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Curriculum Vitae
BARBARA JAMIE CAMERON
OFFICE
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
(416) 736-5033 (office)
(416) 736-5736 (fax)
jcameron@yorku.ca
DEGREES
B.A., The University of British Columbia, 1975
LL.B., McGill University, 1978
[1st in class]
LL.M., Columbia University,
1983
Called, The Law Society of
British Columbia, 1979 (inactive)
Called, The Law Society of
Upper Canada, 1987 (member in good standing)
ACADEMIC
Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University
Sabbatical leave,
1995-96 (visitor at U. of Toronto Law School)
Director, Centre for Public
Law and Public Policy, 1993-1995
Assistant Dean, 1991-93
Associate Professor, tenured
since 1987
Assistant Professor, 1984-87
Cornell Law School
Visiting Scholar,
Spring 1989
Visiting Assistant
Professor of Law, 1982-83 and Fall 1983
University of
Toronto
Adjunct Professor,
Political Science Department
The Canadian
Constitution, 1993-94
American
Constitutional Law, 1987-88
SUNY at Buffalo
Visiting Scholar
Comparative
Constitutional Jurisprudence, Fall 1989
Columbia
University Law School
Associate in Law,
1981-82
Legal Method
(legal analysis, research and writing)
PROFESSIONAL
Supreme Court of Canada
Law Clerk, 1979-80
Mr. Justice
[Brian] Dickson [then puisne judge and later C.J.C.]
McAlpine, Roberts,
Poulus and Hordo
Barristers &
Solicitors, Vancouver, B.C.
Associate,
1980-81; and articled student, 1978-79
Law Reform
Commission of Canada
Summer student,
1977
APPOINTMENTS
Public service
Canadian
Civil Liberties Association
Vice-President, June
1994 - present
Board of Directors,
June 1992-present
B.C. Civil Liberties
Association
Board of Directors,
2000-present
Editorial
Ontario Reports
Board of Editors,
1990-present
Canadian Rights
Reporter
Assistant Editor,
1987-present
Canada Watch
Co-editor, 1993-1995
Legal Editor,
1992-93
Media and
Communications Law Review
Editor-in-Chief,
1990-1995
Annals of Health Law
Editorial Board,
1993
Academic
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright
Program
Chair,
1996
Adjudication
Committee, 1992-96
Social Science and
Humanities Research Council [SSHRC]
Selection Committee,
Doctoral Fellowships
and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, 1989-91
Bora Laskin National
Fellowship in Human Rights (several times, most recently in 2000)
Peer review
Includes the
University of Toronto Press, the University of Calgary Press, Alberta
Law Review,
McGill Law Journal, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Ottawa Law
Review and Annals of Health Law, and
tenure and promotion applications
[University of Toronto and University of Windsor Law Schools].
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Editor, The Charter=s
Impact on the Criminal Justice System (Toronto: Carswell Co.,
1996).
Chapters
AThe Supreme Court of Canada
and its Compassionate Judge: Charter Jurisprudence
in the Cory
Years, 1989-99" [manuscript under revision]
ATo
amend the Process of Amendment@, in
Beaudoin et al. (eds.),
Federalism for the Future: Essential Reforms (Quebec:
Wilson & Lafleur Ltée., 1998)
ACigarette
Packages, Tobacco Consumption and the Charter: The Role of
Perception and Harm
in Charter Analysis@,
in J.C. Luik (ed.), Plain Packaging and the Marketing of
Cigarettes
(U.K.: Admap Publications, 1998)
ATradition
and Change Under the Charter: The Adversary System, Third
Party Interests and
the Legitimacy of Criminal Justice in Canada@,
in J. Cameron (ed.), The Charter=s
Impact on
the Criminal Justice System (Toronto: Carswell Co.,
1996)
AToward
a Theory of Responsible Justice@,
in Open Justice, Canadian Institute for the
