Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights
About the Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights
In January 1979, Ariel F. Sallows, KC, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan signed a trust agreement ensuring the future establishment of a chair funded from his estate. Mr. Sallows was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan in 1982, two years before his death in 1984. The first Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights was appointed in 1986. It is the first endowed chair at the College of Law and the first endowed chair of human rights at any law college in Canada. The chair supports courses and research in human rights at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Recruitment is under way for the next Sallows Chair.
Past chairs
Dino Kritsiotis: January 2025 - June 2025Catherine Bell: September 2022 - August 2023
Rachel Loewen Walker: July 2020 - June 2022
Paul Finkelman: January 2016 - December 2016
Kim Pate: July 2014 - December 2015
Dr. Siobhan Wills: July 2013 - December 2013
Ms. Mary Eberts: January 2011 - December 2012
Dr. John Whyte: July 2010 - December 2010
Dr. Roy Adams: July 2009 - June 2010
Dr. Marilou McPhedran: January 2007 - December 2007
Dr. Penny Andrews: January 2005 - December 2005
Francisco Forrest Martin: July 2000 - June 2002
Professor John Foster: July 1997 - June 1999
Professor Shelley Wright: January 1996 - December 1996
Dr. Rebecca Wallace: January 1994 - June 1994
Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama: July 1992 - June 1993
Mr. Martin Ennals: July 1991 - October 1991
Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im: July 1988 - June 1991
Mr. Paul J. Mahoney: February 1988 - July 1988
Dr. Virginia Leary: July 1986 - December 1987
Estey Chair in Business Law
Gail Henderson: Jan. 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026
Gail Henderson is the Allgood Professor in Business Law and Director of the Business Law Program at Queen’s Law. She researches and teaches in the areas of consumer financial protection, financial literacy and investor education, securities regulation, corporate law and contracts. Her research focuses on the regulation of financial products and services aimed at vulnerable consumers. She was principal investigator on an interdisciplinary SSHRC-funded research project on financial literacy in Ontario elementary schools and a co-investigator on the Canadian Financial Diaries Project. She is a frequent media commentator on financial literacy and consumer protection.
Professor Henderson was recently appointed to the Ontario Securities Commission’s Investor Advisory Panel. She recently completed a five-year term on the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada. She also served as a volunteer board member and treasurer of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network from 2020-2025, and as an Associate Dean of Queen’s Law from 2020 to 2022.
Professor Henderson graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School as Gold Medalist in 2005 and served as law clerk to The Honourable Louise Charron of the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to pursuing graduate studies at the University of Toronto, she practiced commercial litigation and environmental and municipal law at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto. Prior to joining Queen’s Law in 2016, she was Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.
Estey Symposium
The next Estey Symposium will be held Monday, May 25, 2026 in Saskatoon. Further details will be posted as they become available.
About the Estey Chair in Business Law
The Estey Chair in Business Law was established in 2012 by John and Bill Estey in honour of their father, the late Willard “Bud” Estey, former Justice of Supreme Court of Canada. Their donation of $2 million is the largest-ever private donation to the college. Chairholders are expected to teach business law courses within the college, conduct high quality research in their field of expertise and share their knowledge and insight by engaging in outreach activities with the wider legal community.
The Estey Chair in Business Law is intended to attract outstanding scholars in the area of business law. Chairholders will be expected to teach business law courses within the college, conduct world-class research in their field, as well as share their expertise and engage in outreach activities with the wider legal community.
Past chairs
Michael Milani, KC: July 2025 - December 2025Professor Virginia Torrie: August 2023 - July 2024
Professor Anna Lund: January 2023 - June 2023
Michael W. Milani, KC: July 2022 - December 2022
Professor Cally Jordan: August 2015 - June 2017
Professor Roderick Wood: July 2014 - June 2015
Law Foundation of Saskatchewan H. Robert Arscott Chair
About the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair
The Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair was established in 1989 under an agreement between the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan and the University of Saskatchewan. The chair was renamed the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan H. Robert Arscott Chair in 2014 in honour of H. Robert (Bob) Arscott, F.C.A., who served as secretary of the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan from 1973 until his retirement in 2013.
Income from the endowment for the chair is used to remunerate its holder, the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Professor, and to support teaching and research at the graduate and undergraduate level at the college.
The wide terms of reference for this chair accommodate appointments in any area of law or in law and policy. Incumbents are accomplished legal scholars or other outstanding persons with a background in law and a demonstrated interest in scholarly investigation and practice relating to issues in law and policy. Although the holder of the chair has teaching duties, she or he will also engage in research and other scholarly activities, such as conferences and special seminars related to the chair.
Past chairs
Professor Patricia Barkaskas: July 2025 - December 2025Dr. Kerri Froc: January 2025 - December 2025
Professor Glen Gardner: September 2023 - August 2024
Professor Gemma Smyth: January 2023 - June 2023
Dr. Annie Rochette: January 2022 - December 2022
Dr. Kent McNeil: July 2019 - December 2019
Dr. Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter, Esq. August 2015 - August 2016
Professor Christine Zuni Cruz: July 2014 - August 2015
Professor John Wade: July 2013 - June 2014
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Dr. Sydney L. Harring: August 2012 - December 2012
Dr. Richard Bauman: January 2009 - June 2009
Dr. John Whyte: January 2008 - December 2008
Honourable Mr. Justice Grant Hammond: September 2006 - December 2006
Professor Judy Fudge: January 2004 - July 2004
Professor Denise Reaume: January 2003 - June 2003
Professor Julien Payne, KC: July 1999 - January 2001
Dr. Alan C. Cairns: January 1997 - December 1998
Professor Michael Taggart: January 1996 - December 1996
Dr. Sydney L. Harring: July 1994 - June 1995
Dr. Richard Gosse, KC: January 1993 - June 1994
Dr. Allan Blakeney, KC, PC, OC: July 1990 - June 1992