OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL Alumni Magazine Continuum IS CANADA READY? (For the Next Financial Crisis) WINTER 2019 In Conversation 60 Years of the Moving the Dial with Peter W. Hogg Osgoode Hall Law Journal on Access to Justice Winter 2019 CONTENTS Features m In Brief 04 New OsgoodePD Teaching and Learning Space A beautiful renovation of Osgoode Professional Development’s downtown Toronto location takes 08 lifelong learning into the future. IS CANADA READY? 05 Hennick Medal for Rob Wildeboer The Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Osgoode professors and alumni weigh in on the lessons learned Martinrea International Inc. is recognized for his from the 2008 financial crisis and whether Canada can weather exceptional leadership ability in motivating people another such upheaval. and moving organizations toward a vision. 06 Powered by Determination and Passion JD student Jeff Adams – a six-time Paralympian and six-time World Champion wheelchair racer – 15 is inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. FOUR QUESTIONS FOR PETER W. HOGG Leading Research The Ontario government’s plan to use Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the notwithstanding clause) to override a court decision about reducing the size of Toronto City Council 20 Moving the Dial on Access to Justice was not a silly thing to do, he says. Professor Trevor Farrow and fellow researchers at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice are bringing Dean’s Alumni Reception research insights gained from their Cost of Justice in Canada (2011-2018) study to a new project now Join fellow alumni, faculty and friends in honouring underway in three African countries. our alumni for their contributions to the profession, 22 A Matter of Fairness 18 Professor Sean Rehaag’s follow-up study into Law School and legal community. inconsistencies in decision-making by Federal Court THE OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL judges who rule on refugee claims shows that CELEBRATES 60 YEARS things have not yet improved. May 15, 2019 The top legal resource continues to shape scholarly debates in Convocation Hall, Osgoode Hall Canada and beyond, thanks to the commitment of faculty and 130 Queen Street West, Toronto some very bright student editors. 6:00pm - 7:30pm Free Please RSVP online by May 8, 2019: osgoode.yorku.ca/rsvp Osgoode Hall Law School of York University 01 Winter 2019 Continuum Greetings Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Magazine – Volume 43 EDITOR I hope it (this issue) will CONTENTS Anita Herrmann make you feel proud to be Director, Office of External Relations & Communications an Osgoode graduate. 416-736-5364 [email protected] DEAN’S CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Faculty Focus Virginia Corner ” Communications Manager 24 New Faces at Osgoode WRITERS Five talented new faculty members with expertise in Suzanne Bowness Meghan Carrington MESSAGE a wide range of areas of law joined Osgoode in 2018. Bev Cline Mary Condon Virginia Corner Farewell to Firebrand Alan Young 25 Anita Herrmann NOT LONG AGO I MET SOME FORMER STUDENTS WHO TOLD ME HOW MUCH During his 32-year teaching career, the Co-Founder Christine Ward they appreciated the securities regulation course they had taken at and Director of Osgoode’s Innocence Project also k PHOTOGRAPHY Osgoode a few years before. None of them had contemplated when they maintained a small law practice, bringing Jacklyn Atlas first arrived at law school just how much they would enjoy learning about constitutional challenges to our gambling, Ian Crysler securities law. Now practising lawyers in the complex and fast-paced world obscenity, bawdy-house and drug laws and winning Stephanie Kretzschmer of securities litigation, M&A deals and regulatory legal counsel, they are recognition as one of Canada’s top lawyers. New Paramount Studios Simon Remark Photography the next generation of securities law experts who are making Canada a Ashlea Wessel better place to do business. 26 Lisa Philipps has Prominent New Position at York DESIGN In this issue of Continuum, we talk to a group of Osgoode professors After serving as York’s Interim Provost and Hambly & Woolley Inc. and alumni who are widely recognized for their securities law and financial Vice-President Academic since May of 2017, the system expertise. We ask for their thoughts on the lessons learned from PRINTING Osgoode tax law professor was appointed St. Joseph Communications the global financial crisis that began in 2007 and the subsequent Canadian Provost and VP Academic for a five-year term that economic downturn of 2008-09. Their observations on Canada’s financial Continuum is published once a year by Osgoode will run until June 30, 2022. future suggest there is room for cautious optimism. Hall Law School of York University for alumni and friends. Ideas and opinions expressed in Continuum We also sit down with Peter W. Hogg, Canada’s foremost constitutional do not neccessarily reflect those of the editors, law expert, to