CURRICULUM VITAE

May 10, 2019

1. NAME: Dr. THOMAS G.W. TELFER B.A. (Hons.), J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.

RANK: Full Professor: ttelfer@uwo.ca

D.O.B. November 20, 1963

2. EDUCATION:

Degree University Department Year

S.J.D. University of Toronto Faculty of Law 1999

LL.M. Duke University School of Law 1992

Member Law Society of Upper Canada Ontario Bar 1990

J.D. University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law 1988

(With distinction 1988)

B.A. (Hons). University of Western Ontario History 1985

3. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Date Rank and Position Department Institution

2018 Senior Fellow Law Melbourne Law School

2015- Professor Law Western University

2002-2015 Associate Professor Faculty of Law University of Western Ontario

2014 (July) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Adelaide

2011(Aug) Visiting Professor School of Law Case Western Reserve University

2011(Feb) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Adelaide

2011(Jan) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Auckland

2010 (fall) Visiting Professor Osgoode Hall York University

2008 (Aug) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Auckland

2004 (Jan) Teaching Fellow Faculty of Law Victoria Univ. of Wellington

2003 (spring) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Toronto

2003 (fall) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Toronto

1998-2001 Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law University of Auckland

1994-1997 Lecturer Faculty of Law University of Auckland

2000 (fall) Visiting Professor Faculty of Law University of Western Ontario

2000 (spring) Visiting Scholar School of Law Duke University

1990-91 Associate Siskind Cromarty Ivey & Dowler

1988-89 Articling Student Siskind Cromarty Ivey & Dowler

1987 Summer student Fraser & Beatty

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4. HONORS AND AWARDS:

Leadership in Wellness Award of Recognition, 2018 (Western Student Experience)

[For Mindfulness Education; recognizes Western faculty members who promote

the mental health of their students in their daily work at Western]

Teaching Fellowship, 2019-2022 (Teaching Support Centre, Western University)

In support of mindfulness and mental health education.

Catalyst Capital Fellow in Insolvency Law, 2018-2019

Eighth Annual Lloyd Houlden Memorial Research Fellowship 2013

Cassels Brock LLP Faculty Fellow in Contract Law 2009-10

5. TEACHING: a) LLB/JD Courses and Guest Lectures

University of Western Ontario

Contracts 2002-03, fall 03, 04, 2006-2008, 2009-2014, 2017-18

Commercial Law spring 2002, fall 02, 03, fall 07, fall 09, fall 10

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, spring 2002, 04, 07, 08, 10-11, 13, 14

Legal Research and Writing, fall 04, 2011-2013, 2017-2018

Legal History of Business Regulation in Canada, spring 17, 18, fall 19

Mindfulness and the Legal Profession, fall 19

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Visiting Professor

Comparative Bankruptcy Law, August 2011

University of Auckland, Visiting Professor

Commercial Law, January 2011

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Visiting Professor

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, fall 2010

Victoria University of Wellington, Teaching Fellow

Introduction to Commercial Law, January 2004

University of Toronto, Visiting Professor

Bankruptcy Law spring 2003, fall 2003

University of Western Ontario, Visiting Professor: Commercial Law Fall 2000

University of Auckland Faculty of Law: Dec. 1993 to 2001.

Commercial Law 1994-1999, 2001.

Creditors’ Remedies 1994-1999.

Insolvency Law 2001.

Contracts 1998.

International Trade 1999; LLB Honours Dissertation Supervision 1994-1999

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b) LLB/JD Courses and Guest Lectures (cont’d)

Guest Lectures, University of Auckland

Faculty of Law, Legal Research and Methodology 1995-98 “Law and Economics”

Guest Lectures, University of Western Ontario

Advanced Issues in Technology Law, “Contracts, E-Commerce and Consumer

Protection” 1996

c) Mindfulness Teaching

Mindfulness Ambassador Program, 2017-2018

Mindfulness@Law School, Fall 2018

Mindfulness and the Legal Profession, Fall 2019

d) Graduate Courses and Graduate Guest Lectures

Melbourne Law School, Senior Fellow

Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law, LL.M. Intensive Course, November 2018

University of Adelaide, Visiting Professor

Secured Transactions, LL.M. Intensive Course, July 2014

University of Auckland Faculty of Law

Insolvency Law, LL.M. course 1995, 1996.

Secured Transactions, LL.M. Intensive Course, August 2008

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Guest Lecture: Bankruptcy, LL.M. “Consumer Credit and the Public Interest” 2012

Guest Lecture: Bankruptcy, LL.M. “Bankruptcy: An Historical Perspective” 2011

Guest Lecture: Banking Law, LL.M. “Consumer Credit and the Public Interest”; “The

Intersection Between the Financial Services Industry and Marginalized Groups” 2010

Guest Lecture: Commercial Law, LL.M. “Pre-bankruptcy Transactions” 2009

Guest Lecture: Commercial Law, LL.M. “Pre-bankruptcy Transactions” 2007

University of Adelaide, Visiting Professor

Secured Transactions, LL.M. Intensive Course, February 2011

Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

Guest Lecture, Business Law: Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, 2003, 2004, 2006

Guest Lecture, Business Law: Offer, Acceptance & Consideration, 2004

d) Graduate Courses and Graduate Guest Lectures

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d) Graduate Courses and Graduate Guest Lectures cont’d

University of Auckland, Business School

Guest Lecture “Director Liability” 1997; Guest Lecture “Voidable Transactions” 1997

e) Graduate Supervision

University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Master’s Supervisory Member, July 2004-

Doctoral Supervisory Member, June 2013-

University of Western Ontario

Asset Sales Under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act by Alfonso Nocilla (LL.M.) 2011.

A Director’s Duty to Act in the Best Interests of the Corporation in an Insolvency or ‘Vicinity of

Insolvency’ Situation: The Case for a Return to Basic Principles, by Angelo D'Ascanio (LL.M.)

2010.

Proposals for the Chinese Model of Anticipatory Breach: A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese

Law, the CISG, the UCC and the Anglo-Canadian Common Law, by Can Wang (LL.M.) 2007.

“An Appeal for Abrogation of the Doctrine of Privity” by Hadi Davarinia (paper in partial

satisfaction of M.S.L., 2012.

University of Auckland

Consumer Warranty Law: Consumer Law Theory and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, by Rae

Nield (M. Jur.), 1997.

f) PhD External Examiner

University of Alberta, Faculty of Law

Control v. Registration: Contemplating a Potential Paradigm Shift in the PPSA’s Governance of

Security Interests in Deposit Accounts, by Clayton Bangsund (PhD) (2017)

University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law

Insolvency, Commercial Utility and Principles of Justice: The Making of Bankruptcy Law in

Sweden and Finland, ca. 1680-1868, by Jussi Sallila (PhD) 2016.

University of Kent

Protagonists of Company Reorganisation: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement

Act (Canada) and the Role of Large Secured Creditors, by Virginia Torrie (PhD) 2015.

Osgoode Hall Law School

The Legal Aspects and Operations of ‘Central Counterparty’ (CCP) Clearing Systems, by

Christian Chamorro-Courtland (PhD) 2012.

