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  • "After-the-Fact and Too Late" Kent Roach on Why We Can't Wait to Reform Canadian Policing
    "After-the-Fact and Too Late" Kent Roach on Why We Can't Wait to Reform Canadian Policing
    June 29, 2022

    "After-the-Fact and Too Late" Kent Roach on Why We Can't Wait to Reform Canadian Policing

    With public confidence in police forces eroded by violence and corruption, including cases like the murders of Eric Garner and George Floyd, both Black men murdered by police officers—just two examples ...

  • "This is the Challenge of this Century" Maureen McTeer's New Book Explores Ethical & Legal Questions around IVF
    "This is the Challenge of this Century" Maureen McTeer's New Book Explores Ethical & Legal Questions around IVF
    June 27, 2022

    "This is the Challenge of this Century" Maureen McTeer's New Book Explores Ethical & Legal Questions around IVF

    As medical innovations, in particular in vitro fertilization, help provide options to prospective parents struggling with fertility issues, a host of legal and ethical questions come into play. Embryo ...

  • "Listening to the Voices of These Women Might Shift Discussions" Natasha Bakht Tackles the Canadian Niqab Controversy in Her New Book
    "Listening to the Voices of These Women Might Shift Discussions" Natasha Bakht Tackles the Canadian Niqab Controversy in Her New Book
    March 25, 2021

    "Listening to the Voices of These Women Might Shift Discussions" Natasha Bakht Tackles the Canadian Niqab Controversy in Her New Book

    University of Ottawa law professor Natasha Bakht, who holds the Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession, has spent years advocating for both women's rights and religious freedom. Her ...

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