CBA: Increasing corporate diversity and other Bill C-25 amendments
Press Release February 28, 2017 A submission on Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and the…
Benchmark Litigation names Gowling WLG Aboriginal Law Firm of the Year
Press Release February 24, 2017 Last night marked another impressive showing for Gowling WLG at the Benchmark Canada Awards gala in Toronto, with the firm taking home top honours for…
Two exceptional human rights defenders honoured by Law Society
Press Release Waleed Abu al-Khair and Cindy Blackstock, PhD, recognized for extensive contributions to human rights Toronto, ON — The Law Society of Upper Canada honoured two exceptional human rights advocates…
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Says Federal Law and Policy Reform Must Proceed in Full Partnership with First Nations
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Says Federal Law and Policy Reform Must Proceed in Full Partnership with First Nations February 22, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN)…
Two new projects support innovative, youth-led tech solutions to justice problems
Press Release February 21, 2017 The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce that the Winkler Institute at Osgoode Hall Law School and Ryerson University’s Legal Innovation Zone have…
Access to Legal Aid Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Press Release February 9th, 2017 In February 2017, West Coast LEAF’s Executive Director Kasari Govender traveled to Ottawa to appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Download…
Wanuskewin Heritage Park Thundering Ahead Capital Campaign
Press Release February 9, 2017 SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN: In an historic day at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon, Tribal Chief Felix Thomas of the Saskatoon Tribal Council and Wayne Brownlee, Executive…
Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture: Alumnus Ontario Chief Justice Strathy calls on justices to embrace ‘Gladue Spirit’ in sentencing as part of reconciliation
Press Release Judges should demonstrate “humility and humanity” when dealing with court cases involving Indigenous peoples, Ontario Chief Justice George Strathy, told a Faculty of Law audience at the Morris…
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Lawyers Recognized Nationally as Among the Best Lawyers in Canada
Press Release WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – 24 lawyers from Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) have been listed in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada by Best Lawyers®. The…
Calls for applications now open for Responsive Grants
Press Release January 23, 2017 Are you a nonprofit organization with an idea to improve access to justice for Ontarians? Then apply for a Responsive Grant. The Responsive Grants program…
