Faculty in the News

Canadian sperm donor registry overdue, families say (CBC News)
Vanessa Gruben, Common Law Section, explains the consequences of not having a national sperm donor registry in Canada.

B.C. medicare case argues for wrong prescription (Toronto Star)
Martha Jackman, Common Law Section, analyses the potential impacts of the medicare court case involving a B.C. doctor.

Retiring Justice Thomas Cromwell brought clarity, passion for improving access to justice (Toronto Star)
Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, highlights the achievements and successes of retiring justice Thomas Cromwell.

The Robin Camp case: Who judges the judges? (Macleans)
Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean of Common Law, discusses the need for social context training in judicial education.

Chicago woman suing Canadian maker of app based We-Vibe vibrator (City News)

Teresa Scassa, Faculty of Law, discusses data collection and transmission when interacting with mobile devices and apps.

Pokémon Go highlights new legal problems in the areas of privacy and trespassing (Metro News)
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses the legal implications of the popular app following an open panel discussion at the University of Ottawa on September 14th. 

BC Lawsuit Has Potential to Dismantle Canada's Publicly Funded Health Care (The Epoch Times)
Colleen Flood, University Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, argues that the medicare court case in B.C. is one of "the biggest constitutional challenges ever."

Cultural Industry Set for Overhaul to Tackle Digital Onslaught (The Epoch Times)
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, analyses the federal government's unfolding public consultations on the future of digital content. "(Industry) focuses on money, the public focuses on finding content."  

CanCon rules for a digital age: Mélanie Joly seeks public input (CBC News)
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, analyses the federal government's unfolding public consultations on the future of digital content. "(Industry) focuses on money, the public focuses on finding content."

'Insidious threat to privacy': Transparency needed on cellphone monitoring devices, researchers say (CBC News)
This article examines a report co-authored by Tamir Israel, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. This report analyses the use of mobile phone monitoring devices. 

Vern Krishna: The big difference between 'statutory' and 'effective' tax rates (National Post)
Vern Krishna, Common Law Section, analyses the differences and similarities between 'statutory’ and ‘effective’ tax rates. 

U of O law dean seeks provincial Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier (Ottawa Citizen)
This article notes that Nathalie Des Rosiers will be running provincially for the Liberal party in the Ottawa-Vanier seat of Madeleine Meilleur.

Stress testing our Canadian values: Collenette (Toronto Star)
Penny Collenette, Faculty of Law, discusses how Canadian's reacted to 9/11 with "open mindedness and resiliency" and examines how these values will continue in its aftermath.

Egan: In law, animals have no rights. In life, a dog's breakfast (Ottawa Citizen)
Daphne Gilbert, Common Law Section, comments on the "exploding" legal concept of animal rights.

La réforme du mode de scrutin et les communautés francophones (TFO)
Cette lettre d’opinion souligne la réforme du mode de scrutin ainsi que la représentation des communautés francophones. La lettre est signée par Linda Cardinal, Faculté des sciences sociales, Chantal Carey, étudiante de l’Université d’Ottawa, Sébastien Grammond, Faculté de droit, François Larocque, Faculté de droit, et Martin Normand, postdoctorant de l’Université d’Ottawa.

Canada to crack down on offshore tax evasion (BNN)
Vern Krishna, Faculty of Law, comments on a Government of Canada initiative to crack down on offshore tax evasion.

National security review tries to tackle needs of law enforcement in digital world (Toronto Star)
Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, examines the "thorny issue" of lawful access to digital evidence. 

September 7, 2016 - The Current (CBC News)
Colleen Flood, Common Law Section, is interviewed on the B.C. court case regarding billing in healthcare. She argues against said practice. 

Trevor Hancock: We need to protect our health-care system (Victoria Times-Colonist)
This article quotes Colleen Flood, University Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, and her analysis on the court case in B.C. on the topic of private hospitals and billing.

U of M forwards 8,000 emails regarding illegal downloads (The Manitoban)
This article references a blog post by Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law , that mentions the "lengthy and expensive" process faced by copyright owners looking to sue.

Should Canadians have access to private surgery clinics? (CBC Radio)
Colleen Flood, Common Law Section, debates private health care rights with Dr. Brian Day on CBC’s The Current.

The story of 'the Canadian vaccine' that beat back Ebola (National Post)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, comments on the federal government’s failure to push development of a “very effective" Ebola vaccine.

Opinion: More jail time is not the solution for sexual assault (CBC News)
Constance Backhouse, Common Law Section, discusses how current sexual assault law has proven not to be as effective as previously believed. "I think the time has come to rethink."

Forging a new deal for doctors requires a new approach (Troy Media)
Steven Hoffman and Colleen Flood, Common Law Section, explain how current provincial negotiations with doctors regarding billing could have national implications. 

Comment: Pokémon shows we can promote healthy behaviour (Victoria Times-Colonist)
Steven Hoffman, Common Law Section and Global Strategy Lab, and Tanishq Suryavanshi, research assistant with the Global Strategy Lab, discuss how Pokémon Go can promote healthy behaviour and alternative ways to motivate society to adopt a healthier lifestyle. 

Clinic operator, proponent of privatized health care heads to court next week (Metro News)
Colleen Flood, Faculty of Law, describes a Vancouver surgeon's lawsuit as one of the biggest constitutional cases "perhaps ever."

Vaping, like aspartame, victim of bogus consumer fears (Waterloo Region Record)
Adam R. Houston, PhD student in health law, and David Sweanor, Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethic, underline the misinformation around alternative products such as soda with aspartame or vaping.