Remote Working Tools – Where to From Here?
Zoom. Slack. Hangouts. If you hadn’t heard about these remote productivity tools and others on the market before, you most certainly have by now. Organizations ... Continued
Access Copyright v. York – The Next Chapter
On April 22, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal released York University v. The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) (2020 FCA 77). The appeal ... Continued
Federal Government Steps Up to Support Canadian Students in Various Ways
On April 22, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $9 billion in support for post-secondary students and recent graduates. This support will be implemented through ... Continued
University Spaces and the Freedom of Expression
The Alberta Court of Appeal recently released its first decision of 2020, UAlberta Pro-Life v Governors of the University of Alberta (“UAlberta”). The decision in ... Continued
Just the Facts, Ma’am! OIPC Orders Disclosure of Factual and Narrative Information in an Investigation
INTRODUCTION Order F19-41 (2019 BCIPC 46) from the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner (“OIPC”) reviews a professor’s requests for records from a university’s ... Continued
Trustworthy: A Primer on Post-Secondary Business Structures. Part 2 – Choosing Your Vehicle
This series explores the approach taken by several public post-secondary institutions in Canada to deploy innovative, independent, and accountable business structures to make the most ... Continued
Back to School – Back to the Drawing Board: Trademarks and Copyrights in the Logo and Brand Refresh
Back to school! Time for that new pencil and crayon smell, new duds, and not a little reflection on the changing of the seasons and ... Continued
I May Take No Position On What You Say, But Our Insurer Will Defend Your Right To Say It1
The Difference Between an Insurer’s Duty to Defend and the Duty to Indemnify A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, MacFarlane v. ... Continued
Student Litigant Update
In previous newsletters, we discussed two recent decisions of the BC Supreme Court involving civil lawsuits brought by university students against their institutions (SFU, and ... Continued
Report from the Annual Conference of the National Association of College and Universities Attorneys (“NACUA”)
June 2019, Denver, Colorado – Maybe inspired by this mile-high location, the annual NACUA conference was a mile-wide and a mile-deep: 1,800 attendees, over 90 ... Continued
Learning From Serial Student Litigants – Part 3
In this, Part 3 of the series (and the final of this trilogy), we outline a set of management strategies for administrators, faculty, staff, and ... Continued
From Trade-marks to Trademarks: What Educational Institutions Should Expect from Canada’s New Trademark Law
Is it “trade-marks” “trademarks” or “trade marks”? Your answer likely depends on how much you care about grammatical rectitude as much as technical legal conformity, ... Continued