Greetings from Tokyo! Your correspondent has now landed in Japan for an exchange semester at Waseda Law School. As introduced before, this semester the Obiter Dicta will bring you a special series covering the amazing experiences of fellow Osgoode students who are spending a semester abroad at one of Osgoode’s partner schools worldwide. As for myself, I will be presenting a little slice of the...
1L student Nadia Klein, whose roots in the arts began here in Toronto, comes from a prestigious background in perfecting the cello. Since playing the cello from the young age of 6, Nadia completed her Bachelor of Music Performance at the University of Toronto before continuing on to receive her Masters of Music Performance and Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of...
Thinking green is becoming more elusive to the Canadian public, as the day-to-day tasks of life preoccupy our minds and influence our every action. It seems that being environmentally conscious in our lives has become something that must be an active and deliberate choice, as opposed to a way we carry out various aspects of our daily lives on a constant basis. For instance, the purchase of a...
By now a good majority of the Osgoode community has taken a virtual culinary journey across the world, thanks to our own culinary critic and food-blogger extraordinaire, Annie Chu. Through her blog, Chu on This, Annie’s creativity and inner-foodie has really taken off. Chu on This (www.chuonthis.ca) offers an epicurean voyage, as she documents the sights, smells, and tastes of famous eateries and...
Kate Cash is one amazing second year student. As a fellow Section D buddy and having seen her perform, I wanted to write about her for the second edition of Avant Garde – but through the process, I learned that my talented friend can teach us about the importance of following your heart, but keeping your brain fed, too, throughout the journey. Kate has been a musician and bartender for much of...
There is no longer the notion of a ‘typical law school applicant’ – the Osgoode student body represents an increasingly assorted lot of personal and academic backgrounds. Among these diverse pre-law histories are those who come from fine arts programs – so many of our classmates bring with them their musical, theatrical, and other artistic talents. This is in many regards...
Last Sunday was more than a high-school reunion. In retrospect I took away more appreciation for artists, especially those dedicated to their craft despite the difficult reality of an artist’s lifestyle. I learned too that law students need to look at their lives in perspective, and understand that every profession has seemingly insurmountable challenges: to each their own. I am interviewing...
MARIE PARK <Layout Editor> As night fell upon the streets of Toronto on October 5, 2013, hundreds of thousands congregated to experience Nuit Blanche. Though many were artists in their own right, many were also members the general public with a topical understanding and awareness of modern art. Many such individuals may know of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, but may shake their head when...
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK
<Staff Writer>
Even though it was a Friday afternoon leading up to Reading Week, the small meeting room was packed. The rest of campus was all but in a rush to start their weekends, but the audience at the talk given by Professor David Moran listened in hushed attention
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK
<Staff Writer>
A great number of Canadians wake up to coffee, and before the day ends will have had several more cups of something hot.
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK
<Staff Writer>
November 17th was World Prematurity Awareness Day. It may have been a singular date to give a moment to think about one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality and increased risk of a multitude of neurological, cardiovascular, and other conditions.
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK
<Staff Writer>
Apart from the other news stories and the week of gloomy weather Sandy has presented us, her sweep across the continent has presented us with a unique question. In New York, residents whose power and cell phone reception went down had to rely on public pay phones
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK
<Staff Writer>
Even the youngest of the Osgoode student body recalls the days when the internet and communications technology first exploded in our society, pervading every aspect of everyday life from the fundamental to the mundane.
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK <Staff Writer> More and more women are being admitted to law schools, a trend that is being observed across the country and over the past many decades. A long time ago, it was a remarkable struggle to be able to attend law school as a woman, but today the statistics show that women trump men in this calling, at least in number. Of the entering class of 2012 of the first...
JIHEE (MARIE) PARK <Contributor> Swedish researchers and doctors have successfully carried out human uterus transplants from mother to daughter. This will no doubt be cause of much talk in ethics that will force us to re-examine the acceptable limits of medical science and its technological applications. Swedish doctors and researchers are boasting about their recent accomplishment, a...