Administration of
Justice (Montreal: Les Editions Themis, 1994)
AThe
Motor Vehicle Reference and the Relevance of American Doctrine
in Charter
Adjudication@,
in R. Sharpe, (ed.) Constitutional Litigation 69-95 (Toronto:
Butterworths, 1987)
AThe
Constitutional Domestication of our Courts C
Openness and Publicity in Judicial
Proceedings under the Charter@,
in P. Anisman and A. Linden (eds.), The Media, The Courts
and The
Charter 331-46 (Toronto: Carswell, 1986)
Articles
ABack to Fundamentals:
Multi-Disciplinary Partnerships
and Freedom of Association Under
Section 2(d) of the Charter@,
(2000), 50 U.T.L.J. 261-304
ADialogue
and Hierarchy in Charter Interpretation: A Comment on
R. v. Mills@
[forthcoming, Alberta Law Review, December, 2000]
AThe
Past, Present and Future of Expressive Freedom Under the
Charter@
(1997) 35 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1-74
A'Abstract'
Principle v. Contextual Conceptions of Harm@:
A Comment on R. v. Butler@
(1992), 37 McGill L.J. 1144-66
AA
Bumpy Landing: The Supreme Court of Canada and Access
to Public
Airports Under Section 2(b) of the Charter@
(1991), 2 Med. and Comm. Law Rev. 91-118
AThe
First Amendment and Section 1 of the Charter@
(1990), 1 Med. and Comm. Law Rev. 59-126
AThe
Original Conception of Section 1 and its Demise: A Comment
on Irwin
Toy v. A-G of Quebec@
(1989), 35 McGill Law Journal 253-77
ACross-Cultural
Reflections: Teaching the Charter to Americans@
(1990), 28 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1-29
ALanguage
as Violence v. Freedom of Expression: Canadian and
American
Perspectives on Group Defamation@
(1989), The Mitchell
Lecture 37 Buffalo Law Review 337 at
353-58
ALiberty,
Authority and the State in American Constitutionalism@
(1989), 25 Osgoode Hall L.J. 258-304
AEnforcing
the Charter: Four Remedial Vignettes@
(1988), 9
Advocates' Quarterly 257
AThe
Forgotten Half of Dolphin Delivery: A Comment on the
Relationship Between the Substantive Guarantees and Section 1
of the
Charter@ (1988), 22
U.B.C. Law Rev. 147-56
Book Reviews
AThe Charter and
Remedial Choice@
(reviewing
K. Roach=s Consitutinal
Remedies) (1995), 45 U. Tor. L.J. 525-36
AAn
Outside View of Meech Lake: The Inside Story@,
[1991] 2 Supreme Court Law Review 545-55
AConstitutional
Faiths: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black and
the Process of Judicial
Decision Making@ (Spring
1985), Public Law 169-71
Canada Watch
AHorse Race of Another
Kind: Libman,
Thomson Newspapers, and Arational
choice@, Sept-Oct 1999
AThe
Vagaries of Review at the Supreme Court of Canada@,
October 1998
AThe
Supreme Court of Canada and Freedom of Expression@,
March-April, 1997
AThe
Charter=s Impact on the
Criminal Justice System@, May-June,
1995
ACanada's
Politics of Catharsis@,
January/February 1995
AFederation
and the Chretien Agenda@,
October 1994
AIn
the Arts We Trust? Politics and the Funding of Culture@,
May/June >94
AThe
AAbsolute@
Relativity of Rights in Canada@,
April 1994
AJustice,
Democracy and the Press@,
March 1994
AChoice
and Reproductive Technology@,
January/February 1994
AThe
Rhythm of Confederation@,
November/December 1993
AThe
State of the Economic Union@,
October 1993
ADoing
Politics Differently...@,
September 1993
AParticipation
and Democratic Process...@,
July/August 1993
AThe
APromise@
of Balanced Budget Legislation@,
May/June 1993
AExpunging
Unwelcome Political Testimony: A Culture of Censorship?@,
April 1993
ACameras
in the Legislature: Strangers or Watchdogs?@,
March 1993
APolitics,
Patronage and the Senate@,
January/February 1993
AA
Referendum Post Mortem@,
November/December 1992
AAppointing
Supreme Court of Canada Judges...@,
October 1992
A...