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g) Examiner of LL.M. Dissertations

University of Western Ontario

Extending Our Promise: Providing Help to Mentally Ill Accused as Soon as Practicable, by

Cassandra DeMelo (LL.M.) 2019

Highway Tolls in Brazil and the Lawfulness Principle, by Fabio C. Theophilo (LL.M.) 2013.

Directors' Duties to Creditors- Mapping the Twilight Zone by Mehreen Reman (LL.M.) 2012.

The History of Animal Welfare Law and the Future of Animal Rights by Marie Blosh (LL.M.)

2012.

Hansard as an Aid to Statutory Interpretation in Canadian Courts from 1999 to 2010 by John

Magyar (LL.M.) 2011.

An Explanation of the High Rates of Discrepancies in Letters of Credit Transactions: The Bilateral

Mechanism, by Zaid AL-Rizzo (LL.M.) 2011.

Remedies in the Arthur Wishart Act: A Critique of Dig This Garden, by Shawn L. Graham (LL.M.)

2010.

Shades of Grey: The Legal Treatment of Grey Markets in India and Canada, by Deepshikha Dutt

(LL.M.) 2010.

International Trade and the Legal Regulation of Organic Food in China, by Jian Zhnag, (LL.M.)

2007.

Osgoode Hall School of Law

If it Ain't Broke, Why Fix Ft? The Reform of the Law Governing Personal Property Security

Interests in Copyright and the Film Financing Model, by Julia Shin Doi (LL.M.) 2007.

The Death of Merchantability and Particular Purpose: A Review, Redefinition of the Implied

Terms as to Quality in Sale of Goods Junbo Hao (LL.M.) 2004.

h) Chair of Thesis Defence

University of Western Ontario

The Clarity of Reasonableness Since Dunsmuir: Mission (Mostly) Accomplished by Ryan Robb

(M.S.L.) 2015.

The Criminalization of Patent Infringement in Canada and India by Viswambharan V.S. (LL.M.)

2011.

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i) Second Reader of LLM Thesis and Examiner

University of Western Ontario

What is the Scope of Competition Law in the UAE? - A Comparative Study with Developed and

Developing Nations by Alisha Ansari (LL.M. 2013)

j) Other Graduate Activity

Judge of the SGPS 3MT competition in Law 9003, 2013

k) LL.B. Supervision

LL.B. Supervised Research, University of Western Ontario

2018 Robert Craig Gilchrist, “Marcotte, Banking and Legal History”

2017 Amelia Tritter, “Equitable Subordination”

2010 Nicole Morand, “An Examination of Proposed National Instrument 55-104: Insider

Reporting Requirements and Exemptions from a Policy Perspective”.

2007 Lee Ann Gibbs, “UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency”.

2007 Grace Kim, “The Protection of Unpaid Workers in an Insolvency”.

2003 J. Heinbuch, “Debtor in Possession Financing”.

LL.B. Supervised Research, University of Toronto

2003 Dirk Zetzsche, “Corporate Reorganizations and Director Liability”.

2003 Eyal Geva, “The Problem of Tort Claims in Bankruptcy”.

LL.B. (Hons) Dissertations University of Auckland

A. Knight, “The Power of the Prophecy and the Fair Trading Act 1986”, 1999

S. Fisher, “The Impact of Parallel Importing on Consumer Law”, 1999

A. Pffeier, “Tort Creditors and Limited Liability”, 1997

A. Kennedy, “Voidable Preferences and the Ordinary Course of Business”, 1997

R. Davidson, “Consumer Protection in the Context of Distance Selling”, 1997

R. Stewart, “Misleading Advertising and the Fair Trading Act 1986: The Advertiser’s

Perspective”, 1997

S. Walsh, “Receiverships”, 1996

K. Dudick, “Trading Trusts” (joint supervision with G. Williams), 1996

D. Moniz, “Insolvent Trading” 1996

A. Doo, “Voluntary Administrations” 1996

M. Pollard, “Fraudulent Conveyances” 1996

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l) Student Prize Winning Papers

Ameilia Tritter, “Has the Door to Equitable Subordination in CCAA Proceedings Been Closed?”

Winner of 2nd Prize in Insolvency Institute of Canada 2017 Student Writing Awards (independent

research project)

Shawn Therien, “Out of the Woods: Sino-Forest, Third-Party Releases & the Relationship

Between Insolvency & Class Action Law”, International Undergraduate Awards, Highly

Commended Paper, 2014 (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency course).

Shawn Therien, “The Treatment of Third-Party Releases in CCAA Proceedings” JSD Tory Writing

Prize 2014. (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency course)

Shawn Therien, “Out of the Woods: The Relationship Between Insolvency and Class Action Law”

Winner of 2nd Prize in Insolvency Institute of Canada 2013 Student Writing Awards (paper

submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency Course)

Peter Howie, “Intersection of environmental and insolvency law: Review and implications of

Newfoundland and Labrador v AbitibiBowater Inc. ” Winner of 2nd Prize in Insolvency Institute of

Canada 2013 Student Writing Awards (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency Course)

Blake Jones, “Sun Indalex” Winner of 3rd Prize in Insolvency Institute of Canada 2013 Student

Writing Awards (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency Course)

Jesse Mighton, “Beyond the Tipping Point: Re Indalex and the Changing Face of Pension

Protection in Canadian Insolvency Proceedings” Winner of 1st Prize in Insolvency Institute of

Canada 2011 Student Writing Awards (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency course)

Erin Strashin, “A New Era in Wage Earner Protection”: Winner of 3rd Prize in Insolvency Institute

of Canada 2008 Student Writing Awards (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency Course)

Marie Bruchet, “Director Removal and the CCAA”: Winner of 1st Prize in Insolvency Institute

of Canada 2007 Student Writing Awards (paper submitted to Bankruptcy and Insolvency course)

James Mangan, “What Is ‘Deepening Insolvency’ and Should It Come to Canada?” Winner of

2nd Prize in Insolvency Institute of Canada 2007 Writing Awards (paper submitted to Bankruptcy

and Insolvency course)

m) Student Publications Arising from Supervised Work

Alfonso Nocilla, “The History of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Future of

Restructuring Law in Canada” (2015) 56 Canadian Business Law Journal pp 73-103.

Alfonso Nocilla, “Asset Sales under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act” (2012) 52

Canadian Business Law Journal pp 226-247.

