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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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AMOS, Will »

Director, Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: (613)562-5800 (3378)
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William Amos is a public interest environmental lawyer and is the Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, where he has taught in both French and English since March 2007.  He manages a variety of litigation files and law reform projects.  He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Quebec, Ontario and B.C. Courts of Appeal, the Ontario Superior and Divisional Courts, the Quebec Superior Court, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal. He has expert knowledge in the areas of offshore drilling law, environmental tort law (nuisance, negligence), species-at-risk law, expropriation law and environmental rights law.

Will has previously served as counsel with the Canadian Radioâ??Television and Telecommunications Commission and the law firm of Heenan Blaikie L.L.P. in Montreal. He has worked internationally with the Mexican Environmental Law Centre (CEMDA) and as a consultant for the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a special assistant in the federal Environment Minister and the Prime Ministerâ??s Offices. 

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English and French , espagnol / Spanish

ATTARAN, Amir »

Amir Attaran

Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2889)
Cell: 613-276-7687
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E-mail

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International development and foreign aid; international human rights law and particularly how it applies to the war in Afghanistan; global public health in the poorer countries.

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BABA, Betty »

Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6811)
Home: 819-778-6038
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Ph.D. in women studies.

Teaching and research interests related to women and gender studies.

Field of specialization on African customary laws.

Interested in violence against women, immigration, polygamy women and development minority groups.

Co-author of a book the Feminist Journeys «I got there through women’s Studies» Feminist History Society.

Currently in the final stages of preparation for the publication of a new book entitled Trokosi : Challenging Girls’ Exclusion from Education using international laws, Diversity : integration of immigrant women in Canada to be published. 

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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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BASALAMAH, Salah »

Salah Basalamah

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
School of Translation and Interpretation

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3139)
Cell: 613-265-7252
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Philosophy of Translation Translation and Copyright Intercultural Communication and Mediation Social Translation Islam and Secularism, Western Islam, and Religion in the Public Sphere Muslim Activism, Islamism and Religious Pluralism Quran Translation and Interpretation.

Areas of expertise: Islam religion and interfaith dialogue.

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English and French , Arabe (classique et dialectes orientaux)

BEHIELS, Michael D. »

Michael D. Behiels

Full professor
Faculty of Arts
History

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1305)
Home: 613-837-9483
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I am a political, constitutional, intellectual historian who deals with Canadian political and constitutional matters since 1945. I am a specialist in Canadian federalism, federal-provincial relations with a special emphasis on Ottawa-Quebec relations, nationalisms as expressed in Canada, francophone-anglophone relations, and the development of Canada's Francophone minority communities

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BÉLANGER-HARDY, Louise »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3320)
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Tort Law (negligence, intentional wrongs, strict liability)

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BOIVIN, Denis »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3329)
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Responsabilité civile délictuelle, c'est-à-dire la responsabilité qui n'est pas fondée exclusivement sur un contrat; responsabilité des fabricants. Assurances; responsabilité des assureurs pour mauvaise foi lors de l'exécution de leurs contrats.

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BOND, Jennifer »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3314)
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I research and write on the intersections between international criminal law and refugee law. A particular focus is use of the exclusion provision, which denies refugee status to individuals who are accused of committing criminal acts in their countries of origin.

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BRAËN, André »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3090)
Office: 514-288-6866
Home: 819-243-0687
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Droit maritime canadien et international, droits linguistiques.

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English and French , espagnol / Spanish

CAIRNS WAY, Rosemary »

Vice-Dean, Common Law Section
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5793
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Criminal law. Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Educational materials for Canadian judges dealing with social context issues.

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CHALIFOUR, Nathalie »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3331)
Office: 850-8389
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International and national environmental law and policy, particularly at the interface between the environment and the economy. Relationship between international trade rules (such as WTO rules) and the protection of the environment (notably forest conservation), environmental taxation, wildlife trade and financing conservation.

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CHANDLER, Jennifer A. »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3286)
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The legal, social and political implications of science and technology. Recent work has addressed the regulation of new technologies, the judicial response to disputes involving new technologies, the theory of law and technology, and organ donation policies.

