DOWNTOWN CHARTER SERIES
Launched in April 2016, this lunch and learn style series brings the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the public who works in the Edmonton downtown core. The aim is to explain the Charter to the public – what specific Charter sections mean, how they are interpreted, and how they impact the lives of Canadians. The series helps to bring specific sections of the Constitution to the community. Speakers are professors or instructors at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law.
The talk is held in downtown Edmonton at the Enterprise Square campus as part of a collaboration with the Faculty of Extension’s Information Access and Protection of Privacy Program.
Historical
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