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Watch on-demand UBC’s newest University Killam Professors. Law Professor Isabel Grant discusses her research on violence against women, disability & medical assistance in dying and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on sexual assault law. magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2025/webcast...
Challenges, changes, and research: Insights from UBC’s University Killam Professors
Discover how their novel research is shaped by and responds to our shifting global landscape.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Canada Climate Week Xchange opens on Nov. 24, bringing together leaders across disciplines to accelerate Canada’s climate response. Nearly 100 in-person, hybrid & virtual events will be held across the country. Most events are free & open to the public. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
Launch of Canada Climate Week Xchange, a new national platform for climate leadership
From November 24-30, Canada Climate Week Xchange invites Canadians to come together to explore home-grown solutions to the climate crisis.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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@allard.ubc.ca prof Margot Young spoke to CBC about the Alberta government seeking to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield three bills affecting transgender people from legal challenges

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November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Allard law student Ivy Liao reflects on her passion for table tennis, the Thunderbirds Sports Club, balance law school and finding a supportive community. ubyssey.ca/sports/ivy-l...
For Ivy Liao, table tennis is more than just winning
Having represented Canada internationally since 2013, Ivy Liao has had her fair share of accolades and successes — but not much could top when she was in the Olympic qualifiers in 2024. However, while...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Professor Camden Hutchinson commented on the key pain points holding back entrepreneurship in BC vs California. financialpost.com/feature/ai-c...
'It’s a bloodbath out there:' Tech workers forced to take 'survival jobs' as AI cuts swath through workforce
Jobs in Canada's technology hub are plummeting as AI cuts a swath through the industry. Read more
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November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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This is happening Wednesday! Come join us at UBC's School of Law, where I will be arguing that we have to move beyond “monopoly” to characterize Big Tech’s outsize influence on modern society. Details about registration at the link below 🔗
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Op-ed: Allard Law Professor Catherine Dauvergne says cutting international study permits will "lead to a worse student experience that costs more" – and that there were other solutions available to the federal government. via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Why Canadian students will pay the price for international student cuts
Ottawa’s policy could lead to significant cuts in services for students and push provincial governments to lift limits on tuition-fee increases
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November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Congratulations to Allard Law's Dr. Supriya Routh on joining the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists!

Dr. Routh's work examines labour & employment law, workers’ collective action, law & social justice, & legal theory.
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Dr. Supriya Routh named to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
An internationally recognized scholar, Dr. Routh’s scholarship examines issues including labour and employment law, workers’ collective action, law and social justice, and legal theory.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Vancouver's sustainability department is the institutional nerve centre for climate action said Naomi Klein and Carol Liao, following reports it may be eliminated. 630 people registered to speak about the city's proposed budget at the last council meeting. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/n...
Citizens rally against Vancouver mayor’s budget
An unprecedented 630 people registered to speak Wednesday against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s controversial proposed budget that could allegedly spell the end of the city's sustainability department.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Op-ed: Centre for Climate Justice Co-Directors Naomi Klein and Allard Law Prof. Dr. Carol Liao explain why a reported proposal to eliminate or weaken Vancouver’s climate & sustainability department is dangerously short-sighted.
via @nationalobserver.com

