Funded research and publications
For more than 50 years, The Canadian Foundation for Legal Research has funded practical, leading edge legal research in Canada. Projects funded between 2013 and 2017 are listed below. The most recent funded research and publications can be found on the Research grants and Walter Owen Book Prize pages.
Sarah Morales
2015
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Recognizing the ‘Sacredness’ of the Process: Reconciling the Hul’qumi’numm Legal Tradition and the Canadian Legal System”
Julie MacFarlane
2017
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
“Tracking the Emerging Jurisprudence: Developing and SRL Case Law Database”
Adam Dodek
2016
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias in the 21st Century”
Shaun Fluker
2016
University of Calgary
“An Investigation of Notable Trends and Issues in Seeking Leave to Appeal Statutory Tribunal Decisions in Canada”
Chris Hunt, Lorne Neudorf & Micah Rankin
2016
Faculty of Law, Thomson Rivers University
“The Guide to the Canadian Interpretation Act”
Haigh & Dan Priel
2016
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
“The Supreme Court of Canada by Number”
Jean-François Roberge
2015
Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke
« La justice participative, 2e édition »
Patrick Mignault
2014
Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke
« La responsabilité des administrateurs de régimes de retraite : une approche comparée »
Benjamin Geva
2017
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
“Canadian Law of Negotiable Instruments and Payments: General Principles”
Mitchell McInnes
2017
Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
“Disgorgement of Wrongful Gains”
Stéphane Rousseau
2016
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
« Traitement du contrat logistique en droit canadien »
Emily Satterthwaite
2016
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
“Optional Taxation: A Study of the HST’s Small Supplier Election”
Richard Frimpong Oppong
2015
Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
“Jurisdiction Agreements in Interprovincial and International Commercial Contracts in Canada”
Julie Paquin
2015
Faculté de droit, Université d’Ottawa
« Analyse de l’impact de l’adoption de structures alternatives pour l’exercice de la profession d’avocats sur les avocats en droit des affaires au Canada »
Ivan Tchotourian
2015
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Évaluation de l’impact du recours civil en droit des valeurs mobilières sur les acteurs de la gouvernance d’entreprise : Étude des allégations et des recours (2008-2015) »
Teressa Scassa and Micheal Deturbide
2013
Toronto: LexisNexis Canada
Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada, 2nd edition
Ivan Tchotourian
2013
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Devoir de prudence et de diligence des administrateurs et responsabilité sociale des entreprises »
Sylvette Guillemard
2016
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Comprendre la procedure civile Québécoise, 2e édition. »
Pierre Issalys & Denis Lemieux
2015
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Préparation de la quatrième édition de l’ouvrage L’action gouvernementale »
Stephen G.A. Pitel
2015
Faculty of Law, Western University
“Conflicts of Laws, Second Edition”
Michel Doucet
2014
Faculté de droit, Université de Moncton
« Les droits linguistiques au Nouveau-Brunswick (recherche seulement) »
Anver Emon
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
“Statutory Interpretation and the Rule of Law”
Jean-François Roberge
2014
Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke
« Accès à la justice et conférence de règlement à l’amiable (CRA) : Que veulent les justiciables et les avocats? »
Christopher Waters
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
“Cycling Law and Legislative Reform”
Alice Woolley
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
“Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics in Canada, 2nd Edition”
Michelle Cumyn
2013
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Analyser les règles du droit québécois concernant la garantie du droit de propriété dans le vent »
Michelle Flaherty
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“The Impact of the Self-Represented Litigant on Judging and the Rules of Evidence”
Rosalie Jukier
2013
Faculty of Law, McGill University
“Judicial Methodology: The Role for Judicial Comity in Bi-jural Canada”
Marel Katsivela
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“The Defense of Assumption of Risk in Torts (Common Law) and Extra-Contractual Liability (Quebec Civil Law)”
Erik Knutsen
2013
Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
“Dueling Duties: Resolving Conflict Duties of Care in Tort”
Mariève Lacroix
2013
Faculté de droit, Université d’Ottawa
« La Gamme des Fautes Civiles: Étude Conceptuelle de l’imputabilité à l’intentionnalité »
David Robitaille
2017
University of Ottawa
« Le pouvoir unilatéral du Parlement d’écarter les lois Provinciales valides par la doctrine du conflit et sa prépondérance Fédérale systématique: la mise à l’écart du bien commun protégé par les lois Provinciales »
Louise Langevin
2016
