Alumni News

2021

• Four New Professors Joining Common Law Section

  Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2021

  We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Signa Daum Shanks as an Associate Professor on July 1, 2021. Julie Ada, Hassan Ahmad and Brandon D. Stewart will also join our Faculty, as Replacement Professors for two-year terms. They will all teach in the English Program. 

• The AJEFO will Award the Order of Merit to Part-time Professor Caroline Thibault, LLB ‘97

  Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2021

  The Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario (L’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario) will bestow the Order of Merit on Common Law Part-Time Professor Caroline Thibault. during its 41^st annual conference, to be held virtually from June 22 to June 24, 2021. 

• Erin Cowling, LLB ’04, accepted in Ontario's first women-led businesses accelerator

  Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  The ELLA's Accelerator program, Ascend 2021, has selected Erin Cowling, LL.B ’04, based on the success of her recently-founded freelance law firm, Flex Legal, and the leadership she demonstrated as the  Common Law Section’s Regional Alumni Advisor in Toronto.

• The personal 36-year journey of Angel Larkman, 2L, to get Indian status

  Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  Angel Larkman, 2L, and her editor scrambled to get the story out and published in the Huffington Post Canada the day before it was closed. They were able to share Larkman’s personal story titled “It Took The Government 36 Years To Tell Me What I Already Knew: I Am A Status Indian”.

• 2021 Canadian Lawyer magazine Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers

  Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  On May 31, 2021, Canadian Lawyer magazine announced the list of nominees for its twelfth annual Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers awards.

• David C. Nahwegahbow, LLB ’80, is the 2021 winner of The Advocates’ Society Award of Justice

  Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  David C. Nahwegahbow, IPC, LSM, LLB ’80, of Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Genoodmagejig, is the 2021 recipient of The Advocates’ Society Award of Justice. Nahwegahbow, a member of the Common Law Honour Society, received his award during the virtual End of Term, on June 17, 2021.

• Professor Richard Albert Appointed Inaugural Allan Rock Visiting Professor

  Posted on Monday, June 7, 2021

  Professor Richard Albert will spend the Fall 2021 term in residence at the Common Law Section as the inaugural Allan Rock Visiting Professor.  Professor Albert will also serve as a Visiting Fellow with the uOttawa Public Law Centre.

• Allan Rock Fund to Support Black Law Students in the Common Law Section

  Posted on Wednesday, June 2, 2021

  The Fund was created in 2016 to honour Allan Rock at the completion of his second term as President of the University of Ottawa.   Since that time, it has supported students at the University of Ottawa by providing scholarships to students in need.

• 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.