01/2017
Professor Heidi Matthews researches and teaches in the areas of international criminal law, the law of war, international legal history and political theory. Her work theorizes contemporary shifts in the practice and discourse of the global legal regulation of political violence, with particular attention to history and gender, as well as political, critical and aesthetic theory. Prior to joining Osgoode, Professor Matthews held a British Academy…
08/2020
…among others. Mr. Swan is recognized for his expertise and standing in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation and dispute resolution by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark Canada, Euromoney Litigation Expert Guide and Lexpert (Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers). Chambers Global observes that his courtroom presentation “leaves judges and even opposing counsel wide-eyed with ad…
06/2014
…ous firms of all sizes. Many go on to begin their own practices in diverse areas of law. Our graduates have clerked for the Supreme Court of Canada, and in a range of federal courts, appellate courts and trial courts. Many alumni serve the public by working in legal aid clinics and non-profit organizations and through a variety of other public sector employers. Our students are diverse in every sense, coming to us from undergraduate institutions a…
11/2019
…ities in order to contribute to climate change mitigation including in the areas of transportation, active transit, buildings, land use planning, energy provision, the protection of natural resources and financing. All teams participated between noon and 5 pm ET at a minimum, with many teams working longer days. At 12:30 pm ET, Dr. Dianne Saxe, former Environment Commissioner for Ontario, gave an address on Municipalities and Climate Change at Osg…
05/2024
…lending, wholesale and retail sales transactions and touches upon related areas. Coverage includes a brief introduction to the law of sale of goods, insolvency, suretyships, and selected aspects of the law that govern securities transfers, mostly all in the context of secured credit. Most of the course will deal with the financing of commercial and consumer transactions, particularly secured credit under the Ontario Personal Property Security Act…
08/2014
…ok Native Legal Services in Moosonee and later had his own practice in the areas of human rights, refugee law and indigenous rights. He joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General in 1989 to work on the development of Alternative Dispute Resolution programs and to initiate justice projects in indigenous communities. He was appointed to faculty at Osgoode in 1996 and is currently a director of the Justice and Corporate Accountability Projec…