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CHAPMAN, Pamela »

Sessional professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7909)
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Professor Chapman continues her practice as a labour arbitrator and mediator, and is a part-time Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.  She speaks frequently on various labour, employment and administrative law topics, with a special emphasis on human rights and accommodation issues, as well as workplace privacy. Her teaching includes labour law, grievance arbitration, trial advocacy, and administrative law and her research and writing interests include labour law, administrative law and legal theory.

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COLLENETTE, Penny »

Penny Collenette

Adjunct Professor
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

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My career has taken me from boardrooms to classrooms and from the Prime Minister's Office (1993-1997) to the Kennedy School at Harvard (Senior Fellow, Centre of Business and Government, 2002-2004).

I'm a lawyer who is comfortable discussing ethical challenges ( including whistleblowing) governance issues and public policy matters whether within government or the private sector. I'm also a founding member of the Taskforce for Women and Enterprise. For more information, go to pennycollenette.ca.

I also research the area of corporate responsibility and that I am currently designing a new law course entitled: The new International Corporate Reality: The Business of Human 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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DAIMSIS, Anthony »

Anthony Daimsis

Professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3211)
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International commercial arbitration and investor state arbitration (NAFTA ch. 11 & ICSID) / Mediation/ Contracts (generally)/Public Procurement/cross border internet transactions/International Sales Law (transaction b/t businesses located in different countries)

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DE BEER, Jeremy F. »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Cell: 613-263-9155
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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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DENIS, Claude »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1653)
Cell: 819-775-6790
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My research deals primarily with Canadian politics and with Mexican politics. On Canada, I work on aboriginal rights and politics, and on federal politics. On Mexico, I work on the democratic transition, aboriginal rights and human rights. My work often focusses on the relationship between law and politics, and media and politics

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DES ROSIERS, Nathalie »

General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 416-363-0321(227)
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E-mail

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Civil liberties, constitutional law

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DODEK, Adam »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3308)
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My main fields of research are public law broadly defined which encompassed constitutional and administrative law, especially the Supreme Court of Canada and relations with Government and Parliament. As well, I also specialize in legal ethics which includes regulation of the legal profession and judicial ethics.

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DORAN, Marie-Christine »

Dr
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2009)
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I work on the evolution of democracy and governance in Latin America. Themes such as : political changes (turn to the left), violence, justice and human rights, poverty, socio-politial and religious movements, political legitimacy, as well as Latin America's relation with other parts of the world are my main areas.

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English and French , Espagnol

DRAPEAU, Michel William »

Michel William Drapeau

Colonel Me
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-236-2657
Cell: 613-769-1099
Home: 613-830-0151
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Colonel Me Drapeau provides expert commentary in English or French on strategic, security,defence and military affairs. He also has expertise in the access to information and privacy domains. He is the co-author of three legal texts: 1. Canadian Military Law Annotated, 2006, Carswell 2. Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation. Annotated, 2008, Carswell 3. Privacy Protection in the Canadian Private Sector and Health Sector, 2007, Carswell. Colonel Me Drapeau lectures at the Faculty of Law (Common Law) in Canadian Military Law as well as in Access to Information and Privacy. He also lectures at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Administrative 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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ELTIS, Karen »

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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E-mail

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Constitutional law (Charter), Internet law (new technologies, e-commerce, cybercrime), health law and bioethics, comparative law (U.S. and others), international arbitration

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English and French , hebreu, roumain, espagnol

EMANUELLI, Claude »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3233)
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Règles juridiques régissant les rapports entre les États, notamment en cas de conflit armé. Règles juridiques visant à protéger les victimes de la guerre (prisonniers de guerre, civils). Crimes de guerre.

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FATHALLY, Jabeur »

International Law Professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Section
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3098)
Cell: 613-898-0880
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E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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International Public and humanitarian Law- Middle East- Islamic Law-Arab Countries Legislations- International relations:Iran,Turkey, Egypt, Afghanistan, Israeli–Palestinian conflict 

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English and French , Arabe

FELDTHUSEN, Bruce »

Dean, University Relations
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5927
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Torts. Civil actions for damages. Damages for victims of sexual assault. Punitive damages. Damages for pure economic loss. Legal education.

