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Upcoming events:
- March 8: Gender Justice and
Lived Legal Pluralism with Meghan Campbell, Geoffrey Swenson, and Palwasha Kakar
- March 9: The War in Ukraine:
What Can the International Community Do? with Jennifer Welsh,
Vladyslav Lanovoy, René Provost, and Nandini Ramanujam
- March 10:
Demanding Justice, Freedom and Participation for the Women of Afghanistan with
Homa Hoodfar, Vrinda Narain, and others
- March 11: Disability and Law
seminar with Laura Guidry-Grimes and Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
- March 14: Carceral Systems
and Racial Justice in Canada with Sarah Riley-Case, Joshua Sealy-Harrington,
Tamara Thermitus, and others
- March 15: Inaugural Martine
Roy student colloquium
- March 15: Inaugural Michelle
Douglas lecture with Michelle Douglas
- March 18: AML seminar with
Jane Glenn
- March 29:
Ce que Basquiat nous enseigne, avec Manuel Mathieu et
Me Tamara Thermitus, Ad.E
- March 30: Negotiating Feminism with
Daniel Del Gobbo
- March 31: Challenging Scientific Hierarchies through Indigenous
Peoples’ Knowledge with Tania Martínez-Cruz and Yon Fernandez-de-Larrinoa
Other events of interest:
- March 18: Disability and Well-Being symposium
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Gender Justice and Lived Legal Pluralism: Advancing Equity
with Human Rights Instruments
Presented by Inter Gentes in collaboration with the CHRLP
with Meghan Campbell, Geoffrey Swenson, and Palwasha Kakar
Hosted by Poonam Sandhu and Kassandra Neranjan
Tuesday, March 8, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM (ET)
Zoom: click
here to access the event. See
here for more event information.
About the speakers
Dr. Meghan Campbell specializes in research on international human rights systems responding to gender inequality.
Dr. Geoffrey Swenson focuses on researching post-conflict reconstruction and legal pluralism.
Palwasha L. Kakar is the Interim Director for Religion and Inclusive Societies at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Zoom March 8:
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81794914969.
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Disability
and Law seminar: Protecting Disability Rights in a Pandemic
A CHRLP and Disability Working Group event
with Laura Guidry-Grimes and Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
Friday, March 11, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET)
Zoom: click
here to access the event. See
here for more event information.
About the speaker
Dr. Laura Guidry-Grimes received her doctorate in philosophy at Georgetown University. She worked from 2015-2017 as a clinical ethicist in the MedStar health system in Washington, D.C. and since 2017 has been working in clinical ethics consultation
services at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Guidry-Grimes is also interested in disability advocacy, ethics of psychiatry, and determining how best to understand vulnerability in health care. Read more about Laura
here.
Zoom March 11:
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/87407082118. |
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Carceral
Systems and Racial Justice in Canada: A Conversation on Reform and Abolition
A McGill Law and Lincoln Alexander Law collaboration
with Maria Dugas, Anne-Marie Livingstone, Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Me Tamara Thermitus, Ad.E, Reakash Walters, and Nana Yanful
Moderated by Sarah Riley-Case
Monday, March 14, 4:00-6:00 PM (ET)
Registration required:
racial-justice-in-canada.eventbrite.ca.
The panelists will discuss recent developments related to sentencing, policing, jury selection, and the calls for abolition. Together, we'll navigate the tensions and areas of alignment between reforms and structural transformation.
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Inaugural
Martine Roy student colloquium
Presented the McGill Faculty of Law and the CHRLP.
Support provided by IMK Advocates.
Tuesday, March 15, 4:00-5:30 PM (ET)
Vaccine passports and registration required:
https://forms.gle/UsKzwPoJyUPzHo7DA.
In-person-only event; Room TBC
About Martine Roy
Martine Roy was dismissed from the Canadian Armed Forces for her homosexuality at the age of 19. She is a survivor of the “LGBT Purge”. Martine was instrumental in bringing a class action lawsuit against eta Canadian government that ended in a federal apology
from the prime minister in 2017.
Over the years, a leader in fighting for inclusion in the workplace, Martine has received numerous awards and honours. In 2017, she was awarded the Medal of the National Assembly of Quebec.
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Inaugural
Michelle Douglas lecture: The Accidental Legal Activist
Presented the McGill Faculty of Law and the CHRLP.
Support provided by IMK Advocates.
with Michelle Douglas
Opening remarks by Robert Leckey and Audrey Boctor.
Tuesday, March 15, 5:30-7:00 PM (ET)
Vaccine passports and registration required:
https://forms.gle/F8XvV3AA4o5EdfSf8.
Moot Court and YouTube.
About the speaker
Michelle Douglas had a promising career in the Canadian Armed Forces, but was nevertheless fired by the military in 1989 for being a lesbian. She launched a landmark lawsuit against the military that resulted in the ending of its
discriminatory policy against gays and lesbians. Douglas has gone on to a lifetime of activism in pursuit of LGBTQ2 equality and has recently retired from the Department of Justice after a 30-year career.
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Caring
for Our World - Margot E. Halpenny Memorial Lecture with Jane Glenn
CHRLP/Annie Macdonald Langstaff/Halpenny workshop
with Jane Glenn
In conversation with DCL candidates Sandrine Ampleman-Tremblay and
Laura Baron-Mendoza
Moderated by Shauna Van Praagh
Friday, March 18, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET)
Zoom: click
here to access the event. See
here for more event information.
About the speaker
Jane Glenn, now retired from her position as Professor Emerita in McGill’s Faculty of Law, was a trailblazer in 1971 as the first full-time woman law professor at McGill. Over her long career, Professor Glenn’s scholarly interests
included land use planning, agriculture, land tenure and access to housing, socio-economic rights, water rights, environment, and mixed jurisdictions in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Read more about Professor Glenn here.
Zoom March 18:
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84246217798. |
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Ce
que Basquiat nous enseigne : Introduction à la théorie critique de la race - Critical Race Theory
Presented by the CHRLP, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL)
avec Manuel Mathieu en conversation avec Me Tamara Thermitus, Ad.E.
Tuesday, March 29, 6:00-7:30 PM (ET)
Zoom & Moot Court, vaccine passports and registration required:
https://forms.gle/DBJj4TzmFLzWvAjn8.
Bilingual event; main presentations in French.
About the speaker
Artiste multidisciplinaire basé à Montréal,
Manuel Mathieu est connu pour ses peintures, qui explorent les thèmes de la violence historique, de l'effacement, ainsi que la physicalité de la culture visuelle haïtienne, de la nature et du symbolisme. Pour en savoir plus sur Manuel et ses œuvres,
cliquez
ici.
About Basquiat
Dans les années 1980, Jean-Michel Basquiat était à peine sorti de l'adolescence alors qu’il s’est trouvé au cœur de la scène artistique new-yorkaise. Il est décédé à 27 ans, Traversant le milieu des arts comme une étoile filante. Ce peintre autodidacte a adopté
le graffiti avant de s'engager dans la peinture. Basquiat est aujourd'hui reconnu comme l’un des peintres contemporains le plus importants et son œuvre unique continue de fasciner.
Ses œuvres emblématiques contiennent des mots, des symboles et des diagrammes énigmatiques, ainsi qu'une iconographie comprenant des crânes, des masques et la couronne caractéristique de l'artiste. Dans son œuvre, Basquiat s'inspire de son propre héritage caribéen,
d'une convergence d'histoires culturelles haïtiennes, afro-américaines et africaines. Son œuvre est marquée tant par des thèmes classiques que par des protagonistes de la culture populaire, notamment des athlètes et des musiciens.
Les œuvres qui seront discutés:
https://sugarcanemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/e9c8cf821722fbc5eb1161f631535312.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_of_Negro_Policeman#/media/File:Basquiat-irony-of-negro-policeman-1981.jpg
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Negotiating
Feminism: Campus Sexual Violence and the Possibilities of Informal Justice
A CHRLP talk
with Daniel Del Gobbo
Wednesday, March 30, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET)
Zoom: click
here to access the event.
About the speaker
Daniel Del Gobbo is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the McGill University Faculty of Law. His research and teaching fall at the intersection of civil procedure, access to justice, human rights, and critical theory,
with a focus on issues of gender and sexuality. Publishing widely in these areas, Daniel has a book forthcoming with the University of Toronto Press,
Negotiating Feminism: Charting a Path through Law, Sex, and Violence, which traces the reflection of the feminist "sex wars" from the late 1970s to the early 1990s in contemporary debates about the role of law in addressing the problem of campus sexual
violence. Previously, Daniel earned his S.J.D. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2021, where he was a Trudeau Scholar, SSHRC Doctoral Fellow, and CBA Viscount Bennett Fellow. He earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2015 and J.D. from
Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011.
Zoom March 30:
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/87925570754. |
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Disability
& Well-Being: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
Presented by the IHSP Disability Working Group
with Joel Michael Reynolds, Joseph Stramondo,
and Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
Friday, March 18, 12:30-2:30 PM (ET)
Registration required:
https://tinyurl.com/DisabilitySymposium2022.
See
here for more event information.
New technologies, emergency situations, and scarce resources confront our policy- makers with hard questions and moral dilemmas concerning people with disabilities. An important factor in making decisions regarding how to best respond
to disability needs and redistribute limited social resources is how the well-being or the quality of life of people with disabilities will be evaluated.
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McGill Faculty of Law Unsung Hero
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Sharon Webb has been with the Faculty of Law since 2012, and works tirelessly to coordinate events of the two centres for which she acts as Programs Coordinator. According to her nominators, “her diligence, attention
to detail, efficiency, calm demeanor and kindness” are the reasons she deserves mention as one of our Faculty’s Unsung Heroes. Her nominators also point out that her innovative, creative and energetic approach to her work makes her a delight to work with.
One nominator stated that, “she has a particular gift for making the impossible possible by finding creative and accessible solutions”. Her inspiring and exemplary service make her an Unsung Hero.
Congratulations to Sharon! |
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Congratulations to Tarama Thermitus for her nomination as a finalist in Prix Médias Dynastie's Éditorialiste de l'année category!
Me Thermitus Ad.E. admise au Barreau du Québec en 1988, elle détient une maîtrise en droit (2013) de l'Université McGill sur les droits de la personne, la théorie critique de la race et la discrimination raciale. Elle a été directrice
des politiques et de la planification stratégique du Bureau de règlement des pensionnats indiens (2004-2006) et négociatrice en chef pour le gouvernement fédéral du mandat de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. Détentrice de la Médaille du jubilé de
la reine Elizabeth (2012), Me Thermitus Ad.E a reçu de nombreux prix dont le Mérite du Barreau du Québec (2011) elle est la première avocate noire à se voir décerner cette reconnaissance.
Read more about Tamara's achievements
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Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Human Rights
King’s University College at Western University, a Catholic Liberal Arts College situated on the traditional territories of the Anishnaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, Chonnonton, and Attawandaron Nations, now called London, Ontario, invites applications for
a full-time probationary (tenure track) position in the area of Human Rights Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective 1 July 2022, subject to budgetary approval.
Application deadline: March 31, 2022. See
here for more information. |
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Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism · Chancellor Day Hall · 3644 Peel Street
Montreal, QC H3A 1W9 · Canada
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