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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.
In 2014, the price of oil began crashing on world markets. Soon enough, Alberta’s formerly high-flying economy began to swoon as well – and it didn’t take long before Calgary-based accountant Nizam Shajani noticed a change in his clients. “They became a lot more sensitive to expenses, and a lot… Click to Continue Reading.
Maria Estela Anaya Reyes is not the type to shy away from a challenge. Undaunted by the prospect of beginning Osgoode’s Professional LLM in International Business Law in her second language, she touched down in Toronto as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections were engulfing her new home city in… Click to Continue Reading.
Keeping an open mind is the key to adapting as a newcomer to Canada’s legal community, according to Christianah Adeyemi. And she should know: the internationally-trained lawyer is licensed in Nigeria, but had never set foot in Canada before arriving to enrol in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in International Business Law… Click to Continue Reading.