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ABELL, Jennie »


Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-2543
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Criminal law and the impact of poverty, race and gender. Poverty and security. Legal aid and access to justice. Globalization, structural adjustment and women's rights.

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BACKHOUSE, Constance »


Constance BACKHOUSE

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3307)
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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 »


Natasha Bakht

Assistant Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2916)
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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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CREW, Blair »


Review Counsel, University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5600
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Criminal Law, Law of Sexual Assault, Legal Aid

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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
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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)
Home: 613-526-0012
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E-mail

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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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JACKMAN, Martha »


Martha JACKMAN

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3299)
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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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LAMARCHE, Lucie »


Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights
Full professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3462)
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Website

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Intérêts de recherche : Accords de commerce et droits de la personne; Institutions nationales des droits de la personne; Recours internationaux en droits de la personne; Système inter américain des droits de la personne; Gouvernance locale et droits de la personne; Droits culturels; Droits des femmes et droits économiques et sociaux; Mesures proactives d’équité en emploi et droits des femmes : perspectives canadiennes; Mondialisation et droits de la personne; Cohésion sociale et droits sociaux; Distinctions: Professeure titulaire de la Chaire Gordon & Henderson Récipiendaire du Mérite CSQ (Centrale des syndicats du Québec) 2006. Récipiendaire du Mérite Christine Tourigny «Justice sociale», Barreau du Québec, 2002. Récipiendaire du Fellowship post-doctoral Jean Monnet, Institut universitaire européen, Florence, Italie, 1998-1999.

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LIPPEL, Katherine »


Chairholder and Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3261)
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Website http://www.droitcivil.uottawa.ca/chairohslaw

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Specialized in occupational health and safety law including issues related to workers' compensation, disability prevention, return to work, prevention of work accidents and occupational disease, precarious employment and occupational health and safety, women's working condition in relation to occupational health and safety, and legal issues relating to psychological harassment, mental health problems and musculo-skeletal disorders relating to work.

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English and French , Spanish; espagnol

MATHEN, Carissima »


Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3282)
Cell: 613-668-2020
Home: 613-421-9870
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Constitutional and criminal law, issues relating to government, the courts, the Charter of Rights and civil liberties, crime and the criminal justice system, and women's issues.

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English and French , English is better than French.

PATE, Kim »


Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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RUPARELIA, Rakhi »


Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3324)
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Torts. Impact of law and legal institutions on women and racialized communities. Legal education.

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SHEEHY, Elizabeth »


Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 562-5800 (3317)
Office: 562-5800 (5823)
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Office Telephone

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ST-HILAIRE, Gabrielle »


Ms.
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2054)
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Taxation; analysis of tax law and principles and their impact on equality and on other areas of the law.

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ST. LEWIS, Joanne »


Joanne St. Lewis

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3311)
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E-mail

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Sexual violence and deep conflict; new social media and democracy; complexity science, spirituality and emergent creativity; art, culture and the law.

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STEELE, Jackie F. »


Dr.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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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 

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English and French , Japanese/Japonais

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