Staff
Administrator
(780) 492-5681
tpercheson@law.ualberta.ca
Student Researchers
Board
The Board governs the Centre for Constitutional Studies. Board members represent a variety of academic units at the University of Alberta as well as the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic). Several members of the Board are drawn from outside the university community including government, the judiciary, the legal community, the non-profit sector and the private sector.
About Us
The Centre's 2010 - 2011 Annual Report is available for viewing (PDF format).
The Centre for Constitutional Studies was established in the fall of 1987 as a result of the collaborative efforts of the Departments of History and Political Science and the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. The Centre was founded to encourage and facilitate the interdisciplinary study of constitutional matters both nationally and internationally. The Centre's research activities are complemented by an education programme consisting of public lectures, conferences and publications. The Centre also serves as a clearing house for information and materials relevant to constitutional studies.
The Centre's active publication program is interdisciplinary in scope and covers a wide range of constitutional subjects. Centre projects and conferences have culminated in a series of books, such as those on freedom of expression, language rights, and Aboriginal rights, which have been published in association with legal publishers and university presses. The Centre also regularly publishes two periodicals, Constitutional Forum constitutionnel and the Review of Constitutional Studies / Revue d'études constitutionnelles. These periodicals include timely commentaries and scholarly essays on constitutional subjects with contributions from both established and newly emerging scholars.
The Centre has hosted a variety of conferences, symposia, and panel discussions on constitutional topics of national importance. These events involve scholars from a variety of disciplines, government officials, lawyers, and the general public. In addition, since 1989, the Centre has hosted the McDonald Constitutional Lecture, an annual series of lectures held in memory of the Honourable Justice David C. McDonald of the Alberta Court of Appeal.