Research grants recipients

ALBERTA
2024
  • $15,000
    Shaun Fluker, University of Calgary

    “Standing to Litigate in the Public Interest”

  • 1,3640
    Tamar Meshel, University of Alberta

    “Arbitration Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary”

BRITISH COLUMBIA
2024
  • $8,095
    Isabel Grant, University of British Columbia

    “The Impact of Friesen on Sentencing for Child and Adult Sexual Abuse”

MANITOBA
2024
  • $4,080
    Gerard Kennedy & Natasha Brown, University of Manitoba

    “Access to Justice Needs of Manitobans”

NOVA SCOTIA
2024
  • $10,359
    Andrew Flavelle Martin, Dalhousie University

    “Legal Ethics for Crown Attorneys: The Appellate Stage”

  • $13,103
    Camille Cameron, Dalhousie University

    “Challenges and Prospects for Third-Party Litigation Funding in Canada”

  • $5,905
    Jodi Lazare, Dalhousie University

    “Revisiting Retroactive Child Support Three Years After Colucci”

ONTARIO
2024
  • $13,251
    Benjamin Geva, York University

    “Canadian Law of Negotiable Instruments and Payments: General Principles”

  • $5,278
    Kathleen Hammond, Toronto Metropolitan University

    “Best Interests of the Indigenous Child: An Analysis of the Use of Section 10 of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families in Recent Case Law”

  • $9,918
    Shanthi E. Senthe, University of Windsor

    “Exploring Credit Discrimination in Canada: A Regulatory Void?”

  • $9,898
    Vanessa Gruben, University of Ottawa

    “Justice in Access: Litigating for Health and Harm Reduction Services for People Who Use Drugs”

QUEBEC
2024
  • $14,934
    Christophe Krolik, Université Laval

    “Évaluer l’impact des législations canadiennes sur l’acceptabilité sociale des projets miniers”

  • $6,706
    Derek McKee, Université de Montréal

    “Le contrôle judiciaire des décisions en matière d’approvisionnement”

  • $14,000
    Michelle Cumyn, Université McGill

    “Recherches sur les pouvoirs juridiques privés pour la troisième édition de L’administration du bien d’autrui”

  • $15,000
    Patricia Akiobe, Université Laval

    “Le Code criminel et les métamorphoses des infractions cybercriminelles”

  • $8,545
    Vladyslav Lanovoy, Université Laval

    “International Law before Canadian Courts: Revisiting a Presumption of Conformity”

ALBERTA
2023
  • $9,000
    Robert Hamilton, University of Calgary

    “Indigenous Self-Government and the Provision of Child and Family Services: Considering Impacts on Urban Service Providers”

BRITISH COLUMBIA
2023
  • $6,855
    Alexandra Flynn, University of British Columbia

    “Judicial Review in Encampment Evictions”

  • $8,065
    Hassan M. Ahmad, University of British Columbia

    “Judicial Role Morality in Climate Change Litigation”

NEW BRUNSWICK
2023
  • $8,806
    Hilary Young, University of New Brunswick

    “Defamation in Small Claims Courts: Complex Litigation and Access to Justice”

NOVA SCOTIA
2023
  • $6,153
    Steve Coughlan, Dalhousie University

    “Detention and Arrest, Third Edition”

ONTARIO
2023
  • $9,000
    Lindsay Borrows, Queen's University

    “Revitalizing Indigenous Constitutionalism in Canada: Key Considerations in Textualizing Unwritten Traditions”

  • $11,891
    Naivi Chikoc Barreda, University of Ottawa

    “Le mariage et le divorce face aux défis de la mandialisation: la réponse du droit international prive de Québecois”

  • $14,715
    Nicholas Bala & Rachael Birnbaum, King’s University College/Queen’s University

    “Parental Alienation Cases”

QUEBEC
2023
  • $15,000
    Aurore Benadiba, Université Laval

    “Étude sur l’effectivité du droit d’accès et de traitement des personnes à faibles revenus et actifs et des micro, petites et moyennes entreprises au système légal d’insolvabilité et de faillite au Canada”

  • $8,254
    Laura Ellyson, Polytechnique Montréal

    “Cybercriminalité et preuve électronique : de l’enquête policière au procès”

  • $10,802
    Marie Manikis, McGill University

    “Integrating Indigenous Victims’ and Communities’ Harms within the Gladue Framework in Sentencing”

