Faculty in the News Archive 2009

• Professor Sharryn Aiken's letter to the editor on deportation and torture is published in the Globe and Mail (December 18, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on gender bias against men in family courts (December 9, 2009)


• Professor Bruce Pardy comments on the debate over climate change (December 8, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on legislation to reform Canada’s refugee system (December 2, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken co-authors op-ed on Canada's refugee policies (November 28, 2009)


• Professor Allan Manson comments on new dangerous offender provisions in federal law (November 27, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on gender income (November 26, 2009)
  
  
• Professor Kathleen Lahey receives Canadian Bar Association Award for her work in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and two-spirited movement (November 25, 2009)


• British study of Canadian youth crime laws draws heavily on analysis by Professor Nicholas Bala's research group (November 10, 2009)


• Professor Don Stuart comments on Canada following the United States model of fixed sentencing (November 10, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on the importance of having a will (October 28, 2009)

• Professor Beverley Baines comments on the B.C. Attorney-General’s decision to ask the province’s Supreme Court to weigh in on the country’s polygamy laws (October 23, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on Canadian refugee policy and the arrival of the Ocean Lady in BC (October 20, 2009)


• Professor Peter Kissick is interviewed about the Queen's Business Law Clinic by the local media (October 15, 2009)
  
  
• The life and work of the late Professor Emeritus Hugh Lawford is recognized in the Globe and Mail (September 26, 2009)


• Professor Don Stuart and Michael Mandelcorn, Law '85, comment on court case in which lesbian partners say they've suffered years of harassment (September 19, 2009)


• Professor Bruce Pardy comments on how the court ruling on endangered BC fish will affect species across Canada (September 12, 2009)

•  Professor Nicholas Bala comments on child protection and religion (August 26, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on the Anishinabek Nation developing its own laws to take over services for families in trouble (August 24, 2009)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield comments on the CRTC to determine whether three unidentified telemarketers knowingly violated the national do-not-call list (August 21, 2009)

• Professor Don Stuart comments on new guidelines for judges dealing with tainted evidence (July 27, 2009)

• Professor Hoi Kong comments on changes to political advertising regulations (July 24, 2009)

• Professor Don Stuart comments on Supreme Court decision re evidence that has been modestly tainted by police misconduct can be used to convict defendants (July 20. 2009)

• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on delinquent behaviour among boys being contagious (July 17, 2009)

• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on new visa policy for Mexico and the Czech Republic and proposed reforms to the Immigration and Refugee Board (July 16, 2009)


• Professor Don Stuart comments on law professors backing criminal lawyers’ boycott of major legal aid cases (July 6, 2009)

• Professor Allan Manson comments on legal aid boycott (June 28, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on rights of adolescent patients (June 26, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on the first defamation lawsuit ever filed by a youth (June 26, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala is profiled in the Law Times (June 22, 2009)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield comments on computer surveillance technologies (June 21, 2009)


• Professor Don Stuart comments on signs that a law-and-order bias is creeping into some recent Charter rulings which divided the Supreme Court of Canada (June 20, 2009)


• Professor Emeritus Donald Carter comments on dismissals at StarTek because of past criminal convictions  (June 20, 2009)


• Professor Don Stuart comments on secret background checks conducted on potential jurors (June 20, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala, Kristin Muszynski, Law '05, and Katrina Leung, Law '11, comment on legal mentoring pilot program (June 18, 2009)


• Dean Bill Flanagan's editorial about ‘Buy American’ requirements is published in the Kingston Whig-Standard (June 12, 2009)


•  Professor Nicholas Bala comments on the delusion in divorce case (June 11, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala continues to comment on parental alienation cases (June 1, 2009)


• Professor Sharry Aiken comments on conflict in Sri Lanka (May 30, 2009)


• Article on parental alienation by Professor Nicholas Bala and Suzanne Hunt, Law '09, is published in The Lawyers Weekly (May 29, 2009)


• Professor Darryl Robinson comments on the conviction of Desiré Munyaneza for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Rwanda (May 22, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala continues to comment on alienation cases (May 19, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on Canada’s role in Sri Lanka conflict (May 19, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on parental alienation cases draining court resources (May 13, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on Canadian academics launching a campaign to seek government intervention in Sri Lanka (May 12, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken's editorial on the Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka is published in the National Post (May 4, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken comments on multiculturalism and newcomer integration (April 28, 2009)


• Professor Erik Knutsen comments on class action litigation (April 27, 2009)


• Professor Erik Knutsen continues to comment on the Apology Act (April 27, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken continues to comment on amendments to Canada's citizenship law (April 25, 2009)


• Professor Emeritus Marvin Baer comments on the Kaylee Wallace case (April 24, 2009)


• Jonathan Kleiman, Law '09, and sessional instructor John Curtis, Law '95, comment on negotiating discounts with suppliers and service providers (April 23, 2009)


• Professor Beverley Baines' article on the constitutional challenge of polygamy is published in The Lawyers Weekly (April 17, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala's editorial on domestic violence law is published in The Lawyers Weekly (April 17, 2009)


• Professor Sharryn Aiken continues to comment on changes to Canada's citizenship law (April 17, 2009)


• Professor Sharry Aiken comments on changes to Canada's citizenship law (April 15, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on sentencing young offenders as adults (April 11, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on ‘sexting’ (April 4, 2009)


• Professor Erik Knutsen comments on Vioxx class action lawsuit being de-certified by Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (March 31, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on gender disparity in the federal and provincial budgets (March 31, 2009)


• Professor Erik Knutsen's article about the meaning of 'accident' driving the analysis of insurance coverage is published in Lawyers Weekly (March 27, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on the federal government's economic stimulus plans (March 27, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on a Statistics Canada report on the earnings of women with and without children (March 25, 2009)


• Professor Erik Knutsen comments on Ontario’s new Apology Act (March 18, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on Employment Insurance discrepancy between men and women (March 16, 2009)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield continues to comment on the Khawaja sentencing (March 13, 2009)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield comments on the Khawaja sentencing (March 12, 2009)


• Professor Darryl Robinson comments on the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant issued against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (March 4, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on gender analysis of the federal budget (March 1, 2009)


• Professor Erik Knutsen comments on a municipality’s responsibilities for maintaining roadways (February 24, 2009)


• Professors Beverley Baines and Nicholas Bala comment on polygamy (February 21, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on gender analysis of the federal budget (February 6, 2009)


• Professor Arthur Cockfield comments on the U.S. cell phone photography bill (January 28, 2009)


• Professor Kathleen Lahey comments on the federal budget (January 27, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on custody rulings (January 18, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on common-law partnerships in Quebec (January 18, 2009)


• Professor Beverley Baines comments on polygamy in Canada (January 13, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on proposed changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (January 11, 2009)


• Professor Martha Bailey comments on a study on polygamy and charges brought against two leaders in the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C. (January 10, 2009)


• Professor Beverley Baines continues to comment on charges brought against two leaders in the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C. (January 9, 2009)


• Professor Beverley Baines comments on charges brought against two leaders in the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C. (January 8, 2009)


• Professor Nicholas Bala comments on divorce in a time of recession (January 8, 2009)