1968 Fredericton Convocation
Laskin, Bora
Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)
Orator: Ryan, William F.
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L to R: Colin B. Mackay, Bora Laskin
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Source: Joe Stone fonds-UA RG340, 1968 (#7736A)
Citation:
CONVOCATION, OCTOBER, 1968
BORA LASKIN
to be Doctor of Civil Law
Bora Laskin, "Bora", as he is known in legal circles, is an illustrious son of the Lakehead; a familiar of university halls; a legend to former students; an arbitrator and conciliator, in former times, of uncommon acceptance to labour and to management.
Honoured by universities, called to the inner bar to be one of Her Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Law, a fellow among scholars, he serves on the governing council of two institutions of learning; he has held the highest offices in the gift of his colleagues in the presidencies of the associations of law teachers and of university teachers.
Unmatched ability, not prodigious effort, has produced from his pen a stream of learned articles and a monumental work on Constitutional Law; for relaxation, he served as editor of two principal series of law reports.
Such a man is an institution.
His students sought his elevation to the bench; government responded with his appointment as a Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal where his gifts, his craftsmanship, and his warm humility serve in the continuous “Quest for Justice'' that has so distinguished his career.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 1
BORA LASKIN
to be Doctor of Civil Law
Bora Laskin, "Bora", as he is known in legal circles, is an illustrious son of the Lakehead; a familiar of university halls; a legend to former students; an arbitrator and conciliator, in former times, of uncommon acceptance to labour and to management.
Honoured by universities, called to the inner bar to be one of Her Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Law, a fellow among scholars, he serves on the governing council of two institutions of learning; he has held the highest offices in the gift of his colleagues in the presidencies of the associations of law teachers and of university teachers.
Unmatched ability, not prodigious effort, has produced from his pen a stream of learned articles and a monumental work on Constitutional Law; for relaxation, he served as editor of two principal series of law reports.
Such a man is an institution.
His students sought his elevation to the bench; government responded with his appointment as a Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal where his gifts, his craftsmanship, and his warm humility serve in the continuous “Quest for Justice'' that has so distinguished his career.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 1
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