McLachlin

Public Opinion and Experts Agree: the Time to Regulate Social Media Has Arrived

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

A Social Media Council to serve as an accessible forum in reducing harms and improving democratic expression on the internet.

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  • A Social Media Council to serve as an accessible forum in reducing harms and improving democratic expression on the internet.
  • A world-leading transparency regime to provide the flow of necessary information to the regulator and Social Media Council.
  • And that public institutions representing a public interest must step up on behalf of the victims of the deluge and the sanctity of our democracy.
  • Edward Greenspon, President and CEO of Public Policy Forum
    The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., C.C., Former Chief Justice of Canada

Government of Canada announces a judicial appointment in the province of British Columbia

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Friday, July 3, 2020

Lindsay M. Lyster, Q.C., partner at Moore Edgar Lyster LLP in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

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  • Lindsay M. Lyster, Q.C., partner at Moore Edgar Lyster LLP in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
  • from the University of British Columbia in 1991, graduating as the Gold Medalist.
  • Madam Justice Lyster served as law clerk to the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin at the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • The Judicial Advisory Committees across Canada play a key role in evaluating judicial applications.

Kate Harris Wins the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize for Lands of Lost Borders

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Monday, March 4, 2019

TORONTO, March 4, 2019 /CNW/ -The Winner ofthe 2019 RBC Taylor Prize is Kate Harris (Atlin, BC) for her book Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road, published by Knopf Canada.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, March 4, 2019 /CNW/ -The Winner ofthe 2019 RBC Taylor Prize is Kate Harris (Atlin, BC) for her book Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road, published by Knopf Canada.
  • The jurorsfor the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize are Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin.
  • Sharing a commitment to emerging Canadian talent, the Charles Taylor Foundation and RBC will also grant the sixth annual RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writers Award.
  • The trusteesof the Charles Taylor Foundation are: Vijay Parmar, David Staines, Edward Taylor, Nadina Taylor, and Noreen Taylor.

/R E P E A T -- RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Longlist Revealed/

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin today shared the longlist for the eighteenth awarding of Canada's most prestigious non-fiction prize.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin today shared the longlist for the eighteenth awarding of Canada's most prestigious non-fiction prize.
  • The longlist books for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize are:
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  • The RBC Taylor Prize Shortlist will be announced at a news conference on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, and the winner revealed at a gala luncheon on Monday March 4, 2019.
  • The trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation are: Vijay Parmar, David Staines, Edward Taylor, Nadina Taylor, and Noreen Taylor.

/R E P E A T -- RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Longlist Revealed/

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin today shared the longlist for the eighteenth awarding of Canada's most prestigious non-fiction prize.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin today shared the longlist for the eighteenth awarding of Canada's most prestigious non-fiction prize.
  • The longlist books for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize are:
    2.
  • The RBC Taylor Prize Shortlist will be announced at a news conference on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, and the winner revealed at a gala luncheon on Monday March 4, 2019.
  • The trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation are: Vijay Parmar, David Staines, Edward Taylor, Nadina Taylor, and Noreen Taylor.

RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Longlist Revealed

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin today shared the longlist for the eighteenth awarding of Canada's most prestigious non-fiction prize.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - RBC Taylor Prize 2019 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and Beverley McLachlin today shared the longlist for the eighteenth awarding of Canada's most prestigious non-fiction prize.
  • The longlist books for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize are:
    2.
  • The RBC Taylor Prize Shortlist will be announced at a news conference on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, and the winner revealed at a gala luncheon on Monday March 4, 2019.
  • The trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation are: Vijay Parmar, David Staines, Edward Taylor, Nadina Taylor, and Noreen Taylor.