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Wednesday, October 17, 2018, is the day a wide range of new legal mechanisms come into effect, all “sparked” (and I promise not to put that word in quotes again!) by the legalization and regulation of recreational cannabis use in Canada. This day has occasioned a host of important questions… Click to Continue Reading.
* The names in this article have been adjusted to initials to protect our client. Would you rather count on “good faith” from your boss or know what can lose you your job and what can’t? Sabsay Lawyers recently won a favourable decision at the ON Court of Appeal in… Click to Continue Reading.
Five years ago, I wrote an article for Canadian Lawyer, Reconciliation with the Métis: The Time Has Come. On Sept. 22, the joint announcement made by Canada and the Manitoba Metis Federation may finally signal that the time is now. This announcement included a commitment from Canada to transfer $154.3… Click to Continue Reading.
In 2019, Osgoode Professional Development is expanding its participation in the Institute for the Future of Law Practice (IFLP). What is IFLP? IFLP is a collaboration amongst participating law schools and legal services employers of all kinds to develop and deliver training and paid internships in skills including; the business… Click to Continue Reading.
It is incredibly empowering here at OsgoodePD to be able to speak to such amazing women paving the way for others in the traditionally male-dominated construction and energy industries. As part two of our three-part feature on a ‘powerhouse trio’ of women in construction and energy, we had the pleasure… Click to Continue Reading.
It was a “hallelujah moment,” so to speak, when the Government of Canada announced its national Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, highlighting IP as a priority for the country. After decades of neglect, IP is finally getting the attention it rightly deserves from Ottawa. The IP Strategy announced on February 27, 2018,… Click to Continue Reading.
This year Osgoode Professional Development welcomes 150 new incoming students to our part-time professional graduate LLM programs. Our students have a wide array of professional and educational backgrounds, and each has a unique reason for pursuing an LLM with OsgoodePD. We are thrilled to introduce you to some of our… Click to Continue Reading.
*This is Part I of a three-part feature on the ‘powerhouse trio’ of women in construction and energy. Read Part II here* With an industry that seems to be lacking with women, we had the honour to talk to Zey Emir, a professional engineer, and construction expert, who is the… Click to Continue Reading.
A few weeks ago, Osgoode Hall Law School hosted Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD) to showcase the strength of internationally-trained talent in Toronto. We had a diverse array of lawyers from different countries attend to meet other like-minded individuals so they can build their own networks in Canada. The… Click to Continue Reading.
Canada presently boasts a population of more than 770,000 people aged 85 or older. In recent years, this group has grown nearly four times faster than the growth rate for Canada’s overall population. By 2051, Statistics Canada predicts that this number will increase more than threefold, such that 2.7 million… Click to Continue Reading.