Osgoode Society President Robert Sharpe was awarded the Order of Canada for his distinguished contributions to the advancement of law in Canada as both a judge and academic. Congratulations Mr. President.
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July 1, 2023 - Osgoode Society President, The Hon. Robert Sharpe, Awarded Order of Canada
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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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Prof. Jim Phillips
Jim Phillips is Professor of Law and History at the University of Toronto, and Editor-in-Chief of the Osgoode Society. He will speak about the book he is currently writing, a socio-legal history of women’s status, marriage breakdown, civil litigation and parliamentary divorce in Ontario in the 1870s. Currently tentatively scheduled for Wednesday February 28th. REGISTER HERE… Read more »
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What is Oral History?
Oral History What is Oral History? Historians have traditionally relied on documents of various kinds while conducting their research. But documents are often insufficient for fully reconstructing the past, and this is as true of legal history as of any other field of history. Court and other legal records from the past have been lost,… Read more »
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Patrons
Patrons of the Society Professor Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Chernos, Flaherty, Svonkin LLP Gowling WLG Hull & Hull LLP Mr. Wayne Kerr The Law Foundation of Ontario McCarthy Tétrault LLP Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Pape Chaudhury LLP Professor Richard Risk and Gail Morrison… Read more »
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Memoirs and Reflections
by The Hon. R. Roy McMurtry, published with the University of Toronto Press. In addition to his most important accomplishment, the founding of the Osgoode Society, Roy McMurtry recounts and reflects on his years as a criminal defence lawyer, attorney-general of Ontario, High Commissioner to the UK, and Chief Justice of Ontario. Along the way… 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 19, 2015 - Justice Robert J. Sharpe new president of the Osgoode Society
At this evening’s meeting of the board of directors of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, Justice Robert J. Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal was elected president of the Society. While R. Roy McMurtry, the founder and of the society and its long-serving president, has decided to step down, he will not… Read more »
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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 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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