News & Events
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Douglas M. Johnston Lecture Series
This annual lecture began in 2009 and is named for the late Douglas M. Johnston -leading teacher, scholar, and writer in the international marine and environmental law community. Invited speakers are selected for their demonstrated leadership in the field of public policy and their interest in promoting social and environmental justice.
MELAW in the news
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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.
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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.
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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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News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Research, Students
PhD student Adebayo Majekolagbe and postdoctoral fellow Sara Ross were among the recipients of Canada's top awards for graduate student research.
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News, Research, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
On December 6-7, 2019, the Canadian-Japanese Scholarly Exchange on the Law of the Sea brought together experts from both countries for the first time to exchange views on international ocean governance.
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News, Research, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
This week's Dal-hosted Arctic Research Symposium brought together experts from different fields, including Professor Aldo Chircop from the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, to share their thoughts on the Arctic and to discuss major issues surrounding the region.
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News, Research, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
While at the Schulich School of Law, Ocean Frontier Institute International Postdoctoral Research Fellow Desai Shan is conducting research on occupational health and safety regulation and management on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
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News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Alumni & Friends
Although Jocelin d’Entremont (JD ’12) has been practicing fisheries law and marine law at Hood Fraser d’Entremont Law Firm in Yarmouth, N.S., since 2013, his personal connection to the sea dates back to his childhood.
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News, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Research, Students
Meet Lisa Benjamin, who will soon complete her six-month stint as a Schulich Law Killam Postdoctoral Fellow.
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Marine & Environmental Law Institute
"The Future of Ocean Governance and Capacity Development" features an essay by Professor David L. VanderZwaag, "Edging Towards Principled Ocean Governance: Law of the Sea and Beyond" and a contribution to the introduction by Professor Emeritus Moira L. McConnell. This publication is now available via free open access online.
