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Qaiser Fahim remembers clearly the life-or-death dilemma that set him on a path to Osgoode Hall. He was working in Saskatchewan as a bioethicist, providing consultation to physicians and families on some of the prickliest ethical problems encountered in the province’s hospitals—including end-of-life decisions. On this occasion, Fahim faced what… Click to Continue Reading.
The COVID pandemic has reinforced both the critical importance and vulnerability of our healthcare system. There are hundreds of thousands of Canadians in the healthcare workforce, and Canadian healthcare is tightly woven with legal requirements, restrictions, risks and responsibilities. To meet the needs of those working, or advising, in the… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Matias Gabriel Zerbino, Senior Tax Manager at Scotiabank, and our very own Taxation Law LLM alumnus, to discuss his professional journey and how he got to where he is today. Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Matias was raised in a small… Click to Continue Reading.
There’s no such thing as a typical Osgoode LLM student, especially when it comes to students who don’t have a legal background. These students make up about one-third of our student body across all specializations and come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The diversity of our student body is… Click to Continue Reading.
Political and economic instability continues to influence global financial markets, and the COVID pandemic has only increased pressure on governments around the world to manage complex fiscal challenges. We may all be asking ourselves whether more countries around the world are on the brink of bankruptcy, and what options governments… Click to Continue Reading.
Looking to explore a new city this summer? Spend your summer with us and explore everything Osgoode and the city of Toronto have to offer! Studying abroad is a great opportunity for international students who want to invest in their academic and professional futures. Not only does it open the… Click to Continue Reading.
Each year the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) receives submissions for its four regional best student paper awards. We’re pleased to announce that David Cade, LL.M. Taxation (2021) received the CTF-Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Award for the best Ontario paper of 2020-21, for his paper, Reimagining the Offshore Investment Fund Property Rule:… Click to Continue Reading.
Anna Tersigni is the Director of Quality & Risk, Chief Privacy Officer at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in Waterloo-Wellington. Anna is a passionate and lifelong learner, having taken 10 health and elder law programs at Osgoode Professional Development, including: two half-day sessions, four one-day sessions and four Certificate… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Janet Walker, Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School teaching International Commercial Arbitration in the International Business Law LLM. Professor Walker told us of her professional journey, and how it led to the magnificent achievement of appointment to the Order of Canada. The… Click to Continue Reading.
In 2015, Dian Thompson wasn’t just busy—like many young law students, she was pretty much completely out of bandwidth. In the middle of a full courseload as a law student at Kingston, Jamaica’s Norman Manley Law School, the 31-year-old was simultaneously juggling a legal internship, work at a community legal-aid… Click to Continue Reading.
Leading Canadian fertility lawyers Sara R. Cohen and Ellen K. Embury are the program chairs of our biennial Fertility Law one-day intensive conference. Sara R. Cohen is the owner of Fertility Law Canada™ at D2Law LLP in Toronto, Ontario, and Ellen K. Embury is a partner at Carbert Waite LLP… Click to Continue Reading.
Program Spotlight5 Questions with Leading Canadian Fertility Lawyers Sara R. Cohen & Ellen K. Embury