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  • Annual Meeting of Members and Awards Ceremoney

    THE OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS & AWARDS CEREMONY On Wednesday, June 19th, 2019, the Society will hold its Annual Meeting in the Museum Room, 2nd Floor, Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West, Toronto, beginning at 5.30 o’clock in the afternoon. AGENDA  Approval of the Minutes from the… Read more »

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  • Canada’s Legal Past

    In July, Sunday 16th to Tuesday 18th, a conference on Canadian legal history – Canada’s Legal Past – will be held at the University of Calgary. For full details contact Professor Lyndsay Campbell at lcampbe@ucalgary.ca.

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  • The Annual Meeting of Congress 2017

    The Annual Meeting of Congress 2017, which brings together Canada’s academic associations, takes place this year at Ryerson University in Toronto, May 27 to June 2. This includes the Canadian Historical Association, May 29 to 31. For the full programme go to congress2017.ca.

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  • Welcome

    Established in 1979, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History publishes books on Canadian legal history, and creates and preserves an oral history archive. Since 1981 the Society has published more than 125 books on a diverse range of topics in Canadian legal history and has recorded more than 715 oral histories from various members… Read more »

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  • Donner Prize

    For the best book on Canadian public policy.

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  • Harold Adams Innis Prize

    Given each year for the best English language book supported by the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

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  • November 13, 2024 - Two Osgoode Society books have recently been recognized in book awards administered by national legal organizations

    Lori Cambers and Joan Sangster, eds., Essays in the History of Canadian Law Volume XII: New Essays in Women’s History (2023) was an honourable mention in the category of collective works awarded by the Fondaton du Barreau du Québec. Jim Phillips, Philip Girard and R. Blake Brown, A History of Law in Canada Volume II: Law for… Read more »

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  • In Memoriam- The Hon. R. Roy McMurtry

    It is with deep sadness that the Osgoode Society marks the death of the Hon. R. Roy McMurtry, on March 18 th , 2024. The preface to all of our books states that the Society was ‘founded at the initiative of The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry’ in the late 1970s. Roy also served many years… Read more »

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  • September 3, 2024 - Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Jim Phillips, Named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

    Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief Jim Phillips was recently named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The official announcement reads: “Jim Phillips, Professor of Law and History, University of Toronto, is a leading figure in the field of Canadian legal history. Phillips has been an intellectual leader in the expansion of legal scholarship beyond traditional… Read more »

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  • Jim Reynolds

    Wednesday, October 16: Jim Reynolds, Vancouver Lawyer. Jim Reynolds will talk about aboriginal law and Canadian history, subjects which were at the centre of a more than 40-year legal practice representing First Nations, especially the Musqueam of Vancouver. He has written a number of books, including Aboriginal Peoples and the Law: A Critical Introduction (Vancouver: UBC Press/Purich, 2018)… Read more »