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The Office of the Counsel provides advice and representation to the University on a variety of matters, including: student academic and non-academic discipline, petitions and appeals; student professional behaviour reviews; policies and procedures that protect the University from undue liability; risk assessment and control; human rights and accommodation issues; complaints filed with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and other administrative tribunals; representation of the University in Court in litigation matters; compliance with various regulatory regimes (e.g. FIPPA, AODA, CASL, GDPR, copyright and trademarks); employment issues; labour relations matters; contracts and agreements of a wide variety of matters (academic, commercial, experiential learning, donor agreements and many others); research and intellectual property (IP) issues; commercialization of IP; land, property and development projects, including financing procurement; and the governance of the University as per the York University Act, 1965. The Office of the Counsel also provides seminars and other education-oriented initiatives on legal issues affecting the University.
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2024/07/25 J. Grant. Creation.