Supreme Court of Canada Justice to speak in Kelowna

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Justice Suzanne Cote

The University of British Columbia Okanagan is getting back into the swing of things this fall with the first in a series of lectures discussing the rights and wrongs of Canada's Charter of Rights as it turns 40 years old.

UBCO will be hosting Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté, who will address landmark cases around defining rights and freedoms, reasonable limits and also the scope of charter protections and remedies.

“The UBC Centre for Constitutional Law and Legal Studies will offer a speaker series, workshops and conferences geared towards students, faculty members, the legal community and anyone else interested in legal issues,” says Dr. Andrew Irvine, assistant director of the centre and professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science.

The lecture takes place Sept. 8 at 4 p.m. in UBCO’s University Centre Ballroom and is free and open to all. Pre-registration is required.

This public lecture is the first in a series of events hosted by the centre at UBCO’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and includes affiliates from UBC Vancouver, the Allard School of Law and elsewhere.