May 18, 2022: Section 28 - Can Women's Equal Rights Slay the Notwithstanding Clause?
Associate Professor Kerri Froc, University of New Brunswick
March 16, 2022: Righting Charter Violations
Assistant Professor, Sarah Burningham, University of Saskatchewan
February 25, 2022: The Charter's Lesser-Known Section - Official Languages in the Charter
Professor François Larocque, University of Ottawa
January 14, 2022: Why is Free Expression so Controversial? Explaining the Law and Politics of a Fundamental Freedom
Dax D'Orazio, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Queen's University
October 19, 2021: Language Rights' Real Most Valuable Player - Section 23 & Minority-Language Education
Associate Professor Stéphanie Chouinard, Queen's University and Royal Military College
September 27, 2021: The Notwithstanding Clause - Is It Justifiable?
Richard Mailey, PhD, Research Associate, University of Alberta
June 24, 2021: Corporations and Section 12- Protection from Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Professor Anna Lund, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
May 12, 2021: Excluding illegally obtained evidence under s. 24(2) of the Charter: Does the ideology, gender, or professional background of judges matter?
Professor Steven Penney, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
March 22, 2021: The Constitutional Right of Religious Freedom in Canada
Associate Professor, Dr. Howard Kislowicz, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
February 24, 2021: Section 1- the Charter’s Balancing Provision
Executive Director, Patricia Paradis, Centre for Constitutional Studies
February 08, 2021: Constitutional Dissent
Vice Dean and Professor, Eric M. Adams, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
January 13, 2021: Contact Tracing Apps
Professors Emily Laidlaw and Joel Reardon, University of Calgary
October 22, 2020: Section 25 of the Charter – Indigenous Laws in Canadian Courts
Lawyer and PhD candidate Ryan Beaton, University of Victoria
September 28, 2020: Pandemic Travel Restrictions – Do They Violate Your Mobility Rights?
Lawyer Arthur M. Grant, Partner at Grant Kovacs Norell and Lawyer Cara Zwibel, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Programs
June 10, 2020: Rights, Freedoms, and Medical Assistance in Dying
Associate Professor Ubaka Ogbogu, Faculties of Law and Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta
March 11, 2020: The Charter and the Environment
Associate Professor Cameron Jefferies, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
February 7, 2020: The Duty to Consult and Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
Professor Catherine Bell, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
January 22, 2020: The Charter and Corporations – Are ‘legal persons’ entitled to the Charter Rights?”
Assistant Professor Anna Lund, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
November 20, 2019: The Principles of Fundamental Justice: What Are They Anyway?
Colton Fehr, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
October 4, 2019: Does the Charter Protect the Right to Housing?
Assistant Professor Anna Lund, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
September 19, 2019: Is the Charter Protection of the Right to Counsel Too Limited?
Paul Atkinson, Public Legal Education Coordinator, Centre for Constitutional Studies
April 23, 2019: Protecting Democracy or Those Boring Parts of the Charter no one Talks About!
Professor James Muir, Faculty of Law/Arts, University of Alberta
Jan 30, 2019: Notwithstanding Clause
Professor Barbara Billingsley, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Oct 18, 2018: Liberty, Crime Control, and the Right to be Free from Arbitrary Detention
Professor Steven Penney, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
April 18, 2018: Aboriginal Rights, Legal Traditions, and Section 35 of the Constitution
Professors Catherine Bell and Hadley Friedland, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Jan 15, 2018: When the Constable Blunders – Excluding Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence Under Section 24(2) of the Charter
Professor Steven Penney, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Nov 22, 2017: Charter Rights and Human Rights – What’s the Difference?
Patricia Paradis, CCS Executive Director, Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta
Oct 18, 2017: Righting Wrongs – Remedies for Charter of Rights Violations
Professor Barbara Billingsley, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Sept 14, 2017: Interpreting the Charter
Professor Joanna Harrington, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
April 19, 2017: Charter Basics
Patricia Paradis, CCS Executive Director, Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta
March 22, 2017: Section 7 and Environmental Rights
Assistant Professor Cameron Jefferies, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Feb 15, 2017: Section 7 and Assisted Dying Rights
Assistant Professor Ubaka Ogbogu, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Jan 19, 2017: Section 10 – “I wanna talk to my lawyer!”
Professor Steven Penney, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Dec 1, 2016: Section 2(A) – Religious Freedom – Its Scope & Limits
Professor Peter Carver, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Sept 29, 2016: Section 2(b) – What Expression Does the Charter Protect?
Associate Professor Eric M Adams, Faculty of Law; Research Fellow – Centre of Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta
May 26, 2016: Section 13 – “Canada’s Version of ‘Pleading the 5th’ – The Right Against Self-Incrimination
Professor Peter Sankoff, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
April 26, 2016: Section 15 – Right to Equality and Freedom from Discrimination
Patricia Paradis, CCS Executive Director & Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta