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The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 is a time for recognition and reflection on the impact of the Indian residential school system on Indigenous communities. As we approach the second marking of “Orange Shirt Day” as September 30 is also known, amongst other ways of honoring… Click to Continue Reading.
This Fall, Osgoode Professional Development welcomes more than 130 students from 23 different countries to our full-time programs in Canadian Common Law, International Business Law, General Law, and Taxation Law programs. Full-time students recently attended orientation – our first in-person orientation since 2019! “Being able to welcome our new students… Click to Continue Reading.
Prior to attending law school, Stacey Purser contemplated whether she should follow in the footsteps of her father by attending medical school or studying law. Ultimately, Stacey got back into academic studies by taking the Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure at Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD). When asked about… Click to Continue Reading.
Osgoode program uses thought-provoking scenarios to tackle HR issues Having worked for nearly five years as an HR professional, Lorron Andrews was looking to further her education beyond the Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree she attained in 2016. As an HR Generalist at Weir Minerals in Calgary, Andrews regularly helps… Click to Continue Reading.
From London, Ontario, to London, UK, Heather-Anne Hubbell’s career has brought her places she never imagined – thanks in no small part to her Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD) experiences. In the mid-90s, Hubbell was working as in-house tax counsel with Canada Trust in London, Ontario. But she knew Canada Trust… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Osgoode helped this UK-based lawyer and entrepreneur build her brilliant career
Growing up in the small town of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Paula Cashin dreamed of becoming a doctor. “I didn’t see anyone like me in medicine,” she says. “I came from a low socio-economic background, and I’m Mi’kmaw, and so these were challenges to being accepted, but as I… Click to Continue Reading.
The 8th annual Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD) showcased how resiliency and flexibility are essential for internationally trained lawyers to find their unique career paths into the Canadian legal profession. This year’s theme was about how resiliency and flexibility are essential to accreditation, licensing, transitioning into different roles and… Click to Continue Reading.
Inspector Kevin Cyr has been with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 21 years and is currently the Officer in Charge of the Lower Mainland District Integrated Emergency Response Team. He has a B.Sc. in Mathematics from St. Francis Xavier University and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School. In… Click to Continue Reading.
Sometimes, some of the best lessons involve “unlearning” old ones. That’s what a group of 15 lawyers discovered recently in a unique course offered by Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD), a division of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. The arts-based course, ALDR 6307: Creativity and Collaboration in Practice:… Click to Continue Reading.
Program SpotlightArts-based Osgoode Professional Development Course seeks to change conflict culture, one lawyer at a time
In Canada there are certainly hundreds – and more likely thousands – of discrete engagements between the Crown and Indigenous groups at any given time. These may be formal negotiation processes or various other forms of engagement or consultation. Moreover, they may involve the federal, provincial, or territorial executive and,… Click to Continue Reading.
Tyna Mason can’t point to the exact moment when she decided she needed to further her legal education – she can point to plenty of them. Since 2000, Mason has been legal counsel with British Columbia’s Ministry of the Attorney General, representing the provincial government on a wide variety of… Click to Continue Reading.