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		<title>Flurry of recent court decisions impacting schools and universities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a series of recent court decisions effecting schools and universities.  They involve institutions in a variety of different provinces, which means slightly different rules may apply, and they touch on various different issues - but they should be kept in mind by any institution&#8217;s decision-maker or legal advisor.  Here they are: 1.   Solicitor-Client [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Charter apply to universities? The plot thickens with recent decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many university administrators and student leaders have been watching with interest as the legal dispute between anti-abortion activists and Carleton University winds it way through the courts (see here and here for background).  Specifically, the curiosity surrounds one issue: does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to universities?  If the Charter does apply, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCC hyperlink decision has implications for educators</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blogosphere has had two weeks now to digest the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in Crookes v. Newton (CanLII), where the high court ruled that simply the act of hyperlinking to defamatory material elsewhere on the internet does not alone constitute defamation.  The decision upholds the rulings of two lower courts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tis the season to accommodate traditional employees of minority religions and cultures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labour Day &#8211; the first Monday in September &#8211; is widely recognized in Canada as summer&#8217;s swan song.  Some people stretch out their three-day weekend into a four-or five-day weekend, but ultimately the days and weeks after Labour Day are generally about getting things back in gear after sunny and relatively relaxed work days of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Supremes dismiss two education-related leaves to appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada this morning dismissed two education-related applications for &#8220;leave to appeal&#8221; (i.e. requests to be heard by the high court).   The Supremes can either: grant leave to appeal, in which case they will eventually hear the appeal; dismiss the application with costs, in which case the applicant will need to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCC grants leave to appeal in Moore decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada announced this morning that it has granted leave to appeal the decision of the BC Court of Appeal in the case of Jeffrey Moore, which involved the claim that North Vancouver School District 44 had discriminated against him by failing to provide certain services aimed at special needs children.   The Court of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCC grants leave to hear appeal in Access Copyright dispute</title>
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		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/scc-grants-leave-to-hear-appeal-in-access-copyright-dispute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 06:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month granted leave for an appeal of the Alberta Minister of Education from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright (CanLII).  In a nutshell, the dispute pits ministries of education and school boards against Access Copyright, a copyright collective.  Access Copyright successfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCC balks on two student grievance cases against universities</title>
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		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/scc-balks-on-two-student-grievance-cases-against-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada announced this morning that it has dismissed separate applications by two students in claims against their universities for leave to appeal (Wikipedia) respective decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal, each of which were discussed previously on this blog.  Both of the appellate court decisions are powerful statements on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UBC succeeds in closing the door on teacher evaluation complaint of faculty association</title>
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		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/ubc-succeeds-in-closing-the-door-on-teacher-evaluation-complaint-of-faculty-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada announced this morning that it has dismissed with costs the application of the University of British Columbia Faculty Association for leave to appeal to the high court the decision (CanLII) of the BC Court of Appeal regarding the policy of the UBC Senate on teaching evaluations.  The Faculty Association had claimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear appeal of UBC ticket case</title>
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		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-refuses-to-hear-appeal-of-ubc-ticket-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed (CanLII) an application by Daniel Barbour &#8211; the accountant who claimed UBC had no right to issue parking tickets &#8211; to hear an appeal to the decision (CanLII) of the BC Court of Appeal rejecting his claim.  This brings his lawsuit to a final close.  Here is a press release by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court of Canada issues final word on UBC discrimination case</title>
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		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-issues-final-word-on-ubc-discrimination-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of British Columbia celebrated last week&#8217;s decision by the Supreme Court of Canada refusing to hear an appeal from Cynthia Maughan, a student who alleged discrimination by the university and several professors on the basis of her Christian beliefs (see here for a previous post on this issue). In 2008, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed Maughan&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quebec to reform language education law deemed unconstitutional by top court</title>
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		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/quebec-to-reform-language-education-law-deemed-unconstitutional-by-top-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBC reported that Quebec&#8217;s Liberal government plans to reintroduce legislation to replace Bill 104, which the Supreme Court of Canada ruled over the summer was unconstitutional.  This marks the beginning of another chapter in the ongoing drama surrounding the language of instruction debate in Quebec. As a very brief history, the linguistic legal battles in Quebec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Duty to Accommodate: Happy to work on Christmas, but not on Yom Kippur</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The culture of Christmas in Canada is pervasive.  It is the highlight of the year for many Canadians, when work ceases for a day and families reunite.  Every provincial government has designated it as a statutory holiday, allowing Western Christians the ability to participate fully in their religious experience without any expectation of professional achievement. But, [...]]]></description>
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