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On Nov 19, join Prof. Wendy H. Wong (@profwhw.bsky.social) as she explores Big Tech’s outsize influence on modern society. Join us in person at Allard Hall or online. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Law @ UBC Distinguished Speaker Lecture with Wendy H. Wong: What Kind of Governor is Big Tech?
Professor Wendy H. Wong will be delivering this year's Law at UBC Distinguished Speaker Lecture.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
On Nov 19, join Prof. Wendy H. Wong (@profwhw.bsky.social) as she explores Big Tech’s outsize influence on modern society. Join us in person at Allard Hall or online. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
On November 20, hear from leading scholars about the implications of AI for climate justice. Moderated by Allard Law Professor Dr. Carol Liao.
The rapid spread of AI raises growing climate justice concerns. Join professors @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social for a hybrid panel discussion, moderated by @carolmliao.bsky.social.
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Register Now: climatejustice.ubc.ca/events/event...
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
On November 20, hear from leading scholars about the implications of AI for climate justice. Moderated by Allard Law Professor Dr. Carol Liao.
Allard Law experts Wei Cui, Dr. Alexandra Flynn, Dr. Cristie Ford and Dr. Craig E. Jones are available to comment on the Carney government's first budget.
The Carney government is presenting its first budget today.
UBC experts are available to comment on related topics.
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UBC experts are available to comment on related topics.
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UBC experts on 2025 federal budget – UBC News
The Carney government is to present its first budget on Tuesday. UBC experts are available to comment on related topics.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Allard Law experts Wei Cui, Dr. Alexandra Flynn, Dr. Cristie Ford and Dr. Craig E. Jones are available to comment on the Carney government's first budget.
On Thursday, November 6, join us in person or online for a discussion of humanistic and arts-based approaches to law scholarship with Allard Law Professor Godwin Dzah.
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CNLH Presents: The Incorporation of What Is (Not) Law in International Law Research
Using international environmental law research as a point of reference, Professor Godwin Dzah explores the legal normativity embedded in non-legal sources, including history, sociology, and cultural a...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
On Thursday, November 6, join us in person or online for a discussion of humanistic and arts-based approaches to law scholarship with Allard Law Professor Godwin Dzah.
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Join us online on Nov. 12 to hear from UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors, including Allard Law's Professor Isabel Grant.
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Challenges, Changes, and Research: Insights from UBC’s University Killam Professors
Meet UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors—recipients of the highest honour UBC can confer on faculty members—as they explore the local and worldwide impact of their innovative research in b...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Join us online on Nov. 12 to hear from UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors, including Allard Law's Professor Isabel Grant.
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Register now:
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A new lawsuit alleges Canada’s largest pension fund manager is exposing CPP contributions to undue risk of loss due to climate change. Allard Law Prof. Carol Liao says the case shows that climate change isn’t a distant ethical issue. @nationalobserver.com
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Young claimants take CPP to court over climate risks
Case marks the first time a Canadian investor has been sued for underestimating and failing to disclose dangerous climate impacts
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October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A new lawsuit alleges Canada’s largest pension fund manager is exposing CPP contributions to undue risk of loss due to climate change. Allard Law Prof. Carol Liao says the case shows that climate change isn’t a distant ethical issue. @nationalobserver.com
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Join us Oct 31-Nov 1 for the Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop, in person or virtually.
This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to explore the concept of vulnerability in law and its role in the equality & justice project. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to explore the concept of vulnerability in law and its role in the equality & justice project. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop
This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to critically engage with the concept of vulnerability in different areas of law and its role in the equality and justice project.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join us Oct 31-Nov 1 for the Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop, in person or virtually.
This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to explore the concept of vulnerability in law and its role in the equality & justice project. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to explore the concept of vulnerability in law and its role in the equality & justice project. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
On Tuesday, October 28, join us for a talk by Dr. Emma Russell (La Trobe University) on Australia's bail courts, bail decision-making processes, and 'the war on crime.' allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Spectres of Risk: An Ethnography of Australian Bail Courts
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Emma Russell where she explores how imaginaries of ‘risk’ enliven bail decision-making processes on the ground. This lecture is part of the CFLS Lecture Series and co-pres...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
On Tuesday, October 28, join us for a talk by Dr. Emma Russell (La Trobe University) on Australia's bail courts, bail decision-making processes, and 'the war on crime.' allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Professor Sara Ghebremusse commented on the conflict of interest concerns stemming from the U.S. government’s most recent stakes in Canadian mines. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/co...
‘Conflict of interest’: Experts share concerns of U.S. stakes in Canadian miners
The U.S. government is increasingly taking stakes in publicly traded companies, including Intel and Canadian-based miners Trilogy Metals and Lithium Americas, giving rise to concerns over the potentia...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Professor Sara Ghebremusse commented on the conflict of interest concerns stemming from the U.S. government’s most recent stakes in Canadian mines. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/co...
