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Osgoode Constitutional Law Society
InstitutionOsgoode Hall Law School
LocationToronto, Ontario
Established2014

The Osgoode Constitutional Law Society (OCLS) is a an official student society at Osgoode Hall Law School dedicated to the study and appreciation of constitutional law. Founded in 2014, the Society is one of Osgoode’s premier student organizations, hosting competitive law moots and speaking engagements, while fostering opportunities for academic and professional development in the field of constitutional law.[1]

History

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The Osgoode Constitutional Law Society is an official student society funded and overseen by Osgoode’s Legal & Literary Society.[2] During its first full academic season in 2014-15, the Society hosted The Crown & Constitution speaker’s series, with speakers including the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdswell, along with several leading academics in the study of the Canadian Crown, including Peter Russell and Jacques Monet.[3][4][5] The speaking series was sponsored by the Monarchist League of Canada, and participants were offered research publication opportunities through the York Centre for Public Policy and Law.[6][7][8]

During the 2015-16 academic year, the Society hosted a number of speaking engagements with several of Canada’s leading constitutional scholars, including Peter Hogg, David Leposfsky and Ontario’s Deputy Attorney General, Patrick Monaghan. The Society also organized a special event, The Magna Carta and Canada’s Constitution, to coincide with the 2015 Magna Carta exhibition at Toronto’s historic Fort York.[9][10]

In the 2021-22 academic year, the Society hosted its first Constitutional Law Moot,[11] which has since become an annual hallmark of Osgoode Hall’s academic season. The Moot’s guest judges have included high profile members of Canada’s judiciary and legal community, including Michael Moldaver, former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada,[12] and Justice Lorne Sossin of the Ontario Court of Appeal.[13]




Jacques Monet.



Mu Delta Alpha was founded as Muslimahs For Change Sorority on February 17, 2014 at the University of Texas at Dallas.[14][15] It was founded by Samira Maddox who wanted a welcoming space for Black Muslims.[14][16] Its other founding members were Fatima Ahmed, Dana Kamal, and Palwasha Rehmani.[15] It is a "professional sorority that focuses on sisterhood, service, and personal development for young women".[17] Although Muslim-focused, membership is open to women of all backgrounds.[17] Its founders chose to create a professional sorority rather than a social sorority because there were many of the later and they wanted to a professional sorority to "give Muslim women the opportunity to show that Muslim women can reach their potential and that they are encouraged to educate themselves through Islam."[18] It was the first professional sorority for women in the United States.[14]


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The Colourful Five Per Cent is a multi-part soft-cover anthology that tells the stories of the Yukon’s most extraordinary inhabitants. The series is authored, edited and illustrated by the celebrated Canadian artist, Jim Robb, who is famous for his watercolour paintings.[19]

There are currently three instalments in the series, the first volume of which was published in 1984.[20] A reprint of the first volume …

The Colourful Five Per Cent
  • The Colourful Five Per Cent Vol. 1 No. 1 (1984)
  • The Colourful Five Per Cent of Yukon and Alaska No. 2 (1985)
  • The Colourful Five Per Cent No. 3 (1998)
AuthorJim Robb
IllustratorJim Robb
Cover artistJim Robb
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography
Publisher
  • Murray Hampton (No. 1 & 3)
  • Touchstone Studios Ltd: Colourful Five Per Cent Co (No 2)
No. of booksThree


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The Kissing Buildings (2015) is a watercolour painting by Yukon artist Jim Robb.[21] It depicts two well known buildings in Dawson, Yukon, built in 1901, that have been affected by melting permafrost to such an extent that they lean together, touching in places.[22]

Kissing Buildings
ArtistJim Robb
Yearc. 2015
MediumWatercolour on paper
SubjectThe Kissing Buildings in Dawson City, Yukon
LocationPrivate collection

History and Background

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The Kissing Buildings was completed in 2015, with a number of signed limited edition prints in circulation.[23] The painting was done on canvass with watercolour and ink, and exemplifies Robb’s penchant for rustic depictions of Yukon’s culture, history and unique architecture.

