Headline Reviews
- New Rules Allow Alberta Barkeepers to Keep Track of "Problem" Customers
- Reference Case to Confirm Constitutionality of Federal Securities Regulation
- Top Court Rejects Re-hearing of Alberta Hutterites Photo-ID Case
- Federal Court Rules on P.M. Harper’s Premature Election
- Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Omar Khadr Repatriation Order
Announcements
CAREER OPPORTUNITY: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Centre is pleased to participate in the Third Law and Parliament Conference of The Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law to be held November 12-14, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. For an invitation and conference program click here.
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Volume 14.1 of the Review of Constitutional Studies was published in September 2009. To view the table of contents, click here.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITY: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Centre for Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta is recruiting for a dynamic, creative Executive Director. As the Centre moves towards its 30th anniversary, the Executive Director will have the skills and initiative to: 1) maintain the Centre's outstanding reputation for producing high-quality, timely, and thought-provoking resources for academic and public audiences, 2) advance the Centre's research agenda and activities, 3) oversee the Centre's commitment to public legal education, and 4) position and showcase the Centre as a leading interdisciplinary research centre. The Executive Director reports to the Chair of the Centre's Board and supervises two full-time staff; the Centre also employs several part-time student researchers. For more information and to apply for the position, visit: http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/competition.aspx?id=A10019779.
Podcast: "Expression and Discrimination under Alberta Human Rights Law"
A lively and informative panel discussion of the Boissoin v. Lund case, held in Edmonton on October 1, 2009.
Panelists:
- Yessy Byl (Human Rights Education Project, Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre)
- Janet McCready (Peacock Linder & Halt LLP, counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
- Patrick Nugent (Chivers Carpenter Lawyers, counsel for Dr. Darren Lund)
- Patricia Paradis (Paradis & Associates, instructor in Human Rights Law)
- Ken Dickerson, moderator (Centre for Constitutional Studies)
Play the Podcast: Running time approximately 90 minutes
Constitutional Issues
- The Issues in Boissoin v. Lund: Expression and Discrimination under Alberta Human Rights Law
- Senator Hugh Segal on Citizenship, Parliament and the Charter Override Taboo
- Conacher v. Canada (Prime Minister): Taking the 2008 Federal Election to Court
Featured Court Rulings
- Alberta v. Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony (2009)
- R. v. Patrick – Is There a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Garbage? (2009)
Events
10.14.10 22nd Annual McDonald Constitutional Lecture Read More
Constitutional Keywords
This Constitutional Keyword list is intended to assist members of the public in understanding several key words and concepts that recur in Canadian constitutional debates. Browse the Keywords