CBC | CRTC hires private company to investigate 2022 Rogers outage September 14, 2023
"There's a lot of secrecy on this file, but it's important to remember that that secrecy is intentional," says TRU Faculty of Law's Matt Malone.…
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Faculty of Law
Law grad recognized for equity and social justice September 12, 2023
TRU Law alum Cem Bicer is among the 24 graduating students from law schools across Canada to receive this year's Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize…
Globe and Mail | Opinion: Internal CRTC files show poor probe of Rogers outage August 30, 2023
Last summer, millions of Canadians lost the ability to access 911 services on the Rogers network during its infamous outage. TRU Law faculty member Matt Malone…
Faculty of Law
Remembering Chris Axworthy, TRU Law founding dean August 28, 2023
The founding dean of Thompson Rivers University’s Faculty of Law, Chris Axworthy, has died. A former Attorney General of Saskatchewan with a prestigious career in…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Law, Featured, Law Faculty in Action
Appeal court cites TRU law professor August 18, 2023
The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently cited TRU Law Professor Christopher Hunt. In its decision, ICBC v Ari, 2023 BCCA 331, the BC Court…
South Peace News | Swan River law student third in competition August 8, 2023
Second-year TRU Law student Robert Houle, from Swan River First Nation, places third in the Sovereignty Symposium XXXV Writing Competition for law students across North…
The Globe and Mail | Ottawa too secretive with government contracts, business groups say August 2, 2023
Law's Matt Malone says public funds should never be considered confidential information. Read more
The Vancouver Sun | Feds doing ’broader review’ of social media after banning TikTok from work devices July 17, 2023
All social-media apps should be banned from government devices unless there are compelling reasons to keep them, given the sensitive data “that’s being vacuumed up,”…
The Prince George Citizen | Law professor defends judge's decision on Vanderhoof RCMP shooter July 4, 2023
Law faculty member Robert Diab says he can understand why the Vanderhoof RCMP shooter verdict would raise questions for many. Read more
The Globe and Mail | Export Development Canada releases documents years after Globe challenges access to information disclosure June 23, 2023
Faculty of Law's Matt Malone says Export Development Canada’s reports to Parliament show the agency fully releases records in response to a request about 3 percent…
The Globe and Mail | ArriveCan’s erroneous orders urging 10,200 Canadians to quarantine breached Privacy Act, commissioner says May 30, 2023
The Faculty of Law's Matt Malone says the privacy commissioner’s report vindicates his complaint that the government did not appropriately safeguard Canadians’ personal information as…
The Globe and Mail | Only a quarter of Canadians trust government to regulate artificial intelligence – no surprise May 26, 2023
Although many Canadians harbour concerns about the rise of AI, few believe the government is up to the task of regulating it. The Faculty of…
Faculty of Law
New law alum with Benedict Turner May 16, 2023
With the closing of the 2022-23 academic year, we welcome a new cohort of graduates to the TRU Law alumni community. We'd like to introduce…
Faculty of Law
Law alumni feature - Danielle Ching McNamee May 16, 2023
In this spotlight, we feature Danielle Ching McNamee from the law class of 2018. After law school, Danielle started a clerkship with the BC Supreme…
Faculty of Law, Featured, Giving, Indigenous Education
A future with more Indigenous lawyers April 26, 2023
Barry Wilson spent his youth fighting for Indigenous rights through protests and activism. Thanks to those efforts, his daughter Tara-Lynn Wilson can continue the fight…
Faculty of Law, Featured, The Conversation Canada
It’s not the end of privacy yet in Canada, but the threat remains April 18, 2023
The Conversation Canada article by TRU Law faculty member Robert Diab Despite early predictions that the internet would spell the end of privacy, it continues…
Faculty of Law
Law students compete in national hockey arbitration competition March 28, 2023
Two TRU Law students got as far as the quarter finals of this year's national Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada (HACC) held in Toronto in…
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TRU Law hosts national Indigenous moot March 27, 2023
One of the top Indigenous law events for Canadian universities is coming to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for the first time next year. The Kawaskimhon…
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Lecture examines determining privacy, within reason March 20, 2023
What is legally private? Can the police, without a warrant, access the records of your electricity consumption, train an infrared camera on your home or…
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Day of Giving exceeds goal by $6,100 March 6, 2023
TRU’s sixth annual Day of Giving raised $54,095 for TRU students at the Kamloops and Williams Lake campuses last week, surpassing the goal of raising…
