Staff & Faculty Directory

Cherry Chiu is the Student Services Program Assistant.

Professor Christie has a LL.B. from the University of Victoria, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has taught in universities in Canada and the United States, in Faculties of Law, and Departments of Philosophy and Indigenous Studies. Most recently he was an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (1998 - 2004), where he also acted as Director of the Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources and Governments.

Joanne is a Graduate Program Advisor at Allard Law.

Robert is WSÁNEĆ and a member of the Tsawout First Nation, his home community; he carries the name YELKATŦE, which was passed to him by his late grandfather, Earl Claxton Sr.  His PhD research uses community participation methodologies to explore the ways WSÁNEĆ laws are generated by and reflect the values, philosophies, lands, and worldviews of the WSÁNEĆ people.

Gareth is responsible for the operational and administrative functions of the Admissions and Recruitment Office, including the implementation and maintenance of admissions systems, the processing of applications, and the management of first-year registration. He also offers advising for applicants and participates in the recruitment initiatives as part of the Admissions team.

Debbie is the Finance Manager at Allard Law.

Professor Wei Cui joined the law faculty at the University of British Columbia in 2013. His research and writing span a wide range of topics in tax law and policy, including international taxation, tax administration and compliance, tax and development, the value added tax, and tax and spending policies targeted at the labor market. His current research projects examine the design of international taxation in light of the evolution of international trade, and compare redistributive policies in democratic v. authoritarian countries.

Dr Emma Cunliffe is a Professor in the Allard School of Law.  Dr Cunliffe studies how courts decide the facts of contested cases.  She is particularly interested in expert evidence, the operation of implicit bias, and legal processes regarding gendered and racialized violence, particularly those regarding Indigenous people. Dr Cunliffe is a member of the evidence-based forensic initiative, which is based at the University of New South Wales (where she is a senior visiting fellow).

Dr. Joseph Daniels is the Acquisitions Strategy Coordinator for the Housing Assessment Resource Tools project within the Housing Research Collaborative. He previously completed his (joint) Ph.D. in Geography with The University of British Columbia and The University of Nottingham. Dr. Daniels’ research has focused on urban governance, housing and real estate (finance), and digital platform economies. He is currently working on a municipal government acquisition strategy for existing multi-family housing into current social and affordable housing portfolios.   

Professor Dauvergne has been working in the area of refugee, immigration, and citizenship law over the past quarter of a century.  For a decade she held the Canada Research in Migration Law.  In 2012, Dauvergne was named a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation in recognition of her contributions to public discourse in Canada. In 2019 she was honoured with a Queen’s Counsel designation.