News & Announcements
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UBC researchers awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to tackle B.C.’s most significant environmental challenges
Allard Law Professor Dr. Stepan Wood is one of two UBC faculty members who has been awarded a $1-million Wall Fellowship. His project, Respect for All Relations, explores how Indigenous and settler laws can work together to promote healthier relationships between humans and nature, and between settler and Indigenous societies.
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Welcoming Jessica Buffalo back to Allard Law as Academic Director, Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
We’re thrilled to welcome alum Jessica Buffalo back to the Peter A. Allard School of Law as the Academic Director of the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
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Free, interactive Green Rights and Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy explores the rights of nature
The two-day academy featuring world-renowned speakers is free and open to anyone interested in how law and activism can protect the natural world.
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Feb 1, 2024The Globe and Mail: Taylor Swift may speak now about sexual deepfake images. But that’s not enough
Opinion: Allard Law Professor Kristen Thomasen and Schulich Law Professor Suzie Dunn call for more legal protections against AI-generated deepfake images and videos.
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Jan 16, 2024Allard Alum Aleem Bharmal, KC reflects on his unique path to human rights law
Allard Law alum Aleem Bharmal, KC served as a United Nations officer in Rwanda, Executive Director of the Community Legal Assistance Society, and President of the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch.
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Jan 10, 2024New report aims to remove roadblocks to freedom for the wrongfully convicted
A new report by the UBC Innocence Project argues that wrongfully convicted individuals are languishing in Canada’s prisons – and explains how timely access to police and court records could help remedy these miscarriages of justice.
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Dec 12, 2023Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation boosts UBC Innocence Project’s capacity with new $100,000 gift to establish investigation fund
The Allard School of Law is pleased to announce a gift of $100,000 from the Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation, which will provide critical funding for the activities of the UBC Innocence Project.
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Nov 21, 2023Statement in response to incident of anti-Black racism at Dean Atuguba’s Faculty Colloquium Lecture
A message from Dean Ngai Pindell regarding an incident of anti-Black racism on November 9, 2023.
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Nov 21, 2023The Conversation: British Columbia’s proposed bill on ‘alternative shelter’ risks doing serious harm to unhoused people
Op-ed: Allard Law Professors Alexandra Flynn and Stepan Wood and Osgoode Law Professor Estair Van Wagner argue that a proposed bill ignores the barriers that make many shelters inaccessible.