Ontario
Osgoode Hall (York)
Professor Sharon A. Williams, FRSC
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
M3J 1P3TEL: 416-736-5581
sawilliams@osgoode.yorku.caA member of the faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School since 1977, Professor Williams teaches in the Public International Law and International Criminal Law areas.
Among the books she has authored or co-authored are The International and National Protection of Movable Cultural Property: A Comparative Analysis, Canadian Criminal Law: International and Transnational Aspects, An Introduction to International Law (2nd ed.), The International Legal System, International Criminal Law and A Practical Guide to Mooting. Professor Williams has written several chapters and many articles dealing with international criminal law, international & national cultural property law, and international environmental law. In 1991, she was awarded the David Mundell Medal for her contribution to law and letters.
Professor Williams has prepared government reports on the extra-territorial aspects of Canadian criminal law, the denaturalization and deportation of war criminals in Canada, and crimes against humanity. She served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague from 1991 to 1997, is a consultant to the Canadian Department of Justice on extradition matters, and has acted as Special Advisor to the Canadian Delegation at several sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In 1993 she was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. From September 2001 until October 2003 she acted as a Judge ad litem in The Prosecutor v. Simic et al at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Queens University
Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario,
K7L 3N6TEL: (613) 533-6000, ext. 78528
FAX: (613) 533-6509
david.freedman@queensu.ca
David Freedman LL.B. (Osgoode Hall), M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Cambridge) joined the Faculty of Law in 2001 as an Assistant Professor. He was previously on the law faculty at Oxford University. He teaches and has research interests in intellectual property law, equity and trusts, elder law, organizational criminal liability, and criminal law. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and has practised in various areas of law. He is presently the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Law and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, University of London.
University of Ottawa
Professor Errol Mendes
57 Louis-Pasteur St
Ottawa, ON
K1N 6N5TEL: (613) 562-5800 x.5890
FAX: (613) 562-5124
emendes@uottawa.caProfessor Mendes is a lawyer, author, professor and adviser to NGOs, corporations, government and the United Nations. His teaching, research and consulting interests include corporate law and governance, global governance, international business and trade law, constitutional law, international law (including anti-terrorism laws and policies) and human rights law and policy. He has been a Project leader for conflict resolution, governance and justice projects in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and India. Professor Mendes has also been an adviser to several of Canada’s largest corporations and worked with leading private sector companies and associations to establish an International Code of Ethics for Canadian Businesses, which was endorsed by former Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy on September 15, 1997. In 1999, in recognition of his work on business ethics in Canada, the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations invited Professor Mendes to be an adviser on the Global Compact initiative of the Secretary General. Professor Mendes assisted in the development of the Global Compact.
Professor Mendes has taught, researched, consulted and published extensively in the area of Global Governance, International Business Law
University of Toronto
Professor Noah Novogrodsky
Director, International Human Rights Program
University of Toronto
84 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C5TEL: 416-978-5540
FAX: 416-978-7899
noah.novogrodsky@utoronto.caNoah Benjamin Novogrodsky, B.A. (Swarthmore) 1992, MPhil. (Cambridge) 1994, J.D. (Yale Law School) 1997, Law Clerk, Honorable Nancy Gertner 1997-98, Robert L. Bernstein Fellow, 1998-99, Associate, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, LLP, San Francisco, 2000-2002. Member, California Bar. Mr. Novogrodsky is the director of the International Human Rights Program, an adjunct professor and an international human rights attorney. He has written in the field of international human rights law and has worked as a human rights advocate in Cambodia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Belize South Africa and Sierra Leone.
University of Western Ontario
Pending
University of Windsor
(pending)
Faculty of Law
University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, ON
N9B 3P4
TEL: (519) 253-3000
FAX: (519) 973-7064
East
Dalhousie University
Professor Moira McConnell
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4H9TEL: (902) 494-2776
FAX: (902) 494-1316
moira.mcconnell@dal.caMoira L. McConnell is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Programme (MELP) and the newly created (2004) Marine & Environmental Law and Policy Institute based at Dalhousie Law School, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.. She also held the position of Executive Director of the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia for its first five years. Moira McConnell is a member of a number of organizations including the Canadian Section of the International Commission of Jurists (Vice-President (Atlantic), Lawyers for Social responsibility and the IUCN, Commission on Environmental Law.
She is currently advising the Maritime section ( Sectoral Activities) of the International Labour Organization on the development of a consolidated maritime labour convention (2005). She is also on the IMO list of legal experts, and was Lead Consultant and Coordinator for a six country Legislative Review Project under the GEF/UNDP/IMO Global Ballast Water Management Programme.
Moira McConnell is resource person for the Mediterranean Programme for International Environmental Law and Negotiation (MEPIELAN). She is a co-editor of the international interdisciplinary Ocean Yearbook and has published widely in the fields of international law and governance systems, corporate governance, administrative and constitutional law, environmental law, maritime law and policy, social justice and human rights.
