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2021 Peter Oliver Prize

July 7, 2021

BC Studies is excited to congratulate Paul Jon, who was awarded the 2021 Peter Oliver Prize for his work ‘Tenant Organizing and the Campaign for Collective Bargaining Rights in British Columbia, 1968-1975’, BC Studies, BC Studies, No 206, 2020.

The Peter Oliver Prize in Canadian Legal History was established by the Society in 2006 in honour of Professor Peter Oliver, the Society’s founding editor-in-chief. The prize is awarded annually for published work (journal article, book chapter, book) in Canadian legal history written by a student. The prize is awarded by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

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We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded Indigenous territories and we thank the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations for their hospitality.