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FIRESTONE, Bruce Murray »

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Part-time professor
Telfer School of Management

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4725)
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Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship education, mentoring and research focused on self-capitalized enterprises using smart business models and guerrilla marketing.

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FOUCHER, Pierre »

Pierre Foucher

Mr
Full professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3232)
Cell: 418-365-2252
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E-mail, Office Telephone

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Constitutional law in general, federalism, language rights

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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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GEHRING, Markus »

Markus Gehring

Associated Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3086)
Cell: 613-322-0382
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E-mail

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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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English and French , German, Spanish

GEIST, Michael »

Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3319)
Home: 613-228-7141
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Website

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Internet and e-commerce law, including privacy, online contracting, intellectual property, security, and Internet regulation.

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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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GIROUX, Michelle »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3243)
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Droit des personnes et de la famille plus particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la garde des enfants et aux nouvelles technologies de la reproduction. Droit médical, plus spécifiquement la bioéthique.

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Français seulement

GRAMMOND, Sébastien »

Professeur
Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Section
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5902
Cell: 613-808-3620
Home: 819-827-5303
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Public law, including constitutional and administrative law; the rights of minorities, in particular the rights of aboriginal peoples. Linguistic rights. Equality rights. Contract law.

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English and French , Espagnol

GRENON, Aline »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3219)
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personal property security, trusts, comparative law

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GRUBEN, Vanessa »

Ms.
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3089)
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My main fields of research include issues related to health law, assisted human reproduction and family law.

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HENDIN, Stuart »

Stuart Hendin

LLD Candidate
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2926)
Cell: 613-290-7760
Home: 613-822-2241
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E-mail, Home Telephone, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

Research information:

Security sector reform; extended culpability of legal advisors for war crimes; civil military affairs; law of armed conflict.

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English and French

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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English and French

JUDGE, Elizabeth F. »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3316)
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Law and technology, including intellectual property, privacy, personality rights, the property of personal information, and technology and the courts. Intellectual property, including copyright, trade-marks, patents, and property rights in information. Privacy Law. Additional research areas include Evidence, Legal history, Jurisprudence, Law and Literature, and Animal rights.

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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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KERR, Ian R. »

Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law & Technology
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3281)
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E-mail

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My areas of expertise lie at intersection between applied ethics, law and technology. Much of my work has focussed on anonymity, privacy, biomedical ethics, health policy, internet law, intellectual property, electronic commerce, nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence.

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KRISHNA, Vern »

Vern KRISHNA

Executive Director/ Directeur général délégué: CGA Tax & International Business Research Centres / Centre de recherche en fiscalité des CGA
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-787-3597
Cell: 613-864-2386
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Cell Telephone

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Domestic and International tax law, tax litigation and tax and business policy

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LACROIX, Mariève »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3036)
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Ses intérêts de recherche et d’enseignement en droit privé (obligations, personnes et responsabilité civile) et comparé (axe franco-suisse) incluent la recherche fondamentale et certaines dimensions plus pratiques. Professeure Lacroix s'intéresse aussi à l'épistémologie, la méthodologie et la théorie du droit, ainsi qu'à la jurilinguistique.

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Français seulement

LAFONTAINE, Michèle »

Notaire
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3254)
Office: 819-771-3231 (318)
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Office Telephone

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Droit du cyberespace, notamment en ce qui concerne les questions juridiques soulevées par les communications et les questions contractuelles (commerce électronique).

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LALIBERTÉ, André »

professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8913)
Cell: 613-255-7850
Home: 613-656-5955
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Mes recherches s'inscrivent dans trois axes: les rapports entre Etats et religions dans les sociétés d'Asie, les rapports inter-ethniques et le nationalisme en Asie de l'Est, et les politiques sociales en Chine et à Taiwan.