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m) Student Publications Arising from Supervised Work cont’d

Marie Bruchet, “Director Removal and the CCAA” (2008) 24 Banking & Finance Law Review pp

269-85.

n) Other Teaching

Law 101 (Undergraduate Course for Non-Law Students) 2004, 2005, 2009-2011, 2013

Ontario Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada

Group Instructor, Creditor/Debtor Law & Legal Writing 1992-93

Western University; Guest Lectures, Philosophy of Law: “Offer & Acceptance” 1992

o) Casebooks and Web Materials (for in course use)

University of Western Ontario

Contracts Supplementary Materials 2002

Contracts Web Supplementary Materials 03, 04, 06, 07-14, 17-18

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law: Supplementary Materials 04, 07-08, 10-11, 13-14

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law: Supplementary Cases and Materials, 2002, 2003

Commercial Law: Supplementary Cases and Materials 2002-2003

Commercial Law: Web Supplementary Materials 2003, 2007, 2009-11

Thomas Telfer & D. Kirwin: Commercial Law Cases and Materials 2000

Law 101: Materials on Contracts, Commercial Law and E-Commerce, 04, 05

Law 101: Materials on Commercial Law including Bankruptcy Law, 09-11, 13

Legal History of Business Regulation, Web Supplementary Materials, 17, 18, 19

Mindfulness and the Legal Profession, 19

Melbourne Law School

Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law Coursebook 543pp. November 2018

Victoria University of Wellington

Introduction to Commercial Law, Cases and Materials January 2004

University of Toronto

Bankruptcy Law: Cases and Materials 2003

University of Auckland

Insolvency Law (LL.B.) Cases and Materials 2001

Insolvency Law (LL.M.) Cases and Materials 1995-1997

T. Telfer and Julie Maxton, Commercial Law Cases and Materials 1996-1999

T. Telfer, Commercial Law Cases and Materials 1994, 1995

T. Telfer and Gordon Williams, Creditors’ Remedies Cases and Materials 1996-1998

Creditors’ Remedies Cases and Materials 1994-1995

Secured Transactions (LL.M.) Cases and Materials 2008

Commercial Law (LL.B.) Cases and Materials 2011

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o) Casebooks and Web Materials (for in course use) cont’d

University of Adelaide

Secured Transactions (LL.M.) Cases and Materials 2011, 2014

Osgoode Hall Law School

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, Supplementary Cases 2010

Case Western Reserve University

Comparative Bankruptcy Law, Cases and Materials 2011

5. PUBLICATIONS:

Monograph

Thomas Telfer, Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law,

1867-1919 (University of Toronto Press, The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History,

2014) (328 pp).

Book Reviews:

Christopher Armstrong (2015) 89:3 Business History Review 603

Justice Renaud, Ontario Court of Justice: (2015) 40 Canadian Law Librarian Review 28.

Sean Tessarolo (2015) 78 Saskatchewan Law Review 420.

Daniel Simeone (2015) 96:2 Canadian Historical Review 296.

Charles Tabb (2016) 34:2 Law and History Review 533.

Roderick Wood (2016) 57:3 Canadian Business Law Journal 388.

Virginia Torrie (2016) 31 Banking and Finance Law Review 427.

Larissa Lucas (2016) 53(3) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1127.

Andrew Smith (2016) 37:3 Journal of Legal History 341.

Books

Anthony J. Duggan, Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Janis Sarra, Thomas G.W. Telfer, Roderick

Wood, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law: Cases Text and Materials 3rd ed (Toronto:

Edmond Montgomery, 2015) (965 pp).

David Brown and Thomas Telfer, Personal and Corporate Insolvency Legislation: Guide

and Commentary to the 2006 Amendments, 2nd ed. (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths

New Zealand, 2013) (commentary 150 pp).

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Books cont’d

Anthony J. Duggan, Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Thomas G.W. Telfer, Roderick Wood, Jacob S.

Ziegel, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law: Cases Text and Materials 2nd ed (Toronto:

Edmond Montgomery, 2009) (864 pp).

David Brown and Thomas Telfer, Personal and Corporate Insolvency Legislation: Guide

and Commentary to the 2006 Amendments (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths New

Zealand, 2007) (commentary 115 pp).

Republished as: David Brown & Thomas Telfer, “Insolvency” in C. Hawes ed.,

Butterworths Introduction to Commercial Law 2nd ed., (Wellington, LexisNexis,

2007) Chapter 31: pp. 711-820.

Jacob S. Ziegel, Anthony J. Duggan & Thomas G.W. Telfer, Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Law: Cases Text and Materials, 1st ed. (Emond Montgomery, 2003) (677 pp).

Charles E.F. Rickett & Thomas G.W. Telfer eds., International Perspectives on

Consumers’ Access to Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2003) (440 pp).

Journal Articles

“Rediscovering the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Power: Political and Constitutional

Challenges to the Bankruptcy Act, 1919-1929” (2017) 80:1 Saskatchewan Law Review 37-

70.

“Repeat Bankruptcies and the Integrity of the Canadian Bankruptcy Process” (2014) 55

Canadian Business Law Journal 231-262.

S. Ben-Ishai, S. Schwartz and T. Telfer, “A Retrospective on the Canadian Consumer

Bankruptcy System: 40 Years after the Tassé Report” (2011) 50 Canadian Business Law

Journal 236-258.

“Justice Ivan Rand's Commercial Law Legacy: Contracts and Bankruptcy

Policies” (2010) University of New Brunswick Law Journal & University of Manitoba Law

Journal (joint issue) 243-269.

“Canadian Insolvency Law Reform and ‘Our Bankrupt Legislative Process’” [2010]

Annual Review of Insolvency Law 583-592.

“Ideas, Interests and Institutions and the History of Canadian Bankruptcy Law 1867-1880”

(2010) 60 University of Toronto Law Journal 603-621.

Thomas Telfer & Bruce Welling, “The Winding-Up and Restructuring Act: Realigning

Insolvency Law’s Orphan to the Modern Insolvency Law Process” (2008) 24 Banking &

Finance Law Review 235-270.

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Journal Articles (cont’d)

“The Evolution of Bankruptcy Exemption Law in Canada 1867-1919: The Triumph of the

Provincial Model” [2007] Annual Review of Insolvency Law 593-651.

Also published in abridged form:

“The Origins of Canadian Bankruptcy Exemptions: Federalism, the Relevance of

US Law and the Prospects for Reform” (2009), 20 Journal Banking & Finance Law

& Practice 270-274.

“Statutory Licences and the Search for Property: The End of the Imbroglio?” (2007) 45

Canadian Business Law Journal 224-252.

Cited by Saulnier v Royal Bank of Canada, [2008] 3 SCR 166 at para 42.

Anthony Duggan & Thomas G.W. Telfer, “Canadian Preference Law Reform” (2006-

2007) 42 Texas International Law Journal 661-684.

Also published as: Anthony Duggan and Thomas Telfer, “Voidable Preferences”

in Stephanie Ben-Ishai and Anthony Duggan (eds.), Canadian Bankruptcy and

Insolvency Law: Bill C-55, Statute c.47 and Beyond (LexisNexis, Toronto, 2007)

145-174. [see Chapters in Books]

David Brown & Thomas G.W. Telfer, “The New ‘Australasian’ Voidable Preference Law:

Plus Ça Change?” (2007) 13 New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 160-183.

“The Proposed Federal Exemption Regime for the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act” (2005)

41 Canadian Business Law Journal 279-327.

“A Canadian ‘World without Bankruptcy Law’: the Failure of Bankruptcy Reform at the

end of the Nineteenth Century” (2004) 8 Australian Journal of Legal History 83-108.

“Unperfected Security Interests, Exempt Property and Bankruptcy: Reconciling the

Claims" [2003] Annual Review of Insolvency Law 5-28.

