Download this lesson plan as a PDF worksheet. To the Teachers: Activities in this lesson are designed for students taking Law Studies in high schools. The activities are created to teach students about becoming entrepreneurs of small businesses, a venture they could pursue during the summer … [Read more...]
Social Networking: Discretion Advised
The Internet has been one of the most transformative vehicles for change in recent history. For example, Web 2.0 phenomena, such as social networking, are indicative of a more profound social change as the first generation to grow up in an Internet world begins to change the rules of how we choose … [Read more...]
School’s In: Students, Social Participation, Charities, and Law
Download this lesson plan as a PDF worksheet. To the Teachers Many current programs of studies require students to develop skills that enable them to become involved collaboratively in social action for the benefit of their communities and the world. This edition of School’s In examines … [Read more...]
Equitable Doctrines and Maxims
The law of equity includes equitable doctrines and maxims that allow a court to grant equitable relief where there is no relief at common law. Canadian law is mainly comprised of statutes (legislation enacted by Parliament and the provincial legislatures) and common law (the body of law developed … [Read more...]
The Right to a Fair Bargain
Introduction In Canada, with the exception of the province of Quebec which operates under a civil law regime, the laws of the provinces and territories are derived from two sources: either some level of government by enactment, or by adoption through continuation of the old English law. The old … [Read more...]
Good Governance and Good Governors: A Model
Thousands of Albertans serve as governors of nonprofit organizations. About 19,000 nonprofit organizations provide a multitude of services throughout the province. Coming forward to serve as a director on a board of a nonprofit is a significant and challenging volunteer opportunity that can have a … [Read more...]
School’s In: Youth and Student Unions: A Governance Model
Download this lesson plan as a PDF worksheet. Getting Started To teachers This lesson involves student understanding of governance in non-profit organizations and involves students in adopting or creating a governance model for student unions. To students Do you ever wonder about the … [Read more...]
The Supreme Court of Canada Protects the LITTLE GUY
Do you have an insurance contract? Do you know and understand your rights and obligations under that contract? If you have a dispute with your insurance company, how can you be sure that a court will protect you, the “little guy”, in the face of the arguments put forward by a large, possibly … [Read more...]
Values, Ethics, and Civil Society
Often, people perceive ethics to be one of two things: an incomprehensible component of philosophy inherited from the Greeks of antiquity OR a strict set of rules set out by one profession or another. I suggest that ethics is part of the collective “we” at a much deeper and more profound … [Read more...]
Dollars for Damages
Even though it happened ten years ago, the American case of a $3 million damage award for a coffee burn is still discussed today. From a Canadian perspective, the size of the award in Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants was particularly puzzling because multi-million dollar damage awards for personal … [Read more...]
