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06-04-26 | Courts, Student Projects

Representing Yourself in Canada’s Legal System

Access to a lawyer or legal training is not given to everyone. Lack of knowledge, resources and prohibitive costs: the barriers are manifold. This visual post, produced by students as part of the course Visual Advocacy / Law and Film, presents free resources available to the public.

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01-06-26 | Access to Justice, Courts, Public Law

Public Interest Standing: Analysis of Article 85 of the Code of Civil Procedure in Light of the Downtown Eastside Ruling

In 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark Downtown Eastside Sex Workers ruling expanded the criteria for public interest standing. But how does this framework align with the Code of Civil Procedure of Quebec, which sets out a more restrictive approach to the issue? In this visual publication, Paul-David Chouinard, a doctoral candidate at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, explores this conflict of norms and the context surrounding the Downtown Eastside ruling.

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12-03-24 | Access to Justice, Courts

The Superior Court of Québec: 175 Years of Building Today’s Society

Jurivision has teamed up with the Superior Court of Québec to produce a video celebrating its 175th anniversary. The video will be presented as an introduction to the conferences given by the Court’s judges in Québec schools to mark the anniversary.

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09-09-24 | Courts, Jurivision, Public Law

All About the Supreme Court of Canada

In 2025 the Supreme Court of Canada will celebrate its 150th anniversary. For this occasion, the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law with a group of professors, students and audio-visual creators are working together to deliver to Canadians a digital experience that will allow the Canadian public to discover this important legal institution.

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