Howard Kislowicz
B.A., B.C.L., LL.B. (McGill), LL.M., S.J.D. (Toronto), of the Ontario Bar.
Howard Kislowicz joined the Faculty in 2013 as an assistant professor. He teaches Constitutional Law and Administrative Law.
After completing his common law and civil law degrees at McGill University, he served as clerk to Justice Gilles Létourneau at the Federal Court of Appeal. While pursuing his doctorate at the University of Toronto, he was a lecturer in constitutional law at Osgoode Hall’s NCA preparatory program. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Alan Marks Medal for best thesis in the University of Toronto’s graduate law program, and the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
His research interests include religious freedom, multiculturalism, constitutional law, and administrative law. His publications include:
“Religious Rights in Canada” in The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice, James Dingemans, QC, et al, eds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, forthcoming).
“Freedom of Religion and Canada’s Commitments to Multiculturalism” (2012) 31 National Journal of Constitutional Law 1.
“Trying to Put an Ocean in a Paper Cup: An Argument for the Un-definition of Religion” 9(3) Canadian Diversity 29.
“Judging the Rules of Belonging” (2011) 44(2) University of British Columbia Law Review 287-329.
“Calculations of Conscience: The Costs and Benefits of Religious and Conscientious Freedom” (2011) 48 Alberta Law Review 679-714 (with Richard Haigh and Adrienne Ng).
