Centre for Constitutional Studies
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A hub for constitutional research and public legal education at the University of Alberta
In our latest CCS interview series video, @jaredwesley.ca walks us through Premier Danielle Smith's recent letter to PM Mark Carney, which suggested that AB could withhold funds from its own court system if the province isn't given a great role in the judicial appointments process: bit.ly/3ZigzeN
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February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
In our latest CCS interview series video, @jaredwesley.ca walks us through Premier Danielle Smith's recent letter to PM Mark Carney, which suggested that AB could withhold funds from its own court system if the province isn't given a great role in the judicial appointments process: bit.ly/3ZigzeN
📣 Join us in welcoming Robert Hamilton from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law for the first lecture in our Aboriginal Title series.
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
📣 Join us in welcoming Robert Hamilton from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law for the first lecture in our Aboriginal Title series.
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
We are pleased to welcome both Jaclyn McNamara and Victoria Wicks from Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP to present the second lecture in our Aboriginal Title series.
This hybrid lecture will take place on February 25 at 12 PM.
Find full details and reserve your spot here: bit.ly/4bsmODZ
This hybrid lecture will take place on February 25 at 12 PM.
Find full details and reserve your spot here: bit.ly/4bsmODZ
February 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
We are pleased to welcome both Jaclyn McNamara and Victoria Wicks from Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP to present the second lecture in our Aboriginal Title series.
This hybrid lecture will take place on February 25 at 12 PM.
Find full details and reserve your spot here: bit.ly/4bsmODZ
This hybrid lecture will take place on February 25 at 12 PM.
Find full details and reserve your spot here: bit.ly/4bsmODZ
📢 Join us tomorrow for a lecture on democratic theory from Justice Colin C.J. Feasby of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench.
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
📢 Join us tomorrow for a lecture on democratic theory from Justice Colin C.J. Feasby of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench.
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
‼️ Make sure to join us next week for a lecture on democratic theory from Justice Colin C.J. Feasby of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench.
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
Register here: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
Register here: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 PM
‼️ Make sure to join us next week for a lecture on democratic theory from Justice Colin C.J. Feasby of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench.
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
Register here: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
Register here: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
We are proud to welcome Robert Hamilton from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law for the first lecture in our Aboriginal Title series.
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
We are proud to welcome Robert Hamilton from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law for the first lecture in our Aboriginal Title series.
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
This hybrid lecture will take place in the Law Centre and on Zoom on February 17 at 12 PM.
For full details and to register: bit.ly/4khMHbZ
Thank you to everyone who came out for last night's screening of "Democracy on Trial"! We're grateful to our panelists Pat Paradis, Marie Gordon, and Liz McCord for sharing their stories of working with Dr Morgentaler to open a clinic in Edmonton in the years following the documentary.
January 28, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out for last night's screening of "Democracy on Trial"! We're grateful to our panelists Pat Paradis, Marie Gordon, and Liz McCord for sharing their stories of working with Dr Morgentaler to open a clinic in Edmonton in the years following the documentary.
‼️ Make sure to join us tomorrow for our first lecture of the year with Scott Fairley.
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Get full details and register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Get full details and register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
‼️ Make sure to join us tomorrow for our first lecture of the year with Scott Fairley.
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Get full details and register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Get full details and register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
📣 Join us next week for a lecture on democratic theory from Justice Colin C.J. Feasby of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench. This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
To register: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
To register: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
📣 Join us next week for a lecture on democratic theory from Justice Colin C.J. Feasby of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench. This hybrid lecture will take place both on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM MST.
To register: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
To register: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
‼️ Join us tomorrow on January 27th at 6 pm for a special screening of “Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair” at the Metro Cinema's Garneau Theatre.
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
‼️ Join us tomorrow on January 27th at 6 pm for a special screening of “Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair” at the Metro Cinema's Garneau Theatre.
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
📢 Join us next week on January 27th at 6 pm for a special screening of “Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair” @themetrocinema’s Garneau Theatre.
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
📢 Join us next week on January 27th at 6 pm for a special screening of “Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair” @themetrocinema’s Garneau Theatre.
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
📣 Join us next week in welcoming Scott Fairley as he promotes his newly published book and hosts our first lecture of the new year.
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
📣 Join us next week in welcoming Scott Fairley as he promotes his newly published book and hosts our first lecture of the new year.
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
This hybrid event will take place on January 29 from 12:00-1:00 pm MST in the Law Centre and over Zoom.
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
We are pleased to welcome Justice Colin C.J. Feasby from the Alberta Court of King’s Bench for a lecture on democratic theory.
This hybrid lecture will take place on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
This hybrid lecture will take place on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
We are pleased to welcome Justice Colin C.J. Feasby from the Alberta Court of King’s Bench for a lecture on democratic theory.
This hybrid lecture will take place on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
This hybrid lecture will take place on Zoom and in the Law Centre on February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 MST.
For full details and to register your attendance: bit.ly/4qUcSrl
📣 Make sure to join us on January 27th at 6 pm for a special screening of “Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair” at Metro Cinema’s Garneau Theatre. Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
📣 Make sure to join us on January 27th at 6 pm for a special screening of “Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair” at Metro Cinema’s Garneau Theatre. Find full details and reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
We're pleased to announce we will be welcoming Scott Fairley for a lecture to promote his new book, Foreign Affairs in the Canadian Constitution. This hybrid event will take place on Jan 29 from 12:00-1:00PM MST in the Law Centre and on Zoom.
