Faculty in the News Archive 2008

• Professor Arthur Cockfield's opinion piece highlighting Santa’s ability to track children’s behaviour using today’s surveillance technologies is published in the Ottawa Citizen (December 11, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on the number of young people incarcerated in Canada and the Youth Criminal Justice Act (December 10, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on young offenders and mental health (November 24, 2008)


• Professor Bruce Pardy comments on the federal government’s plan to propose a North American climate change pact with U.S. president-elect Obama (November 6, 2008)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield comments on tax considerations for Canadians investing in U.S. companies (November 6, 2008)


• Professor Allan Manson commments on early parole for triple murderer Jesse Imeson (October 29, 2008)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield's opinion piece about the importance of the Working Income Tax Benefit is published in Kingston Whig-Standard (October 16, 2008)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on immigration as a forgotten election issue (October 6, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala continues to comment on a Conservative Party proposal to overhaul the Youth Criminal Justice Act (October 6, 2008)


• Professor Cherie Metcalf selected to Participate in inaugural Harvard-Stanford forum (October 6, 2008)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey profiled in Law Times' Women in Law series (September 29, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala continues to comment on a Conservative Party proposal to overhaul the Youth Criminal Justice Act (September 24, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on a Conservative Party proposal to overhaul the Youth Criminal Justice Act (September 23, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on acquittal of a teen charged with dangerous driving in a police chase (September 12, 2008)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield's op-ed on cross-border tax reform is published in National Post (September 6, 2008)


• Professor Erik Knutsen discusses the class-action lawsuit filed by victims of the deadly listeria contamination at a Toronto meat plant (September 2 and August 29, 2008)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on proposed tax reforms in New Brunswick (August 13, 2008


• Professor Darryl Robinson Comments on the Extradition of Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic (July 30, 2008)


• Professor Darryl Robinson Discusses the Arrest of Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes on CTV News (July 22, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments on the Custody Case involving Omar Khadr (July 20, 2008)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield Discusses a Recent Court Order for YouTube to Hand Over Video Logs to Viacom (July 4, 2008)


• Professor Allan Manson Comments about Justice John Gomery’s Relations with the Media during a High-profile Public Inquiry (June 27, 2008)


• An Article by Professor Nicholas Bala on the Concept of ‘Alienation’ in High-conflict Separations appears in The Lawyers Weekly (June 24, 2008)


• Professor Emeritus Stanley Sadinsky Reports on Helping Ontario’s Horse-racing and Horse-breeding Industries (June 23, 2008)


• Professor Allan Manson Comments about the Implications of a Mandatory Minimum Prison Term on Criminal Offenders (June 19, 2008)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey Comments about Gender-Based Tax Inequities (June 16, 2008)


• Professor Darryl Robinson Comments about International Laws and Nicholas Ribic Standing Trial for War Crimes in Bosnia (June 14, 2008)


• Professor Paul Paton's Article about the Competition Bureau's Report on Self-Regulated Professions is Published by Ontario Bar Association (June 1, 2008)


• Professor Bala Receives Distinguished Research Award (May 29, 2008)


• Professor Darryl Robinson Comments on Including Ukrainian Famine in Genocide Course (May 28, 2008)


• Professor Beverley Baines Continues to Comment about Polygamy Laws in Canada (May 27, 2008)


• Professors Beverley Baines and Nicholas Bala Comment about Canadian Polygamy Laws (May 24, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments about Polygamy in the Muslim Community (May 24, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Comments about Surveillance Apparatuses used by Bureaucracies around the World (May 24, 2008)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken is a Successful Co-Applicant of a $2.1 Million Research Grant (May 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments about a Ruling Related to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (May 17, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Continues to Comment about a Supreme Court Ruling that could Determine whether Young Offenders will still be Treated Differently than Adults (May 15, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments about a Supreme Court Ruling that could Determine whether Young Offenders will still be Treated Differently than Adults (May 15, 2008)


• Professor Beverley Baines Discusses Polygamy and the Law (May 15, 2008)


• Professor Paul Paton Comments on Multidisciplinary Practices, Accounting Firms and Legal Services in Canada (May 1, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Comments about Secure Transfer of Health Information (April 29, 2008)


• Professors Nicholas Bala and Beverley Baines Discuss the Polygamy Case in the B.C. Town of Creston (April 26, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments about Canadian Polygamy Laws (April 25, 2008)


• Professor Paul Paton Comments on the Law Society of Upper Canada's Proposed Retreat from Ethics Teaching in the Bar Admission Program (April 16, 2008)


• Professors Stuart and Bala Comment on the Reluctance to Prosecute Individuals in the Fundamentalist Mormon Community of Bountiful (April 9, 2008)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken Comments on a Clause in Canada's Immigration Law Often Used by Those Seeking Asylum (April 5, 2008)


• Dean Bill Flanagan Comments on the J.D. Degree Designation in The National Law Journal (March 27, 2008)


• Professor Emeritus Bernard Adell Comments on the Importance of Student-Edited Law Reviews (March 21, 2008)


• Professor Erik Knutsen Discusses Emerging Insurance Law Issues (March 21, 2008)


• Professor Bruce Pardy Comments about the Role of Citizens and Local Communities in Protecting the Environment (March 19, 2008)


• Professor Don Stuart Discusses the Possible Legal Implications of the Crime of Spreading False News (March 15, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Comments on Facebook and Academic Dishonesty (March 13, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Comments on the Use of New Surveillance Technology by Police (March 7, 2008)


• Professor Paul Paton Discusses the Ethical Challenges Facing Corporate Counsel (February 29, 2008)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey Comments on New Statistics Showing that Gays and Lesbians are Twice as Likely as Heterosexuals to be the Victims of Violent Crime (February 29, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Discusses the $2.5 million SSHRC Grant to the Surveillance Project on CKWS Television (February 26, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield is a Successful Co-Applicant of a $2.5 Million Research Grant (February 26, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments on the Number of Divorce Cases in Canada that End Up at Trial for Settlement (February 21, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Discusses the Need to Review Every Children’s Aid Society File that Involves an Opinion from Discredited Pathologist Charles Smith (February 9, 2008)


• A Report by Professor Martha Bailey Focusing on the Need to Enforce Criminal Sanctions Against the Practice of Polygamy is Highlighted in The Vancouver Sun (February 8, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Comments on the Privacy and Cultural Issues regarding Facebook (February 1, 2008)


• Professor Paul Paton’s Opinion Piece on the Ongoing ‘Sex with Clients’ Debate in the Legal Profession is Published in The Lawyers Weekly (January 30, 2008)


• Professor Bruce Pardy Discusses the Provincial Premiers’ Summit on Climate Change (January 29, 2008)


• An Interview with Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield on Protecting Kids Against Online Predators Appeared on CKWS Television (January 22, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments on Understanding Why Some Fathers Fade from the Lives of Their Children in the Years Following Divorce (January 17, 2008)


• Professor Paul Paton Comments on Competition Bureau’s Recent Report on Self-Regulated Professions (January 11, 2008)


• Professor Nicholas Bala Comments about Unreliable Forensic Pediatric Pathology Reports and the Child Protection System (January 8, 2008)


• Associate Dean Arthur Cockfield Comments on the Legalities of the Popular Networking Site, Facebook (January 4, 2008)