Academics

By creating an Academics page, the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) hopes to stimulate interest among academics in multidisciplinary and comparative research on insolvency issues.

Insolvency Research Initiative

The Insolvency Research Initiative was established by the OSB to increase the body of knowledge about the Canadian insolvency system. Multidisciplinary and comparative research on insolvency issues, including analytical studies of the social and public policy environment, are being conducted by academics at Canadian universities. These and other research projects are discussed at annual OSB symposiums.

Six research projects have been completed so far. The results of these projects were presented at the Insolvency Research Symposium organized by the OSB in January 2006 (see research papers below).

Note: The opinions expressed in the following papers are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy.

Consumer issues

Government student loans, government debts and bankruptcy: a comparative study (2005)
Author: Stephanie Ben-Ishai, York University

Counselling the overindebted: a comparative perspective (2005)
Author: Saul Schwartz, Carleton University

Growing old gracefully, an investigation into the growing number of bankrupt Canadians over age 55 (2006)
Authors: Angela Redish, Janis Sarra, Margaret Schabas, University of British Columbia

Corporate issues

Development of a model to track filings and collect data for proceedings under the CCAA (2006)
Author: Janis Sarra, University of British Columbia

Empirical analysis of the effectiveness of the reorganization procedures under the BIA and the CCAA (2005)
Authors: Benoît-Mario Papillon and Jocelyne Gosselin, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

The personal liabilities of insolvency practioners under insolvency legislation: a comparative analysis of the Canadian, English and American positions (2006)
Author: Jacob S. Ziegel, University of Toronto