Fr. Alexander Laschuk, PhD
Executive Director, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
- Doctorate of Canon Law (Saint Paul University)
Fr. Alexander M. Laschuk, PhD has been appointed to a three-year term as Executive Director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI). His appointment follows a yearlong appointment as interim director that saw the institute shift its instruction and lecture offerings into an online context while emphasizing collaboration with other institutions.
Fr. Laschuk has civil and ecclesiastical doctorates in canon law from Saint Paul University and the University of Ottawa. His research interests include ecclesiology, penal law, and procedural law and he regularly publishes in these areas in addition to canonical consultancy and advocacy work with dioceses and clients across North America. He has taught regularly with the Sheptytsky Institute since 2010.
- https://www.cardus.ca/research/religious-freedom/reports/the-role-of-canon-law-in-the-catholic-tradition-and-the-question-of-church-and-state/