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 2022 LECTURE SERIES
Monday, January 24 on Zoom
Legislating Emotion, Reading Grief: Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage and Stillbirth in New Zealand Law
GILLIAN CALDER, Professor, University of Victoria
Monday, February 7 on Zoom
Centre for Feminist Legal Studies and UBC Black Law Students' Association in Conversation with Celina Caesar-Chavannes
CELINA CAESAR-CHAVANNES, Sr. Advisor of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer, Queen's University
Monday, February 14 on Zoom
Exploring the Law of Non-Consensual Disclosure of Intimate Images
CLAIRE FELTRIN, Lawyer and Founder of the Sexual Privacy Project
MOIRA AIKENHEAD, PhD Candidate, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Monday, February 28 on Zoom
Understanding Ableism at the University and in Law
JENNIFER GAGNON, Professor, University of British Columbia
KATHERINE BENSON, Co-Founder of the UBC Law Disability Alliance
Monday, March 14 on Zoom
25th Anniversary Celebration, Graduate Student Speaker Contest Winner
"It wasn't rape, it was BDSM!": consent, normality and sexual history evidence in Canadian 'rough sex' cases
SUZANNE ZACCOUR, Doctoral Candidate, Oxford University
Monday, March 21 on Zoom
25th Anniversary Celebration, Graduate Student Speaker Contest Winner
TBA
AILEEN EDITHA, PhD Candidate, Queen's University
Monday, March 28 on Zoom
TBA
DEBRA HAAK, Professor, Queen's University
Monday, April 4 on Zoom
TBA
JAMIE CHAI YUN LIEW, Director, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa
Wednesday, April 20 on Zoom
TBA
PASCALE FOURNIER, President and CEO, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
CFLS Fall 2021 Lecture Series
Monday, September 27 in person and on Zoom
CFLS Lecture Series Kick-Off Event: Welcoming New Faculty Affiliates
LIORA LAZARUS, Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
BRENNA BHANDAR, Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
KRISTEN THOMASEN, Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Monday, October 18 in person and on Zoom
Reflections on the International Treaty on Violence and Harassment
SHAUNA OLNEY, Former Chief of the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch of the International Labour Organization
Monday, October 25 on Zoom
The Too-Real Life of Sandra Oh and the Challenges of Inclusion in Faculties of Law
KIM BROOKS, Dean, Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University
Monday, November 15 in person and on Zoom
A Look Back at 30 Years of Canadian Feminist Interventions in Sex Work Law and Policy
Mariana Valverede, Professor, University of Toronto
Monday, November 29 on Zoom
Vulnerability/Autonomy: Governing Potential Pregnancy
ALANA CATTAPAN, Professor, University of Waterloo
CFLS SPRING 2021 LECTURE SERIES
Given public health restrictions to combat COVID-19, the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 lecture series have moved online. This format allowed us to bring speakers from further afield, as well as close to home, together to bring their feminist insights on a range of topics.
Tuesday, February 8 on Zoom
17th Annual Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice:
Say Her Name: Law and Activism at the Intersection of Race and Gender
DONNA YOUNG, Dean of Law, Ryerson University
(Co-presented with the Black Law Students Association at Allard Law)
Tuesday, February 2 on Zoom
Red Ticket Women: Revisiting the Political Movements of the Indian Rights for Indian Women Movement
GINA STARBLANKET, Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Decolonization, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
(Co-presented with Indigenous Legal Studies and UBC Indigenous Law Students Association at Allard Law)
Tuesday, January 19 on Zoom
From Ideas to Action, Governance Paths to Net Zero - Virtual Book Launch
JANIS SARRA, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia
CHERYL WADE, Dean Harold F. McNiece Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law
RUVIMBO MUTANGADURA, Corporate Governance Specialist, Assuris
CAROL LIAO, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Business Law, University of British Columbia
Moderated by: Catherine McCall, Executive Director, Canadian Coalition for Good Governance
(Co-presented with the Centre for Business Law)
CFLS Fall 2020 Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 17 on Zoom
Have we learned from the past? Gender justice and international criminal law
VALERIE OOSTERVELD, Professor, University of Western Ontario
Thursday, November 12 on Zoom
Smart Cities - Virtual Book Launch
ALEXANDRA FLYNN, Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
MARIANA VALVERDE, Professor, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
NATASHA TUSIKOV, Assistant Professor, York University
Moderated by Nabeel Ahmed
(Co-presented with the Peter A. Allard School of Law and the Centre for Business Law)
Friday, October 30 on Zoom
Fraser v Canada (2020 SCC) Panel: 20/20 Vision on Equality?
DANIELLE BISNAR, Partner, Cavalluzzo LLP
FAY FARADAY, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School & founder of Faraday Law
JENNIFER KOSHAN, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
JONNETTE WATSON HAMILTON, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
JOSHUA SEALY-HARRINGTON, Lawyer at Power Law, J.S.D. Candidate at Columbia Law School
MARGOT YOUNG, Professor, Allard Law, UBC
SONIA LAWRENCE, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Moderated by Debra Parkes
Wednesday, October 14 on Zoom
Revolutionary Feminisms - Virtual Book Launch
BRENNA BHANDAR, Reader in Law and Critical Theory, SOAS, University of London (incoming Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC – January 2021)
RAFEEF ZIADAH, Lecturer in Comparative Politics of the Middle East, SOAS, University of London
AVTAR BRAH, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Birkbeck, University of London
LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist
AVERY GORDON, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara; Visiting Professor, School of Law Birkbeck, University of London
Moderated by Asha Kaushal
(Co-presented with:
Indigenous Legal Studies, Peter A. Allard School of Law;
The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia;
The Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law)
Thursday, October 1 on Zoom
Feminisms & Law 101
Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia - Professors:
NATASHA AFFOLDER
EFRAT ARBEL
PATRICIA BARKASKAS
ALEXANDRA FLYNN
ISABEL GRANT
BETHANY HASTIE
DEBRA PARKES
JANIS SARRA
CFLS Spring 2020 Lecture Series
Our lectures are open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend!
