Faculty of Law celebrates Dean's Course Prize winners October 24, 2023
They achieved the highest grades in their Winter 2023 courses, and on Oct. 17, the Faculty of Law celebrated their accomplishments. The Dean’s Course Prize…
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The Globe and Mail | Ottawa seeks to scale back outsourcing with new guidelines October 5, 2023
Faculty of Law's Matt Malone talks with The Globe and Mail's Bill Curry about guidelines around Ottawa outsourcing consultants. Read more (Note: article is behind a…
Investigative Journalism Foundation | Why do government IT contracts have such huge cost overruns? October 4, 2023
It’s not just ArriveCan and Phoenix. Half of outsourced tech work went over the original budget, data shows. “For many of these IT consultants, their…
Law alumni feature: Cemeka Douglas October 3, 2023
In this alumni spotlight, we feature Cemeka Douglas from the class of 2018. Douglas articled with a mid-sized firm in Toronto and then joined a…
Law students bring home Hooplaw victory October 3, 2023
Building on its successful showing at the 2022 Hooplaw event, TRU Law brought home the championship in this year's competition. Established in 1995, Hooplaw is…
Boom and Bust | Canada’s data protection standards September 20, 2023
The Faculty of Law's Matt Malone speaks with host Tony Clement about Canada's tech practices and the AI revolution. Watch the interview
The Centre for International Governance Innovation | It's time for Canada to ban social media apps on government-issued devices September 20, 2023
The federal government "should proceed with banning all social media on government-issued devices, with exceptions as necessary and with the onus on the government actor…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