“Voidable Preference Law Reform: Shifting Rules, Standards and Goal Posts: A New

Zealand Perspective” (2003) 12 International Insolvency Review 55-82.

“Transplanting Equitable Subordination: The New ‘Free-Wheeling’ Equitable Discretion

in Canadian Insolvency Law?” (2001) 36 Canadian Business Law Journal 36-88.

“Defining a Consumer and the Right to Reject under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993:

The Long Road to the Court of Appeal” (2001) 7 New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 3-

10.

“The New Zealand Model Code for Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce: the

Role of Industry Self-Regulation” (2001) 1(4) Technology Law Forum 46-51.

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Journal Articles (cont’d)

“Enforcement of Security Interests under the Personal Property Securities Act 1999”

(2000) 6 New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 192-207.

“The Right of Rejection and the Consumer Guarantees Act” (1997) 3 New Zealand

Business Law Quarterly 263-270.

“The Canadian Bankruptcy Act of 1919: Public Legislation or Private Interest?” (1994-

95) 24 Canadian Business Law Journal 357-403.

“The Consumer Guarantees Act 1993” (1995) 1 New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 46-

52.

Chapters in Books

“Early Warning Signs on Olympia & York: an Introduction” in Janis Sarra ed, A Voice for

Many—Margaret Philip, Journalist (Toronto: Carswell Thomson, 2011) pp 539-541.

Anthony Duggan and Thomas Telfer, “Voidable Preferences” in Stephanie Ben-Ishai and

Anthony Duggan (eds.), Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law: Bill C-55, Statute c.47

and Beyond (LexisNexis, Toronto, 2007) pp 145-174.

Also published as: Anthony Duggan & Thomas G.W. Telfer, “Canadian Preference

Law Reform” (2006-2007) 42 Texas International Law Journal 661-684 [See

Journal Articles]

Anthony Duggan and Thomas Telfer, “Gifts and Transfers at Undervalue” in Stephanie

Ben-Ishai and Anthony Duggan (eds.), Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law: Bill C-

55, Statute c.47 and Beyond (LexisNexis, Toronto, 2007) pp 175-198.

“Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Repayment Plans in New Zealand: Curing Misinformed

Choices and Reforming the Discharge” in J. Niemi-kiesilainen, I. Ramsay, & W. Whitford

eds. Consumer Bankruptcy in a Global Perspective (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2003) pp

248-269.

“Access to the Discharge in Canadian Bankruptcy Law and the New Role of Surplus

Income: A Historical Perspective” in Charles E.F. Rickett and Thomas G.W. Telfer eds.,

International Perspectives on Consumers’ Access to Justice (Cambridge University Press,

2003) pp 231-263.

Charles E.F. Rickett & Thomas G.W. Telfer, “Consumers’ Access to Justice: An

Introduction” in Charles E.F. Rickett and Thomas G.W. Telfer eds., International

Perspectives on Consumers’ Access to Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2003) pp 1-

13.

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Chapters in Books cont’d

“Introduction to the Personal Property Securities Regime” Chapter 40 in Morison’s

Company and Securities Law (Butterworths, June 2002) pp 1103-1132 [revised and

updated 2004, 2006-2014] pp 5,385, 001 – 5,385, 260.

“Scope of the Personal Property Securities Act 1999” Chapter 41 in Morison's Company

and Securities Law (Wellington: Butterworths, August 2002) 1149-1171 [revised and

updated 2004, 2006-2014] pp 5,393, 001 – 5,393, 210.

“Creation and Enforceability of Security Interests” Chapter 42 in Morison's Company and

Securities Law (Wellington: Butterworths, August 2002) 1181-1201 [revised and updated

2004, 2006-2014] pp 5,443, 001 – 5,443, 208.

“Priority between Security Interests” Chapter 43 in Morison's Company and Securities

Law (Wellington: Butterworths, December 2002) 1301-1334. [revised and updated 2004,

2006-2014] pp 5,453, 001 – 5,453, 252

“Priority between Security Interests and Other Interests” Chapter 44, in Morison's

Company and Security Law (Wellington: Butterworths, February 2003) 1335-1352.

[revised and updated 2004, 2006-2014] pp 5,463, 001 – 5,463, 208.

“Consumer Law” in New Zealand Business Law Guide (CCH, Looseleaf) (1999) [revised

and updated para 50,001 - 51-910].

“Consumer Credit Law” New Zealand Business Law Guide (CCH, Looseleaf) (1999)

[revised and updated para 60-100 - 60-630].

“Risk and Insolvent Trading” in C. Rickett and R. Grantham (eds.) Corporate Personality

in the 20th Century (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 1998) pp 127-148.

“Insolvency Policy and Voluntary Administrations in New Zealand” in C. Rickett (ed.)

Essays on Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (Wellington: Brookers, 1996) pp 120-

143.

Book Reviews

Review of The Wellness Doctrines: For Law Students & Young Lawyers, by Jerome

Doraisamy (Xoum Publishing, 2015) (2017) 54:2 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 645-654.

Review of Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America, by David Skeel

(Princeton University Press, 2001) (2006) 16(5) Law and Politics Book Review 349-352.

Review of Enforcing Securities by John Greig and Bryan Horrigan (eds) (Law Book

Company, 1994) (1996) 16 New Zealand Universities Law Review 108-111.

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Commissioned Reports

Bruce Welling and Thomas Telfer, “The Scope of the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act:

A Report Prepared for the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation”

(March 2011) 54 pages.

Thomas Telfer, Mary Anne Waldron, David Young and Lisa Peters, “Canada Interest Act:

Report of the Working Group” (A Report Prepared for the Uniform Law Conference of

Canada Annual Conference, Quebec 2008) 23 pages.

“Preliminary Background Paper on the Canada Interest Act” (A Report Prepared for the

Uniform Law Conference of Canada Annual Conference, Charlottetown 2007) 27 pages.

Cited Krayzel Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co., 2016 SCC 18 at para 53, Dissenting

Reasons: Côté J. (Abella and Moldaver JJ. concurring).

Thomas Telfer and Bruce Welling, “Report on the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act:

A Report Prepared for the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation”

(November 2006) 51 pages.

“Preliminary Paper on the Law of Personal Exemptions from Seizure: A Report for the

Uniform Law Conference of Canada” (A Report Prepared for the Uniform Law Conference

of Canada Annual Conference, Regina 2004) 34 pages.

“Directors’ Duties in the Context of Insolvency: A Review of ss135 and 136 of the

Companies Act 1993” (A Report Prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development,

Wellington: December 2000) 40 pages.

Other Works

David Brown and Thomas Telfer, “Voidable Preferences—is the New Law Actually an

Improvement?” (2007) 60 NZ Lawyer 26-29.

Mark Perry and Thomas Telfer, “[Consumer Guarantees] Act gives Users Recourse from

Buggy Products” (1995) April 24, Computer World, 23-24.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Downloads

Thomas Telfer & Bruce Welling, “The Winding-Up and Restructuring Act: Realigning

Insolvency Law’s Orphan to the Modern Insolvency Law Process” (2008) 24 Banking &

Finance Law Review 235-270.

March 2009 listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for CGAL: Governance Law &

Arrangements by Subject Matter (Topic) and GLSM: Insolvency & Reorganization

Law.

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Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Downloads (cont’d

Telfer & Welling, “Winding-Up Act” December 2010 listed on SSRN’s Top Ten

download list for CGN: Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

December 2010 listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for ERPN: Bankruptcy

“Ideas, Interests and Institutions and the History of Canadian Bankruptcy Law 1867-

1880” (2010) 60 University of Toronto Law Journal 603-621.

March 2010 listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Canadian Law – Business

6. RESEARCH FUNDING:

2019, Canadian Association of Insolvency Restructuring Professionals, Research Grant

$15,000 shared with Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Osgoode Hall Law School to support

publication of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Text and Problems.

2019-2022, Centre for Teaching & Learning, Teaching Fellowship in Support of

Mindfulness and Mental Health Education, $30,000.

2018-2019 Catalyst Capital Fellow in Insolvency Law, $10,000

2014, Western University Faculty Research Development Fund, in support of Ruin and

Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867-1919 (Toronto:

University of Toronto Press, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2014) $2000.

2013, Canadian Insolvency Foundation, Eighth Annual Lloyd Houlden Memorial Research

Fellowship, “Multiple Consumer Bankruptcies and the Integrity of the Canadian

Bankruptcy Process” $20,000

2013, Western University Faculty of Law, Internal Research Grant, “Bankruptcy Law’s

Response to the Canadian Great Depression” $800

2013, Western University Faculty of Law, Internal Travel Grant to speak at 11th Annual

Review of Insolvency Law Conference at the University of British Columbia, $1575

2013, Western University Faculty of Law, Internal Research Grant, “Bankruptcy Law’s

Response to the Canadian Great Depression” $1600

2008, University of Western Ontario Academic Development Fund, Small Grant

Competition, $8415.20: From an Evil to a Commercial Necessity: Bankruptcy Law in

Canada from 1867 to 1919.

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RESEARCH FUNDING cont’d

2007, Borden Ladner Gervais Fellowship, $10,000 (funding for one first year student for

summer research) Project: From an Evil to a Commercial Necessity: Bankruptcy Law in

Canada from 1867 to 1919 (Manuscript for University of Toronto Press).

2005, Canadian Insolvency Foundation Research Grant, $5000: “The Evolution of

Exemption Law in Canada: Transplants and Cross Border Influences in the Age of

Empire”

2000 & 2001, Chapman Tripp Research Grant, University of Auckland, “Access to the

Consumer Bankruptcy Discharge” (funded student research assistant).

2000, Chapman Tripp Research Grant, University of Auckland, “The Consumer

Guarantees Act 1993” (funded student research assistant).

1999, Chapman Tripp Research Grant, University of Auckland, “The Doctrine of Equitable

Subordination” (funded student research assistant).

1999, Chapman Tripp Research Grant, University of Auckland, “Voidable Preferences: A

Comparative View” (funded student research assistant).

1994, University of Auckland New Staff Research Grant, $5000 (to fund visits to National

Archives in Ottawa, to assist with completion of S.J.D.)

7. OTHER SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Conference Papers

December 2018, “The Legal History of Bankruptcy Law: Reflections on Comparative and

Institutional Approaches” Mercantile and Corporate Bankruptcy and Pre-Insolvency in the

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Law and Economy, University of Tilburg.

May 2017, “The New Bankruptcy ‘Detective Agency’? The Origins of the Superintendent

of Bankruptcy in Great Depression Canada”; The Canadian Confederation: Past, Present,

and Future, Université de Montréal.

September 2016, “Remaking the Federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Power: Political and

Constitutional Challenges to the Bankruptcy Act of 1919 during the 1920s” Commercial

Law Conference Honouring Professor RCC Cuming, University of Saskatchewan.

March 2014, “Repeat Bankruptcies and the Integrity of the Canadian Bankruptcy Process”

INSOL International Academic Colloquium, Hong Kong.

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Conference Papers cont’d

October 2013, “Repeat Bankruptcies and the Integrity of the Canadian Bankruptcy

Process” 43rd Annual Workshop on Commercial and Consumer Law, McGill University.

February 2011, “Canadian Insolvency Law Reform and ‘Our Bankrupt Legislative

Process’” Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, Toronto, University of British

Columbia.

October 2010, S. Ben-Ishai, S. Schwartz and T. Telfer, “A Retrospective on the Canadian

Consumer Bankruptcy System: 40 Years after the Tassé Report” 40th Annual Commercial

and Consumer Law Workshop, University of Toronto.

August 2010, “Final Report of the Working Group on the Interest Act”, Uniform Law

Conference of Canada, Halifax N.S.

October 2009, “Ideas, Interests and Institutions and the History of Canadian Bankruptcy

Law, 1867-1880” Michael Trebilcock Symposium, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

February 2008, “The Evolution of Bankruptcy Exemption Law in Canada 1867-1919: The

Triumph of the Provincial Model” Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference,

University of British Columbia.

September 2007, “Preliminary Paper on the Interest Act”, Uniform Law Conference of

Canada Annual Meeting, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

March 2007, David Brown and Thomas Telfer, “Reforming Voidable Preference Law:

Challenges and Change” 6th Annual Corporate Insolvency Law Conference, Auckland.

October 2006, Anthony Duggan & Thomas Telfer, “Canadian Preference Law Reform”

36th Annual Workshop on Commercial and Consumer Law, Banff, University of Alberta.

August 2004, “Preliminary Paper on the Law of Personal Exemptions from Seizure”

Uniform Law Conference of Canada Annual Conference, Regina.

February 2004, “Unperfected Security Interests, Exempt Property and Bankruptcy:

Reconciling the Claims" Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, University of

British Columbia.

October 2003, “The Necessity of a Federal Exemption Policy in Canadian Bankruptcy

Law” 32nd Annual Workshop on Commercial and Consumer Law, University of Toronto.

October 2002, “Voidable Preference Law Reform: Shifting Rules, Standards and Goal

Posts: A New Zealand Perspective” INSOL Academics Meeting, INSOL Annual

Conference: Asia Pacific Rim, Beijing China.

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Conference Papers cont’d

July 2002, “The Failure of Canadian Bankruptcy Law Reform: 1880-1903” Law’s

Enterprise: Law and Economy in History, 21st Annual Conference of the Australian and

New Zealand Law and History Society, Katoomba Australia.

July 2001, “Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Repayment Plans in New Zealand: Curing

Misinformed Choices and Reforming the Discharge” Collaborative Research Network on

Comparative Consumer Bankruptcy and Debt Readjustment, Law and Society Association

and Research Committee on Sociology of Law Joint Meeting, Budapest Hungary.

April 2001 “Access to the Consumer Bankruptcy Discharge in Canada and the New Role

of Surplus Income: An Historical Perspective” 8th International Consumer Law

Conference: Consumer’s Access to Justice, International Association for Consumer Law,

University of Auckland.

October 2000 “Transplanting Equitable Subordination: The New Free-Wheeling Equitable

Discretion in Canadian Insolvency Law?” 30th Annual Workshop on Commercial and

Consumer Law, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

Feb. 2000 “Remedies of Secured Parties under the Personal Property Securities Act” Legal

Research Foundation Conference on the Personal Property Securities Act, Auckland.

Feb. 2000 “Remedies of Secured Parties under the Personal Property Securities Act” Legal

Research Foundation Conference on the Personal Property Securities Act, Wellington.

April 1999 “The Demise of Canadian Bankruptcy Law 1867-1880” Organization of

American Historians Annual Conference, Toronto.

Oct. 1998: “The Demise of Canadian Bankruptcy Law 1867-1880” American Society of

Legal Historians Annual Conference, Seattle.

July 1997: “Corporate Personality in the Insolvency Context” Research Centre for

Business Law Conference on “A Centenary Celebration of Salomon v Salomon”

University of Auckland.

June 1995: “Insolvency Policy and Voluntary Administrations in New Zealand” Research

Centre for Business Law Conference on “Corporate Restructuring: The Way Ahead”

University of Auckland.

Seminar and Professional Meeting Presentations

“The New Bankruptcy ‘Detective Agency’? The Origins of the Superintendent of

Bankruptcy in Great Depression Canada” Western University Legal History Workshop

(April 2018)

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Seminar and Professional Meeting Presentations cont’d

“The New Bankruptcy ‘Detective Agency’? The Origins of the Superintendent of

Bankruptcy in Great Depression Canada” Melbourne Law School (October 2018)

“The New Bankruptcy ‘Detective Agency’? The Origins of the Superintendent of

Bankruptcy in Great Depression Canada” QUT Faculty of Law Seminar (October 2018)

“Bankruptcy Law Literacy: 1919-20” University of Turku Faculty of Law Project on Legal

Literacy (September 2018)

“The New Bankruptcy ‘Detective Agency’? The Origins of the Superintendent of

Bankruptcy in Great Depression Canada”; University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law Legal

History Seminar (September 2018)

“The New Bankruptcy ‘Detective Agency’? The Origins of the Superintendent of

Bankruptcy in Great Depression Canada”; Osgoode Society Legal History Seminar,

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law (February 2018)

Commentator on Panel, “Deemed Trusts in the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act”

Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, University of British Columbia (February

2018).

Commentator on Paper, “Temporality Interrupted: Limitation Periods & Insolvency

Law” Second Annual Commercial Law Symposium, University of Saskatchewan

(September 2017)

“Canada and Finland” Address to PhD Banquet, University of Helsinki (January 2016).

“The Importance of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law as a Discipline in Historical Context”

Opening Address of Opponent (External Examiner) of Insolvency, Commercial Utility and

Principles of Justice: The Making of Bankruptcy Law in Sweden and Finland, ca. 1680-

1868, by Jussi Sallila (PhD) 2016, University of Helsinki.

“Opponent’s (External Examiner’s) Concluding Assessment of PhD Dissertation”

Insolvency, Commercial Utility and Principles of Justice: The Making of Bankruptcy Law

in Sweden and Finland, ca. 1680-1868, by Jussi Sallila (PhD) 2016, University of Helsinki.

“Repeat Bankruptcies and Recent Developments in Canadian Consumer Bankruptcy Law”

Melbourne University Faculty of Law Staff Seminar (July 2014).

Commentator for Panel, “Credit Counselling and Financial Literacy – Aid to Debtors or

Big Business” Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, University of British

Columbia (February 2014).

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Seminar and Professional Meeting Presentations cont’d

“Introduction to Contract Law” New Law Librarians’ Institute, Western University (May

2012).

Commentator for Panel, “Financial Literacy” Annual Review of Insolvency Law

Conference, University of British Columbia (February 2012).

“The Origins of Bankruptcy's Stigma and Its Ever Present Influence” Roundtable

Discussion on the Stigma Associated with Bankruptcy, University of British Columbia

(January 2012).

“PPS Reform in Australia and Recent Canadian Jurisprudence” University of Adelaide

School of Law (February 2011).

Commentator for Panel “Consumer Bankruptcy” (Topics include Subprime Mortgages and

Responsible Lending) Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, University of British

Columbia, Kelowna, BC, (February 2010).

"The Underlying Policy Objectives of Voidable Preference Law and the Revised

Preference Regime: The Impact of the 2005 and 2007 Amendments" London and Area

Insolvency Discussion Group, London ON, (January 2010).

“The Importance of History and the Political Economy of Insolvency Reform” Osgoode

Hall Law School Symposium on Teaching Insolvency Law”, Toronto, (June 2009).

Commentator for Panel: “Priorities and Protection” (Topics include Equitable

Subordination, Deemed Trusts and Preferences) Annual Review of Insolvency Law

Conference, University of British Columbia, Banff Alberta (February 2009).

Thomas Telfer and Bruce Welling, “The Winding-Up and Restructuring Act” invited

presentation to the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation, (February

2008).

“In Search of a Policy Justification for Voidable Preferences” staff seminar, Queen’s

University Faculty of Law (November 2006).

“Exemptions and a Response to the Uniform Law Conference of Canada Proposal on a

Uniform Exemptions Statute” Working Group of the Civil Enforcement of Judgments

Project Civil Section, Toronto, (March 2004).

“Bankruptcy Law Reform: A Comparative Perspective” Toronto Credit Association

(October 2002).

“Reckless or Insolvent Trading and Director Liability: The New Zealand Experience”

Corporate Law Professors Seminar, University of British Columbia, (February 2002).

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Seminar and Professional Meeting Presentations cont’d

“Director Liability for Insolvent Trading" staff seminar, Queen's University School of Law,

Kingston, Ontario (January 2001).

“Director Liability for Insolvent Trading” staff seminar, University of Victoria School of

Law, Victoria British Columbia (January 2001).

“Equitable Subordination and Canadian Insolvency Law” staff seminar, University of

Saskatchewan College of Law (December 2000).

“Secured Parties and Equitable Subordination” Advanced Secured Transactions Class,

University of Saskatchewan College of Law (November 2000).

“Equitable Subordination and Canadian Insolvency Law” staff seminar, University of

Western Ontario Faculty of Law (November 2000).

“Consumer Law Reform in New Zealand” University of Southern Denmark, Odense

Denmark, (August 2000).

“Voidable Preferences” High Court of Auckland, (March 2000).

“The Right of Rejection and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993” Bell Gully Barristers

and Solicitors, Auckland, (October 1997).

“Law and Ethics” Newman Hall, University of Auckland, (October 1997).

“Exclusion Clauses and the Fair Trading Act 1986” Bell Gully, Barristers and Solicitors,

Auckland, (October 1996).

“The Legal History of Bankruptcy Law: A Comparative Approach” Staff Seminar,

University of Auckland Faculty of Law, (October 1996).

Participant in Research Symposium

2009 Insolvency Research Symposium, Office of Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Ottawa,

(November 2009)

2008 Insolvency Research Symposium, Office of Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Ottawa,

(May, 2008)

2007 Insolvency Research Symposium, Office of Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Montreal,

(March, 2007)

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Participant in Research Symposium cont’d

2006 Insolvency Research Symposium, Office of Superintendent of Bankruptcy,

Vancouver (January, 2006)

2004 Insolvency Research Symposium, Office of Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Montreal,

(August, 2004)

Panel Chair

“The Future of the CCAA in Modern Commercial Transactions:” Panel Chair, 42nd

Annual Consumer and Commercial Law Workshop, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

(October, 2012).

“Commercial Issues” Moderator, 2008 Insolvency Research Symposium, Office of

Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Ottawa, (May, 2008).

“Competition Law” Panel Chair, Law’s Enterprise: Law and Economy in History, 21st

Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society,

Katoomba Australia. (July 2002).

“E-Commerce” Panel Chair, Eighth International Consumer Law Conference:

Consumer’s Access to Justice, Auckland, (April 2001).

“Private Regulation” Panel Chair, Eighth International Consumer Law Conference:

Consumer’s Access to Justice, University of Auckland, (April 2001).

“Miscellaneous Consumer Issues” Panel Chair, Eighth International Consumer Law

Conference: Consumer’s Access to Justice, University of Auckland, (April 2001).

Conference Chair

Conference Chair of 1st Annual Credit Law Conference, Auckland, (March 2000).

General Editor

New Zealand Law Review

[1997] Part III pp. 319-421

[1997] Part IV pp. 423-530

[1997] Part V pp. 531-685

[1998] Part I pp. 1-172

[1998] Part II pp. 173-402

[1998] Part III pp. 403-584

[1998] Part IV pp. 585-772

Book Review Editor

Canadian Business Law Journal: 2007-2011

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Editorial Boards

New Zealand Law Review: 1999-

Canadian Business Law Journal Editorial Board 2014-

Annual Review of Insolvency Law 2003-2018

Canadian Business Law Journal, Specialist Editor Insolvency Law: 2002-2014

Commercial and Consumer Transactions Series Editorial Board

Emond Montgomery 2003-2009

Referee for University Press Manuscript

University of British Columbia Press:

Perspectives on Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets (2012)

The Labours of Bankruptcy (2018)

Referee for Journals

Canadian Business Law Journal: 2016

QUT Law Review: 2014

Comparative Legal History: 2014

Adelaide Law Review: 2013

Canadian Bar Review: 2013, 2015

Alberta Law Review: 2012

Western Journal of Legal Studies: 2012, 2014

University of British Columbia Law Review: 2010

Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: 2009

Annual Review of Insolvency Law: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009-12, 2015-17

Queen’s Law Journal: 2003

Osgoode Hall Law Review: 2002

Ottawa Law Review: 2001

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Referee for Journals cont’d

New Zealand Business Law Quarterly: 1994-1998, 2001

New Zealand Law Review: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2014

Referee for Royal Society, 2017 (Professor Janis Sarra)

Referee for Distinguished Research Professorship, York University, 2019 (Professor Ben-

Ishai)

Referee for Grant or Fellowship Applications

Osgoode Hall Law School Research Fellowship: 2007 (Professor Ben-Ishai)

CALT Academic Excellence Award: 2012 (Professor Ben-Ishai)

Hurst Fellowship, University of Wisconsin: 2016 (Professor Virginia Torrie)

Research Foundation, Flanders: 2018 (Professor Dave De Ruysscher)

Referee for Promotion and Tenure Application

Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University: 2011 (Professor Sarah Bradley)

University of Calgary, Faculty of Law: 2012 (Professor Jassmine Girgis)

International Moot

Ian Fletcher International Insolvency Moot Court Competition,

Moot Appeal Competition Committee, University of British Columbia, 2018

Law Reform Working Group Committees

1. Unincorporated Associations (2006-2008)

Member of Canadian Delegation (Uniform Law Conference of Canada, (ULCC)) to the

Uniform Law Commission (ULC) on Project to Create a Harmonized Legal Framework

for Unincorporated Associations in North America (Canada-U.S.-Mexico)

Preliminary Meeting of Canadian Delegation for Unincorporated Associations

(Vancouver, January 2006)

Joint Meeting (Portland OR, March 2006)

Joint Meeting (Washington DC, September 2006)

Joint Meeting (Portland OR, February 2007)

Joint Meeting (Washington DC, November 2007)

Joint Meeting (Tucson AR, March 2008)

2. Federal Interest Act, ULCC (2008-2010)

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Submissions on Law Reform

T. Telfer, “Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Repayment Plans in New Zealand” Submission

to the Ministry of Economic Development, (July 2001).

J. Ziegel, Vaughan Black, Anthony Duggan, Thomas Telfer, "The Consumer Protection

Statute Law Amendment Act, 2002: Submission on Bill 180 to the Ontario Legislative

Assembly and to the Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs" (December 2002)

J. Ziegel, V. Black, R. Cuming, E. Edinger, I. Ramsay, T. Telfer & R. Wood, "Submissions

on Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors

Arrangement Act" Presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and

Commerce (May 2003).

A. Anand, Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Vaughan Black, Tamara Buckwold, Ronald CC. Cuming,

Anthony J. Duggan, Thomas G. W. Telfer, Roderick J. Wood, Jacob Ziegel, “Submissions

on Statute c.47 and Statute c.12: The Wage Earner Protection Program Act, and

Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors

Arrangement Act” Presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and

Commerce” (February, 2008)

Legislative Testimony

Testimony of Thomas Telfer, “Administration and Operation of the Bankruptcy and

Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act” before the Senate

Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, 37th Parliament, 2nd Session, 29

May 2003.

Other

Coordinator of 2001 Legal Research Foundation Legal Writing Awards

“Legal Writing Awards” (2000) 573 Law Talk 7.

Media Interviews

“Western Law Students Being Taught How to Relax” CBC News, 20 March 2018

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/western-university-mindfulness-mediation-

thomas-telfer-1.4583836

“Mindfulness at Law School” CBC Radio interview 20 March 2018

http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/london-morning/segment/15529639

“Meditation Program Lightens the Weight of the Law” Western News, 15 March 2018

https://news.westernu.ca/2018/03/meditation-program-lightens-weight-law/

“Unique Mindfulness Program Focuses on Emotional Intelligence, Western News

7 December 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj53Hb_QGyI

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Media Interviews cont’d

“Nobody Wants to Talk About It”, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation, London, ON,

Zero Suicide Initiative https://www.sjhcfoundation.org/nobody-wants-talk-about-it

“Deposits likely lost: One Grosvenor Restaurant: Sudden Closing has Left Some

Customers in the Lurch” London Free Press, 16 January 2012

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/01/15/19247251.html

28 September 2001, Financial Advisor New Zealand, “Finance Industry Slams Changes to

Personal Property Securities Act” (interview on impact of PPSA)

9. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:

a) Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario

Faculty Liaison on Mental Health and Wellness, 2017-2018

Director, Area of Concentration in Business Law fall 2002-2004, 2009-2010

Advisory Board, Western Business Law Clinic September 2004-December 2004

Appeals Committee spring 2002-2004

Research Committee 2010-2013

Working Group on Area of Concentration in Business Law spring 2002

Judge of Practice Corporate and Securities Law Moot 2003, 2004, 2007, 2018

Member of Decanal Review Committee, 2003- 2004 (elected position)

Information Technology Committee, fall 2004

Member of Programmes Committee 2006-2007

Member of Promotion and Tenure Committee (elected 2007-2008)

Canadian Association Law Teachers Representative 2007-2008

Faculty Advisor to the Law Review 2011-2014

Law Ethics Committee 2010-2014

Graduate Programs Committee 2011-2014

Faculty Advisor to Chaitons Corporate Restructuring Moot 2013-2014, 2017-18

Judge of Chaitons Corporate Restructuring Moot 2014, 2017

Admissions Committee 2017-2018

b) Western University

Western Student Mental Health Advisory Committee, 2017-

Non-Medical Ethics Review Board 2010-11; 2013

Law Faculty Representative, Ivey School of Business Council 2003-2004, 2004, 2009

Law Faculty Representative, Social Science Council 2003-2004, 2008-2014

Assistant Marshall, University of Western Ontario Convocation, 2003, 2007

c) Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

Chair of Law School Information Technology Committee 2001

Co-ordinator Staff Seminar Series 1996 & 1997

Post Graduate Committee 1997, 1998, 1999

Law Library Committee 1997, 1998, 1999

Research Centre for Business Law, assisted in coordinating seminars

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c) Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

Counselling for Student selection of undergraduate papers 1996

Law School Copyright Policy 1994

Member of Panel, “Pursuing Graduate Law Studies Overseas” 1998, 2001.

d) University of Auckland

Law School representative on Information Technology Committee 1994

10. COMMUNITY SERVICE

Mental Health Community Work

Zero Suicide Implementation Committee, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, 2016-2017

Zero Suicide Safety Planning & Means Restriction Working Group, St. Joseph’s

Healthcare, 2016-2017

Zero Suicide Working Group to Develop Process Around Implementation of Tools, 2018-

Minds of London Middlesex (Mental Health System Incubator for Disruptive Solutions),

2016-

Presentations on Mental Health and Mindfulness

“Mindful at Work” Parts I-III, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (June 2019)

forthcoming

“Mental Health and Stigma” Parkwood Institute, Mental Health Family Education Course

(May 2019) forthcoming

“Introducing Mindfulness” Sigma Assessments Systems Seminar (April 2019) forthcoming

https://www.sigmaassessmentsystems.com/introducing-mindfulness/

“Mindfulness and Graduate Supervision” Western Faculty of Engineering (April 2019)

“Introduction to Mindfulness” Western University, Philosophy Department Staff Meeting

(April 2019)

“The Zero Suicide Initiative” Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic, Parkwood Hospital,

St. Joseph’s Healthcare, London (March 2019)

“Mindfulness at Work” Parts I-II Centre for Teaching and Learning Workshop for Western

Faculty (March 2019)

“Mindfulness at Western Law” Western Meditation Society Research Seminar (February

2019)

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Presentations on Mental Health and Mindfulness

“Mindfulness for the Legal Profession” Plenary Session, Panel Member, “Mental Fitness to

Support a Successful Practice” Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers’ Annual Conference

(February 2019) https://on.facl.ca/tc-events/2019-conference-gala/

“Mindfulness: An Introduction” Riverside United Church Speaker Series (February 2019)

“Mindfulness@ Western Law” Presentation to Mental Health and Wellness Student

Advisory Committee (February 2019)

“Mindfulness” Address to Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne Australia

(November 2018)

“Mental Health as Part of Work Life Balance” Crucial Conversations, Society of Graduate

Students (October 2018)

“Mindfulness@Western Law” address to incoming class of 2021, Mental Health and

Wellness Professionalism Orientation Session, Western University (September 2019)

“Journey from Depression to Mindfulness” Plenary Session, Passport to Change: Quality,

Collaboration & Equity: Thames Valley Family Health Team Annual Conference (May

2018)

“Mental Health, Stigma and Coping Strategies” Parkwood Institute, Mental Health Family

Education Course (May 2018)

Panellist: “The Career-Long Goal - Managing Stress and Mental Health as Lawyers”

Western University (January 2018)

“Mindfulness in Law School and Beyond” address to incoming class of 2020, Mental Health

and Wellness Professionalism Orientation Session, Western University (September 2017)

“An Introduction to Mindfulness” Mindfulness Drop in Session, Western University

(October 2017).

“A Conversation about Mental Health: Why Does it Have to be Brave?” invited speaker,

Byron Public Library, London ON (May 2017)

“From Crisis to Advocacy” invited speaker, St. Joseph’s Health Care Cornerstone Dinner,

London ON (March 2017)

“Blue Skies: A Journey to Mental Health Recovery” invited speaker, Riverside United

Church Speaker Series, London ON (February 2017)

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Presentations on Mental Health and Mindfulness

“Zero Suicide Innovation at St. Joseph’s Healthcare” invited speaker, Quality Council St.

Joseph’s Healthcare” St. Joseph’s Healthcare, London ON (January 2017)

“Suicide Prevention Strategies” invited speaker Ambulatory Care Business Meeting,

Parkwood Hospital, London ON (December 2016)

“Work Life Balance: A Message for Graduate Students” Address to Western University

Graduate Students Association (November 2016)

“Mental Health Awareness: ‘We Must Not Maintain Silence’” invited speaker, United Way

Western University Leadership Breakfast (November 2016)

“Mental Health Awareness: ‘We Must Not Maintain Silence’” invited speaker, United Way

London Lawyers’ Leadership Challenge (October 2016)

“Mental Health, Stigma and Breaking the Silence” Address to 1L Orientation session on

Mental Health and Wellness, Western University (September 2016)

“Balance and Mental Health in Law School” Address to Peer Support Network, Western

University Faculty of Law (October 2015).

External Committees and Associations

Joint Insolvency Committee (NZ Law Society & NZ Society of Accountants) 1998-2001

Submissions included:

“Voidable Preferences in Australia and the United Kingdom”

“Construction Lien Legislation in Canada”

“Voidable Preference Law in the United States”

“Bankruptcy Administration”

Member of Council of Legal Research Foundation, Auckland, 1997-2001

Member of Organizing Committee: Harmonization of Business Law Seminar 2001

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Ontario

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

American Society for Legal Historians

INSOL International

Canadian Business History Association

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Voluntary Associations and Groups

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada.

Member of Executive: London Chapter, Regional Conference 1993.

Volunteer Burger Charity Day, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008.

Member Crohn's and Colitis Group, New Zealand 1995-2000.

Charter Member of Auckland Curling Club 1996-2001

Member of New Zealand Curling Team 2001

Winner of Silver Medal, Pacific Curling Championships Korea 2001

Competed in Karuizawa Japan Int’l Curling Championships (Feb. 2002)

Member of Highland Country Club 2002-2007, 2009-2013

Coach in Little Rock Curling Programme at Highland Country Club 2006-2007

Coach of St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School Curling Team 2008-2009.