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BACKHOUSE, Constance »
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (3307)
E-mail: backhous@uOttawa.ca
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Office Telephone
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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 »
Assistant Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (2916)
E-mail: nbakht@uOttawa.ca
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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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E-mail: suzanne.bouclin@uOttawa.ca
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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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- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Ethics
- Feminist ethics
- Feminist politics and theory
- Gender discrimination
- Gender in information and communications technologies
- Human rights
- Justice
- Philosophy of art
- Philosophy of law
- Postcolonial studies
- Poverty
- Visual arts
- Women
- Women and law
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English and French
FOURNIER, Pascale »
Chaire de recherche sur le pluralisme juridique et le droit comparé
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 p.3083
E-mail: Pascale.Fournier@uOttawa.ca
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Human rights; Islam and Judaism in Europe and North America; Children's human rights; Criminal law and cultural diversity; Comparative law of the family.
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GILBERT, Daphne »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3306)
E-mail: daphne.gilbert@uOttawa.ca
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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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- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Aboriginal legal issues
- Animal rights
- Constitutional law
- Criminal law
- Disability law
- Gender discrimination
- Health law
- Human rights
- Privacy
- Women and law
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JACKMAN, Martha »
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3299)
E-mail: mjackman@uOttawa.ca
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Office Telephone
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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.
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MCGILL, Jena »
Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
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Office: 613-562-5800 ext 7905
E-mail: jena.mcgill@uottawa.ca
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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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- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Abortion
- Constitutional law
- Feminist ethics
- Gender discrimination
- Human rights
- International human rights law
- Sex/sexuality
- Social justice
- Women and development
- Women and law
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MONETTE TREMBLAY, Justine »
PhD student
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Women's Studies Institute
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Cell: 4388806627
E-mail: jmone005@uottawa.ca
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E-mail, Cell Telephone
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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.Area(s) of expertise:
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- Feminist politics and theory
- Gender discrimination
- Human rights
- Human rights
- Human rights
- International criminal law
- International law
- International law
- Postcolonial studies
- Violence against women
- War crimes
- Women and law
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Français seulement
PATE, Kim »
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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E-mail: kpate@web.ca
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RUPARELIA, Rakhi »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 3324
E-mail: rruparel@uOttawa.ca
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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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- Aboriginal criminality
- Aboriginal legal issues
- Criminal law
- Drugs
- Gender discrimination
- Police
- Race
- Racism
- Sentencing
- Torts
- Violence against women
- Women and law
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English only
SHEEHY, Elizabeth »
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 562-5800 (3317)
Office: 562-5800 (5823)
E-mail: esheehy@uOttawa.ca
Website
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Office Telephone
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STEELE, Jackie F. »
Dr.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies
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E-mail: jstee030@uOttawa.ca
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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:
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- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Canadian politics
- Democracy and democratization
- Feminist politics and theory
- Women
- Women and law
- Women and politics
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English and French , Japanese/Japonais
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