Reading Judge Made Provisions into Legislation@,
September 1992
ALevelling
the Playing Field: Referendum Spending Limits and the Charter@,
July/August 1992
Other
A Report on Human Rights Protection in
Canada
Hong Kong Economic & Trade
Office
The Government of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
March 4, 1998
Canadian Judicial Center
video publication
Lectures on American
Constitutional Law
March 1990
Ontario Supreme
Court [8 papers]
8 Lectures on American
Constitutional Law
Fall 1988
Law Reform Commission of
Canada
AThe
Rationales for Openness in Judicial Proceedings and the Rationales for
Limits on the Principle of Openness@
Research paper, September
1985 (75 pages)
LL.M. thesis
(147 pages)
ACharles
Evans Hughes and the Emergence of Civil Liberties Review@
Non-legal
Red
Blanket Coat: the Story of the 1961 Trail Smoke Eaters [non-fiction book
manuscript in progress]
SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES
UNIVERSITY
AFederalism,
Sovereignty, and Individual Rights Symposium: International Human Rights and
National Sovereignty in Federal Systems@
[forthcoming, Wayne State University, March 29-30, 2001
Colloquium on
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
[forthcoming, Osgoode Hall Law
School, March 9, 2001]
U.B.C. Law School
AThe
Supreme Court and its Compassionate Judge: Charter
Jurisprudence in the Cory Years@
February 25, 2000
University, Osgoode Hall Law
School
1998 Constitutional Cases
Directions for Canadian Health
Care
Legal dilemmas in health
policy
October 2, 1998
York University, Osgoode Hall
Law School
1997 Constitutional
Cases
AThe
Vagaries of Review at the Supreme Court of Canada@
April 17, 1998
University of
Toronto, Faculty of Law
34th Annual
Conference on Law and Contemporary Affairs, Law and the Media
AAfter
Scientology: Are There Means of Protecting Freedom of
Expression in Defamation Cases?@
February 6, 1998
University of Toronto, Faculty
of Law
33rd Annual Conference on Law
and Contemporary Affairs
AThe
Charter Fifteen Years Later@
April 17, 1997
SUNY
at Buffalo/The Baldy Centre for
Law and Social Policy
AToo
Far and Not Far Enough? The First Amendment, S.2(b) of the Charter,
and the Simpson/Bernardo Trials@
May 12, 1995
The Centre for
Public Law and Public Policy
Roundtable forum AThe
Charter's Impact on the Criminal Justice System@
May 6, 1995
Gender and Ethics
Workshop
York University
AGender,
Ethics, and the Judiciary@
April 30, 1994
Centre for Public Law and
Public Policy/Institute for Feminist Legal Studies
AFeminism,
Censorship and ... Canada's New Child Pornography Law@
Conference
co-host, March 4, 1994
Widener University
School of Law
AFederalism,
Sovereignty and Human Rights in Canada@
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
November 11-12,
1992
University of
Maine Law School Symposium:
AVarieties
of Constitutionalism: Do Britons, Americans, Canadians and the Irish
Speak a Common Language?@Address: AParliamentary
Democracy, Separation of Powers and Canadian Principles of
Federalism@
February 1988
Centre for
American Studies (U.W.O.)
AGroups,
Rights and the American Constitution@
Conference
AComparative
Constitutional Culture@
May 1987
Other
speeches include SUNY at Buffalo, 1989 and 1986; The Learned
Societies, Canadian Association of Law Teachers [C.A.L.T.], 1988 and
1986; Cornell Law School, May 1987; the Atkinson College Round
Table, March 1988; as well as numerous seminars, panel discussions
and presentations at Osgoode Hall Law School.
LEGAL PROFESSION
Judicial education
American Bar Association
1995 Appellate Judges Seminar
Series:
AFreedom
of the Press and its Effect on the Judicial and Political Systems@
July, 1995
The Supreme Court
of Canada (host)
The Romanian
Constitutional Court
Co-lecturer [Mr.
Justice Cory], June 7 and 8, 1993
1990 Appellate Judges Seminar
Series
American Bar
Association
Individual Rights
[full-day program]:
AProtection
of Personal Autonomy@; ARestrictions
on the Admission of Evidence in Criminal Trials@;
AProtection of 'Racist'
Speech@; and AEqual
Protection Analysis and the Meaning of 'Equality'@
September 1990
The Federal Court of Canada
Four Lectures on
American Constitutional Law:
AWe
the People@; AIndividualism
and the Constitution@; A'Absolute'
Rights@; ADemocracy,
Self-government and Constitutional Rights@
Canadian Judicial
Center Video Publication
Lecture program,
January 1990
The Ontario Supreme Court
[trial/appellate divisions]
American
Constitutional Doctrine and the Charter
Eight lectures and
papers
Lecture program,
Fall 1988
Canadian Institute for the
Administration of Justice
Atlantic Provinces Provincial
Judges Education Seminar
Equality rights
March 1985
Legal community
Millenium
National Media Law Seminar
Conference speaker, November
10-11, 2000
The B.C. Civil Liberties
Association
AThe
Supreme Court of Canada=s
Worst s. 2(b) Decision@