Dr. Craig Jones, associate director of the B.C.’s housing research collaborative, commented on the biggest hurdle for redeveloping older co-ops. vancouversun.com/news/from-to...
From townhouses to towers: Inside what's being billed as Canada’s largest co-op redevelopment
The South Vancouver project is the result of a rare partnership between a non-profit housing co-operative and a private developer
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October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dr. Craig Jones, associate director of the B.C.’s housing research collaborative, commented on the biggest hurdle for redeveloping older co-ops. vancouversun.com/news/from-to...
From self-driving cars to legal advice chatbots, artificial intelligence is raising new questions about how technology will impact our lives. A new Allard Law initiative aims to help law students and the broader legal community respond to these changes. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
Shaping Law and Legal Education for the Future
A new Allard Law initiative will help law students and the broader legal community respond to technological change.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
From self-driving cars to legal advice chatbots, artificial intelligence is raising new questions about how technology will impact our lives. A new Allard Law initiative aims to help law students and the broader legal community respond to these changes. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
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What does a $6M+ return on investment look like?
HART tools have saved Canadian communities millions in consultant fees while becoming a core metric in 73% of Canada's cities.
Free tools. Real impact. Evidence-based policy.
📊 Read the impact report: buff.ly/J2SnAWK
#housing #canpoli
HART tools have saved Canadian communities millions in consultant fees while becoming a core metric in 73% of Canada's cities.
Free tools. Real impact. Evidence-based policy.
📊 Read the impact report: buff.ly/J2SnAWK
#housing #canpoli
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What does a $6M+ return on investment look like?
HART tools have saved Canadian communities millions in consultant fees while becoming a core metric in 73% of Canada's cities.
Free tools. Real impact. Evidence-based policy.
📊 Read the impact report: buff.ly/J2SnAWK
#housing #canpoli
HART tools have saved Canadian communities millions in consultant fees while becoming a core metric in 73% of Canada's cities.
Free tools. Real impact. Evidence-based policy.
📊 Read the impact report: buff.ly/J2SnAWK
#housing #canpoli
Adjunct Professor Victoria Shroff's newly updated Canadian Animal Law book brings animal legal issues forward and offers tools to effect positive change. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
Animal Law Is Evolving—But Not as Fast as It Should
An updated and highly revised edition of a well-regarded animal law textbook contains hundreds of pages of new content on farmed animals, companion animals, wild animals, and more.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Adjunct Professor Victoria Shroff's newly updated Canadian Animal Law book brings animal legal issues forward and offers tools to effect positive change. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
On Oct 15, join us in person or online for the 2025 Walter S. Owen Lecture. In her lecture, Dr. Laverne Jacobs will explain how governmental efforts to achieve equality can benefit from centering disability equality as an ethical project of inclusion. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
2025 Walter S. Owen Lecture – Dr. Laverne Jacobs
The Walter S. Owen Lecture is a public expression by the Visiting Professor who holds the Chair, of the Faculty's wish to commemorate Mr. Owen, and to thank those whose contributions enabled the Chair...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On Oct 15, join us in person or online for the 2025 Walter S. Owen Lecture. In her lecture, Dr. Laverne Jacobs will explain how governmental efforts to achieve equality can benefit from centering disability equality as an ethical project of inclusion. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Adjunct Professor Bruce McIvor explains why he wrote Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation and what he hopes his readers will take away from his new book. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Métis lawyer Bruce McIvor launching second non-fiction book
Métis lawyer Bruce McIvor was raised in the Interlake but has lived in Vancouver for three decades. He is the founder of and a senior partner at First Peoples Law LLP, litigating and negotiating on be...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Adjunct Professor Bruce McIvor explains why he wrote Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation and what he hopes his readers will take away from his new book. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Join us online or in person for a public lecture by Dr. Kim Stanton, whose recent report on the BC legal system’s treatment of intimate partner violence & sexual violence offers powerful recommendations for reform. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
CFLS Lecture Series: Dr. Kim Stanton
Join us for a public lecture by Dr. Kim Stanton where she will present key findings of her recent report, The British Columbia Legal System’s Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Join us online or in person for a public lecture by Dr. Kim Stanton, whose recent report on the BC legal system’s treatment of intimate partner violence & sexual violence offers powerful recommendations for reform. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
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UBC-Melbourne Exchange Lecture- "A Right to Record? Patients with Smartphones, Doctors with AI, and the Law Caught in Between" with Dr. Megan Prictor on Thursday, Oct 9 12:30pm-1:45pm Rm 122 Allard and Zoom @allard.ubc.ca
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Info: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
UBC-Melbourne Exchange Lecture- "A Right to Record? Patients with Smartphones, Doctors with AI, and the Law Caught in Between" with Dr. Megan Prictor on Thursday, Oct 9 12:30pm-1:45pm Rm 122 Allard and Zoom @allard.ubc.ca
Info: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Info: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
The updated open access Constitutional Law casebook is now available! Co-edited by Professor Asha Kaushal, it includes contributions from constitutional law scholars from across the country and represents the most up-to-date constitutional law casebook in Canada. www.canlii.org/en/commentar...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The updated open access Constitutional Law casebook is now available! Co-edited by Professor Asha Kaushal, it includes contributions from constitutional law scholars from across the country and represents the most up-to-date constitutional law casebook in Canada. www.canlii.org/en/commentar...
