News

November 2017

• This article mentions the 2011 analysis of the Ontario courts by Holly Johnson (Macleans)
• The Ghomeshi Effect: Meet the Artists - December 7
• Steven Bittle discusses on-the-job deaths and is working on a project to estimate the actual number of people who are killed at work each year, beyond the workers' compensation numbers (The Globe and Mail)
• Nadar Chaves Dos Santos, student, explains that participating in focus groups and research studies was an easy way for him to make a little extra cash (The Eyeopener)
• Holly Johnson notes that the definition of sexual assault is different in each country (USA Today)
• Justin Piché edits the newest issue of "Journal of Prisoners on Prisons"
• Baljit Nagra explains why Deepan Budlakot, who is currently “stateless”, is Canada’s responsibility (Metro Ottawa)
• Justin Piché argues against the construction of a new, bigger jail in the Ottawa area (Ottawa Citizen)
• Holly Johnson comments on the rate of publicization of Special Investigations Unit probes into the actions of Ottawa police officers (CBC News Ottawa)
• Line Beauchesne discusses New Brunswick's legislative framework for drug impaired driving, such as marijuana (Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick) *in French
• Welcome to Alexis Truong, new Assistant Professor
• Emily Babcock, student, was named to the championship All-Star Team after the Gee-Gees won their first-ever Canadian university women's rugby title (Belleville Intelligencer)
• Elsa Lalonde, student, was awarded the Dr. John Davis Burton award for her contributions to accessibility and is pushing for the University of Ottawa to re-establish an Accessibility Committee (The Charlatan)
• Holly Johnson comments on a Statistics Canada study which found that just one in five sexual assault cases substantiated by Canadian police end up in court (Pique)
• New book by Louise Fines