The weekly CFLS Lecture Series was started in 1997 to bring feminist legal scholars and lawyers from across Canada and abroad to UBC to share their research and insights with our community. Recent lectures have addressed topics from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to pay equity, the gendered impacts of mental health detention, and the politics of Black queer liberation. CFLS lectures are open to the University and wider community, so please join us!
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CFLS SPRING 2025 LECTURE SERIES
Friday, April 4
"The Politics of Naming: Gender-Specific Vs. Gender-Neutral Language in Legal Responses to Domestic Violence as a World of Work Issue"
- Sofia Cornejo, PhD Candidate
Tuesday, February 25
"Anatomy of a Fall: Telling Feminist Truths Through Courtroom Drama"
- Professor Suzanne Bouclin
Monday, February 24
"A Conversation with Dr. Sina Samar with Afghan Women Judges Freshta Masomi, Wahida Rahimi, and Zamila Sangar"
- Dr. Sina Samar, Judges Freshta Masomi, Wahida Rahimi, Zamila Sangar
Friday, January 24
"Pursuing Happiness: Human Rights and Science in Trans Healthcare"
- Professor Florence Ashley
CFLS FALL 2024 LECTURE SERIES
Friday, November 29
"'It's Me, Hi, I'm The Victim It's Me': Legal Depictions of the 'Victim' in David Mueller V. Taylor Swift"
- Professor Marie-Andrée Plante
Friday, November 8
"Indigenous Feminism and the Expansion of Legal Horizons in Canada"
- Dr. Gina Starblanket
Friday, October 4
"Feminist Interventions: Reading Social Justice and Human Rights Through Art"
- Dr. Asma Sayed
CFLS SPRING 2024 LECTURE SERIES
Monday, March 18
Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice - "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Transforming Employment Equity for Us All"
- Professor Adelle Blackett
Watch the video recording.
Wednesday, February 28
"A Conversation with Naomi Klein"
- Professors Naomi Klein and Margot Young
Watch the video recording.
Listen to the audio recording.
CFLS SPRING 2023 LECTURE SERIES
Monday, March 13
"Feminism, Ableism, and Medical Assistance in Dying"
- Professors Janine Benedet, Catherine Frazee, Isabel Grant, AND Elizabeth Sheehy
Watch the video recording.
Listen to the audio-recording. - The panel also aired on CiTR 101.9 FM. Listen to the radio broadcast here.
Tuesday, January 17
"Abortion After Dobbs"
- Professor Reva Siegel, Yale Law School
Watch the recording here:
Recording 17/01/2023
Past Lectures
Lists and recordings of some past lectures are available below.
