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Julie Paquin, professeure agrégée à la Section de droit civil de l’Université d’Ottawa, lance aujourd’hui la première saison de Quartier Maître, un balado sur les enjeux entourant les professions juridiques et la pratique du droit au Québec.

Do all members of our research community feel included? Do we protect each other from discrimination or exclusion?

The fall has been a season of memories, reminiscences, and reunions at the Common Law Section.

C’est le 13 octobre 2022 qu’avait lieu la réunion inaugurale du tout nouveau Conseil consultatif de la Section de droit civil. Composé d’illustres diplômées et diplômés des secteurs public et privé, le groupe s’est réuni à Montréal pour discuter des projets prioritaires de la Faculté.

As an internationally renowned expert in the fields of mental health law and access to justice, Professor Emmanuelle Bernheim of the Faculty of Law’s Civil Law Section aims to give space to the marginalized voices that are frequently overlooked and forgotten in academic research.

The Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences is seeking to fill a regular faculty position that focuses on contemporary Indigenous issues, including those related to Indigenous resistance and/or resurgence, two-spirit and queer studies, decolonial and anti-colonial critiques, and transnational perspectives. The hiring for this position will be done in accordanc...

On the third day of the 4th Autumn School on the Methodology of Research in Law, Professor Angela Cameron of the Common Law Section, and Professor Suzie Dunn of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University led an informative discussion about their strategies for bringing a feminist approach to legal research and how they collect data to support their work.

Professor Jane Bailey of the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Section and Dr. Valerie Steeves of the Faculty of Social Sciences are co-holders of a Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), which supports the ground-breaking eQuality Project. This multi-year research initiative is dedicated to the creation of new knowledge about young people’s use of netw...

October 13, 2022

Since the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed countless vulnerabilities across all domains of society, particularly in countries that were already suffering from humanitarian challenges. As nations around the world continue to seek to understand the pandemic and find ways to protect their most vulnerable citizens, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented both interestin...