Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Travis Dumsday of Concordia University of Edmonton in a wide-ranging discussion about his book, Assisted Suicide in Canada: Moral, Legal and Policy Considerations. The book takes on the very complicated legal, moral, philosophical and ethical issues surrounding medical assistance in dying, particularly in Canada. Travis discusses the legal cases leading to Parliament's decision to legalize assisted suicide, the ethical quandaries provoked by that decision and where it may lead to ..read more

Dan and Richard are joined by University of Oxford Associate Professor Zeynep Pamuk to discuss her recent book, Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society. The book's grand theme is captured in the two epigraphs found at the beginning: "It would not only be foolish but downright irresponsible to accept the judgment of scientists and physicians without further examination" and "the rational layman will recognize that in matters about which there is good reason to believe there is expert opinion, he ought not to make up his own mind." Zeynep provides a robust critique, an ..read more

Dan and Richard discuss Osgoode School Professor Valerio De Stefano's timely book about the world of AI, algorithms and online platforms and their ever-increasing impact on the world of work. Co-authored with Antonio Aloisi, "Your Boss is an Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence, Platform Work and Labour" will trouble anyone who cares about the impact of technology on work and how it needs to be regulated ..read more

Beyond Law is a podcast on books that discuss problems of law and regulation through the lens of public policy and social science. In this episode, the hosts, Richard Haigh and Dan Priel, talk with Benjamin van Rooij about his latest book “The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better or Worse ..read more

Dean Mary Condon speaks with Kyle Elliott, Counsel, Diversity and Inclusion at Blakes about equity, diversity and inclusion in the legal education and the profession. Kyle graduated from Osgoode in 2016 where he acted as the President of the Black Law Students' Association (BLSA Osgoode), before serving as the National Articling Representative for the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada (BLSA Canada ..read more

Pandemics, wars, climate change! We’re living in a world today increasingly shaped by crisis. In this podcast, Osgoode Hall Law School professors François Tanguay-Renaud and Saptarishi Bandopadhyay discuss the impact of disasters on the political and legal landscape ..read more

Leading labour lawyer, Steven Barrett '84 interviews Osgoode Professor Valerio De Stefano on the rise in electronic monitoring of employees – a phenomenon known as algorithmic management ..read more

Osgoode Professor Poonam Puri speaks with JD/MBA Class of 1990 graduate and banking industry veteran James O’Sullivan about the Digital Loonie. She and three colleagues from the University of Toronto recently responded to a Bank of Canada call for proposals from academic teams on what a Central Bank Digital Currency framework could look like in Canada ..read more

The refugee decision-making system in Canada is flawed, Osgoode Professor Sean Rehaag tells lawyer Lorne Waldman ’77. Everything comes down to the luck of the draw. People who should be recognized as refugees are not being recognized as refugees. What’s happening is “a form of bias,” Rehaag says ..read more

Osgoode Professor Eric Tucker, a labour law expert, discusses the workplace obligations of employers and employees during the pandemic with Professor Sara Slinn, Associate Dean, Research and Institutional Relations at Osgoode ..read more