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FOSTER, Angel »

Associate professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary School of Health sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2316)
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Dr. Angel M. Foster holds a DPhil (doctorate) in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an AM (master's degree) from Stanford University. She has conducted multi-methods research on women’s health in Burma, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Thailand, Tunisia, and the United States. Her current research focuses on expanding access to emergency contraception, increasing access to safe, high quality, and affordable abortion services, improving the reproductive health training of health service professionals, and Identifying and addressing the reproductive health needs of vulnerable populations including young/unmarried women and refugees/displaced women. She has published more than 50 articles, book chapters, and technical reports on women's health and her first book, Emergency contraception: The story of a global reproductive health technology, was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2012 (co-edited with L.L. Wynn). Her next book, Abortion pills, test tube babies & sex toys: Emerging sexual and reproductive health technologies in the Middle East and North Africa, will soon be published by Vanderbilt University Press.

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GLENNON, Seána »

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Postdoctoral fellow
Faculty of Law

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I have expertise on the real-life consequences of abortion bans and legal restrictions on reproductive healthcare. My PhD focused on the constitutional ban on abortion in Ireland. I also research citizen participation in democracy, including by way of citizens' assemblies and referendums.

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GORDON, Kelly »

PhD student
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Kelly Gordon's research focuses on the anti-abortion movements in Canada and the United States, their organizational structure, discourse, strategies of persuasion and activism. Her work also examines the role of gender in Canadian politics more largely, particularly in conservative movements across Canada. As a member of the University of Ottawa's Task Force on Respect and Equality and Action Team, Kelly is also active in the areas of sexual violence policy and prevention.

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MCGILL, Jena »

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Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 ext 7905
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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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SAURETTE, Paul »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1711)
Home: 613-730-6576
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Power and ethics in politics and contemporary society, in particular, political ethics in domestic and international issues. The rhetoric of 'common sense' in politics, as well as the increased use of practices of humiliation and shame in a variety of contexts. The importance of trust in politics and other public and private sectors.

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