgoode Society Authors have been Elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
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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.

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