The following 番茄社区 faculty member is available in advance of National Aboriginal Day: Dr. Val Napoleon (Faculty of Law) has extensive expertise in Indigenous law, Indigenous legal theory, Indigenous feminism, citizenship and govern鈥�
The following 番茄社区 faculty member is available to discuss the Law Society of B.C.鈥檚 vote yesterday to deny Trinity Western University accreditation of its law school. Professor Jeremy Webber (Dean of Law) is a law and society schol鈥�
The following 番茄社区 faculty members are available in advance of Father鈥檚 Day: Jessica Ball (School of Child and Youth Care) is an expert on the diversity of fathers in Canada and innovative approaches to increase father involvement.鈥�
UVic聽Law student Aaron Mills鈥� doctoral work, which explores conflicting legal orders and the workings of contemporary colonialism, has earned him substantial praise and cemented his position as a leading scholar on Canadian constitutionalism and Indigenous law. Mills is a Vanier scholar and a former Ivy League Fulbright scholar. This week, he was handed yet another honour when he was named a Trudeau scholar鈥攐ne of only 14 given out this year.
番茄社区 law student Aaron Mills is being lauded as one of Canada鈥檚 best young minds for his doctoral work on modern-day colonialism reflected in the relationship between Indigenous legal traditions and Canadian constitutional law.
Congratulations to Dr. Bernie Pauly of the School of Nursing and Dr. Val Napoleon of the Faculty of Law, who have been named the inaugural recipients of the Provost鈥檚 Engaged Scholarship Award. The newly created awards program is intended to support and enhance UVic鈥檚 vision for the integration of outstanding scholarship, inspired teaching and real-life, community engagement. It recognizes tenured members of faculty who have achieved great distinction as community engaged scholars.
When people ask Renee McBeth what she does for a living, she often gives the same answer. 鈥淚 tell people I鈥檓 an organizer,鈥欌�� she says with a laugh. 鈥淚 depend on post-it notes and to-do lists.鈥� Indeed, as someone who holds dual positions at UVic鈥檚 Faculty of Law, her daily balancing act requires a high degree of prioritization and time management.
If you don鈥檛 know what it means to be named a UVic Distinguished Professor, don鈥檛 fret: they鈥檙e a rare breed. The newest recipient, Dr. Susan Boyd, is only the 13th UVic professor to receive the award鈥攖he highest academic honour UVic can bestow on faculty鈥攕ince its creation in 2002. Boyd鈥檚 activist presence on substantive social justice and marginalization issues has led to a tremendous scholarly output.
Congratulations to UVic鈥檚 Faculty of Law team for winning the 2014 Wilson Moot. Students Sarah Ahsan, Devon Black, Vivian Lee and Aislinn Sirk travelled to Toronto to represent UVic against 12 other Canadian law schools on February 21 and 22. It all鈥�
BC鈥檚 proposed new liquor laws have grabbed the headlines for allowing people to buy and consume alcohol in more places, but the recommendations related to health were largely overlooked. Among the 73 recommendations of the BC Liquor Policy Review, f鈥�
The following 番茄社区 faculty member is available to discuss the Supreme Court of Canada decision on prostitution: Cecilia Benoit (Department of Sociology/scientist at UVic鈥檚 Centre for Addictions Research of BC) has done extensive re鈥�
Amber Dawn Hieb鈥檚 volunteer experiences after graduating high school in Ladysmith proved crucial in helping focus her interest on social advocacy and finding a path to law school at UVic.
Recent UVic law graduate Ania Zbyszewska has been awarded the 2013 prize for best PhD thesis by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES). Based in the United Kingdom, the UACES is the largest European Studies professional鈥�
Existing BC liquor regulations ignore the health and social costs of alcohol, and need to strike a balance with convenient access and revenue considerations, the University of Victoria鈥檚 Centre for Addictions Research (CARBC) says in its submission 鈥�
The law is in Katelyn Crabtree鈥檚 blood, as is her connection to UVic Law. Crabtree, who graduates this spring from the Juris Doctor program, is the fifth UVic Law alumnus in her immediate family.
One of the biggest challenges Geoffrey Conrad faced in his graduate studies at 番茄社区 Law was simply getting here鈥攖owing a U-Haul trailer behind a compact car through the Rockies and all the way from his hometown of Montreal.