  • $10,800
    Priya S. Gupta, McGill University

    “Barriers to Housing Security for Racialized Households in Canada”

  • $6,750
    Rosalie Jukier, McGill University

    “Judicial Dialogues in Mixed Jurisdiction Courts: How Civilian and Common Law Judges Coverse on Canada’s Supreme Court”

  • $6,013
    Stéphane Rousseau, Université de Montréal

    “Traité de droit des valeurs mobilières”

SASKATCHEWAN
2023
  • $5,405
    Felix Hoehn, University of Saskatchewan

    “Municipalities and Canadian Law: Defining the Authority of Local Governments (2nd edition)”

ALBERTA
2022
  • $7,560
    Anna Lund, University of Alberta

    “Foreclosure Defences”

  • $6,000
    Gideon Christian, University of Calgary

    “Legal Framework for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology in the Canadian Criminal Justice System”

  • $11,491
    Lisa Silver, University of Calgary

    “Social Media Evidence Revisited: The Truth‐Seeking Function in a Post‐Truth Era”

BRITISH COLUMBIA
2022
  • $7,000
    Isabel Grant, University of B.C.

    “The Constitutionality of Bill C‐7 Through a Disability Lens”

  • $9,489
    Michelle Lawrence and Rob Lapper, University of Victoria

    “Open Court Principle and Administrative Tribunals Proceedings in the Post‐ Pandemic Era”

MANITOBA
2022
  • $6,864
    Sara Slinn and Virginia Torrie, Osgoode Hall/University of Manitoba

    “Testing a Preference for Employee Claims in Large Insolvencies”

NOVA SCOTIA
2022
  • $12,432
    Camille Cameron and Ryland Weyman, Dalhousie U/Univ of Toronto

    “Access to Canadian Courts for Climate Change Litigants: Are Climate Change Claims Justiciable?”

  • $8,457
    Steve Coughlan, Dalhousie University

    “Forty Years of the Charter: What We Still Have Not Decided”

ONTARIO
2022
  • $13,452
    Jason Neyers, Western University

    “Revision/update of Fridman’s Law of Contract (6th ed.)”

  • $15,000
    Marie-France Fortin, Université d’Ottawa

    “Repenser le droit de la responsabilité de l’État québécois : une approche historique constitutionnelle”

  • $9,576
    Stephen Pitel, Western University

    “Revision/update of S. Pitel & N. Rafferty, Conflict of Laws (3rd ed.)”

  • $5,622
    Tenille Brown, Lakehead University

    “Indigenous Law, Wills and Estates and the Indian Act: a Review of government powers relating to reserve property”

QUEBEC
2022
  • $9,995
    Annick Provencher et Victor Larrouquère

    “Aspects juridiques de la fiscalité canadienne des sociétés par actions”

  • $11,549
    Geneviève Saumier, McGill University

    “Access to Justice for Consumers: New Public Online Models for Dispute Resolution”

  • $5,172
    Jean Leclair, Université de Montréal

    “La poule et l’oeuf : les influences réciproques du fédéralisme et des droits des peuples autochtones sur le discours constitutionnel judiciaire”

  • $9,884
    Khashayar Haghgouyan, Université Laval

    “Les divulgations fiscales obligatoires au Canada, vers une métamorphose du rôle dufiscaliste de demain?”

  • $14,882
    Pascal Fréchette et Andréanne Malacket, Université de Sherbrooke

    “La liberté de tester et de donner : portrait des limitations encadrant l’intention libérale en droit des libéralités”

  • $6,900
    Sébastien Lanctôt, Université de Sherbrooke

    “Aux frontières des sciences et du droit : l’expertise scientifique dans la sphère juridique”

SASKATCHEWAN
2022
  • $7,500
    Clayton Bangsund, University of Saskatchewan

    “Bangsund on the Securities Transfer Act”

ALBERTA
2021
  • $4,730
    Howard Kislowicz, University of Calgary and Kathryn Chan, University of Victoria

    “The Law and Politics of Intervener Participation”

  • $8,800
    Nickie Nikolaou, University of Calgary

    “Incentivizing the Environmental Clean-up of Natural Resources and Mining Operations Through the Canadian Income Tax Act”

  • $8,000
    Peter Sankoff, University of Alberta

    “Prior Inconsistent Statements as Hearsay: An Empirical Analysis”