February 24, 2000
Association of
Canadian General Counsel
AJudicial
Activism and the Evolving Nature of the Canadian Courts@
May 28, 1999
National Media Law Seminar
Keynote Speaker
November 27, 1998
U.S. Embassy Video
Conference
ANAFTA
at Five C Split-run
Manazines@
November 20, 1998
National Media Law Seminar
AThe
Past, Present and Future of Expressive Freedom Under the Charter@
Keynote Speaker,
November 14, 1997
Federalism for the Future:
Essential Reforms
The Amending Procedure
August 1997
Law Society of Upper Canada
& Canadian Bar Association
National Symposium,
New Developments in Communications Law and Policy:
Canada and the
Global Information Society
AMore
Than Just Content: The Expanded Meanings of Freedom of Expression@
April 26, 1996
Law Society of Upper
Canada
Bi-annual
Conference, Entertainment Advertising & Media Law
AWhat
Price Freedom? Commercial Free Speech in the Expanding Universe@
February 23, 1996
Canadian Institute for
the Administration of Justice
Annual Conference on AOpen
Justice@
AThe
Right to Attend Hearings@
October 12-15, 1994
The Law Society of Upper
Canada, Continuing Legal Education
Charter Rights: ASimilarity,
Difference and Equality@
April 27, 1994
CBAO Annual Institute
A Charter Litigation
Manual, 1992
ARemedies
for Charter Breaches@,
1987
Department of
Justice
4th Annual Conference on Human
Rights and the Charter
ATrends
in Freedom of Expression: Access to Institutions and Institutional
Information@
November 16, 1992
Ministry of the
Attorney General of Ontario
AThe
First Amendment and Section 1 of the Charter@
November 14, 1991
New York State Bar
Association Annual Meeting
ACanada's
Constitutional Crisis@
October 26, 1991
Others include CBAO
dinner meeting speeches [Municipal Law and Constitutional Law/Civil
Liberties Sections]; the London Criminal Lawyers Association (the Morgentaler
decision); and the Law Society of Upper Canada/Butterworths Symposium
on legal reporting.
Consultant/expert witness in
constitutional cases, including Bailey
and Lavoie v. A-G Canada (citizenship
status/s.15/public service employment); R.J.R. MacDonald v. A-G Canada
(Tobacco Products Control Act); Schaefer et al. v. A-G Canada
(adoptive parents/s.15/unemployment benefits); Lavigne v. OPSEU et al.
(freedom of association and mandatory dues check-off); opinions on various
issues including the constitutionality of referendum spending limits
[commissioned by the federal NDP Party].
PUBLIC SERVICE
Standing Committee
on Transport and Communications
The Senate of
Canada
Bill C-55 (split
run magazines)
Witness, May 6,
1999
Standing Committee on Legal
and Constitutional Affairs
The Senate of Canada
Bill C-37 (amendments to the Judges
Act)
Witness, October 6, 1998
The Minister's
Public Consultation on Immigration (Toronto)
The Hon. Sergio
Marchi, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Moderator, June
20, 1994
Standing Committee
on Justice and Legal Affairs
The House of
Commons
Criminal Code
amendments (crime cards and board games)
Witness, June 7,
1994
Nationwide
Referendum, The Charlottetown Accord
Canada AYES@
Committee
Appointed Member,
September-October 1992
Standing Committee on Justice
and Legal Affairs
The House of Commons
Bill C-81 and
Referendum Spending Limits
Witness, May 1992
The Federal Government's
Renewal of Canada Conferences:
Vancouver:
Concluding Conference
Invited Delegate,
February 14-16, 1992
and
Toronto: Identity, Rights
and Values AProperty
rights and the Override@
Speaker, February
7-9, 1992
Special Joint
Committee on a Renewed Canada [the Beaudoin-Dobbie Committee]
The Senate and the
House of Commons
Witness, December 6,
1991
Select Committee on Ontario in
Confederation
Conference on
Ontario in Confederation
Delegate, October
17-19, 1991
CBAO Constitutional
Initiatives Committee
Member, Fall 1991
Cambridge Lecture
Series,
Constitutional
reform panel
Canadian Institute
for Advanced Legal Studies
Chair/Organizer,
July 16, 1991
Special Joint
Committee on the Process for Amending the Constitution of Canada [the
Beaudoin-Edwards Committee]
The Senate and the
House of Commons
Witness, February
28, 1991
The First Minister's
Conference on the Meech Lake Accord, Ottawa
The Honourable David
Peterson
Premier of Ontario
Advisor, June 3-9,
1990
Guest and speaker at
numerous debates and invitational forums on constitutional and other
public law issues, including the Caledon Institute of Social Policy,
The C.D. Howe Institute, The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, and
The Centre for Public Law and Public Policy.
Media
Television appearances include CBC's The National, Sunday
Report, The Magazine, The Journal [two-part series, AA
Voter's Guide to the Referendum@]
and Newsworld [various programs]; CTV National News;
Global TV
[referendum coverage]; and TVOntario=s
Between the Lines, Speaking Out and Studio 2.
