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 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025Catherine Bell: September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023
Rachel Loewen Walker: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 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
Michael Milani, KC: July 1 - Dec. 31, 2025
Michael Milani is currently chair of the executive committee of McDougall Gauley LLP. He has a wealth of experience from his broad banking law, insolvency, and commercial practice, including related litigation, and has appeared before all levels of court in Canada including the Supreme Court of Canada. His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals in Canada and internationally. He is recognized in peer-ranking directories, in a variety of practice areas.
Milani is a former president of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, and a former president of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Milani is the chair of the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan. He is a Fellow of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) in 2001.
Milani has been actively involved in his community, including as President of the United Way of Regina and Chair of the Board of the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
He served as the Estey Chair in Business Law at the College of Law during the 2022 fall term.
Estey Symposium
The Estey Symposium will be held Thursday, November 6, 2025 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
Professor Virginia Torrie: August 2023 - July 2024Professor 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
Kerri Froc: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025
Kerri Froc is an Associate Professor at University of New Brunswick Law, as well as a Trudeau and Vanier Scholar. She has taught courses at Carleton University, Queen’s University and University of Ottawa on feminist legal theory and various aspects of public law, among others.
Kerri received her PhD from Queen’s University in 2016 and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Regina.
Before completing her doctorate, she spent 18 years as a lawyer, as a civil litigator in Regina, a staff lawyer for the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), and as a staff lawyer in the areas of law reform and equality at the Canadian Bar Association. She is a member of the Saskatchewan and New Brunswick bars.
CONFERENCE:
Multidimensional Equality: The 40th Anniversary of the Coming into Force of Section 15
Date: Friday, October 24, 2025Hosted by: Dr. Kerri A. Froc
Morning Keynote: Vrinda Narain from the Faculty of Law, McGill University
Closing Keynote: The Honourable Kim Pate, Senator
Patricia Barkaskas: July 1 - Dec. 31, 2025
Patricia Barkaskas is a Métis lawyer and educator who is currently an associate professor at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. She previously held the positions of Strategic Advisor to the Dean for the National Centre for Indigenous Laws and Associate Professor (limited term) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria from (2022-2024), as well as Academic Director of Indigenous Legal Studies (2021-2022) and Academic Director of the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (2014-2022) at Allard Law. Her current and future teaching and research interests include Indigenous laws, access to justice for Indigenous peoples, and decolonizing and Indigenizing law.
Barkaskas has practiced across a broad spectrum of law, including in the areas of child protection (as parent's counsel), criminal, family, as well as civil litigation and prison law. She has spent over a decade working closely with Indigenous peoples in their encounters with the Canadian legal system and worked for Residential school survivors as a historical legal researcher for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. In addition, Patricia has written Gladue reports for all levels of court in BC.
Barkaskas holds an MA in History, with a focus on Indigenous histories in North America, and a JD, with a Law and Social Justice Specialization, both from the University of British Columbia.
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 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, QC (July 1999 - January 2001)
Dr. Alan C. Cairns (January 1997 - December 1998)
Professor Michael Taggart (January - December 1996)
Dr. Sydney L. Harring (July 1994 - June 1995)
Dr. Richard Gosse, QC (January 1993 - June 1994)
Dr. Allan Blakeney, QC, PC, OC (July 1990 - June 1992)