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CURRICULUM VITAE

BARBARA JAMIE CAMERON
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
North York, Ontario M3J 1P3

Tel: (416) 736-5033

Fax: (416) 736-5546

 

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University:
Director, Centre for Public Law and Public Policy, 1993-present
Assistant Dean, 1991-93
Associate Professor, tenured since 1987
Assistant Professor, 1984-87

Teaching and research activities include American Constitutional Law, Freedom of
Expression and the Press, Constitutional Law, and Torts.

Cornell Law School:
Visiting Professor of Law Spring, 1989
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1982-83 and Fall 1983

Courses taught include Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence, Torts, Freedom of
Expression, and Practice Training II (Intensive Legal Writing Program)

University of Toronto:
Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department
The Canadian Constitution, 1993-94
American Constitutional Law, 1987-88

SUNY at Buffalo:
Visiting Professor of Law
Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence, Fall 1989

Columbia University Law School:
Associate in Law, 1981-82
Legal Method (legal analysis, research and writing)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Supreme Court of Canada:
Law Clerk, 1979-80
The Rt. Hon. Dickson (puisne judge and later Chief Justice of Canada)

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

DEGREES & PROFESSIONAL

Master of Laws (LL.M.); Columbia University, 1983
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.); McGill University, 1978
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.); University of British Columbia, 1975

Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario), 1987
Law Society of British Columbia, 1979 (inactive)

PUBLICATIONS

Chapters "The Constitution and Social Justice: Evolving Conceptions of Equality and Democratic Participation in American and Canadian Law", in K. Banting and R. Simeon (eds.), CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES IN A CHANGING WORLD (forthcoming)

"The Motor Vehicle Reference and the Relevance of American Doctrine in Charter Adjudication", in R. Sharpe, (ed.) CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION 69-95 (Toronto: Butterworths, 1987)

"The Constitutional Domestication of our Courts - 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 "'Abstract' Principle v. Contextual Conceptions of Harm": A Comment on R. v. Butler" (1992), 37 McGill L.J. 1144-66

"A 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

"The First Amendment and Section 1 of the Charter" (1990), 1 Med. and Comm. Law Rev. 59-126

"The 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

"Cross-Cultural Reflections: Teaching the Charter to Americans" (1990), 28 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1-29

"Language 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

"Enforcing the Charter: Four Remedial Vignettes" (1988), 9 Advocates' Quarterly 257

"Liberty, Authority and the State in American Constitutionalism" (1989), 25 Osgoode Hall L.J. 258-304

"The 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 "Constitutional Faiths: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, and the Process of Judicial Decision Making" (Spring 1985), Public Law 169-71

"An Outside View of Meech Lake: The Inside Story" [1991] 2 Supreme Court Law Review 545-55

Canada Watch

Volume II "The "Absolute" Relativity of Rights in Canada", April 1994

"Justice, Democracy and the Press", March 1994

"Choice and Reproductive Technology", January/February 1994

"The Rhythm of Confederation", November/December 1993

"The State of the Economic Union", October 1993

"Doing Politics Differently: Ordinary Canadians and the Federal Election", September 1993

"Participation and Democratic Process: Do third-party spending limits protect or threaten democratic values?", July/August 1993

Volume I

"The "Promise" of Balanced Budget Legislation", May/June 1993

"Expunging Unwelcome Political Testimony: A Culture of Censorship?", April 1993

"Cameras in the Legislature: Strangers or Watchdogs?", March 1993

"Politics, Patronage and the Senate", January/February 1993

"A Referendum Post Mortem", November/December 1992

"Appointing Supreme Court of Canada Judges: Would a more open process threaten or bolster the court's legitimacy?", October 1992

"Expanding the Charter Arsenal: Reading Judge Made Provisions into Legislation", September 1992

"Levelling the Playing Field: Referendum Spending Limits and the Charter", July/August 1992

Work In Progress


"Similarity, Difference and Equality" (a comparison of Canadian and Americanequality jurisprudence); manuscript in draft

"Feminism as Dissent" (an analysis of the ideological rifts in the feminist community on questions of expressive freedom and reproductive choice); research in progress

"Publication Bans" (a critical review of publication bans under the Charter); research in progress

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Canada Watch:
Co-editor, 1993-present
Legal Editor, 1992-93

Media and Communications Law Review:
Editor-in-Chief, 1990-present

Ontario Reports:
Board of Editors, 1990-present

Canadian Rights Reporter:
Assistant Editor, 1987-present

Annals of Health Law:
Editorial Board, 1993-present

BOARDS & REVIEW

Canadian Civil Liberties Association Vice-President, June 1994
Board of Directors, June 1992-present

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program
Adjudication Committee, 1992-95

Social Science and Humanities Research Council [SSHRC]
Selection Committee, Doctoral Fellowships and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, 1989-91

MEDIA

Appearances include CBC's Morningside; CBC's Prime Time News; CBC's The National and The Journal; Canada AM; Between the Lines; Speaking Out, and a variety of local radio and television programs.

LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

Recent activities related to this proposal include: witness, Standing Committee onJustice and Legal Affairs (crime cards and board games; Bill C-81 and referendum spending limits); co-host, Conference, "Feminism, Censorship and the Moral Panic of the 1990's: Canada's New Pornography Law"; panel discussions: "Sex, Lions and Videotape"; "Trends in Freedom of Expression: Access to Institutions and Institutional Information"; "Pornography and the Supreme Court of Canada".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Phone 1-416-736-5033
Fax 1-416-736-5546
Email jcameron@yorku.ca