BRITISH COLUMBIA
2021
  • $4,730
    Kathryn Chan, University of Victoria and Howard Kislowicz, University of Calgary

    “The Law and Politics of Intervener Participation”

NOVA SCOTIA
2021
  • $6,390
    Andrew F. Martin, Dalhousie University

    “Legal Ethics for Government Lawyers: Identifying and Confronting Doctrinal Gaps”

ONTARIO
2021
  • $10,000
    Martha Bailey, Queen’s University

    “Cross-Border Family Law”

  • $10,000
    Benjamin L. Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School – York University

    “The Status, Future, and Ethics of Sentencing Guidelines in Canada”

  • $9,370
    Erik K. Knutsen, Queen’s University

    “Insurance Policy Interpretation in Canada (A New Canadian Treatise)”

  • $6,940
    Joanna Langille, Western University

    “Understanding the Public Policy Exception in Common Law Choice of Law Doctrine”

  • $10,000
    Lisa Moore, Osgoode Hall Law School – York University

    “Crossing Boundaries: Exploring Multi-Disciplinary Models for Legal Problem Resolution”

  • $9,740
    Jennifer Nadler, Osgoode Hall Law School – York University

    “Two Doctrines of Frustration”

  • $10,000
    Wade Wright, Western University

    Revisions and Updates to Hogg’s “Constitutional Law of Canada – Loose-leaf Version and 2022 Student Edition”

  • $9,310
    Sujith Xavier, University of Windsor

    “Who Gets to Decide? Detailed Survey of Canadian Jurisprudence on Recusal Motions on Bias, Race & Decision Makers”

QUEBEC
2021
  • $6,000
    Marie-Andrée Plante and Michaël Lessard, McGill University

    “Dénonciations publiques et diffamation : les agresseurs ont-ils un droit à la réputation?”

  • $10,000
    Hervé Prince, Université de Montréal

    “Droit international de l’investissement en contexte canadien”

  • $6,830
    Sule Tomkinson, Université Laval

    “Nouveau management public et administration de la justice : état actuel de la recherche scientifique”

ALBERTA
2020
  • $6,800
    Erika Chamberlain, Stephen Pitel, Andrew Botterell, Jason Neyers and Zoe Sinel, Western University and Mitchell McInnes, University of Alberta

    “Fridman’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 4th Edition”

  • $10,000
    Jassmine Girgis, University of Calgary

    “Bankruptcy and the Environment: Balancing Private Commercial Interests with the Public Interest”

BRITISH COLUMBIA
2020
  • $5,000
    Robert Howell, University of Victoria

    “The Nature and Scope of Proprietary of Other Legal Protection of Culture”

  • $10,000
    Sara Ramshaw, University of Victoria

    “Machine Listening: The Key to Digital Family Law in BC and Beyond?”

  • $9,660
    Katie Sykes, Thompson Rivers University

    “Animal Protection and International Trade Law After EC-Seal Products”

  • $9,510
    Stepan Wood, University of British Columbia

    “Towards a Cooler Reception of English Law in Warming Climate of Truth and Reconciliation”

NOVA SCOTIA
2020
  • $5,000
    Andrew Flavelle Martin, Dalhousie University

    “Creative and Responsive Advocacy from Reconciliation: The Application of Gladue Principles in Administrative Law”

  • $5,000
    Anthony Rosborough, Dalhousie University

    “Intangible Justice? The Need for Intellectual Property Competence in Canadian Small Claim Courts”

ONTARIO
2020
  • $9,500
    Stephanie Ben-Ishai, York University

    “Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Credit and Discrimination: A Canadian Perspective”

  • $5,000
    Vincent Chaio, University of Toronto

    “When, and Why, Is There a Right to Reasons?”

  • $6,800
    Erika Chamberlain, Stephen Pitel, Andrew Botterell, Jason Neyers and Zoe Sinel, Western University and Mitchell McInnes, University of Alberta

    “Fridman’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 4th Edition”

  • $5,000
    Anne Levesque, University of Ottawa

    “What Happens While We Wait? Incremental Remedies in Canadian Human Rights Law”

  • $4,930
    Katsivela Marel, University of Ottawa

    “Les moyens de défense de la responsabilité extracontractuelle du fait personnel (Droit Civil Québécois) et du délit de négligence et délits intentionnelle (Common Law Canadienne)”

  • $10,000
    Cherie Metcalf, Queen’s University

    “Climate Change and Canada’s Constitution”