Jacqueline Hope Fitzpatrick

Jacqueline Hope Fitzpatrick is a doctoral student at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Jacqueline’s research interests surround sustainable corporate governance and accountability. Her current doctoral research examines how environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) is integrated into the business models of privately-held Canadian corporations in the agriculture and agri-food, mining, and oil and gas sectors, and the mechanisms within the Canadian corporate governance framework that can hold privately-held corporations accountable to their ESG risks and opportunities.

Jacqueline placed second in Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics’ 2024 Business for Social Good research grant competition. She is also an Affiliated Research Scholar with the Canada Climate Law Initiative.

Supervisor: Dr. Carol Liao