Max sits down with a very distinguished guest, Professor John Borrows, to discuss his prolific career in Indigenous Law and his Anishinaabe roots. Professor Borrows is currently teaching at the University of Toronto Law School and has long held ties with the University of Victoria Law School.
Hosted, recorded, and edited by Max Gross.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Distributed by CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
Come along for a pit cook with W̱SÁNEĆ community leaders, Earl Claxton Jr. and John-Bradley Williams, on their territory. This pit cook was done as part of a field course taught by Professor Robert Clifford through the University of Victoria Law School and the University of British Columbia Law School.
Produced and edited by Max Gross.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Distributed by CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
Max sits down with legendary environmental law lawyer and fromer University of Victoria Professor Calvin Sandborn to talk about his long and incredible career.
Hosted and edited by Max Gross.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Recorded at, and distributed by, CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
The Federal COurt of Appeal recently held in La Rose v Canada 2023 FCA 241 that the novel claims of the youth challenging the fedral government’s response to climate change can proceed to trial. Indi and Professor Chris Tollefson, who is co-counsel for the youth, discuss climate litigation, positive section 7 rights and what this discussion will mean going forward.
Hosted and edited by Indi Smart.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Recorded at and distributed by CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
In 2014 the SCC unanimously recognized in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia that the Tsilhqot’in Nation has aboriginal title of over 1750 square kilometers of land in BC. Indi talks to Chief Roger William, the original named plaintiff in the land title case, to discuss Tsilhqot’in law, the case, and his community’s future.
Hosted and edited by Indi Smart.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Distributed by CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
Second half of 1L is a different kind of challenge but you will survive it – trust us, we’ve been there! Max, Indi and Jess introduce themselves as the hosts of the fifth season of Stare Indecisis and the tips that they wish someone had told them during spring semester of 1L.
Hosted by Max Gross, Indi Smart, and Jessica Frappier.
Edited by Max Gross.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Recorded at, and distributed by, CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to release its decision on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the coming weeks. Krista Robertson, counsel for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, represented her client in all three levels of court. Indi and Krista discuss whether the Charter should apply to laws passed by self-governing Indigenous nations and why the analogous ground of Aboriginality-residence should not be applied to the facts of this case. This case also gives the SCC an opportunity to provide its first definitive direction on how section 25 of the Charter should be interpreted and applied.
Hosted and edited by Indi Smart.
Theme song by Max Gross.
Recorded at, and distributed by, CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.
Host Cassidy Menard interviews Garima Karia, recent law school graduate and future clerk for the Supreme Court of Canada. Garima is one of six authors published in Volume 28 of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform. Her paper “When Words Can Do Justice: Assessing the Novel Relationship Between Legislative Drafting and Access to Administrative Justice in Yukon and Canada” explores the connection between thoughtful legislative drafting and access to justice.
Tune in for a range of conversation, including Garima’s time at the Yukon Human Rights Commission, her use of Amartya Sen’s expanded capabilities approach in a legal context, her love for author Jesse Thistle, and her experience working with the editors of Appeal Law Review.
If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com.
Host: Cassidy Menard
Guest: Garima Karia
Editing: Cassidy Menard
Music: Machinery by Eddy
We respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
In this podcast, Patrick interviews Patricia Hughes about Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the notwithstanding clause. They discuss its history, recent invocations, and its potential for misuse.
Angus Reid Institute Study: https://angusreid.org/canada-constitution-notwithstanding-clause-bill-96-bill-28/
If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com
Hosts: Patrick McDermott (he/him)
Editing: Patrick McDermott
Theme Song by Logan Aitken
Interstitials: Machinery by Eddy
You can’t handle the truth!! (of these rankings).
Join hosts Cassidy and Max for a totally-not-definitive tier ranking of nearly 30 lawyer films from the 1950s to the present. With little to back their opinions besides personal taste and unreliable memory, they grade some of cinema’s most renowned courtroom dramas including Legally Blonde, The Firm, 12 Angry Men, Erin Brockovich, My Cousin Vinny, and more!
If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com.
Hosts: Cassidy Menard and Max Gross
Editing: Max Gross
Music: Machinery by Eddy
We respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