discuss Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Osgoode Hall Law School or York University. We commonly known as the notwithstanding clause. The former Osgoode invite your letters and comments, and hope you Professor and Dean who is now Scholar in Residence at Blake, Cassels will keep us posted on where you are and what 28 In Memoriam you are doing. Please send correspondence to: & Graydon LLP admits to feeling “a little bit of sympathy” for Ontario Premier Doug Ford who intended to use the notwithstanding clause to CONTINUUM override a court decision about reducing the size of Toronto City Council. Office of External Relations 29 Class Notes Professors Trevor Farrow and Sean Rehaag reflect on their current & Communications Photo: Ian Crysler Ignat Kaneff Building research studies on access to justice and refugee claim decision-making, Osgoode Hall Law School respectively. And we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Osgoode Hall 32 Last Look York University Law Journal, a critical-thinking voice of legal scholarship that has been 4700 Keele Street described as “one of the most respected and influential peer-reviewed Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Telephone: 416-736-5638 general law journals in the world.” Fax: 416-736-5629 So take some time to read this informative and wide-ranging issue. I E-mail: [email protected] hope it will make you feel proud to be an Osgoode graduate. Website: osgoode.yorku.ca/alumni Osgoode Hall youtube.com/ facebook.com/ @OsgoodeNews Law School OsgoodeHall osgoode Alumni Group LawSchool Mary Condon Dean (Interim) 02 Continuum — Winter 2019 Osgoode Hall Law School of York University 03 News from Near and Far IN BRIEF 1. OsgoodePD renovations included a New OsgoodePD multimedia studio, common space, break-out rooms, and technology and Teaching and equipment upgrades. 2 Photos: Stephanie Kretzschmer Learning Space 2. The Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law honoured Rob IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, OSGOODE Hennick Medal Wildeboer LLB/MBA ’85 for career Professional Development (OsgoodePD) achievement. undertook a full renovation of its Photo: Simon Remark Photography downtown Toronto teaching facility on for Rob Wildeboer the 26th floor of 1 Dundas Street at Yonge Street. The vision was to create ROB WILDEBOER LLB/MBA ’85, EXECUTIVE an inspiring and flexible teaching and Chairman and Co-Founder of Martinrea learning space to take Osgoode’s International Inc., received the lifelong learning into the future. The Hennick Medal for Career Achievement changes include a multimedia studio, on October 3. a spectacular common space for “The Hennick Medal recognizes instructors and students, break-out Rob’s outstanding contributions as a rooms, and technology and equipment lawyer, business person and community upgrades throughout. leader, particularly his exceptional leadership ability in motivating people and moving organizations toward a 1 vision,” said Edward J. Waitzer, Director of the Hennick Centre. Awarded annually by the Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law – a joint initiative of Osgoode and Schulich School of Business – the Hennick Medal honours a business and law graduate who has earned widespread recognition in the business and legal communities. At Martinrea International Inc., a global auto parts supplier specializing in automotive fluid systems and metal forming products, Wildeboer oversees 15,000 employees at 44 divisions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Europe and China. He is also a founding partner of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP, and now serves as its Counsel. 04 Continuum — Winter 2019 Osgoode Hall Law School of York University 05 News from Near and Far Design Data Process / Business IN BRIEF Powered by Thinking Analytics Technology Project Mgmt Tools Fine Fellows Determination OSGOODE WELCOMED AN EMERGING legal scholar, a veteran trial lawyer, an and Passion acclaimed artist, and a pair of documentary filmmakers as Fellows for the 2018-19 JD STUDENT JEFF ADAMS – A SIX-TIME academic year. Paralympian and six-time World Champion wheelchair racer – was one of eight athletes inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in the fall of 2018. Between 1988 and 2008, Adams competed in six consecutive Paralympic 1. Games, capturing an outstanding total Sports Hall of Fame inductee of 13 medals. Jeff Adams is on the road to a Adams was an infant when he under- law degree just like his grandfather went radiation therapy to treat cancer and his brother before him. Joanna Vieira Noronha Photo: Ashlea Wessel that saved his life, but permanently Catalyst Fellow damaged his spinal cord. He started using 2. a wheelchair at the age of nine. Pernille Ironside ’99 was recognized Legal for her humanitarian work with a He put his love for sport not only 2018 Bryden Alumni Award. into conquering the international Knowledge 2 and Skills Photo: Jacklyn Atlas wheelchair racing circuit, but into 3 advocating for accessibility and lending 3. support to organizations that promote R.