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  • Headshot: J. Patrick Boyer

    J. Patrick Boyer

    B.A. (Carleton), M.A., LL.B. (Toronto), Q.C., of the Ontario Bar.

    J. Patrick Boyer is the president of Blue Butterfly Books, an independent Canadian fiction and non-fiction publisher. He has written numerous books on law and public policy, and has also served on the national council of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Mr. Boyer has worked as an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science… Read more »

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  • Headshot: Beverley Boissery

    Beverley Boissery

    B.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (British Columbia).

    Beverley Boissery is a independent historian and an author. She has written eleven books ranging from academic history to young adult fiction. In the 1960s she worked as an elementary school teacher and then went back to school in the 1970s to earn her Bachelor’s degree and Doctorate. She has been a scholar-in-residence at Regent… Read more »

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  • Headshot: G. Blaine Baker

    G. Blaine Baker

    B.A. (Huron College), LL.B. (Western Ontario), LL.M. (Columbia)

    G. Blaine Baker was a Professor Emeritus at McGill University before his untimely death in 2018. Prior to joining McGill in 1981 he was a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. During his time at McGill he served as Associate Dean (Academic) from 1999 to 2001 and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) from… 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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  • 40th Anniversary Dinner

    The Osgoode Society is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY PLEASE E-MAIL amanda.campbell@osgoodesociety.ca IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITLIST-THANK YOU. The Hon. Robert Sharpe, President, and the Directors of the society invite you to mark this occasion, at which the special guest will be the Hon.R…. Read more »

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    This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from Osgoode Society (the “Site”). Personal information we collect When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of… Read more »

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  • Awards

    Over the years our books have won many prestigious awards. Most recently, one of out 2022 members’ books, Jim Phillips, Philip Girard and R. Blake Brown, A History of Law in Canada Volume II: Law for the New Dominion, 1867-1914, was awarded the Canadian Law and Society Association’s Prize for the best book published in 2022…. Read more »

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  • June 30, 2025 - Law Society of Ontario Presents Honoaray LLD to the Honourable Paul Schabas

    Please join us in congratulating our President, The Hon. Paul Schabas, on receiving an Honorary LLD from The Law Society of Ontario. The Law Society awards honorary doctorates each year to distinguished individuals in recognition of outstanding achievements in service to the legal profession, the rule of law, and the cause of justice. https://lso.ca/gazette/news/gazette-news-2025/law-society-presents-honorary-lld-to-the-hono-(12)

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  • Wayne Sumner

    Wayne Sumner is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto. His professional teaching and research have focused on ethical theory, applied ethics (especially bioethics), political philosophy, and philosophy of law. He is the author of six books including The Hateful and the Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression (2004)… 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 »