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English and French , Mandarin

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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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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LAVIOLETTE, Nicole »

Nicole Laviolette

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3305)
Home: 613-730-2452
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International law, including international human rights, war crimes and refugee law. Rights of lesbian and gay men. Feminist approaches to international law. Family law.

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LENARD, Patti Tamara »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8995)
Cell: 613-796-6647
Home: 613-796-6647
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E-mail, Cell Telephone

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I work in immigration, including temporary foreign workers, refugees, foreign students, permanent residents; multiculturalism, successes and failures of multicultural policies, trust among diverse communities; and immigrant integration, including strategies for inclusion, in Canada and western European states, immigrant political participation (including non-citizen voting rights).

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LEVASSEUR, Gilles »

Telfer School of Management

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LÉVESQUE, Céline »

Céline Lévesque

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3696)
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E-mail

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International investment law: bilateral investment treaties(in Canada, called FIPA), Chapter 11 (Investment) of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), investor-statedispute settlement (international arbitration)

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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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E-mail

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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

MAGNET, Joseph E. »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3315)
Home: 613-563-1475
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Constitutional and administrative law, Charter of Rights and legal control of government.

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MALHOTRA, Ravi »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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My areas of expertise include disability rights, globalization and labour law. My current doctoral research is about the implications of globalization for workers with disabilities. I have also examined the limitations of John Rawls' theory of equality for people with disabilities in a forthcoming book chapter.

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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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E-mail, Cell Telephone

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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.

MAYEDA, Graham »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2915)
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Website

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E-mail, Office Telephone

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My main fields of research involve international law as it affects developing countries (including international trade and investment law), criminal law, and legal theory (theories about what judges do). I have also written about philosophy and ethics.

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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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MELCHERS, Ronald F. »

Ronald F. MELCHERS

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1801)
Home: 613-722-3980
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Website

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Home Telephone

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I'm currently examining the role and treatment of information in public policy and operations in criminal justice: statistics, databases, registries, administrative operational data, research results etc. This information arises and is used as evidence in investigations and decisions of a wide range of police, judicial and correctional institutions. I am particulary interested in the validity and reliability of information and of procedures for its use, as well as implications for rights to privacy.

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English and French , néerlandais / Dutch

MENDES, Errol »

Errol MENDES

Former Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5890
Cell: 613-799-0559
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E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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Globalization, United Nations, foreign policy, international law and human rights,law and policy on anti-terrorism, Constitutional law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Private and Public Sector governance, including issues relating to accountability, transparency and integrity.

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MORSE, Bradford W. »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Cell: 613-889-8896
Home: 613-821-1681
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Website

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Office Telephone

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Aboriginal issues in Canada, U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand: Land claims, self-government, treaty rights, aboriginal rights, Metis rights, constitutional reform, administration of justice, intergovernment relations, wildlife harvesting, international indigenous rights, human rights, etc. Northern Governance: territorial governmental jurisdiction and federal-territorial relations

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OLIVER, Peter »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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E-mail

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Most of my research takes a comparative, historical and/or theoretical approach to the subject of constitutional law, especially regarding topics such as federalism, constitutional amendment and, generally, the British constitutional tradition in Canada (for example, constitutional conventions).

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OSCAPELLA, Eugene »

Mr.
Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

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Office: 613-238-5909
Cell: 613-282-1864
Home: 613-238-5909
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E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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policy and law about illegal drugs drugs and crime drugs and terrorism privacy

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English only, some French interviews as well

PAPILLON, Martin »

Mr
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2657)
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Canadian politics, Quebec politics, Aboriginal peoples,federalism, intergovernmental relations, immigration, multiculturalism

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PARÉ, Daniel J. »

Dr.
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Communication

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2052)
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E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

Paré's research focuses on the the social, economic, and technical issues arising from innovations in information and communication technologies (ICTs). His areas of research and policy-related work include ICTs and international development (ICT4D), e-commerce, Internet governance, information and communication policy, e-government, and knowledge networks.

