Doug Surtees (he/him)

LLM (Saskatchewan) 1994
LLB (Saskatchewan) 1987
BEd (Saskatchewan) 1983
BA (Saskatchewan) 1981

Doug Surtees joined the faculty in 2005. Prior to his appointment he taught at the College of Law as a sessional lecturer beginning in 1994. He held a term appointment to the college in 2002-2003. He has also taught as a sessional lecturer at the College of Agriculture, the College of Commerce (now Edwards School of Business) and SIAST Institute (now Saskatchewan Polytechnic). Doug was Co-Director of the Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) from 1994-2005. Doug has acted as an arbitrator, a labour adjudicator and an adjudicator under the former Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act. He is a certified mediator and holds a Professional teaching certificate as well as being a member of the Saskatchewan bar. He is a board member and past president of Easter Seals Canada, a former president of the Saskatchewan Abilities Council, a board member and former president of PLEA. Previously Doug was a board member of the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, and a board member and former chair of the Governance Committee of the Saskatoon Co-op.

Current:

• Contract Law 202
• Wills 428

Previous:

• Elder Law 416
• Trusts 326
• Insurance law 417
• Law and Disability 429

(Forthcoming) D. Surtees, Foregoing Frumpy Formalism, 2025 Journal Legal and Administrative Studies  http://www.jlas.upit.ro).

D. Surtees, The Final Twelve, Dalhousie Law Journal, (2024), Vol.47 (2), pages 720-729.

M. Zalucki and D. Surtees, Saskatchewan law as a solution to the problem of informal wills in European Countries? Trusts & Trustees Vol. 30, 2024, pages 278-287.

D. Surtees, J. McCutcheon &, J. Jaunzems Fernuck, Law Student wellness at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues (2024), pages 45-69. 

D. Surtees and C. Zawada, A Quest for Technological Competence: Raising the Bar in Internet and New Technologies Law Dariusz Szostek and Mariusz Zalucki (Editors), (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co., December, 2021).

D. Surtees, Medicare in Canada Journal of Aging Law & Policy Volume 12, Spring 2021, pages 247-272.

Hill, Carolyn; Duggleby, Wendy; Venturato, Lorraine; Durepos, Pamela; Kulasegaram, Pereya; Hunter, Paulette; McCleary, Lynn; Sussman, Tamara; Thompson, Genevieve; Surtees, Doug, An Analysis of Documents Guiding Palliative Care in Five Canadian Provinces, Canadian Journal on Aging; Toronto Vol. 38, Iss. 3, (Sep 2019): pages 281-295. DOI:10.1017/S0714980818000594.

D. Surtees, The Authorizing of Physician-Assisted Death in Carter v. Canada Volume 78 (2) Saskatchewan Law Review, (2015), pages 225-231.

D. Surtees, Discrimination Chapter 35 (447-457) in Dementia: Law and Ethics Israel Doran, Jonathan Herring and   Charles Foster eds., (Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishers, 2014)

D. Surtees, Constructing Incapacity: Deconstructing Capacity Chapter 19 (273-284) in Comparative Perspectives on Adult Guardianship Kim Dayton ed., (Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2014).

D. Goodridge, E. Quinlan, R. Venne, P. Hunter, and D. Surtees, "Planning for Serious Illness by the General Public: A Population-Based Survey," ISRN Family Medicine, vol. 2013, Article ID 483673, 8 pages, 2013. doi:10.5402/2013/483673.

D. Surtees, How Goes the Battle?- An Exploration of Guardianship Reform Volume 50 issue 1 Alberta Law Review (August 2012), pages 115-127.

D. Surtees, Case Study: How Not To Draft A Will, The Lawyers Weekly (June 22, 2012) pp. 15,17

D. Surtees, Privacy: A Look at the Disenfranchised in Better Off Forgetting? Essays on Archives, Public Policy and Collective Memory, Chapter Chapter 4 (60-70) in Mona Holmlund and Cheryl Avery, eds., (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010).

D. Surtees, The Evolution of Co-Decision-Making in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Law Review, (2010) volume 73 issue number 1, pages 73-92.

D. Surtees, What Can Elder Law Learn From Disability Law? Chapter 7 (93-105) in Disability Theory: in Israel Doran ed., Theories on Law and Ageing: The Jurisprudence of Elder Law (Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2009).

D. Surtees, Procedure ‘B’ is For Bayda. Saskatchewan Law Review, (2007) volume 70 issue number 2, pages 259-268.

D. Surtees, From New York To Saskatoon. New York City Law Review, (2006) volume 9, issue number 2, pages 429-448.