Author Archives: Linda McKay-Panos

About Linda McKay-Panos

Linda McKay-Panos is the Executive Director of the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre. She taught Language Arts and Social Studies with the Calgary Board of Education for 7 years before returning to university to obtain a Law Degree. She practiced law for a time, before joining the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre in 1992 as a Research Associate. Linda is a sessional instructor in the Faculties of Communication and Culture and Law at the University of Calgary. Linda received her Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Calgary. Linda is the President of the Alberta Association for Multicultural Education and the Past President of the Public Legal Education Network of Alberta. Linda is the author of several publications dealing with civil liberties, access to information, human rights, discrimination, equality and related topics. Linda received the 2001 Suzanne Mah Award and an Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005 for her work in human rights in Alberta.

Legal costs can be an issue in human rights cases

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Attorney General of Canada, et al., 2009 FCA 309, leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada granted, SCC Bulletin April 23, 2010, #33507, 2010 CanLII 20527 PDF version: Legal costs can be … Continue reading →

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Court Addresses the Duty of a University to Assist a Professor who was Seeking Information Related to his Teaching

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: University of Alberta v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2010 ABQB 89 PDF version: Court Addresses the Duty of a University to Assist a Professor who was Seeking Information Related to his Teaching In Alberta, universities are subject to … Continue reading →

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Cost Decision in the Human Rights Case of Lund v. Boissoin

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: Boissoin v. Lund, 2010 ABQB 123 PDF version: Cost Decision in the Human Rights Case of Lund v. Boissoin There are several ABlawg posts written about the human rights case involving Dr. Darren Lund’s complaint to the Alberta … Continue reading →

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Court of Appeal Decision on Privacy Process Likely to Have Significant Impact on Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: Alberta Teachers’ Association v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2010 ABCA 26 PDF version:  Court of Appeal Decision on Privacy Process Likely to Have Significant Impact on Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner In a rare move, the … Continue reading →

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My Vote for R. v. Hape as a Significant Legal Case of the Decade

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Linda McKay-Panos

Case considered: R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26 PDF version: My Vote for R. v. Hape as a Significant Legal Case of the Decade When the R. v. Hape case was released at the Supreme Court of Canada, there was some … Continue reading →

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