BarTalk February 2003
Volume 15, Number 1

University of Victoria Law Professor Gerry Ferguson is one of the first recipients of the UVic Distinguished Professorships, the university’s highest academic honour for faculty members. The Professorships were announced at the 2002 fall convocation ceremonies.

“This is the university’s way of recognizing some of our faculty members who excel all-round – individuals who are gifted classroom teachers, internationally respected scholars, and committed citizens of the university community,” said UVic Vice-President Academic Jamie Cassels.

Professor Ferguson, who joined UVic’s law faculty in 1976, has a national and international reputation as a criminal law scholar, especially regarding Canadian criminal jury instructions. In 1988, he helped introduce co-operative education to UVic law and it remains the only co-op law program in Canada. He was involved in creating the Akitsiraq law program where Inuit students in Nunavut are earning UVic law degrees without having to leave the north. Mr. Ferguson will use his distinguished professorship to continue research into restorative justice.

This article was published in the February 2003 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.