Explore how our researchers and students are tackling critical issues shaping legal frameworks, social policies, and the broader pursuit of equality and gender rights. Learn about Professor Jane Bailey’s research into technology-facilitated violence and the youth-led initiatives that address the challenges of equality in a digitally-connected world. And discover law student Ryley Alp’s award-winning work on the role of homophobia and transphobia in wrongful convictions. Meet the Professor Jamie Liew, the recently-appointed chairholder of the Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession, learn how members of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre championed advocacy against gender apartheid on Parliament Hill, and celebrate Professor Samuel Singer’s winning of the SOGIC Hero Award for his contributions to sexual orientation and gender identity rights. These stories highlight ongoing efforts to promote equality and protect the rights of women, gender minorities, and the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
2023-2025: Women, Gender and 2SLGBTQ+ Rights
Biennial Research Report
Championing women, gender, and 2SLGBTQ+ rights: Stories of equality in action.
Amplifying voices to bring about change
VIDEO – Behind the screens: Youth-led approaches to tech-facilitated violence
The connectivity that typifies our digitally networked world brings with it widespread and persistent challenges.
Exposing the role of homophobia and transphobia in wrongful convictions
Ryley Alp recently won the gold medal for best student paper from the "Wrongful Conviction Law Review".
HRREC members at the first day of Advocacy on the Hill Against Gender Apartheid
A number of Afghan-Canadian and Iranian-Canadian advocates visited Ottawa to meet with Canadian Parliamentarians and others.
FeminaRico: A Transformative Legal Learning Experience in Puerto Rico
For several decades, a course affectionately known as FeminaRico has offered students from Ottawa and Puerto Rico a truly unique learning opportunity.
Women activists-in-exile at Canadian Permanent Mission to the UN
On March 13, 2025, the Voices in Exile project convened a meeting of women activists-in-exile from a variety of countries in New York.
Inspirational leadership
Professor Samuel Singer receives award for trans rights advocacy
Professor Samuel Singer received the Canadian Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community Section (SOGIC) Hero Award.
Jamie Liew appointed Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession
As Greenberg Chair, Professor Liew aims to showcase the feminist and anti-racist research happening at the Faculty of Law.
Championing feminist legal thought: Visiting Professor Aishwarya Pagedar
Professor Pagedar’s research and advocacy focus on the legal frameworks that shape women's lives through the lens of judicial discourse.