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Relationships in Transition

The pace and depth of social change have rendered large areas of law obsolete, ineffective or inadequate. The urgent need to renew the law is revealed not only in the courtroom, but also in the marketplace, the workplace, schools and universities, scientific laboratories, hospitals, social welfare centres and the home. To this end, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Law Commission of Canada (LCC) have joined forces in a new Strategic Joint Initiative, the Relationships in Transition program.

• 2006 - Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate
  The theme for the 2006 competition is Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate.
  
  
• 2005 - Customary Practices and Law in Canada
  The theme for the 2005 competition is Customary Practices and Law in Canada. The Law Commission of Canada is currently examining how indigenous legal traditions can be accommodated or integrated within the formal legal system, such that both systems can benefit from the best that each has to offer. In this program, the partners would like to continue this work by looking at how other customary practices and traditions co-exist with the formal legal system, and the extent to which they can be accommodated in keeping with the values of human rights, equality, freedom of religion and multiculturalism.
  
  
• 2004 - The Environment: Emerging Scientific Knowledge and Managing Legal Risk
  
  
• 2003 - Governance and Freedom of Choice
  
  
• 2002
  
  
• 2001