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Marine & Environmental Law News

Amanda Kirby-Sheppard  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Research, Students
Mohamad Alikhani’s OpenThink blog will explore how Canadian laws and policies can be improved to ensure an ecologically sustainable future for offshore wind energy.
Amanda Kirby-Sheppard  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
Former colleagues, friends, and family gathered for the inaugural Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture to acknowledge his contributions to environmental law.
Stephanie Hurley  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
The Schulich School of Law is proud to announce the appointments of Associate Professor Sara Seck as the Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW) and Assistant Professor Sara Ross as the Associate Director.
Amanda Kirby-Sheppard  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Alumni & Friends, Students
Schulich Law’s Marine & Environmental Law Institute inspired this B.C. native to relocate to Canada’s East Coast to continue his education.
Stephanie Hurley  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
The unique partnership, co-led and co-developed by MUN and ICC Canada, will help advance the governance of Arctic shipping in Canada.
Lauri MacDougall  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
A two-day hybrid workshop was held November 3-4, 2022 at the Duke Conference Facility in Washington, DC to advance the theory and practice of dynamic ocean management.
Xinyue Zhang  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
The purpose of the workshop was to consider current and emerging practices of area-based management to mitigate the risks and impacts of shipping in Canada, and to learn from theory, research, and the experiences of practitioners, especially those of Indigenous rights-holders.
Tammi Hayne  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
On May 10, 2022, academics, advocates, researchers, and stakeholders came together to exchange on the themes of nonhuman animal well-being, environment and climate, and Indigenous interests with respect to both land and water-based intensive animal farming.
Joel Guerin  –  News, Research, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
Professor Jodi Lazare teamed up with Petroglyph Comics to turn her research on Canadian ag-gag legislation into a comic, accessible to all.
Madeline Lean  –  News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
Tahnee Prior shares what drew her to Schulich Law and discusses her desire to deepen her research on gender and ocean governance in the Arctic.
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