
Runnymede Radio
Runnymede’s Official Podcast
Latest episodes

May 15, 2023 • 50min
Philippe Lagassé: What the Accession of King Charles III Means for the Monarchy in Canada
In this episode of Runnymede Radio, Philippe Lagassé of Carleton University sits down to discuss what the accession of King Charles III means for the monarchy in Canada.

May 4, 2023 • 49min
Law & Freedom 2023: Section 15 After Sharma
George Avraam and Prof. Hoi Kong in a discussion moderated by Christine Van Geyn discuss recent Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence over section 15 of the Charter.

Apr 25, 2023 • 1h 2min
Faisal Bhabha and Dwight Newman: Constitutional Cleaves at the Supreme Court of Canada
This episode of Runnymede Radio is a special encore presentation of one of our best events from the past school year in which Professor Faisal Bhabha sat down with Professor Dwight Newman to discuss what they refer to as the emerging constitutional cleaves at the Supreme Court of Canada. This event was originally hosted by our Osgoode Hall Law School chapter in February 2023.

Apr 24, 2023 • 60min
Law & Freedom 2023: The Emergencies Act and the ‘Freedom Convoy’
Prof. Ryan Alford, Prof. Leah West, Asher Honickman, and Cara Zwibel discuss the Emergencies Act and the 'Freedom Convoy' in a conversation moderated by Prof. Malcolm Lavoie.
Please note that this panel was recorded before the Public Order Emergency Commission released its report regarding the invocation of the Emergencies Act.

Apr 10, 2023 • 56min
Law & Freedom 2023: The Future of Section 12
Prof. Yuan Yi-Zhu, Prof. Lisa Kerr, and Prof. Steven Penney discuss the future of Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R v Bissonnette. A conversation moderated by Jessica Kuredjian.

Feb 27, 2023 • 49min
Cara Zwibel and Ryan Alford: What’s Next After the Emergencies Act Inquiry?
In this episode of Runnymede Radio, Professor Ryan Alford (Bora Laskin Faculty of Law) and Cara Zwibel (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) join our National Director Kristopher Kinsinger to discuss what we might expect to happen in the aftermath of the Emergencies Act inquiry.

Sep 30, 2022 • 0sec
Brian Bird and Derek Ross: Forgotten Foundations of the Constitution
In this episode of Runnymede Radio, our National Director Kristopher Kinsinger sits down with Brian Bird and Derek Ross. Brian and Derek are the co-editors of the recently released book Forgotten Foundations of the Canadian Constitution.

Sep 22, 2022 • 0sec
Yuan Yi Zhu and Kerry Sun: What is Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
In this episode, our National Director Kristopher Kinsinger is joined by Yuan Yi Zhu and Kerry Sun to discuss the Supreme Court of Canada's recent R v Bissonnette decision, a topic they have written about for The Spectator magazine. Yuan Yi Zhu is a doctoral candidate in international relations and incoming research fellow at the University of Oxford. Kerry Sun is a distinguished Runnymede alumnus and graduate student of law, also at the University of Oxford.

Sep 15, 2022 • 0sec
Justice Peter Lauwers: The Judicial Mind
This episode of our podcast is a special encore presentation from one of our best events of the previous academic year, in which Justice Peter Lauwers of the Court of Appeal for Ontario presents a lecture on what he calls 'an operating manual for the judicial mind'. This lecture was originally delivered at the annual Runnymede Student Summit in July 2021, and again at the University of Saskatchewan in March 2022.

Aug 30, 2022 • 0sec
Geoffrey Sigalet: Intellectual Diversity in the Canadian Academy
In this episode of Runnymede Radio, our National Director Kristopher Kinsinger sits down to discuss intellectual diversity with Geoffrey Sigalet, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of British Columbia - Okanagan, and Director of the UBC Centre for Constitutional Law and Legal Studies.