‘We secured the tussac’: Accounts of ecological discovery, exploitation and renewal in the Falkland Islands

Sheep farms dominate the Falkland Islands landscape and have for over a century. The introduction of sheep, and several other species, has significantly transformed the ecology of this archipelago—the near elimination of tussac grass being one of the most notable changes. Tracing back to early accounts of tussac grass in the ‘Falklands’, this paper captures its discovery, exploitation and current stage of renewal, including a closer look at the connections between tussac and livestock farming, as well as parallel trends in other countries. We narrate changing relations between people and tussac grass using a combination of interview data, historical accounts and scientific literature. Tussac is presented as a historical bellwether of shifting trends in local farm and environmental management in this isolated archipelago. Shifts in land ownership, grazing management methods and conservation efforts are bringing momentum to a period of renewal across the Falklands

Pension fund trustees obligated to consider climate change risk: lawyer

With the overwhelming evidence of climate change’s potential to materially impact economic activity, and the recent recognition of this financial risk from the Supreme Court of Canada, pension fund trustees are obligated to consider climate change as part of their fiduciary duty, said a legal opinion released by the Canada Climate Law Initiative

Professor Heidi Matthews joins German Law Journal editorial board

Heidi Matthews, assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, will join the German Law Journal’s editorial board, which is expanding in North America. Along with Matthews, Emerson Blake, Vanessa Casado Perez, Claudia Haupt, Derek McKee and Fernanda Nicola will also be joining the editorial board, the journal announced on social media. The German Law Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication for transational and interdisciplinary encounters with German, European and international law, according to its website. It was founded in 2000 by Russell Miller and Peer Zumbansen, and the journal has over 5,000 subscribers. As of 2019, it is being published by Cambridge University Press. At Osgoode, Matthews researches and teaches in the areas of international criminal law, the law of war, international legal history and political theory. According her university profile page, she is working on a documentary on stories of German women at the end of World War II who experienced sexual violence perpetrated by members of the Allied powers

Osgoode environmental clinic to help federal government assess proposed mining in northern Ontario

Mentioned/quoted: Professor Dayna Scott & Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clini

Osgoode environmental clinic to help federal government assess proposed mining in northern Ontario

Mentioned/quoted: Professor Dayna Scott & Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clini

Judiciary’s comments on women come to fore

Mentioned/quoted: Professor Sonia Lawrenc

Benjamin Berger, Osgoode professor, elected to board of Justice Studies Centre of the Americas

Mentioned/quoted: Benjamin Berge

Do incumbents have an edge?

Mentioned/quoted: Professor Signa Daum Shank

Increasing Access to justice requires culture shift not just lower lawyer fees: new book

Mentioned/quoted: Trevor Farro

Osgoode Alumni Call for Lower Tuition

Osgoode mentions: JD student & LSSO President Heather Donkers, former Dean Lorne Sossin, Dean (Interim) Mary Condon, Communications Manager Virginia Corner, alumni Jeffrey Hernaez & Douglas Judso