OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO

MEDIA ADVISORY

For immediate release

6 October 2009

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO HOST

OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY’S

30^TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION

TORONTO – The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will host a reception for members of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History on its 30^th Anniversary.

“I’m honoured to host such a distinguished group of individuals who have shaped Ontario’s legal history.” said His Honour.

The Osgoode Society was founded in 1979 at the initiative of the Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, former Chief Justice of Ontario, and other officials of the Law Society of Upper Canada. In 1993 the group became known as the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. The society promotes public interest in the history of the law, the legal profession and the judiciary in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Who: The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, Former Chief Justice of Ontario

What: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History’s 30^th Anniversary

Where: Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Queen’s Park

When: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2009

- Media asked to arrive at the Music Room by 4:30 p.m. -

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Contact:

Nanda Casucci-Byrne

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

416-325-7780