On Thursday March 15th 2018, the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law will receive Rodney Small, the young teenager who, in 1997, was at the heart of a Supreme Court decision pertaining to the recognition of systemic racism when establishing the credibility of a witness. In R v S (RD), in rendering a…
On Thursday, March 29, 2018, the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law has the privilege of hosting Jacques Berlinerblau, Professor at the prestigious Georgetown University, Director of the Center for Jewish Civilization, and Chairman of the Jewish Civilization Rabbi Harold White. Professor Berlinerblau writes and publishes on a variety of topics, including the…
On March 22nd 2018, the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law will welcome Roméo Saganash, a Cree lawyer and politician, to discuss the meaning and scope of aboriginal rights in Canada in light of the reconciliation process undertaken by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2015, the Commission published a report acknowledging the suffering of those affected directly…
On February 1st 2018, the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law will welcome Mindy Pollack, the first Hassidic Jewish woman to be elected as a municipal councillor in Montreal. In the context of the famous Supreme Court of Canada Amselem case heard in 2004, Mindy Pollack will share her perspective on multiculturalism without…
On January 25th 2018, the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law will welcome Gurbaj Singh Multani, the young teenager who appealed his case for freedom of religion before the highest tribunal of the country in 2006. In Multani v Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Multani was defending his right to wear his kirpan at school,…
Professor Pascale Fournier will be honored to be the keynote speaker for the annual conference of the Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religions of Sherbrooke University (SoDRUS). This year, the theme of the conference will be « Muslim communities in Canada: religion, law, and politics. Perspectives on vivre-ensemble in democratic spaces, identity pluralism and faith…
On January 18th 2018, the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law invites Marie-Thérèse Toutant to discuss and share her personal experience of the scope and the essence of people’s rights and freedoms. On the occasion of a discussion of the very polemical decision reached by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2012 in…
This spring, Professor Fournier will co-publish with her student, Anne-Sophie Ouellet, an article in the European and International Journal of Tax law, entitled « Union, disunion and reunion: tax analysis of families in Canada ». This article focuses on the definition of the « family » in Canadian tax law and on how this definition impacts the right to…
Invited by the Centre canadien de français juridique inc (CCFJ), Professor Pascale Fournier will deliver the keynote speech at the occasion of their annual workshop for perfecting French legal terminology addressed to Crown prosecutors, probation officers and court clerks from across Canada. Created in 2010 to contribute to the Department of Justice’s efforts to improve…
