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Recording: HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE PAST? GENDER JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW (W/ DR. VALERIE OOSTERVELD)

On November 17, 2020, Dr. Valerie Oosterveld spoke in the CFLS lecture series on an in-depth UN Women-funded study she undertook with a small team focused on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She used the insights gained from that study to illustrate international criminal law’s progress in understanding the role of gender in international crime, as well as highlighting both familiar and unexpected obstacles to this progress. She concluded by considering the current state of gender justice within the ICC.

Recording: Fraser v Canada (2020 SCC): 20/20 Vision on Equality?

On October 30, 2020, the CFLS brought together an all-star panel of feminist scholars and lawyers to discuss the recent Supreme Court of Canada case, Fraser v Canada, and its implications on gender equality and s. 15 of the Charter. The recording of the event can be accessed in this blog post.

Revolutionary Feminisms Book Launch - Recording

In this timely and unique book, Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah trace forty years of anti-racist feminist thought by interviewing key revolutionary thinkers. Collectively, these interviews with leading scholars trace the ways in which Black, Indigenous, post-colonial and Marxian feminisms have created new ways of seeing, new theoretical frameworks for analysing political problems, and new ways of relating to one another. At this online event on October 14, 2020, we heard from the book’s authors and three of the interviewees: Avtar Brah, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Avery Gordon.

Feminisms & Law 101 - Recording

On October 1, 2020, the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies hosted Feminisms & Law 101, which was an opportunity to hear from a number of Allard Law professors about how they bring diverse feminist lenses to their research across a range of subject areas – from the law of cities to corporate and commercial, criminal, employment, and Indigenous law and more!

Power, Gender, and Race in the Legal Profession

Carol Liao delivered the final keynote speech at the 43rd Annual Women in Law Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, one week before the city went into COVID-19 lockdown. She spoke on power, gender, and race in the legal profession, and received a standing ovation following her speech.

Graduate Student Profile: Moira Aikenhead

Moira Aikenhead is a PhD Candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, where she also completed her LLM. Her research is centred on the intersection of digital technologies and gender violence in Canadian criminal law. She has published on topics including the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, voyeurism, and privacy expectations in relation to sexual violence.

Graduate Student Profile: Elspeth Kaiser-Derrick

Environmental law in the age of climate disruption

In the spring of 2019, Professor Jocelyn Stacey gave her keynote address at the annual Women in Law event. The address queried what it means to do environmental law well in the age of climate disruption. It emphasized the relevance of environmental law to women in law – both women lawyers and community leaders. This blog post is a modified version of the keynote address.