Justine Monette-Tremblay is a doctoral student in international law at the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa. As part of her doctoral thesis, she is investigating whether truth and reconciliation commissions enable victims to obtain a sense of justice. To this end, she is interested in the formation of perceptions in the various dimensions of justice. More broadly, her research interests concern women's experience of armed conflict and their involvement in the justice process, from a feminist and decolonial perspective. Her doctoral research is funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Société et culture.
Justine holds a Master's degree in liberty law (LLM) from Grenoble Alpes University in France. In her dissertation, published in the Revue québécoise de droit international, she examined the decolonial contribution of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, which was concluded in 2015. Justine also holds a Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées en études internationales (DESS), specializing in the study of conflict, culture and peace, from the Université de Montréal. Her thesis focused on colonization and imposed “modernity” as factors in the persistence of gender-based violence in Burkina Faso. Finally, Justine holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and International Law from the Université de Montréal. Her supervised work focused on colonization and imposed “modernity” as factors in the persistence of gender-based violence in Burkina Faso. Finally, Justine holds a B.A. in international relations and international law from the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she was involved in various human rights activities.
Justine is a research assistant at the University of Ottawa and senior editorial assistant at the Canadian Journal of Law and Society. She is also a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa's Institute of Gender and Feminist Studies.