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CHALIFOUR, Nathalie »

Co-Director, Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3331)
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My work is in the area of environmental law and policy and sustainable development, with a focus on economic instruments (eg. carbon taxation), climate change, constitutional law and the environment (eg. division of powers, environmental rights under the Charter), sustainable agriculture, Aboroginal peoples and the environment, women and environment, and environmental justice (eg. distributional impacts of environmental policies, environment and health).

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COLLINS, Lynda »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2913)
Cell: 613-612-8880
Home: 613-234-8886
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Professor Collins is an expert in legal approaches to toxic substances, including environmental negligence, constitutional environmental rights under the Canadian Charter, and the international law of environmental human rights.  Professor Collins has testified in public hearings at the House and Senate Standing environment committees and at the European Parliament, and has participated by invitation in a number of UN consultative processes concerning the right to a healthy environment and the right to water.

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DE BEER, Jeremy F. »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Professor deBeer's expertise centres on classic and intellectual property law. Recent work relates to agricultural biotechnology, patents, plant breeders' and other IP rights. Other ongoing research deals with copyright law, particularly in respect of music, entertainment and the Internet. He has also written about administrative law and the standard of review of federal administrative tribunals. He has taught tort law, property law and legal research and writing.

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DES ROSIERS, Nathalie »

Dean
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5927
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Civil liberties, constitutional law

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ELGIE, Stewart »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2525)
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Environmental / natural resources law and policy, including forests, wildlife (species), parks, pollution, and climate change / global warming (Kyoto). Environmental economics, and economic approaches to environmental protection (especially for climate change). The Constitution and the environment. Aboriginal rights and the environment. International trade and the environment (NAFTA).

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FREEMAN, Aaron »

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Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-564-0007
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Environment, toxics, pollution, nature, ecology, Kyoto Protocol, climate change, global warming, endangered species, energy efficiency, ecological fiscal reform, Great Lakes, advocacy, elections, electoral law and politics, ethics in government, whistleblowers, access to information, patronage, government appointments, lobbying and lobbyists, party politics, parliamentary procedure, democratic deficit

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GEHRING, Markus »

Markus Gehring

Associated Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3086)
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Sustainable development can be realised in many ways. One of the ways that interests me is the balancing of environmental protection, social priorities and economic rules such as on international trade and investment. I also research and teach European Union law.

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JUILLET, Luc »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1584)
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Politique canadienne: administration publique, relations fédérales-provinciales, parlementarisme, élections. Analyse des politiques gouvernementales, notamment les politiques à l'égard de l'environnement.

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MCLEOD-KILMURRAY, Heather »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3138)
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Environmental law, particularly the role of courts in environmental disputes.  Focus on rules of procedure and the challenges of litigating environmental problems.  Particular focus on class actions, pre-trial injunctions, and rules of standing and interveners.  Effect of environmental ethics and environmental principles on procedure and other aspects of environmental law. Precautionary Principle, GMOs. Environmental torts. 

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NEEDHAM, Roger »

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1052)
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Federal and Provincial Water Policy Natural resource and environmental issues, Public Policy Evaluation, Jurisdictional Responsibilities for Environmental Health, and Justice under the Constitution.

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SCHRECKER, Ted »

Ted Schrecker

Scientist
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562 5800 (2289)
Cell: 613-612-8485
Home: 613-233-6541
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My current research focuses on the relations between transnational economic integration ("globalization") and social determinants of health: the conditions under which people live and work. How is the emergence of a global marketplace affecting opportunities to lead a healthy life? Who wins, and who loses? How will the worldwide financial crisis we are now experiencing affect health disparities between rich and poor?

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