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Féminisme et droit, repenser le droit comme outil de changement social pour les femmes »
Denis Roy
2016
Faculté de droit, Université Moncton
« De la protection des minorités linguistiques »
Han-Ru Zhou
2016
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
« Droit constitutionnel canadien (2 tomes) »
Gerry Ferguson
2015
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
“Legal Regulation of Public Integrity”
Rosalie Jukier
2015
Faculty of Law, McGill University
“Québec Procedural Law: A Microcosm of Mixity”
Tsvi Kahana
2015
Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
“Rethinking ‘Analogous Grounds’ of Discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”
Benjamin Lehaire
2015
TELUQ, Université de Québec
« L’action en concurrence déloyale en droit civil québécois »
Darryl Robinson
2015
Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
“The Scope of Contemporary Crimes Against Humanity”
Rakhi Ruparelia
2015
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“The Impact of Prosecutorial Discretion on Racial Discrimination”
Jennifer Koshan
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
“Human Rights and the Law in Canada”
Jena McGill
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Reconciling Competing Human Rights Claims in Canada”
Vrinda Narain
2014
Faculty of Law, McGill University
“Veiled Threats: The Place of the Niqab in the Courtroom: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding the Supreme Court’s Decision in R v. NS”
Maxime St-Hilaire
2014
Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke
« Le droit canadien des partis politiques à l’aune des standards internationaux »
Stephen Pitel
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
“The Impact of Club Resorts: How are Courts Applying the New Test for Taking Jurisdiction?”
Pierre-Claude Lafond
2016
Montréal: Éditions Yvon Blais
« Droit de la protection du consommateur: théorie et pratique »
Caitlin Pakosh (editor) et al.
2017
Toronto: Irwin Law
The Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences
Benjamin Perrin
2017
University of British Columbia
“Social Media & Criminal Law: Sexual Offences, Threats and Criminal Harassment”
Michael Plaxton
2017
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
“Sovereignty, Restraint and Guidance: Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century and the 1982 Criminal Code: Documents for its Interpretation”
Vincent Caron
2015
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
« Loi sur la distribution de produits et services financiers annotée »
France Houle
2015
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
« Admissibilité et évaluation de la preuve d’expert en droit criminel depuis l’arrêt Mohan »
Amissi Melchiade Manirabona
2015
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
« Pour l’accroissement du potentiel dissuasif de la Loi C-21 »
Michelle Flaherty
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“The Impact of the Self-Represented Litigant on Judging and the Rules of Evidence”
Louise Langevin, Nathalie Des Rosiers and Marie-Pier Nadeau
2014
Montréal: Éditions Yvon Blais
L’indemnisation des victimes de violence sexuelle et conjugale, 2e éd.
Amissi Melchiade Manirabona
2014
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
« Difficile application de la loi portant responsabilité pénale des organisations: points de vue des acteurs »
Stephen Porter
2014
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
“Crocodile Tears? Elucidating the Nature and Influence of Remorse Appraisals by Observers”
Malcolm Thorburn
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
“The Criminal Law Jurisprudence of Justice Louis LeBel”
Lucinda Ann Vandervort
2014
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
“Sexual Consent and the Rule of Law”
Vincent Chiao
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
“Actus Reus and Voluntariness in Canadian Criminal Law”
Carissima Mathen
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Social Media and Criminal Law”
Jason Neyers
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
“The Boundaries of Public Nuisance”
Robert J. Currie
2015
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
“Social Media and the Law in Canada”
Elliott Goldstein
2013
“Internet Images and Video as Evidence”
Lara Karaian
2013
Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
“Child Pornography and Minors’ Online Sexual Expression: Canada’s ‘Private Use’ Exemption and Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age”
Catherine Choquette
2017
Université de Sherbrooke
« L’application éclairée du droit de l’environnement »
Nathalie Chalifour
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“The Application of s. 7 of the Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms to Environmental Cases”
Paule Halley
2014
Faculté de droit, Université de Laval
« La construction d’un nouveau droit canadien des investissements étrangers dans le secteur minier »
Nathalie Chalifour
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“The Application of s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to Environmental Cases”
Jane Bailey & Carissima Mathen
2017
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Technologically-facilitated Violence Against Women: Can Canadian Criminal Law Respond?”