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PARÉ, Mona »

Vice-Dean, Research
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3253)
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International human rights law, child rights, disability rights, education law

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English and French , Finnish

PATE, Kim »

Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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E-mail

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PAVLOVIC, Marina »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2675)
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E-mail, Office Telephone

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alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, mediation, arbitration), access to justice, private international law (conflict of laws), consumer protection, technology regulation and policy

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PERRET, Louis M.H. »

Doyen / Dean
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5902
Home: 613-772-2140
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Libre échange dans les Amériques. Droit des contrats et responsabilité civile au Québec.

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English and French , espagnol / Spanish

POWER, Mark »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3381)
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E-mail, Office Telephone

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My research focusses on access to justice, constitutional and administrative law, education law (primary and secondary education, Indian constitutional law, the rights of minorities, and language rights (official language communities, Francophones, Franco-Ontarians, Acadians, and English speaking communities in Quebec).

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RATUSHNY, Ed »

Ed Ratushny

professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5822 (3282)
Home: 613-226-8130
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administration of justice including judiciary, constitutional law, administrative boards and tribunals, professional and amateur sports

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RUHI, Umar »

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Telfer School of Management

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1990)
Cell: 613-291-2194
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Research information:

Professor Umar Ruhi’s teaching expertise, research interests, and industry engagements span various subject areas in the field of information systems. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in management information systems (MIS) and e-business, including courses in the University's interdisciplinary graduate program in e-business technologies. Dr. Ruhi has been involved in various consulting, advisory, research, and analytical roles in the areas of social media, enterprise social computing, online communities, e-government, community portals, web analytics, usability engineering, mobile commerce, and knowledge management. His current research and consulting interests are in the areas of Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Management, Social Media, Business Intelligence, and Consumer Health Informatics. Specifically, his current research projects comprise subject areas such as Social Media, Enterprise Social Computing, Social Media Monitoring & Analytics, Online Communities, Information Interaction, User Experience Design, Real-time Business Intelligence, and Web Services Computing.

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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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SCASSA, Teresa »

Dr. and Canada Research Chair in Information Law
Full professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3872)
Home: 613-680-2396
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My research is in the area of intellectual property law (primarily trademark and copyright law). I also research and write in the area of privacy law, particularly technology and privacy. I am also involved in research related to geospatial data and the law.  This includes the ownership of such data, as well as privacy issues arising from the use of location information.

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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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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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SHOWLER, Peter »

Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights, Human Rights Research and Education Centre
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8871)
Home: 613-730-1711
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Office Telephone

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Immigration and refugees

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SIMARD, Louis »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1958)
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E-mail

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Public policies, environment, energy, public partcipation, instruction of public action

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Français seulement

SIOUI, Georges »

Coordinator, Aboriginal Studies Program
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Classics and Religious Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1165)
Cell: 819-639-1789
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Études autochtones, histoire amérindienne, histoire autochtone, culture, spiritualité, philosophie,éducation, peuples indigènes, peuples minoritaires, études canadiennes.

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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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E-mail

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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

STEGER, Debra »

Debra Steger

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613 562 5800, (3323)
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E-mail

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My research is in the areas of international trade, international arbitration and dispute settlement, NAFTA, WTO, regional trade agreements, international investment, governance of international institutions, subsidies, and international development.

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VANDUZER, J. Anthony »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3312)
Home: 613-730-9958
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Office Telephone

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Corporate law and governance, including questions relating to the accountability of corporate managers to their shareholders and other stakeholders. International business and trade and competition law, particularly in services, trade-related intellectual property and investment.

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WESOLOWSKI, Peter »

Peter Wesolowski

Researcher
Support staff member
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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E-mail

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My area of specialization concerns management, ethics, human resources management, leadership, and HR administration focusing on the public-sector. My work concerns some of the following important topics: Hiring, Personnel Selection, Personnel Management, Anti-Fraud: Nepotism and Favoritism Prevention in Organizations, Responsible Hiring Process Development, Hiring and Technology including eRecruitment, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Recruitment and Job-Search, Job Application Processes, Hiring Process Fairness, Resume and CV Standards, Organizational Behavior, Situational Judgment Testing, Pre-Employment Evaluations, and Employee Screening

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