Associate Professor
Associate Member, Bieler School of Environment
3674 Peel Street
Room 301
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9
514-398-5097 [Office]
richard.janda [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Biography
Professor Janda teaches extracontractual obligations, business associations, administrative process and environmental law. A former clerk to Justices Le Dain and Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada, he was also Director of the Center for the Study of Regulated Industries at Â鶹AV.
He is currently leading the Myko project (), which explores how to connect everyone to the environmental footprint of their choices in real time. He has written, among other things, on corporate social responsibility, digital law, and theories of justice.
Employment
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Â鶹AV, 1997-
- Resident Member, Institute of Comparative Law and Institute of Air and Space Law, Â鶹AV
- Member, Advisory Board, International Journal of Telecommunications Law and Policy
- Director, Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries, Â鶹AV, 1994-1999
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Â鶹AV, 1989-1997
- Clerk to Mr. Justice Gerald E. Le Dain and Mr. Justice Peter Cory, Supreme Court of Canada, 1988-1989
- Visiting Research Associate, Â鶹AV Faculty of Law, 1987-1988
Recent contributions to the media
- Article in the Globe and Mail, November 4, 2011, with Shy Kurtz:
- OpEd in Montreal Gazette, 2 May 2013: Work safety in global supply chain should concern all of us [.pdf]
- CTV interview, July 25, 2013:
- OpEd in the Globe and Mail, December 16, 2013:
Education
- LL.M. (Columbia) 1987
- B.C.L. (Â鶹AV) 1985
- LL.B. (Â鶹AV) 1985
- B.A. (Toronto) 1981
Areas of Interest
Administrative process, environmental law, economic regulation, business associations, competition law, economic regulation, air transport regulation.
