Veuillez vous joindre à la section de l’Université Laval de Runnymede pour une table ronde sur le projet de Constitution du Québec, avec Lise Brun (Université Laval), Christina Caron (Université Laval), Daniel Turp (Université de Montréal) et Benjamin Bolduc (modérateur, Université Laval), le jeudi 10 avril. Cette discussion portera sur...
Bill C-16: Rights Protection or Compelled Speech?
Please join the Runnymede Society’s Humber Polytechnic Chapter for a panel discussion reflecting on the legal, constitutional, and social implications of Bill C-16 nearly a decade after its enactment, with Mia Hughes (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) and Jared Brown (Brown Litigation), on Friday, April 24th. Nearly ten years after Bill C-16 amended...
Positivism & Natural Law: Competing Foundations of Legal Order
Please join the Runnymede Society’s McGill University Chapter for a panel discussion with Professor Maxime St-Hilaire (Université de Sherbrooke) and Professor Victor Muñiz-Fraticelli (McGill University), on Monday, March 16th. This panel will explore the longstanding debate between legal positivism and natural law theory, with particular attention to their implications for...
Will Reconciliation Require the Transfer of Private Land? A Discussion of Recent Jurisprudence and Reconciliation Efforts
Please join the Runnymede Society’s Western University Chapter for a panel discussion on the implications of the Cowichan Tribes decision for Aboriginal title with Professor Dwight Newman (University of Saskatchewan) and Professor Michael Coyle (Western University), on Tuesday, March 17th. This discussion will examine the legal and practical implications of...
Freedom of Expression with Nadine Strossen
Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Ottawa Chapter, in partnership with the Institute for Liberal Studies (ILS), for an interview and discussion with Nadine Strossen (New York Law School), in conversation with Dean Kristen Boon (University of Ottawa), on Tuesday, March 17th. Nadine Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan...
From the Classroom to the Cabinet: Practicing Law Before and After the Charter
Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Saskatchewan Chapter for a fireside chat with The Honourable Don Morgan and The Honourable Eric Cline, on Monday, March 16th. This discussion will reflect on the years immediately before and after the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Drawing on...
Does International Law Matter?
Please join our SUO Runnymede Society Chapter at UBCO for a debate with Prof. Renaud-Philippe Garner (UBCO) and Prof. Adam Jones (UBCO), on Tuesday, March 10th. Nearly four decades after the end of the Cold War, the international system is once again marked by rising geopolitical tensions. As conflicts and...
Taxation and Parliamentary Control under Canada’s Constitution
Please join the Runnymede Society’s Dalhousie University Chapter for a lecture with Devin Drover (Canadian Taxpayers Federation), on Tuesday, March 10th. This lecture will explore the constitutional limits on the state’s taxing power and the central role of Parliament in authorizing fiscal burdens. Focusing on both historical and contemporary disputes...