Congratulations to Kaila Mikkelsen, Allard Law’s Assistant Dean, Students, on receiving the President’s Staff Award! The award honours exceptional contributions in areas of importance to UBC. Learn more: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
Allard Law’s Kaila Mikkelsen receives President’s Staff Award
The President’s Staff Awards recognize the personal achievements and contributions that UBC staff make to support the vision and goals of the university.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Congratulations to Kaila Mikkelsen, Allard Law’s Assistant Dean, Students, on receiving the President’s Staff Award! The award honours exceptional contributions in areas of importance to UBC. Learn more: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
Congratulations to Allard Law alum Jonathon Braun and his teammate Jesse Harink on winning The Amazing Race Canada!
We caught up with Jonathon today about what the experience meant to him and what's next. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
We caught up with Jonathon today about what the experience meant to him and what's next. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
Allard Law grad takes home the top prize on the Amazing Race Canada
Allard Law grad Jonathon Braun, together with his friend and teammate Jesse Harink, have just won Season 11 of the Amazing Race Canada.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Congratulations to Allard Law alum Jonathon Braun and his teammate Jesse Harink on winning The Amazing Race Canada!
We caught up with Jonathon today about what the experience meant to him and what's next. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
We caught up with Jonathon today about what the experience meant to him and what's next. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
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OP ED: Aboriginal title decisions, including the landmark Cowichan decision, aren't an inconvenience; they're an affirmation of justice long delayed.
@allard.ubc.ca profs Alexandra Flynn and Stepan Wood co-write in the @vancouversun.bsky.social
@allard.ubc.ca profs Alexandra Flynn and Stepan Wood co-write in the @vancouversun.bsky.social
Opinion: Who counts as 'real people'? Premier Eby’s comment perpetuates legacy of erasure
Aboriginal title decisions, including the landmark Cowichan decision, are an affirmation of justice long delayed.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
OP ED: Aboriginal title decisions, including the landmark Cowichan decision, aren't an inconvenience; they're an affirmation of justice long delayed.
@allard.ubc.ca profs Alexandra Flynn and Stepan Wood co-write in the @vancouversun.bsky.social
@allard.ubc.ca profs Alexandra Flynn and Stepan Wood co-write in the @vancouversun.bsky.social
Attend UBC's Immersion Week (Sept 23-24 at UBC Robson Square) and learn more about AI, Security & Ethics from leading experts, including Allard Law's Dr. Carol Liao. Learn more and register online: innovation.ubc.ca/impact-updat...
Immersion Week 2025
Registration is live! Join us for our 6th annual Immersion Week September 23 and 24 at UBC Robson Square.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Attend UBC's Immersion Week (Sept 23-24 at UBC Robson Square) and learn more about AI, Security & Ethics from leading experts, including Allard Law's Dr. Carol Liao. Learn more and register online: innovation.ubc.ca/impact-updat...
Professor Camden Hutchison commented on the Canadian government's ability to negotiate before approving the potential merger of Vancouver's Teck Resources Ltd. with U.K.-based miner Anglo American PLC. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Joly says Teck, Anglo CEOs will have to convince her merger is in national interest | CBC News
The deal is subject to review under the Investment Canada Act, which can be used to block deals deemed against the national interest, including Canada's economic security.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Professor Camden Hutchison commented on the Canadian government's ability to negotiate before approving the potential merger of Vancouver's Teck Resources Ltd. with U.K.-based miner Anglo American PLC. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In a new op-ed, Professor Alexandra Flynn argues community land trusts deliver lasting affordability, protect against displacement and strengthen community. theconversation.com/turning-hous... 1/3
Turning houses into homes: Community land trusts offer a fix to Canada’s housing crisis
Canada treats land as a tradeable asset, forgetting it’s the foundation for homes, communities and stability. If the country is serious about solving the housing crisis, it must change that.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In a new op-ed, Professor Alexandra Flynn argues community land trusts deliver lasting affordability, protect against displacement and strengthen community. theconversation.com/turning-hous... 1/3
Craig Jones (Associate Director, Housing Assessment Resource Tools) commented on how straight density doesn’t lead to the greatest affordability outcomes when factoring a combination of housing and transportation costs. vancouversun.com/news/metro-v...
'It's practical common sense': Metro Vancouver can't solve cost-of-living crisis without addressing the cost of getting around
For several suburban areas, people spend more on commuting than on housing
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September 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Craig Jones (Associate Director, Housing Assessment Resource Tools) commented on how straight density doesn’t lead to the greatest affordability outcomes when factoring a combination of housing and transportation costs. vancouversun.com/news/metro-v...