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50th Anniversary of the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan

  • November 19, 2024
  • Fatima Ahmed, Brooke Cross-Worobec, Kathleen Stoneham, & Leah Howie

Over the last 50 years, 34 members of Saskatchewan’s legal profession – including practitioners, academics, judges, and civil servants – have served as commissioners in undertaking independent and consultation-based law reform.

Implications of the Accessible Saskatchewan Act

  • October 01, 2024
  • Shane Buchanan

As part of a recent nation-wide movement towards accessibility legislation, the Accessible Saskatchewan Act intends to improve accessibility by preventing and removing barriers that people with disabilities face.

Navigating the Evolution of Assisted Dying

  • September 19, 2024
  • Dr. Janine Brown

The legal and healthcare communities must keep abreast of end-of-life law and healthcare changes to provide individuals and families with accurate information to support individual autonomy at the end-of-life.

No Place Like Home

  • May 28, 2024
  • Dr. Beth Bilson, K.C., PhD

Tent encampments in the park. Recipients of social assistance living in substandard accommodation. Indigenous communities dealing with inadequate and overcrowded housing. Would-be renters, including thousands of students, unable to access affordable rental options. Young people unable to imagine home ownership in their future.

Life on the airwaves

  • January 16, 2024
  • Beth Bilson, K.C.

I have previously written about the project started in 2019 that resulted in the publication this year of a book and now it's a podcast.