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**This course is now fully subscribed. Enrollment for the live course is now closed.** 

The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism presents a first-of-its-kind online course on "The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy: Seminars with Leading Scholars in Public Law." 

This course offers the unique opportunity to learn from and debate with leading scholars of public law in Canada on the current state of our constitutional democracy. Subjects scheduled for discussion include the ongoing path to reconciliation, the role and limits of federalism in managing the present public health emergency, the risks and benefits of social media in election campaigns, the history and reform of Supreme Court appointments, the threats to freedom of the press, the use and misuse of the Notwithstanding Clause, the scope of religious freedoms, the balance between civil liberties and national security, the role and functions of the Senate, the Alberta independence movement and the future of Confederation, and the essential features of the administrative state in Canada.

Directed by Richard Albert, this ten-week course will be held live on Zoom on Tuesdays starting on June 9, 2020. Sessions will begin at 2pm EDT and end at 3:30pm EDT. Richard Albert will preside over every session. Each session will begin with a live presentation delivered by a featured scholar on a subject of her expertise. The remainder of the time will be reserved for discussion between course registrants and the featured scholar. Readings may be circulated in advance for specific sessions.

The roster of distinguished faculty for this course on "The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy" follows below, with the biographical information and subject-matter focus for each.

  1. Ryan Alford, Lakehead University, Emergency Powers in Canada: Past, Present--and Future?
  2. Kate Glover Berger, York University, The Constitutional Character of the Administrative State​
  3. Jamie Cameron, York University, Freedom of Expression and its Limits
  4. Hoi Kong, University of British Columbia, Federalism and the Pandemic in Canada
  5. Robert Leckey, McGill University, Rereading and Rethinking the Notwithstanding Clause after Bill 21
  6. Emmett Macfarlane, University of Waterloo, The Renewed Senate
  7. Carissima Mathen, University of Ottawa, The Tenth Justice and Other Tales: Canadian Judicial Appointments Law
  8. Naiomi Metallic, Dalhousie University, The Relationship between Canada and Indigenous People: Where are we in 2020?
  9. Ted Morton, University of Calgary, Alberta at the Cross-Roads
  10. Michael Pal, University of Ottawa, ​Social Media and Democracy

This course is open to all, including but not limited to lawyers, journalists, activists, non-profit leaders, as well as faculty and students in law, government, history, world affairs, and other fields. 

The deadline to register is Thursday, June 4, 2020. The modest proceeds from this course will be used to cover some of the expenses incurred in developing this course and also to fund bursaries for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary school students in Canada and Haiti. 

All registrants completing this course will receive a certification to that effect from the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism. No academic credit will be awarded in connection with this course.

Thank you for your interest in this course directed by Richard Albert, currently a professor of constitutional law and formerly a law clerk to the Chief Justice of Canada.
  • Richard Albert
  • Biography
  • Books
  • The Leaflet
  • Convenings
    • 2025 Global Summit
    • 2023 Global Summit
    • 2021 Global Summit
    • 3rd Graduate Conference on Constitutional Change
    • 2nd Graduate Conference on Constitutional Change
    • Courses
      • Advanced Seminar in Constitutional Reform
      • Advanced Research Seminar in Constitutional Change
      • Constitutional Amendment in Constitutional Democracies
      • Judging in Times of Crisis
      • The Future of Liberal Democracy
      • Modern Challenges in Constitutionalism
      • The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy
      • The Theory and Design of Constitutional Change
    • Seminars
      • Constitutional Renewal in Chile
      • Amendment-Mania in Mexico
      • The Architecture of Constitutional Amendment
      • Constitutional Autocratization in Russia
      • Constitutional Reform in Kenya
      • Democracy in our Digital Age
      • Is the United States Constitution Broken?
      • Juristocracy in Brazil?
      • Reimagining Policing in America
      • Socialism and Constitutionalism
      • Substitution of the Constitution Doctrine in Colombia
    • Discussion
      • Doctoral Workshop on Constitutional Amendment
      • Global Colloquium in Constitutional Law
      • The Living Presidency
      • Supreme Disorder
    • Advice
      • How to Write a Book Proposal
      • How to Publish a Book in Constitutional Studies
      • The Law Faculty Hiring Process
      • Clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada
      • Publishing in Constitutional Law
      • Writing a Book Proposal
  • Best of Books
    • The Best of 2023
    • The Best of 2022
    • The Best of 2021
    • The Best of 2020
  • Philanthropy
    • Yvette Depestre Award
    • Frederick Albert Scholarship
    • Wilda and John Maase Prize in Canadian Studies
    • Jamie Cameron Bursary
    • Bloom-Greenfield Prize
    • John C. Major Scholarship
    • Annual Fundraiser for Haitian Children
  • RunnersWorld