Date: 03Oct 2016
The Canadian Arctic remains nowadays a source of mystery and interests. In his presentation, Sébastien Lafrance suggests to unfold that mystery by introducing you to the specificities of that area of the Earth in the context of the practice of criminal law. The role of law in the Canadian Arctic and the relationships between the Canadian legal system and the social, political and cultural context of the Great White North will be examined and discussed.
Sébastien Lafrance, LL.B. (Law – UQÀM), B.Sc. (Political Science – University of Montreal), Russian and Slavic Studies (McGill University), polyglot, is currently a Crown prosecutor for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. He was a part-time professor of law at the University of Ottawa where he taught different courses in law. He clerked for the Honorable Marie Deschamps of the Supreme Court of Canada and also for the Honorable Michel Robert, Chief Judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal. He also worked as counsel for the Law Branch of the Supreme Court of Canada. Sébastien also published articles on constitutional and labour law, one of which was awarded a national first prize. He won the first international prize of a public international law moot court competition.
