Gerry Ferguson Receives UVic Academic Honour

University of Victoria Law Professor Gerry Ferguson is one of the first recipients of the UVic Distinguished Professorships, the university’s highest academic honour for faculty members. The Professorships were announced at the 2002 fall convocation ceremonies.

“This is the university’s way of recognizing some of our faculty members who excel all-round – individuals who are gifted classroom teachers, internationally respected scholars, and committed citizens of the university community,” said UVic Vice-President Academic Jamie Cassels.

Professor Ferguson, who joined UVic’s law faculty in 1976, has a national and international reputation as a criminal law scholar, especially regarding Canadian criminal jury instructions. In 1988, he helped introduce co-operative education to UVic law and it remains the only co-op law program in Canada. He was involved in creating the Akitsiraq law program where Inuit students in Nunavut are earning UVic law degrees without having to leave the north. Mr. Ferguson will use his distinguished professorship to continue research into restorative justice.


North Vancouver Lawyer Climbs Mt Kilimanjaro
Congratulations to Deborah Harden, a North Vancouver lawyer, who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of B.C. and the Yukon in October 2002.

Ms. Harden was part of an 11-member, all-female ascent team that climbed the world’s highest freestanding mountain and raised more than $120,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Anyone who would like to donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes of children facing life-threatening illnesses, can call the B.C. and Yukon Division of the Foundation at 604-688-7944 or visit www.makeawish.ca.

These articles were published in the February 2003 issue of BarTalk. © 2003 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.