David Shannon has held positions in academia, law, social services, and human rights in both Ontario and Nova Scotia, and worked with the United Nations to advance disability rights on an international level.
The Honorable Harvey Brownstone was born in Paris, France, in 1956 and grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, where his father was the director of the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre and his mother owned a highly successful clothing line. He attained his law degree from the Queen’s University and was called to the Ontario bar in 1983. From a young age, …
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A significant legal figure who had a profound influence on the history of Canadian law, the Honourable Justice Julius Isaac served in many important roles, including as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario and as a chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada—the first Person of Colour to be appointed to that bench. Born in 1928 in …
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Born in 1953, Corrine Sparks became the first Black Nova Scotian judge and the first Black woman judge in Canada. After serving as an attorney in Halifax for six years, Justice Sparks was appointed to the Nova Scotia Family Court judiciary in 1987. Justice Sparks grew up in Lake Loon, a small, segregated community in rural Nova Scotia, and traces …
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After the shootings in Ottawa’s downtown core, Craig Forcese, uOttawa and author of National Security Law, and Kent Roach, University of Toronto, and author of Criminal Law, responded to questions posed by Irwin Law on terrorism law issues. These two individuals may have been on a “watch list” and at least one had his passport revoked. Is there any …
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Craig Forcese, author of National Security Law and co-author of The Laws of Government and International Law: Doctrine, Practice, and Theory, offers a thoughtful and informative blog post about independence and judicial appointments. Read the article, as well as a 40-page excerpt from The Laws of Government, here.