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Program Recap: COVID and the Family Court

  • 14 février 2022
  • Jean-Frédéric (J-F) Hübsch

This article reviews a recent Webinar regarding Family Court decisions related to the pandemic, including vaccination and remote learning, that will interest members of the Education Law, Family Law and Child and Youth Law sections.

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Overview of Policing in Ontario Schools: The Persistence of Discrimination

  • 08 novembre 2021
  • Adrianna Mills & Enniael Stair

This article reviews evidence that police presence in schools can have a harmful impact on marginalized students, including the recent Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision in JKB v Peel (Police Services Board).

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A Pre-Summer Education Law Round-up

  • 27 mai 2021
  • Jean-Frédéric Hübsch

Here’s a quick look at news and resources related to education law that made headlines in the past few months.

Droit relatif à l’éducation, Student Forum

A Thank You from the Education Law Section Chair

  • 18 mai 2021
  • Jean-Frédéric (J-F) Hübsch

As the outgoing Chair of the OBA’s Education Law Section, I’d like to thank you for your support of and participation in our Section this past year, despite the impacts of the pandemic on our professional and personal lives.

Droit relatif à l’éducation

Court of Appeal Finds University Discriminated Against Disabled Student

  • 22 mars 2021
  • Tawanda Masimbe, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that the University of Waterloo discriminated against a student applicant on the basis of disability in refusing admission. The decision provides helpful insight into how educational institutions can meet the substantive and procedural aspects of the duty to accommodate in their student admission processes.

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Family Law Amendments and Significance for Educators

  • 22 mars 2021
  • Kimberley Ishmael, Keel Cottrelle LLP, and Shamim Fattahi, Algieri-Boileau Legal

Important legislative amendments to provisions of the federal Divorce Act, RSC 1985, c 3 (2nd Supp) took effect on March 1, 2021. These amendments were made through Bill C-78 and were originally scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2020; however, the Government of Canada deferred the effective date to March 1, 2021 due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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