Nathalie Des Rosiers
Biography:
NATHALIE DES ROSIERS is Principal of Massey College, Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and a Senior Fellow of Trinity College. From 2016-19, she was MPP, Ottawa-Vanier and Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. Prior to politics, she was Dean of Law, Common Law, University of Ottawa, General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, VP, Governance, University of Ottawa, Dean of Law, Civil Law and President of the Law Commission of Canada.
Nathalie co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Canadian Constitutional Law with Peter Oliver and Patrick Macklem. and has written extensively on civil liberties, human rights and law reform, focusing her work on the right to protest and freedom of expression. Her early work on limitations of action for sexual violence changed Canadian law in the '90s. She wrote L’indemnisation des victimes de violence sexuelle et conjugale with Louise Langevin and Marie-Pier Nadeau.
Nathalie has received the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, honorary doctorates from Université UCL (Belgium) and the Law Society of Ontario, le Prix Christine Tourigny (Barreau du Québec), the Law Society Medal from the Law Society of Ontario and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Activities:
- 2019-10-24 – Pierre Trudeau Centennial — The Leadership Arts of Pierre Trudeau
- 2020-01-10 – Pierre Trudeau Centennial — Liberal Internationalism, Then and Now: The Foreign Policy of Pierre Trudeau
- 2020-05-26 – Massey Dialogues — Dr. Thomas Axworthy and Dr. John Pomeroy on Water Security
- 2022-04-11 – Notwithstanding Clause at 40: Canadian Constitutional Democracy at a Crossroads
- 2022-11-22 – Responsible Economics: Are Canadian Fiscal and Monetary Policies Appropriately Aligned?
- 2023-01-18 – The Unwritten Constitution: Conventions, Traditions and Norms in Our Populist Age
- 2023-03-24 – Walter Gordon Symposium — Canada’s Changing Energy Landscape
- 2023-05-02 – The Future of Public Safety
- 2023-09-19 – An Appreciation of Hugh Segal: Celebrating His Intellectual Contributions to Canada