Radio programs
include CBC=s Morningside
[regular guest 1993-94]; This Morning; Talking Books; As
it Happens; and Ontario Today.
Op editorial pieces in The
Globe & Mail and The National Post.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
The National Defence College
National Security Studies
Course:
AIndividuals
& Government - Individual Rights in Canada@
December 6, 1993;
November 26, 1993; May 7, 1993; April 15, 1994;
November 25, 1994;
April 7, 1995; May 1998; May 1999.
Amplo Intellectual Freedom
Workshop
December 4, 1997
The University of Toronto
Later Life Learning Program:
AConstitutional
Rights and Parliamentary Democracy in the Era of the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms@
October 20, 1994;
and AThe
Trials and Tribulations of Canada's Modern Constitution@,
January 16, 1995
Others
include the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Annual General Meeting; the
Simcoe County High School History Symposium; St. Elizabeth Catholic High School;
town hall meetings and public debates on constitutional reform; the Probation
Officers Association of Ontario Annual Conference.
WOMEN'S ISSUES
10th World Congress on In Vitro
Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction
Keynote panel: ethical issues
May 25, 1997
The Unique Lives
and Experiences Lecture Series [Ms Christie Hefner]
Roy Thomson Hall
Host/moderator,
March 1995
3rd Annual Genesis Breakfast
ATurning
a Feminist Adage Around@
Co-speaker (Dr.
Patricia Baird), March 3, 1993
Health and Welfare Canada
Workshop
ANew
Reproductive Technologies, Policy Issues and Approaches@
Speaker, October
19-20, 1992
LEAF [Legal Education and
Action Fund]
AOut
of Control? Exploring the Issues of New Reproductive Technologies@
Speaker, January 22,
1991
The Globe and Mail
AFighting
Infertility: Please Respect My Choice@
Editorial page,
November 6, 1991
The Royal Commission on New
Reproductive Technologies
Brief, October 29,
1990
Various addresses to
the medical profession [the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society
Annual Meeting, 1994 and 1992; the Ontario Medical Association, 1992];
Board of Directors, Infertility Awareness Association of Canada (IAAC),
1991-93; media appearances and public debates on health care issues.
TEACHING
Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University
American
Constitutional Jurisprudence
Torts
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
The Charter and Fundamental
Justice
Freedom of
Expression and the Press
American
Constitutional Doctrine and the Charter [part-time LL.M. program]
Cornell Law School
[U.S.A.]
Torts
Freedom of
expression
Comparative
Constitutional Law
Practice Training
II (intensive legal writing program)
Columbia Law
School [U.S.A.]
Legal Method
(intensive training in methodology, research and writing skills)
SUNY at Buffalo
[U.S.A.]
Comparative
Constitutional Jurisprudence
University of
Toronto, Political Science Department
American
Constitutional Law
The Canadian
Constitution
Teaching Materials
Torts, Cases and Materials
2 Volumes; last
edition Fall 1993
American
Constitutional Doctrine and the Charter
3 Volumes; last
edition, Spring 1990
Freedom of
Expression and the Press
with Christopher
Bredt
3 Volumes - 4th
edition, Fall 1994
Constitutional Law
Cases
3 Volumes - last
edition 1992
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Osgoode Hall Law School
Administration Director,
Centre for Public Law and Public Policy; 1993-95
Assistant Dean;
1991-93
Osgoode
Hall-University of Montréal Exchange Program; 1991-93
Student Advisor,
Judicial clerkships & graduate studies; 1989-93
Vice President,
Osgoode Hall Faculty Association; 1990-present
Committees
Chair
Faculty Recruitment
Advisory 1985-87, 1991-92, 1997-98
Research Advisory,
1993-94
Student Awards,
1990-92
Academic Standing,
1988-89
Betcherman Advisory,
1991-93
Ad Hoc Grading, Fall
1988
Member
Research Advisory,
1994-95
Admissions, 1992-93
Employment Equity,
1992-93
Library Advisory,
1992-93
Priorities and
Finance, 1991-92
Faculty Recruitment
Advisory, 1990-91, 1989-90, 1984-85, 1997-98
Academic Policy,
1987-88
Faculty Nominating,
1986-88
Ad Hoc Merit Review,
1985-86
Academic Standing,
1984-86
University
Academic Planning and Policy Committee (APPC), 1997-2000
Council of
Research Directors, 1993-1995
Tripartite
Committee on Tenure and Promotion, 1992 -
SCARSA, 1984-86
and 1994-95
SCARSA Financial
Aid Sub-Committee, 1984-86; Chair, 1985-86
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