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BACKHOUSE, Constance »

Constance BACKHOUSE

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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The history of Canadian law relating to sex discrimination, racism and class bias. The criminal justice system. Canadian human rights law.

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BAKHT, Natasha »

Natasha Bakht

Assistant Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2916)
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My research interests are in the area of religious freedom as it intersects with women’s equality.   Specific topics include religious arbitration in Canada, the rights of niqab-wearing Muslim women, religious marriage and divorce.  

Other areas of expertise: religious freedom and equality rights

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BOUCLIN, Suzanne »

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Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Areas of research, collaborations and publication include: law and social media, feminist aesthetics, law and popular culture, the criminal regulation of vulnerable groups, law and poverty and social justice.

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GILBERT, Daphne »

Daphne GILBERT

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Criminal and constitutional law. Equality rights and freedom of expression (obscenity, pornography and child pornography laws). Comparative constitutional law and the export of Canadian jurisprudential principles to other countries. Criminal law with a focus on laws around sex crimes (polygamy, prostitution, sexual assault, incest, child abuse). Privacy, anonymity, identity in law. Feminism, gender and social justice. American/United States equality and freedom of expression laws.

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MCGILL, Jena »

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Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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My main fields of research include constitutional law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (particularly equality), human rights, gender, sexuality and feminist legal thought. I also do targeted work on international human rights norms related to gender and sexuality with a focus on the United Nations system.

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MONETTE TREMBLAY, Justine »

PhD student
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Women's Studies Institute

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I specialize in international human rights law, with a particular interest in feminist and decolonial theories of law. My doctoral research focuses specifically on truth and reconciliation commissions and the perceptions of victims, including survivors of sexual violence. My broader research interests concern women's experience of armed conflict and their involvement in the transitional justice process. I also teach a course at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies on the role of law, in Canada and internationally, in the emancipation or oppression of women.

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PONGOU, Roland »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7067)
Cell: 613-805-6019
Home: 613-424-6019
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Social networks, spread of HIV/AIDS, gender gap in HIV/AIDS prevalence, sex and gender gap in infant mortality, gender gap in schooling

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RUPARELIA, Rakhi »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 3324
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I specialize in issues of race and racism, both within and outside of legal systems. I also teach and research in the areas of torts and criminal law, particularly in the context of women and racialized communities.

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