Search Results

Your search for "Women and law" returned the following 12 expert(s):

BACKHOUSE, Constance »

Constance BACKHOUSE

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3307)
E-mail:

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

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

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English only

BAKHT, Natasha »

Natasha Bakht

Assistant Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (2916)
E-mail:

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

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

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English only

BOUCLIN, Suzanne »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

E-mail:

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

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.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English and French

FOURNIER, Pascale »

Pascale Fournier

Chaire de recherche sur le pluralisme juridique et le droit comparé
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 p.3083
E-mail:

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

Human rights; Islam and Judaism in Europe and North America; Children's human rights; Criminal law and cultural diversity; Comparative law of the family.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English and French

GILBERT, Daphne »

Daphne GILBERT

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3306)
E-mail:

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

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.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English only

JACKMAN, Martha »

Martha JACKMAN

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3299)
E-mail:

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Constitutional law with particular focus on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the right to health and the rights of women and other disadvantaged groups.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English and French

MCGILL, Jena »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 ext 7905
E-mail:
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

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.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English only

MONETTE TREMBLAY, Justine »

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

Contact information:

Cell: 4388806627
E-mail:
Website

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

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.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

Français seulement

PATE, Kim »

Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

E-mail:

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English and French

RUPARELIA, Rakhi »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 3324
E-mail:
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

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.

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English only

SHEEHY, Elizabeth »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 562-5800 (3317)
Office: 562-5800 (5823)
E-mail:
Website

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English only

STEELE, Jackie F. »

Dr.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

Contact information:

E-mail:

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Political representation (women/minorities), comparative electoral systems, democratic deficit, quota laws, electoral reform, liberal/republican theories of citizenship, democratic institutions, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, family law, same-sex marriage, women's equality concerns in Canada, Québec and Japan. Canadian Politics and Parliamentary Processes (Canada, Japan)

Comparative Electoral Systems Design and Representational Quotas Women, Politics, Public Policies (Canada, Quebec, Japan) Constitutionalism, Federalism, and Multinational Democracy Equality, Diversity and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Feminist Movement Activism in Canada, Quebec and Japan Feminist Theory, Neo-Republicanism, and Critical Democratic Theories Theory/Practice of Political Liberty in Contemporary Constitutional Democracies 

Area(s) of expertise:

(View other experts in this field)

Language preference:

English and French , Japanese/Japonais

Find an Expert

line divider

Search our database of more than 500 University of Ottawa experts, who can comment on current events or share their expertise for news features.

Hint: Searches are not case sensitive and word fragments are accepted.

Sub-categories for "Law"

« See all categories