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BRIEFS
has been appointed a Research
Fellow at Birkbeck College School
of Law, and the University of
Cambridge, where she has been
appointed a visiting faculty
member in the Faculty of Law.
Professor Mary Shariff
Effective July 1,
2012, Professor
Mary Shariff was
granted tenure
and promoted
to Associate Professor. Professor
Shariff’s diverse research
interests include bioethics and
law, the law of contracts, natural
resources law, aging and the
law, and assisted death and
palliative care. Professor Shariff
also teaches at the University of
Manitoba’s Natural Resources
Institute. She is a member
of the Manitoba Bar and the
recent recipient of a University
of Manitoba - Centre on Aging
research fellowship for a project
on autonomy, dignity, and endof-life
decision-making. In 2011,
she received the Walter Owen
Book Prize, Foundation for Legal
Research for The Law of Climate
Change in Canada (edited
by Dennis Mahoney), and a
University of Manitoba Teaching
Merit Award.
Professor Shariff is examining
the principles of dignity and
autonomy to identify how they
operate in the legal structure
that currently governs end-oflife
care in Canada. Her work in
this area has appeared in the
Canadian Medical Association
Journal, Health Law in Canada
Journal, The McGill Journal of
Law and Health, and Current
Oncology. She is also helping
the Centre for Human Rights
Research explore the potential
for interdisciplinary research
projects at University of
Manitoba related to water as
a human right. She has been
supervising the activities of
the newly formed Robson Hall
Environmental Student Group.
PROFESSOR PHIL OSBOURNE RETIRES
Professor Phil Osbourne is
retiring effective August 31,
2012. Professor Osbourne has
been with the Faculty of Law
for 41 years, since joining us
after completing his LL.M. at
McGill and his LL.B. (Hons.) at
the University of Auckland, in his
homeland of New Zealand.
Recognized both formally (University of Manitoba
Saunderson Award for Excellence in Teaching)
and informally as one of our most beloved and
star teachers, he has also been a productive
scholar with two leading texts (in multiple
editions) , more than two dozen articles and book
chapters, and ten reports for the Law Reform
Commission of Manitoba. Professor Osbourne’s
tort law expertise has contributed greatly to the
reputation of our law school.
As a colleague, Professor Osbourne has been
admired by all for his sage, thoughtful and balanced
approach to the work of the Faculty and for his
complete dedication to our law school. Happily
for us, Professor Osbourne will be maintaining his
connection with the Faculty as a Senior Scholar as
he works on the next editions of Canadian Medical
Law: An Introduction for Physicians and Other
Health Care Professionals with John Irvine and Mary
Shariff, and on the 5 th edition of The Law of Torts.
Professor Osbourne said:
“I am very fortunate to have enjoyed
41 years at Robson Hall and I will leave
wishing you all great success in your
future endeavours.”
We thank Phil for his invaluable contributions to
Robson Hall and wish him all the best.
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