The IRLRC is made up of faculty members, students, employees and partners who develop, support or promote interdisciplinary research on issues related to children's rights and well-being. The Laboratory focuses on four research themes:

1) The Child and the Law;

2) The Child and the Family;

3) The Child, the State and Society; and,

4) Reflections on Child-Centred Research Methodologies.

If you are interested in becoming a member or a partner of the IRLRC, please fill out the Membership Application Form and forward it along with your résumé to: [email protected].

Members:

Naomi B. ABRAHAMS | Ph.D. Candidate
School of Social Work | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Julie Ynès ADA TCHOUKOU | Ph.D. in Law
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Afi Edé ANAHLUI | Ph.D. Candidate
School of Social Work | Faculty of Humanities | Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Diane BE | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Clémence Bensa | Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Nathalie BÉLANGER | Full Professor
Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
IRLRC's Steering Committee Member

Dr Sue BENNETT | MB, ChB, FRCP, DTM&H, DRCOG, DCH, Dip Psych.
Director | Social Pediatrics | Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Full Professor | Department of Pediatrics | Faculty of Medicine | University of Ottawa

Emmanuelle BERNHEIM | Professor
Faculty of Law | Civil Law Section | University of Ottawa

Christina CLARK-KAZAK | Associate Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Tara M. COLLINS | Graduate Program Director & Associate Professor
School of Child and Youth Care | Faculty of Community Service | Ryerson University

Valérie P. COSTANZO | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Marilyn COUPIENNE | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Karine CROTEAU | Assistant Professor
School of Social Work | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Viviana FERNANDEZ | Assistant Director
Human Rights Research and Education Centre | University of Ottawa
IRLRC's Steering Committee Member

Paula FORGERON | Full Professor
School of Nursing | Faculty of Health Sciences | University of Ottawa

Elena GALLITTO | Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Psychology | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Stéphanie GAUDET | Full Professor & Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM)
School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Christine GERVAIS | Associate Professor
Department of Criminology | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa
IRLRC's Steering Committee Member

Michelle GIROUX | Full Professor
Faculty of Law | Civil Law Section | University of Ottawa

Rachel GRONDIN | Retired Professor
Faculty of Law | Civil Law Section | University of Ottawa
IRLRC's founding member 

Mark HECHT | Lawyer (The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa) & Part-Time Professor
Faculty of Law | Common Law Section | University of Ottawa

Jean-Frédéric HÜBSCH | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Graciela JASA SILVEIRA | D.C.L., LL.M., LL.B.
Legal Assistant | Office of Legal Affairs | Embassy of Mexico in Canada

Marie-Pier JOLICOEUR | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | Université Laval

Andrea KHAN | Ph.D. Candidate
School of International Development and Globalization Studies | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa
& Child Protection Specialist | Global Affairs Canada
IRLRC's Steering Committee Member

Simon LAPIERRE | Associate Professor
School of Social Work | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Clara LAPLANTE-BÉDARD | Master Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa

Anne LEVESQUE | Assistant Professor
Faculty of Law | Common Law Section | University of Ottawa

Amira MAAMERI | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa & Université de Bordeaux

Kathleen MANION | Associate Professor
School of Humanitarian Studies | Royal Roads University

Nathalie MONDAIN | Associate Professor & Director
School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Bahati MUJINYA | Ph.D. Candidate
Faculty of Law | University of Ottawa & Université de Bordeaux

Mona PARÉ | Vice-Dean Graduate Studies in Law & Full Professor
Faculty of Law | Civil Law Section | University of Ottawa
IRLRC's Founding Member & Director of the IRLRC

Deborah Wendy PARKES | Ph.D. Candidate
School of International Development and Global Studies | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Marie PRATTE | Retired Judge
Cour du Québec | Chambre de la jeunesse | Chambre civile, Hull District
IRLRC's Founding Member

Laurence RICARD | Ph.D. Candidate
Université McGill

Elisa ROMANO | Full Professor
School of Psychology | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Valerie STEEVES | Full Professor
Department of Criminology | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa

Jens URBAN | Consultant
Systemscope

Tracy VAILLANCOURT | Full Professor
Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention
Counselling Psychology | Faculty of Education | University of Ottawa

Kathy VANDERGRIFT | Chair
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children