With mixed feelings, the Faculty of Law extends its sincerest congratulations to the Hon. Robert Leckey on his appointment to the Superior Court of Quebec, District of Montreal. His appointment, effective immediately, was announced by the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, on 27 January 2025. Justice Leckey replaces Justice Christian Immer, BCL鈥�91, LLB鈥�91, who has been elevated to the Court of Appeal of Quebec.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
January 23, 2025 | On the Montreal Now with Aaron Rand podcast,听Pearl Eliadis discussed Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21 and its Supreme Court challenge. She highlighted the months-long legal process ahead, with both sides submitting extensive documentation before a decision is reached. Eliadis called the case a key opportunity for Canada to reflect on how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is applied.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
January 25, 2025 | The Supreme听Court of Canada will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights. Professor Pearl Eliadis said听that while one of the main tenets of Quebec鈥檚 secularism was the idea that the state should be a neutral actor, she thought the law had imposed the government鈥檚 viewpoint of what nonreligion ought to look like in the public service.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
January 23, 2025 |听Organizations advocating for LGBTQ2S+ rights in Quebec are speaking out against comments made by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who said he鈥檚 only aware of two genders. Professor and听Human rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis said there鈥檚 a lot of disinformation on social media conflating sex and gender.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
Most of the 500 Quebec teens surveyed recently are opposed to the use of cell phones in schools. The research was conducted as part of the first phase of work by a examining the impact of screens and social media on the health and development of youth.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
January 24, 2025 |听The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law that prohibits certain public workers from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties. Professor听Pearl Eliadis听joined for an interview with the CBC to discuss the nature of the issues at stake, by the very fact that the court has agreed to hear the case.听
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to grant permission to appeal in the Bill 21, Quebec鈥檚 controversial secularism law. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle, which has raised concerns among minority communities over religious freedoms and equality in the province.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body鈥檚 natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research.
The 91黑料网-led study published in marks a breakthrough in understanding what drives shifts between the two states, something that, according to lead author , is considered the 鈥渉oly grail鈥� of bipolar-disorder research.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2025
91黑料网 provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the听, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE).听
91黑料网 ranks among the top 90听in the world听in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50.听The听number of听institutions of听higher education听considered varied by discipline, from 389 for听Law听to听1,488 for Engineering.听
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Published on: 24 Jan 2025
91黑料网鈥檚 Department of Geography turns 80 this year!听
This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble鈥檚 appointment as 91黑料网鈥檚 first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945.听
Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as 91黑料网鈥檚 second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961).听
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Published on: 24 Jan 2025
Attackers, scammers, marketers: these days they鈥檙e all taking advantage of AI to generate polished, typo-free content. Figuring out if an email is legitimate has definitely become more challenging. But when you access your 91黑料网 email through Microsoft Outlook, you benefit from several extra features that help protect you from phishing.
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Published on: 24 Jan 2025
January 22, 2025 |听Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about growing as social media applications such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp听command听over three billion active monthly users worldwide. In the Policy Magazine, he wrote "Meta faces no competition capable of challenging its influence.
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Published on: 23 Jan 2025
According to听, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE),听91黑料网 ranks among the top 90听in the world听in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50.听The听University听placed听third in Canada听in听 in Education听Studies and six other domains.听THE鈥檚 subject rankings evaluate 11 disciplines based on five performance indicators: teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and Industry.听
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Published on: 23 Jan 2025
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Allison Christians as holder of the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Taxation Law, and Professor Marie Manikis as William Dawson Scholar. Their appointments have been renewed for seven and five years, respectively.
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Published on: 23 Jan 2025
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