Pavement Politics & the Charter: Who Really Rules the Road?

Please join the Runnymede Society’s Queen’s University Chapter for a panel discussion on Cycle Toronto et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario et al., 2025 ONSC 4397 with Professor Mark Walters (Queen’s University) and Professor Jamie Cameron (Osgoode Hall Law School), on Thursday, March 12th. This panel will examine the...

Testing the Notwithstanding Clause? The Constitutional Battle Over Québec’s Bill 21

Please join the Runnymede Society’s Western University Chapter, in partnership with the Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF), the Jewish Law Students Association, the Muslim Law Students' Association, and the Sikh Students Association, for an expert panel discussion on the constitutional challenges surrounding Québec’s Act Respecting the Laicity of the State (Bill...

The Decline of International Law

Please join the Runnymede Society’s McGill University Chapter for a lecture with Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada, on Wednesday, March 11th. In this lecture, Justice Rowe will examine the nature of international law as the acceptance by states of certain norms of behaviour, whether through treaty...

Senneville & Section 12: The Implications of a Divided Court

Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Saskatchewan Chapter for a presentation on Senneville and section 12 with Professor Colton Fehr (University of Saskatchewan), on Tuesday, March 3rd. This talk will examine the Supreme Court of Canada’s divided decision in Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, focusing on the meaning and...

Can the Centre Hold?

Please join the Runnymede Society’s Vancouver Lawyers Chapter for an evening with Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada, on Wednesday, March 4th, at the offices of Miller Thomson LLP. Justice Rowe’s talk, titled “Can the Centre Hold?” (a phrase taken from W.B. Yeats’ The Second Coming), will...

Reflections on Constitutionalism in a Free & Democratic Society

Please join the Runnymede Society’s Calgary Lawyers Chapter for an evening with Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada, on Tuesday, March 3rd, at the Calgary Golf and Country Club. Doors will open at 6:00 PM for a cocktail hour, with dinner served prior to Justice Rowe’s remarks....

Patrimony and Prerogative: Understanding Trump 2.0

Please join the Runnymede Society’s Western University Chapter for a pub night event with Professor Rande Kostal (Western), on Tuesday, February 24th. Professor Kostal will discuss new perspectives on the second Trump administration and what he views to be the threat posed to the rule of law in the United...

The Charter and Liberal Democracy: Part II

Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of British Columbia (Allard) Chapter for a lecture with Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada, on Wednesday, March 4th. This talk forms Part II of a two-part lecture series delivered across two Runnymede student chapters. Both lectures will reflect on the...

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