Peter Jacobsen
Partner
Experience
Corporate Directorship
- Board Member, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
- Chair, Canadian Issues Committee, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
- Past Vice-Chair, Media Law Section, International Bar Association
- Past Ontario representative of Ad Idem/Canadian Media Lawyers Association
- Past Chair, Freedom of Expression Committee, Canadian Bar Association
- Past Chair, Media Law Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Past Chair, Constitutional Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Founding Chair, Native Law Section and Public Legal Education Committee, Canadian Bar Association of Ontario
- Former lecturer at Bar Admission Course
- Director, Toronto Arts Council Foundation
- Past Director, Writers’ Trust of Canada
- Past Director, Toronto Arts Council
- Appointed Ontario Chief Negotiator – English – Wabagoon Mercury Pollution Negotiations (1984 – 87); 1850 Treaty Negotiations (1990 – 1994); Grassy Narrows Mediation (1990 – 1994)
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "Defamation: What Litigators Need To Know ", The Advocates’ Society, Online, January 25, 2021
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Publications & Media
- Peter is the author of several articles concerning media/defamation law and administrative law and related issues and is a frequent participant in professional seminars domestically and internationally.
- Video: CTV News, Breaking News Update
- Co-author with James L. Turk, “Whistleblower protection could have averted the deplorable conditions in long-term care”, opinion, Globe & Mail, 2020
- Co-author with David E. McCraw, “What’s the greatest threat to a free press? Discuss”, opinion, Globe & Mail, 2019
- “Lessons from Moore v. Bertuzzi -The Deemed Undertaking Rule and the Filing of Transcripts,” presentation at Ontario Bar Association, 2008
- “From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe; Discouraging Forum Shopping on the World Wide Web,” presentation at International Bar Association Conference, 2007
- “Who Rules the Valley of the Six Nations? (A discussion of Isaac v. Davey)”, McGill Law Journal, 1976 vol 2 no.2