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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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  • June 6, 2019 - The Osgoode Society Awards Announced

    The Osgoode Society Awards honour emerging and established scholars, promote Canadian legal history   Toronto — The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History is honouring four scholars at a special ceremony on June 19, in recognition of the recent contributions they have made to furthering Canadians’ understanding of the country’s legal history. At the Osgoode… Read more »

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  • June 6, 2019 - A History of Law in Canada Volume 1: Beginnings to 1866 wins Honourable Mention for the W. Wesley Pue book prize

     A History of Law in Canada, Volume One is a monumental and masterful work. It fills a gap in Canadian scholarship by providing a comprehensive, well-written and informative account of the history of law in Canada. Its 900 pages of text and footnotes reflect an astonishing range of knowledge. It breaks new ground in its… Read more »

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  • September 5, 2018 - Osgoode Society Osgoode Society book named Number 3 on Hill Times best 100 books of 2017’

    Osgoode Society book named Number 3 on Hill Times best 100 books of 2017 https://www.hilltimes.com/2017/12/18/hill-times-list-100-best-books-2017/128829

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  • September 5, 2018 - Recent Article and Review of Claire L’Heureux-Dube: A Life by Constance Backhouse

    Please see the recent  article and review of Claire L’Heureux-Dube: A Life which appeared in the Globe and Mail on Monday. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-retired-supreme-court-justice-claire-lheureux-dubes-biography/  

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  • June 1, 2018 - The Osgoode Society Awards honour emerging and established scholars, promote Canadian legal history

    Toronto — The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History is honouring four scholars at a special ceremony on June 14, in recognition of the recent contributions they have made to furthering Canadians’ understanding of the country’s legal history. At the Osgoode Society’s Annual Meeting, the following three awards will be presented: the R. Roy McMurtry… Read more »

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Recent News

  • November 13, 2023 Osgoode Society Oral History Director Featured in Globe and Mail
  • September 4, 2023 In Memoriam
  • July 1, 2023 Osgoode Society President, The Hon. Robert Sharpe, Awarded Order of Canada
  • May 29, 2023 Osgoode Society Book Wins The Canadian Law and Society Association Prize
  • May 8, 2023 In Memoriam Horace Krever
  • 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
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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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