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Vancouver’s climate leadership is a promise we can’t break
Eliminating the city’s climate and sustainability department is a betrayal of our collective future, write Carol Liao and Naomi Klein
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November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Intellectual Property Futures, a new book co-edited by Allard Law prof. Dr. Graham Reynolds, Dr. Alexandra Mogyoros and Dr. Teshager W. Dagne (@tdagne.bsky.social), looks ahead to what might be possible for the global IP system. press.uottawa.ca/en/978077664...
Intellectual Property Futures – University of Ottawa Press
The past few decades have been witness to a number of important developments with respect to the global intellectual property (IP) system, including shifts i...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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On Nov 19, join Prof. Wendy H. Wong (@profwhw.bsky.social) as she explores Big Tech’s outsize influence on modern society. Join us in person at Allard Hall or online. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Law @ UBC Distinguished Speaker Lecture with Wendy H. Wong: What Kind of Governor is Big Tech?
Professor Wendy H. Wong will be delivering this year's Law at UBC Distinguished Speaker Lecture.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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On November 20, hear from leading scholars about the implications of AI for climate justice. Moderated by Allard Law Professor Dr. Carol Liao.
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The rapid spread of AI raises growing climate justice concerns. Join professors @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social for a hybrid panel discussion, moderated by @carolmliao.bsky.social.
Register Now: climatejustice.ubc.ca/events/event...
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Allard Law experts Wei Cui, Dr. Alexandra Flynn, Dr. Cristie Ford and Dr. Craig E. Jones are available to comment on the Carney government's first budget.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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On Thursday, November 6, join us in person or online for a discussion of humanistic and arts-based approaches to law scholarship with Allard Law Professor Godwin Dzah.
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CNLH Presents: The Incorporation of What Is (Not) Law in International Law Research
Using international environmental law research as a point of reference, Professor Godwin Dzah explores the legal normativity embedded in non-legal sources, including history, sociology, and cultural a...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Join us online on Nov. 12 to hear from UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors, including Allard Law's Professor Isabel Grant.

Register now:
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Challenges, Changes, and Research: Insights from UBC’s University Killam Professors
Meet UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors—recipients of the highest honour UBC can confer on faculty members—as they explore the local and worldwide impact of their innovative research in b...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A new lawsuit alleges Canada’s largest pension fund manager is exposing CPP contributions to undue risk of loss due to climate change. Allard Law Prof. Carol Liao says the case shows that climate change isn’t a distant ethical issue. @nationalobserver.com
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Young claimants take CPP to court over climate risks
Case marks the first time a Canadian investor has been sued for underestimating and failing to disclose dangerous climate impacts
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October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Join us Oct 31-Nov 1 for the Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop, in person or virtually.

This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to explore the concept of vulnerability in law and its role in the equality & justice project. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop
This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to critically engage with the concept of vulnerability in different areas of law and its role in the equality and justice project.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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On Tuesday, October 28, join us for a talk by Dr. Emma Russell (La Trobe University) on Australia's bail courts, bail decision-making processes, and 'the war on crime.' allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
Spectres of Risk: An Ethnography of Australian Bail Courts
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Emma Russell where she explores how imaginaries of ‘risk’ enliven bail decision-making processes on the ground. This lecture is part of the CFLS Lecture Series and co-pres...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Professor Sara Ghebremusse commented on the conflict of interest concerns stemming from the U.S. government’s most recent stakes in Canadian mines. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/co...
‘Conflict of interest’: Experts share concerns of U.S. stakes in Canadian miners
The U.S. government is increasingly taking stakes in publicly traded companies, including Intel and Canadian-based miners Trilogy Metals and Lithium Americas, giving rise to concerns over the potentia...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Dr. Craig Jones, associate director of the B.C.’s housing research collaborative, commented on the biggest hurdle for redeveloping older co-ops. vancouversun.com/news/from-to...
From townhouses to towers: Inside what's being billed as Canada’s largest co-op redevelopment
The South Vancouver project is the result of a rare partnership between a non-profit housing co-operative and a private developer
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October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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From self-driving cars to legal advice chatbots, artificial intelligence is raising new questions about how technology will impact our lives. A new Allard Law initiative aims to help law students and the broader legal community respond to these changes. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...
Shaping Law and Legal Education for the Future
A new Allard Law initiative will help law students and the broader legal community respond to technological change.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Adjunct Professor Victoria Shroff's newly updated Canadian Animal Law book brings animal legal issues forward and offers tools to effect positive change. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
Animal Law Is Evolving—But Not as Fast as It Should
An updated and highly revised edition of a well-regarded animal law textbook contains hundreds of pages of new content on farmed animals, companion animals, wild animals, and more.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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On Oct 15, join us in person or online for the 2025 Walter S. Owen Lecture. In her lecture, Dr. Laverne Jacobs will explain how governmental efforts to achieve equality can benefit from centering disability equality as an ethical project of inclusion. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...
2025 Walter S. Owen Lecture – Dr. Laverne Jacobs
The Walter S. Owen Lecture is a public expression by the Visiting Professor who holds the Chair, of the Faculty's wish to commemorate Mr. Owen, and to thank those whose contributions enabled the Chair...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM