Josh Weinstein of Winnipeg named winner of CBA’s 2014 Douglas Miller Award February 23, 2014 Josh Weinstein of Winnipeg is the winner of the Canadian Bar Association's 2014 Douglas Miller Award. The award was presented yesterday at the CBA Mid-Winter Meeting of Council at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
The CBA calls for greater bilingual capacity of Superior and Appeal Court Judiciary February 22, 2014 The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) affirms that bilingualism is an element of merit in the judicial appointment process and has adopted a resolution supporting equal access to justice for litigants, in their chosen official language.
The CBA calls for permanent mechanism to evaluate human rights in bids to host the Olympic Games February 22, 2014 The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) passed a resolution today urging the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee to create a permanent arm’s-length mechanism to monitor and evaluate human rights in bids to host the Olympic Games.
SOGIC Resolutions a February 22, 2014 SOGIC brought forward two resolutions at the mid-winter meeting.
Media Advisory: CBA to debate end-of-life, human rights at the Olympics, February 22-23 in Ottawa February 19, 2014 Do people have the right to choose the manner and time of their own death? Can law schools discriminate against students based on their sexual orientation?
The CBA Mid-Winter Meeting 2014: End of life, human rights, and non-discrimination to be debated February 14, 2014 Do people have the right to choose the manner and time of their own death? Can law schools discriminate against students based on their sexual orientation?
Message from the Chair February 14, 2014 Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, the saying goes. It’s also true that the less it changes, the more it stays the same. A century ago women demonstrated for the right to vote, but has having it made much of a difference?
Message from the Chair February 08, 2014 The CBA National Section on International Law had a busy year in 2013, and 2014 is shaping up to be a busy one as well, Section Chair Monique Pongracic-Speier writes.
Field Post - Update on Fort McKay First Nation Challenge to Dover Oil Sands Project January 31, 2014 In the January 10, 2014 issue of the Eco-Bulletin, we wrote about Fort McKay First Nation v. Alberta Energy Regulator, an intriguing appeal of the approval of an oil sands development in which the Alberta Court of Appeal would be asked to define the Alberta Energy Regulator’s jurisdiction to decide constitutional questions.
The CBA statement on Hryniak decision at SCC January 27, 2014 The CBA welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin.