Research interests
- Feminist modes of conflict resolution
- Regulation of marginalized groups (the unhoused, sex workers, people who use drugs)
- Law and popular culture
- Access to justice
Suzanne Bouclin is Full Professor in the Common Law Section (French Program) and Vice-Dean Research (Common Law). She is an expert in social justice and conflict resolution and is widely recognized as a Canadian pioneer in the interdisciplinary field of law-and-film. She teaches upper-level seminars that explore advanced dispute resolution (mediation especially), the relationship between law and popular culture, and domestic human rights. Her award-winning research examines legal institutions and structures through the lexicon, theories and methods of feminism, critical race and anti-colonial theories and film/communication studies.
Suzanne Bouclin is highly regarded for her work in furthering access to justice for marginalized people. She is a mediator with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. From 2016-2018, she was appointed to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. In 2014, she re-launched the Ticket Defence Program as a community-campus partnership in the form of a free mobile legal clinic providing legal services to homeless people in Ottawa.
Her career trajectory from practice to academia began while articling for a boutique firm in Toronto, then continued with advocacy through national non-profit organizations such as the Court Challenges Program of Canada, the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice, and the National Association of Women in the Law (NAWL). She holds a PhD from McGill University (Montreal), two interdisciplinary master’s Degrees (University of Ottawa and University of Manitoba), and an LLB (University of New Brunswick/McGill University). She has been a member of the Law Society of Ontario since 2002.