Nos profs dans les médias

Save the Olympics from Rio's dangerous mosquitos (Toronto Star) 
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, explains the health risks of proceeding with the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. “Sports fans who are wealthy enough to visit Rio’s Games choose Zika’s risks for themselves, but when some of them return home infected, their fellow citizens bear the risk too.”

Police board and secrecy (Ottawa Citizen) – see below for full text
Stéphane Émard-Chabot, Common Law Section, comments on the private nature of The Ottawa Police Services Board's conversations on public safety issues. "The fact that you're dealing with contentious issues, that's certainly not a reason in itself to go in private." 

Québec bafoue la neutralité d'Internet (Le Journal de Québec) 
Cet article mentionne Michael Geist, Section de common law, comme expert en ce qui concerne le principe de la neutralité d'Internet. 

Health Experts Seek Delay or Move of Rio Olympics Over Zika Virus (New York Times)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, mentions the health risks of proceeding with the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. “The fire is already burning, but that is not a rationale not to do anything about the Olympics.”

Telecom transparency reporting guidelines need clarity: Geist (Toronto Star)
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses Canadian telecom company privacy practices in response to a new transparency report from Rogers Communications.

Media described Trudeau in less masculine terms than Harper, Mulcair during election: research (Global News)
This article mentions a paper co-authored by Kyle Kirkup, Common Law Section, which examined news articles from top Canadian newspapers during the federal election.

Law students improve access to justice; Pro bono program could help many more, write Edward Iacobucci and Nikki Gershbain (Ottawa Citizen)
This article references the two Pro Bono Students Canada chapters at the University of Ottawa. 

Every Olympics face predictions of doom preceding the games, but the health concerns over Rio feel different

Publication: National Post 

This article references Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, who has outlined the potential health risks of holding the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Subventions à Netflix: Ottawa se fait rassurant (Le Devoir)
Michael Geist, Section de Common Law, est cité sur les exceptions prévues au Partenariat transpacifique (PTP).

Fact check: Will 'exemption opportunity' for assisted-dying end on June 6? (CTV News)
Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, comments on Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's statements on proposed assisted-dying legislation: "I doubt the minister of justice is deliberately misleading in the sense that an exemption is no longer apt because the law will cease to be in effect for a certain class of persons."

Liew and Rao: MPs should hear directly from temporary foreign workers (Ottawa Citizen)
In an op-ed, Jamie Liew, Common Law Section, and Aditya Rao, law student, argue in favour of a reform of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). 

Man's 'disgusting . . . disturbing' acts in office feel like sex assault, not a mere mischief, says victim (Toronto Star)
Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, comments on the charges given to Douglas Whaley. “This is clearly a kind of violation, but I think it falls into a grey zone (in the criminal law).”

Time for Plan B instead of Trans Pacific Partnership?: Geist (Toronto Star)
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the end of the government’s public consultation on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal.

'Clarity' urged as Liberal's likely to miss June 6 deadline for assisted dying bill (National Post)
Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, analyzes the Liberal government's plan to pass a new assisted-dying law.

Road To Rio: Zika Won't Prevent Olympic Dreams, But The Virus Could Eventually Spur An Economic Nightmare (International Business Times)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, outlines the potential health risks of holding the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Canada's move to legalize marijuana violates international law, experts say (Global News)
Steven Hoffman, Common Law Section, discuss the Liberal government's plan to legalize marijuana.

Mathen: We don't need hearings to help in appointment of a new Supreme Court justice (Ottawa Citizen)
Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, discusses the appointment process of a new Supreme Court justice.

Should Rio host the Summer Olympics? Here's 5 reasons why not (Salt Lake City Deseret News)
This article references Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, who has advised that the 2016 summer Olympics be postponed or moved to an alternate location. 

Since legalizing pot would violate UN laws, experts say it's time for Canada to pull out of drug treaties (National Post)
Steven Hoffman and Roojin Habibi, Common Law Section, discuss the Liberal government's plan to legalize marijuana.

Canada's marijuana legalisation could directly affect the global war on drugs among many others (International Business Times)
Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, emphasizes that international relations should be considered when the government begins drafting future cannabis laws.

Canada's support for UNDRIP: Symbolism as substance (CBA National)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, acknowledges Canada's acceptance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Le point olympique à 12 semaines des Jeux (Radio-Canada)
Amir Attaran, Section de common law, soutient que les Jeux olympiques de Rio devraient être reportés ou transférés vers d'autres sites. 

Senate Slashes Zika Funding as Scientists Warn of "Full-Blown Public H (Vanity Fair Daily Magazine)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, outlines the potential health risks of holding the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Rejecting Bell's broadband fight sends a clear signal: Geist (Toronto Star)
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, outlines the government's rejection of a Bell cabinet appeal of a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision on broadband infrastructure

'This is terrible': Killer deported after serving only 2 years (CBC News)
Joao Velloso, Common Law Section, comments on the deportation of Kelvin Constant, a man who has only served two years of his five-year prison sentence for manslaughter.

Leading academic blasts human rights watchdog for 'unreasonably slow' investigation of complaint (The Hill Times)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, recognizes the delay of the Canadian Human Rights Commission in processing his complaint. 

WHO issues Zika reminders after professor calls for relocation of Rio Olympics (CTV News)
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, outlines the potential health risks of holding the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

How Climate Change Drives Nigeria's Herdsmen Conflict (CNBC)
In this essay, Chidi Oguamanam, Common Law Section, discusses the implications of climate change on Nigeria's sociopolitical and geopolitical tensions.