David Koussens
2017
Université de Sherbrooke
« L’expertise religieuse en droit de la famille »
Margaret Hall
2017
Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
“Adult Protection: A Qualitative Research Study Examining Implementations/Awareness of BC’s Adult Guardianship Act”
Wanda Wiegers
2017
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
“Rights of Foster Parents in Selected Jurisdictions”
Harith Al-Dabbagh
2016
Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
« La fraude à la loi en matière d’adoption international: Analyse de la jurisprudence canadienne »
Wanda Wiegers
2016
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
“An Examination of Care Arrangements Under Selected Child Welfare Regimes in Canada”
Angela Campbell
2014
Faculty of Law, McGill University
“Trial Diversions: The Experiences of Family Law Litigants Who Rely on Non-Judicial Dispute Resolution”
Dwight Newman
2013
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
“Addressing Conflict of Law Problems Arising from Provincially Differentiated Definitions of Non-Marital Spousal Relationships”
Vanessa Gruben, Erin Nelson & Joanna Erdman
2016
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Canadian Health Law and Policy, 5th Edition”
Lorian Hardcastle
2016
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Legal Barriers to Quality Improvement Within Hospitals”
Lara Khoury
2014
Faculté de droit, Université McGill
« Problèmes organisationnels et systémiques affectant la délivrance des services de Santé : Élément de transformation de la responsabilité médicale et hospitalière »
Maya Prabhu
2013
Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
“Only When I Say So: The Involuntary Hospitalization of the Medically Ill”
Miriam Cohen
2017
Lakehead University
“The Re-Invention of Investment Immigration and Constructions of Canadian Citizenship”
Colin Grey
2016
Université du Québec à Montréal
“The Role of the Charter in Immigration Law”
Vrinda Narain
2016
Faculty of Law, McGill University
“Reconciling Different: Multiculturalism and the Framework of Reasonable Accommodation”
Vincent Caron
2017
University of Ottawa
« Monographie en droit des assurances (Québec) »
Denis Boivin
2016
University of Ottawa
« Le droit des assurances au Canada »
Sophie Verville
2013
Faculté de droit, Université Laval
« Le marquage des droits de propriété intellectuelle au Canada et son impact sur la responsabilité des contrefacteurs (The Making of Intellectual Property Rights in Canada and its Impact on the Liability of Infringers) »
Marie-Claude Desjardins & Finn Makela
2016
Faculté de droit, Université Sherbrooke
« La computation des délais prévus au Code du travail du Québec »
Izaak de Rijcke
2015
Izaak de Rijcke Law Office
“Preparation of Manuscript for Textbook titled “Principles of Boundary Law in Canada”
Florian Martin-Bariteau
2017
University of Ottawa
« La Protection des secrets dans la vie des affaires au Canada »
Shannon O’Byrne & Avner Levin
2017
Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
“Compensation for Intangible Loss in the Context of Privacy Claims”
Puri Poonam
2017
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
“An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Veil Piercing”
Amy Salyzyn
2017
University of Ottawa
“Whistle-Blowing and Lawyers: Balancing Professional Responsibilities and the Public Interests”
Barbara Von Tigerstrom
2017
College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
“Direct and Vicarious Liability for Tort Claims Involving Violation of Privacy”
Rebecca Bromwich
2016
Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University
“Privacy Protection, Tort Law and Emerging Uses of Mobile Technologies in Medicine”
Samuel E. Trosow
2016
University of Western Ontario
“The Internet of Things: Implications for Consumer Privacy under Canadian Law”
Adam M. Dodek
2015
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Solicitor-Client Privilege”
Dr. Hudson Graham
2015
Ryerson University
« Using Secret Evidence in Canadian Courts »
William (Bill) Lahey & Diana Ginn
2015
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
“Has Dunsmuir Worked?”
Kyle Kirkup
2017
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
“Transgender Human Rights Law: Past, Present, Future”
Catherine Brown
2013
Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
“Rectification in Tax Cases”
David Duff
2013
Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
“Cases and Materials on the Taxation of Business Entities in Canada”