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
We're pleased to announce we will be welcoming Scott Fairley for a lecture to promote his new book, Foreign Affairs in the Canadian Constitution. This hybrid event will take place on Jan 29 from 12:00-1:00PM MST in the Law Centre and on Zoom.
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
Register here: bit.ly/4qHjk4W
We're delighted to announce that we'll be hosting a film screening and panel discussion of the NFB documentary "Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair" on January 27 @ 6:00PM at Edmonton's Metro Cinema. Find full details and get your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
We're delighted to announce that we'll be hosting a film screening and panel discussion of the NFB documentary "Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair" on January 27 @ 6:00PM at Edmonton's Metro Cinema. Find full details and get your tickets here: bit.ly/49pOWor
📣Join us tomorrow, Dec 10 at 7 PM EST for the Centre for Free Expression's Virtual Forum Series on the notwithstanding clause & the future of Canadian democracy, featuring @ericadams99.bsky.social, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, and Richard Moon.
🔗Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
🔗Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
📣Join us tomorrow, Dec 10 at 7 PM EST for the Centre for Free Expression's Virtual Forum Series on the notwithstanding clause & the future of Canadian democracy, featuring @ericadams99.bsky.social, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, and Richard Moon.
🔗Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
🔗Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
We're pleased to be co-sponsoring the Centre for Free Expression's next Virtual Forum Series about the notwithstanding clause & the future of Canadian democracy, featuring @ericadams99.bsky.social, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, and Richard Moon.
Join us Dec 10 at 7PM EST via Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
Join us Dec 10 at 7PM EST via Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We're pleased to be co-sponsoring the Centre for Free Expression's next Virtual Forum Series about the notwithstanding clause & the future of Canadian democracy, featuring @ericadams99.bsky.social, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, and Richard Moon.
Join us Dec 10 at 7PM EST via Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
Join us Dec 10 at 7PM EST via Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
If you missed our lecture on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation with Professor Margot Young earlier this month, you can now watch the full video right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWO...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you missed our lecture on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation with Professor Margot Young earlier this month, you can now watch the full video right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhWO...
Our 2024 summer student Saloni Sharma just appeared on CBC's "This is Edmonton" to chat about her role as host and interviewer for our notwithstanding clause podcast, "Clause for Concern." You can listen to Saloni's interview here: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
What's behind Alberta's recent use of the notwithstanding clause? | This is Edmonton | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In recent weeks the provincial government has used the notwithstanding clause four times, after not touching it for more than two decades. Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a powerfu...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our 2024 summer student Saloni Sharma just appeared on CBC's "This is Edmonton" to chat about her role as host and interviewer for our notwithstanding clause podcast, "Clause for Concern." You can listen to Saloni's interview here: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
If you missed our book launch for "Challenging Exile" earlier this semester, you can now watch the comments delivered by co-author @ericadams99.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qb...
Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution: Eric Adams Book Launch Comments
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you missed our book launch for "Challenging Exile" earlier this semester, you can now watch the comments delivered by co-author @ericadams99.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qb...
If you missed the launch event for our Review of Constitutional Studies' special double issue on Our More-Than-Human Constitutions, you can now watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs10...
Our More-Than-Human Constitutions: Special Issue Launch
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November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you missed the launch event for our Review of Constitutional Studies' special double issue on Our More-Than-Human Constitutions, you can now watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs10...
Yesterday, the AB government tabled Bill 9, invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three policies affecting trans youth. With a rise in the unprecedent use of the clause in the last month, we talked to Marion Sandilands about what's going on: bit.ly/4r6lLio
What's Happening with the Notwithstanding Clause?: Interview with Marion Sandilands
In this latest CCS interview, Marion Sandilands (Conway Litigation) talks to Richard Mailey (CCS) about what's going on with the "new age" of the notwithstanding clause after its unprecedented invocation by two provinces in the same week: in Quebec's passage of Bill 94 and Alberta's passage of Bill 2. Find details on Quebec's passage of Bill 94 from the Quebec National Assembly: https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-parlementaires/projets-loi/projet-loi-94-43-1.html Find details on Alberta's passage of Bill 2 from the Alberta Legislative Assembly: https://www.assembly.ab.ca/assembly-business/bills/bill?billinfoid=12087&from=bills
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yesterday, the AB government tabled Bill 9, invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three policies affecting trans youth. With a rise in the unprecedent use of the clause in the last month, we talked to Marion Sandilands about what's going on: bit.ly/4r6lLio
🚨FINAL REMINDER🚨
A reminder that tomorrow is our launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Zoom from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
A reminder that tomorrow is our launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Zoom from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨FINAL REMINDER🚨
A reminder that tomorrow is our launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Zoom from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
A reminder that tomorrow is our launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Zoom from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
🚨EVENT REMINDER🚨
A reminder that next week we're hosting an online launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Nov 19 from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
A reminder that next week we're hosting an online launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Nov 19 from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨EVENT REMINDER🚨
A reminder that next week we're hosting an online launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Nov 19 from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq
A reminder that next week we're hosting an online launch event for our RCS special double issue on more-than-human constitutionalism, guest edited by Lindsay Borrows and Jessica Eisen. Join us on Nov 19 from 12:00-1:00PM MST to celebrate! Register here: bit.ly/4onTxhq