Media

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (7917)
Cell: 613-447-2356
E-mail: vmacdonn@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

I teach and research in the areas of Canadian constitutional law, criminal law and evidence, as well as in comparative constitutional law. Among other things, I can comment on proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada, the constitutionality of government legislation, and legal issues arising in the context of criminal trials and appeals.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Constitutional law
• Courts
• Crime
• Crime in Canada
• Criminal law
• Drugs
• Freedom
• Gender discrimination
• Guns
• Hate crimes
• Human rights
• Justice
• Prison
• Women and law
• Young offenders

Language preference:

English and French

University Research Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Education

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (4161)
Cell: Contact Media team
E-mail: joelw@uottawa.ca
Website

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

Relationship of schooling to society, social norms; education and democracy; teachers' workplace environment; civic education; service learning; politics and education; youth civic engagement and activism; different philosophies of education; testing, standards, and "accountability''.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Canadian politics
• Curriculum
• Democracy
• Democracy and democratization
• Education
• Evaluation
• Freedom
• Nationalism
• Political ideology
• Social change
• Testing
• Youth

Language preference:

English only