All lectures run from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Room 122 unless posted otherwise.
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Monday, January 13 *Room 123, Allard Hall
ALEXANDRA FLYNN, Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
City Parks as Persons: Legal Innovation or Colonial Appropriation?
SPECIAL EVENT: 16th Annual Marlee G. Kline Lecture in Social Justice
Tuesday, January 28 @ 6:00pm in DLA Piper Hall, Room 104, Allard Hall
Hon. LYNN SMITH, QC, Honorary Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
Real Hate in a Virtual World; Misogyny in Cyberspace
(Reception to follow lecture. RSVP to eventassistant@allard.ubc.ca.)
Monday, February 10
ANNA LUND, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Book launch and lecture: Trustees at Work: Financial Pressures, Emotional Labour, and Canadian Bankruptcy Law (UBC Press, 2019)
(Co-Presented with the Centre for Business Law, RSVP to cblassistant@allard.ubc.ca)
Wednesday, February 12 *Room 123, Allard Hall
CICELY BLAIN, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Vancouver
The Politics of Black Queer Liberation
(Co-Presented with Black Law Students Association and Outlaws)
Thursday, March 5 *Lew Forum, Allard Hall
PAM PALMATER, Professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance, Department of Politics & Public Administration, Ryerson University
SHARON MCIVOR, Instructor, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
Moving Towards a Transitional Justice Plan to End Genocide in Canada
(Co-Presented with Indigenous Legal Studies)
Monday, March 9
UMMNI KHAN, Associate Professor, Department of Law & Legal Studies, Carleton University
MAGGIE FITZGERALD, PhD Candidate, Department of Law & Legal Studies, Carleton University
Hey Baby! An intersectional Critique of the Anti-Catcalling Movement
Monday, March 16 – postponed due to COVID-19
VALERIE OOSTERVELD, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
Have We Learned from the Past? Gender Justice and International Criminal Law
Monday, March 23 – postponed due to COVID-19
CAMILLE RICH, Professor of Law & Sociology, Associate Provost for Faculty & Student Initiatives in the Social Sciences, USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California
Stealing Democracy or Stealing the Vote? The American Welfare Queen Stereotype and the Myth of the Undeserving Voter
CFLS Fall 2019 Lecture Series
Tuesday, August 27
DAVINA COOPER, Research Professor in Law & Political Theory at Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London
What if the State No Longer Sexed Us? The Political Implications of Abandoning a Regime of Assigned Sex/Gender Status
Monday, September 16
QIAN LIU, Ph.D Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria and Graduate Student Fellow, Centre for Global Studies
Revisiting Feminist Ideals of Autonomy in Marriage Through an Asian Lens
(Co-presented with the Centre for Asian Legal Studies)
Monday, September 30 *Note: This Panel will be held in Room 123
SARAH HUNT, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia
CARLY TEILLET, Community Lawyer, BC Civil Liberties Assocation & Lawyer, Carly Teillet Law
NATALIE CLARK, Associate Professor & Chair of the School of Social Work and Human Services, Thompson Rivers University
Justice is Calling: A Panel on Taking Up the Calls to Justice in the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Final Report
(Co-presented with Indigenous Legal Studies and Moderated by Patricia Barkaskas, Academic Director, Indigenous Community Legal Clinic)
Monday, October 7
LAURA JOHNSTON, Lawyer, Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)
Detaining Women for Their Own Good: Gendered Impacts of Mental Health Detention
Friday, October 18 *Note: not in the usual Monday timeslot
ORLY LOBEL, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Knowledge Pays: Reversing Information Flows & the Future of Pay Equity
(Co-presented with the Centre for Business Law, PLEASE RSVP at cblassistant@allard.ubc.ca)
Monday, October 28
MEHERA SAN ROQUE, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia
Making Guilt ‘even more certain’: Gendered Inquiries, Credibility Judgements and the Kathleen Folbigg Inquiry
Further information on the Folbigg Inquiry is available.
Monday, November 4
MINELLE MAHTANI, Associate Professor, The Social Justice Institute & Senior Advisor to the Provost on Racialized Faculty, University of British Columbia
Risk, Relation, Revolution, Repair: Refusing Closure, Accepting Ambivalence
(Co-presented with Indigenous Legal Studies)
Tuesday, November 5
MASAKO KAMIYA, Professor of Law, Gakushuin University, Japan
Sexual Harassment and Japanese Law in International Context
(Co-Present with the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, PLEASE RSVP at cals@allard.ubc.ca)
Monday, November 18
ROXANNE MYKITIUK, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Accommodation in the Academy: Working with Episodic Disabilities and Living In-Between
Past Lectures
Lists and recordings of some past lectures are available below.
