Alumni News

2021

• A DIY Musical That Will Remain in Our Hearts - and Online

  Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2021

  Congratulations to the organizers and the cast of this year’s FTX Production’s Time Capsule Musical, released on YouTube on March 19, 2021.

  A cast of 15 actor-singers were featured in the first-ever virtual Musical presented by FTX Productions. The “DIY” musical is a medley of songs from various musicals. Each individual member had to perform and film themselves from the safety of their own home. Dispersed all over Canada, working in different time zones, they were able to assemble for their audience an hour filled with joy, dance and singing.

• University Chancellor Calin Rovinescu, LLB ’80, retires from Air Canada

  Posted on Monday, April 12, 2021

  In December 2020, Air Canada announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Calin Rovinescu, LLB ’80, was to retire on February 15^th, 2021.

  Throughout the years, Calin Rovinescu has kept close ties with his alma mater. He solidified these ties by becoming the University of Ottawa Chancellor in 2015. His term continues until 2022.

• Meet Hannan Mohamud, 1L Student and Top 30 under 30 Awardee

  Posted on Friday, April 9, 2021

  Hannan Mohamud, JD candidate 2023, has been awarded one of the Top 30 Under 30 Awards by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC).

  The award features 30 outstanding young people, nominated by their community and selected by a committee of peers, for their commendable work in making the world a more just, fair, and sustainable place for all. 

• Common Law Section Mourns the Passing of Al O’Brien, LLB '73

  Posted on Tuesday, April 6, 2021

  The Common Law mourns the passing of Allan (“Al”) R. O’Brien LLB 1973.  A founding partner of Nelligan O’Brien Payne, Al was a pillar of the Ottawa legal community and a strong supporter of the Common Law Section.

• Chantal Da Silva, LLB '03, receives the 2020 Corporate Counsel of the Year - International

  Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2021

  Chantal Da Silva, a Civil Law, LLL ’02, and Common Law, LLB ’03, alumna, was recognized by the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2020 as the Corporate Counsel of the Year – International recipient.

• Janice Payne, LLB ’74, and Laurie E. Joe, LLB ’85, recognized by the Law Society of Ontario

  Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2021

  On March 10^th, 2021, the Law Society of Ontario announced its 2021 award recipients. We want to congratulate Janice Payne, LLB ’74, and Laurie E. Joe, LLB ’85, for being amongst this year’s winners for receiving, respectively, the Law Society Medal and the J. Shirley Denison Award.

• Janet E. Mills, LLB ‘91, appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

  Posted on Monday, March 22, 2021

  On March 3, 2021, The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the appointment of Janet E. Mills , LLB ‘91 , as a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1993.

• uOttawa takes fourth place at 2021 Canadian National Negotiation Competition

  Posted on Friday, March 19, 2021

  Author: Professor Anthony Vanduzer

  Priya Dube and Jeremy Cooney represented the Common Law Section at the 2021 Canadian National Negotiation Competition held virtually on February 26, 27 and 28. They placed an impressive fourth in a field of 20 schools, the largest since the competition began in 2017

• Statement by Dean Adam Dodek on the Atlanta Shooting and Anti-Asian Discrimination and Violence

  Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2021

  We are devastated by the news of yesterday’s shootings in Georgia which left 8 people dead and countless families and community members heartbroken. We recognize the shock, the hurt, and the fear born of this horrific act of violence within Asian communities across North America.

   

• Alumni elected to Board of Trustees of the County of Carleton Law Association

  Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2021

  We want to congratulate the newly elected members of the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA) Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee.