Donat Pharand

1989 Read Medal Recipient

O.C., Q.C./C.R.., L.L.B.(Dal.), LL.M. (Dal.), LL.D. (Paris), LL.M. (Mich.), S.J.D. (Mich.), LL.D.h.c. (Dal.), F.R.S.C./ M.S.R.C.

Donat Pharand is a Professor of Law Emeritus of the University of Ottawa, joining the Common Law Section of the Faculty in 1959 after three years in general practice in Ottawa. He lectured at The Hague Academy of International Law, from which he had obtained the Diploma in 1955, and was a guest lecturer at several universities. Professor Pharand is the author of numerous publications, mostly on the law of the sea and the Arctic regions. He received the Staff Research Lectureship Award from the University of Ottawa in 1974 and the Staff Teaching Award in 1988. Professor Pharand was a founder member of the Canadian Council on International Law and served as its President from 1976 to 1978. He is now an Honorary Life Member of the Council.