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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David H. Flaherty
Between 1965 and 1999 David Flaherty taught at Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and, principally, the University of Western Ontario where he taught law and history. While at the University of Western Ontario (1972-1999), he was the first director of the Centre for American Studies. He is now a Professor Emeritus. David Flaherty has… Read more »
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Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada
R. Blake Brown, Professor of History, St Mary’s University. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2012. $45.00; Student Price: $20.00. The topic of gun control is never far from the public eye in this country, taking centre stage whenever a dramatic shooting occurs and invariably featuring in debates about Canadian-American distinctions. This is the… Read more »
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What is Oral History?
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Susan Binnie
Susan Binnie is an independent scholar living in Toronto. She was formerly a professor at the University of Ottawa and was also a visiting fellow at the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto. She has published on parole and legal history. She will be continuing her involvement with the Osgoode Society as the co-editor of… Read more »
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Lori Chambers
Lori Chambers is a professor in the department of Women’s Studies at Lakehead University and is the current Undergraduate Chair of the department as well as a member of the Senate. She teaches in the areas of feminist theory, queer studies and women’s legal history and contemporary legal issues. Professor Chambers research focuses on adoption,… Read more »
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Dominique Clement
Dominique Clément is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta and a member of the Royal Society of Canada (CNSAS). He is the author of Canada’s Rights Revolution, Equality Deferred, Human Rights in Canada, and Debating Rights Inflation. He is also the co-editor for Alberta’s Human Rights Story and Debating Dissent. Clément has been a Visiting Scholar in… Read more »
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George Finlayson
The Honourable George D. Finlayson 1928-2008. Esq., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D The Honourable George D. Finlayson was born in Winnipeg, MB in 1928. He started his post-secondary education in a pre-med program; however, after the first year he enrolled in an Honours Arts program at the University of Toronto. He graduated in 1949 with a Pass… Read more »
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2019 BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
November 7, 2019 ANNUAL BOOK LAUNCH Join us for the Osgoode Society’s Annual Book Launch on November 7 from 5:00 to 7:30 in Convocation Hall at Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West. We are celebrating the publication of two fine works of legal history: Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer by Harry… Read more »
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Floyd Chalmers Award
Given annually by the Champlain Society for writing on Ontario history.
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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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