The Osgoode Securities Law Association (OSLA) is a new club at Osgoode Hall Law School formed by a group of students interested in facilitating opportunities to learn and network in the area of securities laws. Because of the increasing reliance on capital markets by businesses and citizens, securities law is becoming an ever-more significant area of practice and expertise. OSLA aims to keep a...
The Osgoode Women’s Network (OWN) is a student organization at Osgoode Hall Law School offering the opportunity for student involvement and focusing on professional and personal development. Founded in 2009 in support of Ontario’s Justicia Project, OWN’s mission is to advance women in law. We have since become one of the largest groups at Osgoode. We provide an inclusive...
Imagine if six months ago you knew that the coronavirus pandemic was coming, yet you still had to keep making plans for the future that you knew inevitably would be completely disrupted. This is how many young people feel about planning their lives while staying acutely aware of the reality of the climate crisis. Over the past six months COVID-19 has monopolized the attention of governments...
The Osgoode Privacy Law Society (OPLS) is passionate about increasing awareness about interdisciplinary privacy issues in industries such as health, employment, and technology. OPLS is dedicated to supplementing the foundational privacy seminar at Osgoode Hall Law School to provide students with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge about an increasingly important area of practice through...
Lydia Dobson Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Lydia Dobson (2L) is a dedicated social activist who has for many years been involved in...
Lorraine Chuen Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Lorraine Chuen (1L) is a writer, zine-maker, and graphic designer interested in building...
During the summer of 2017, when I was working for AT&T as IT support in one of their Canadian offices, I was shocked to see and hear about the low prices that Americans have for their wireless plans. For virtually the same plan as my own at Telus, AT&T consumers were paying anywhere from 50-70% less. Upon realizing how much I was paying, I started looking at different providers and...
Krisna Saravanamuttu Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Krisna Saravanamuttu (3L) is a dedicated social activist who has for many years been...
Priyanka Sharma Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Priyanka Sharma (1L) is a community activist who is involved in a number of movements...
Devin Glim Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Devin Glim (1L) is an activist in the disability justice movement. He highlighted his work with...
On March 11, 2020, OWN teamed up with other equity-seeking clubs on campus to collectively celebrate IWD 2020 at Osgoode. On Sunday March 8, 2020, the world celebrated International Women’s Day. This year’s International Women’s Day campaign theme was titled, “Each for Equal,” and centered on the notion of “collective individualism.” According to this notion, all persons are parts of a...
Adam Lee Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Adam Lee (3L) is an activist who has attended several labour rallies over the past year...
Sara Ferguson Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Sara Ferguson (2L) grew up in Northern Ontario and is a first-generation law student. They...
Edith Barabash Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Edith Barabash (2L) is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Farmhouse Garden Animal Home...
Barbara Brown Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Barbara Brown (2L) is Equity Advisor for Osgoode’s Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA)...
Emily King Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Emily King (3L) is from the Georgian Bay Métis community in Penetanguishene, Ontario. She is Co...
Erin Sobat Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Erin Sobat (2L) has interests in labour and employment, criminal, and human rights law. For...
Gabby Aquino Law students wear many hats, and at Osgoode, many students also wear the hat of being community organizers. I had the honour of interviewing 12 JD students about their involvement in various social justice movements and community initiatives this past year. Here is an overview of their work. Gabby Aquino (1L) is a settler with Philippine roots living in Tkaronto, with stories to...
In conversation with Adam Knauff, Wade Poziomka, and Camille Labchuk Adam Knauff is an ethical vegan and a firefighter who has been employed with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources for over a decade. In July 2017, Adam was deployed to Williams Lake, British Columbia. Meals at the base camp were provided by a company contracted by the Ministry. He relied on vegan meals from the Ministry, and...
Learning About to Learn From It’s no surprise that a Supreme Court Justice has a lot to teach an audience of eager law students, but the Honourable Justice Iacobucci showed that there is much more to learn about the law and Canada by listening to the stories of how we all came to be. In an event hosted by the Canadian Italian Association of Osgoode (CIAO), an Osgoode club whose goal is to empower...
What Happened at OWN’s Biggest Event of the Year? On Tuesday February, 25, 2020, the Osgoode Women’s Network (“OWN”) held its seventh annual “OWN Your Career,” event, the Network’s culminating event of the school year, at the Gladstone Hotel. This evening was designed for two main purposes: to provide a chance for Osgoode’s women-identifying students to network and make new connections with women...
Soon Osgoode will be abuzz with the L&L spring elections. You’ll hear candidates making their best pitch as to why they should represent the student body; you’ll see posters of candidates around the building; you’ll be diligently watching the all-candidates debate (which is probably even more popular than the US presidential debate). You may be wondering to yourself now whether you should...
On the importance of an anti-oppression lens in ELGC and beyond Last month, 1L students kicked off their Winter semester with two weeks of Osgoode’s mandatory course, Ethical Lawyering in a Global Community. Known to most as ELGC, the course aims to orient new law students to professional norms and ethical issues faced by lawyers. The course was introduced to Osgoode in 2006 and covers topics...
The Osgoode Chapter of the Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) is hosting its first networking event of the semester and it is one you do not want to miss! The theme will be Transnational Corporations and Social Responsibility. Those who are passionate or interested in human rights, Indigenous, environmental, public interest, or international law are encouraged to attend...
Heads up Osgoode! The Competition Law Society (TCLS) is hosting an exciting contest after reading week! We will be calling for short submissions––it can literally be as short as a Facebook post––about a hot competition related issue that you have come across! What kind of issues would be considered relevant to competition law, you might ask? Here are some examples of topics that you...