SAVE THE DATE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO FOLLOW SOON Inaugural R. Roy McMurtry Lecture in Canadian Legal History. Delivered by Constance Backhouse.
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Inaugural R. Roy McMurtry Lecture in Canadian Legal History
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June 19, 2025 - Ian Radforth Wins Canadian Historical Association’s Clio Prize
We are thrilled to announce that Ian Radforth’ s Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario that Gripped the World has been given the Canadian Historical Association’s Clio Prize. The CHA awards its Clio Awards to the best books in regional history, as well as to individuals or historical societies who have made significant… Read more »
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The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court: 50 Years of History
Edited by Professors Martine Valois (University of Montreal), Ian Greene (York University), Craig Forcese (University of Ottawa), and Peter McCormick (University of Lethbridge). Published by Irwin Law. The book marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Court of Canada in 1971 and assesses the contributions of the Federal Court and the Federal Court… Read more »
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An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936
By Dennis G. Molinaro, Published by the University of Toronto Press. Section 98 of the Criminal Code of Canada was passed in 1919 following the Winnipeg general strike as a law aimed at ‘unlawful associations.’ Its very broad definition of unlawful association meant that it could be used against a wide variety of opponents of the status… Read more »
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UBC Medal for Canadian Biography
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Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution
Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, published by the University of British Columbia Press. Eric Adams is Professor of Law at the University of Alberta, Jordan Stanger-Ross is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. After the Second World War ended, Canada planned to banish over… Read more »
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Evening of Canadian Legal History -Sheilah Martin of the Supreme Court of Canada
Justice Sheilah Martin of the Supreme Court of Canada will discuss her career and her views on the importance of legal history. *** Approved for 1 hour of Professionalism Hours.
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Evening of Canadian Legal History – John Olthuis, the founder of Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
On November 1, John Olthius, the founder of Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP the leading Indigenous rights law firm in Toronto, will discuss his more than three decades of work in the field. ****Approved for 1 hour and 15 minutes of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Professionalism Hours.
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The Spinster and the Prophet: Florence Deeks, H.G.Wells, and the Mystery of the Purloined Past
by A.B. McKillop, Professor of History, Carleton University. Published with Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, 2000. One of Canada’s pre-eminent historians, A.B. McKillop has restored to life a unique tale of heroism and intrigue, obsession and betrayal. The novelist and social prophet H.G. Wells had a way with words, and usually had his way with women. That is,… Read more »
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Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J.L. Cohen
by Laurel Sefton Macdowell, Professor of History, University of Toronto. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2001. J.L. Cohen, one of the first specialists in labour law and an architect of the Canadian industrial relations system, was a formidable advocate in the 1930s and 1940s on behalf of working people. Cohen is best described as… Read more »
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