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Dennis G. Molinaro
Dennis Molinaro, B.A. (Trent) M.A. (Queen’s) PhD ( Toronto). Dennis Molinaro currently he teaches Canadian foreign policy and the history of intelligence at OntarioTech University. He has also previously taught the History of Modern Espionage at the University of Toronto. He has researched and published a book and articles on the use of wartime powers… Read more »
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March 25, 2025 - Art Auction of Pieces of Work by The Hon. Roy McMurtry – April 24th
HeARTs for Hunger An Art Auction of Pieces of Work by the Hon. Roy McMurtry (1932-2024) SAVE THE DATE 24 April 2025 | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Osgoode Hall Lawyer, judge, and landscape painter. With a legacy of milestone contributions to the Ontario justice system during his time both as Attorney General… Read more »
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Indigenous Rights Litigator Jean Teillet
Jean Teillet will speak about her career in a question and answer session, which will also involve a discussion of the importance to her work of legal history. Jean has been litigator in the areas of Indigenous rights, including Métis rights, and in reproductive health law. Jean holds LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from the University… Read more »
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Student Ambassador Programme
The Osgoode Society has a Student Ambassador Programme at each of the Toronto law schools. Student Ambassadors organize periodic legal history events to promote the Society and subject to interested colleagues. The events also give the students the opportunity to connect with the lawyers and judges who comprise the Society’s directors. In October 2023 the… Read more »
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September 4, 2023 - In Memoriam
CHRIS ENGLISH. The Osgoode Society notes with deep regret the passing of one of our authors, Christopher (Chris) English, in St John’s on August 11, 2023. Chris was for many years a Professor of History at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a distinguished scholar of the history of France. In 1990, in the midst of… Read more »
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Podcast
Podcast: Time Immemorial The Osgoode Society is pleased to announce that we are sponsoring Time Immemorial, a series of podcasts which explore episodes of Canadian legal history. The podcasts are researched and written by two of our members, Preston Lim and Gregory Ringkamp. For a list of those currently available see below. We will place all episodes of Time… Read more »
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Oral History Program
The Osgoode Society’s Oral History Program is the world’s largest oral history program dedicated to legal history. Since 1979, the Society has conducted more than 730 interviews and deposited over 100,000 pages of transcripts in the Archives of Ontario. Interview subjects include lawyers, judges, politicians, and members of the police services. Interview documentation consists of… Read more »
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Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop
Osgoode Society Legal History Workshops 2011-2024 OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS IN FALL 2024 AND WINTER 2025: All sessions start at 6.30 EST. Email j.phillips@utoronto.ca for the link. 2024 Fall Term Schedule Wednesday September 11 – Nina Patti and Jim Phillips, University of Toronto: ‘The 1930 Divorce Act: The Demise of Parliamentary Divorce for Ontario.’… Read more »
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David Murray
David Murray is Professor Emeritus with the University of Guelph. Before his retirement, Professor Murray was, from 1967, a member of the university’s Faculty of History. Professor Murray has also been a Resident Historian at the Department of External Affairs (1971-1972), and Dean of the College of Arts at the University of Guelph (1980-1992). His… Read more »