The work depicts a complex of buildings in Dawson City, Yukon, commonly referred to as the Kissing Buildings, but which is officially known as the Third Avenue Hotel complex. Built near the turn of the 20th century, the Kissing Buildings have served as a tobacconist, a hotel and a photography shop.[24]

The painting is done in Robb’s “exaggerated truth” style, and exemplifies his typical motif of leaning and tilting buildings. The style itself is influenced by the results of melting permafrost on northern structures.[24]

The Kissing Buldings, sold to a private collector in 2021,[21] is one of Jim Robb’s best known works and has been featured in numerous news stories and magazine articles.[19][25] Prints and merchandise featuring the painting continue to be sold as of 2022.[26]

References

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  1. ^ Office of the Dean (2021). Faculty Handbook - 2021-2022 (PDF). Toronto: Osgoode Hall Law School. p. 206.
  2. ^ "Clubs". Legal & Literary Society. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  3. ^ Monarchy in Action 2015 - Osgoode Constitutional Law Society, retrieved 2024-12-31
  4. ^ Gillespie, Kevin (2015-12-29). "Osgoode Constitutional Law Society - Crown & Constitution Speakers' Series: Monarchy in Action". The Maple Monarchists. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  5. ^ Limheng, Henry (2015-02-23). "The Crown in Ontario Visits Osgoode". Obiter Dicta. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  6. ^ Canadian Monarchist News. "Aboriginals and the Crown: Conference at Osgoode Hall Law School" (PDF). York Centre for Public Policy and Law.
  7. ^ Wilkins, Kerry (2016-05-31). "Reasoning with the Elephant: The Crown, Its Counsel and Aboriginal Law in Canada". Indigenous Law Journal. 13 (1): 27. ISSN 1703-4566.
  8. ^ McNeil, Kent. "Curriculum Vitae - Kent McNeil" (PDF). Osgoode Hall Law School.
  9. ^ "Magna Carta: Law, Liberty and Legacy (2015)". www.fortyork.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  10. ^ Harris, Carolyn (2015-11-04). "My talk on Magna Carta and Canada's Constitution for the Osgoode Constitutional Law Society (November 16: 12:30-2:30pm)". Carolyn Harris. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  11. ^ www.cavalluzzo.com. "Tyler Boggs Judges at Constitutional Law Moot". www.cavalluzzo.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  12. ^ Osgoode Constitutional Law Society (2024-11-04). "Con Law Moot - Guest Judge and Keynote Speaker: Justice Moldaver". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  13. ^ "Osgoode Welcomes Distinguished Alumni from OCA | Osgoode Hall Law School - York University". Osgoode Hall Law School. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  14. ^ a b c Farzan, Yusra (2022-04-20). "How This Muslim-Only Sorority Is Celebrating Ramadan". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  15. ^ a b "History". Mu Delta Alpha. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  16. ^ Hamdan, Nadia. "UT's first Muslim sorority hopes to inspire leadership". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  17. ^ a b "Nationals". Mu Delta Alpha. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  18. ^ Shuwekh, Muhammad (November 12, 2017). "Meet Mu Delta Alpha: The All American Muslimah Sorority". Bahath. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  19. ^ a b Bonnay, Vincent (April 3, 2022). "Jim Robb has spent a lifetime drawing Yukon history in colourful characters and places". CBC News. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  20. ^ Plonka, Gabrielle (2020-02-14). "Whitehorse Daily Star: Book on colourful characters to be released tomorrow". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ a b "Kissing Buildings-Original-Framed-Jim Robb". North End Gallery. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  22. ^ Shetler, Scott (2016-04-06). "Quirky Attraction: The Kissing Buildings in Dawson City, Yukon". Quirky Travel Guy. Retrieved 2021-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Yukon News, June 19, 2015 by Black Press Media Group - Issuu". issuu.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2021-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ a b North End Gallery. Jim Robb Art Card: Kissing Buildings (Whitehorse: North End Gallery, 2015).
  25. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. "Le Yukon à la pointe du crayon". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  26. ^ "Kissing Buildings Art Card". North End Gallery. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
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