University of New Brunswick
Professor Anne W. LaForest
Faculty of Law
University of New Brunswick
PO Box 4400
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5A3TEL: (506) 453-4702
laforest@unb.caAfter working in private practice with the firm of Fraser & Beatty in Toronto for several years, Anne La Forest joined the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in 1991. In 1996, she was appointed Dean of the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and remained Dean until 2004. During the 2001-2002 academic year she was a Visiting Fellow in the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program. Professor La Forest teaches in the areas of property law, international law, comparative law, commercial law, conflict of laws, and feminist jurisprudence. In 1995, she received the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association and Law Students' Society Teaching Award. She has acted as a graduate supervisor primarily in the areas of human rights, health law, and international law. She has written extensively in many different areas including property, extradition law, international law, and labour and employment law. She is the author of La Forest's Extradition To and From Canada, 3d, 1991, and is completing Anger & Honsberger's Real Property Law, a two volume text. She is a member of the bars of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario and has extensive experience as an arbitrator and has acted as a consultant on matters relating to human rights, employment, property and extradition law. She has been a member of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Tribunal and a member of the Council of the SSHRC and Chair of the Fellowships Committee. She is a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.
Université de Moncton
Pending
Quebec
UQAM
Pending (due to Prof. Sassoli’s departure)
McGill University
Professor. Armand de Mestral
Faculty of Law
McGill University
3674 Peel St.,
Office 202
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1W9TEL: (514) 398-6643
FAX: (514) 398-4659
demestral@falaw.lan.mcgill.caProfessor de Mestral teaches constitutional law, international trade law, and the law of the European Community. His current research interest is the law of international economic integration. He has prepared articles and studies in English and French on international trade law and on Canadian comparative and constitutional law and international law. He is currently at work on a new book on international public law. He is also president of the Canadian Red Cross Society.
Université de Montréal
Prof. François Crépeau (pending confirmation)
Faculté de droit
Université de Montréal
Pavillon Maximilien-Caron
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec)
H3C 3J7TEL: (514) 343-6102
FAX:(514) 343-2199
francois.crepeau@umontreal.ca
West
University of Saskatchewan
Professor Kenneth E. Norman
15 Campus Drive
Saskatoon SK
S7N 5A6TEL: (306)966-5888
FAX: (306) 966-5900
ken.norman@usask.caProfessor Norman joined the faculty in 1968. He is a Member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. He is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Court Challenges Programme of Canada, and is also a member of Council and webmaster for the Canadian Section of the International Commission of Jurists. Professor Norman is an editor of The Human Rights Digest and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Human Rights Reporter. Professor Norman has served as counsel to the Saskatchewan Ombudsman, the Canadian Indian Claims Commission, and the Saskatoon Legal Assistance Clinic. He was Chief Commissioner, Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, from 1978-82. His publications include chapters in Beaudoin and Mendes, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (1989), (1996) & (2004); Boyd & Young, Poverty, Social Citizenship and Governance, (2004); Beaudoin, Your Clients and The Charter: Liberty and Equality (1988) and in Mahoney and Martin, Equality and Judicial Neutrality (1987). He has authored several commissioned studies for federal, provincial, and municipal governments.
University of Alberta
Joanna Harrington
Associate Professor
Rm 459, Law Centre
Faculty of Law,
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2H5TEL: (780) 492 2286
Fax: (780) 492 4924
jharrington@law.ualberta.caJoanna Harrington joined the Faculty of Law as an Associate Professor in 2004. She previously taught at the law schools of the University of Western Ontario and the University of Nottingham in England, and has held visiting appointments at the University of Puerto Rico, the University of New South Wales in Australia, and with Queen’s University at Herstmonceux Castle in England.
Recognized for her work in both constitutional law and international law, Professor Harrington’s publications include contributions to essay collections and law journals, including the American Journal of International Law, Constitutional Forum, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the McGill Law Journal, Modern Law Review, and the Supreme Court Law Review. She is also a co-editor of Bringing Power to Justice? The Prospects of the International Criminal Court, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Prior to entering academia, Professor Harrington served from 1998-1999 as the Legal Officer to Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC of the House of Lords during a period of significant constitutional reform. In this capacity, she worked on the devolution of powers to a Scottish Parliament, the implementation of the Belfast Peace Agreement with respect to the Northern Ireland conflict, the reform of the House of Lords, and the passage of the first modern bill of rights in Britain (the Human Rights Act 1998). She later participated in the judicial training program on these reforms at the invitation of the Judicial Studies Board for England and Wales.
Called to the Bars of British Columbia and Ontario, Professor Harrington was also a Pegasus Scholar with the Inns of Court in England. Her legal experience includes the litigation of international claims before the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington DC and the provision of expert opinions for the consideration of the Canadian courts.
Professor Harrington was recently selected to be the next Scholar-in-Residence at Foreign Affairs Canada, to be posted with the United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division in Ottawa. She will be on leave as of July/August 2006 to take up this secondment.
University of Calgary
(pending)
The University of Calgary - Faculty of Law
2500 University Drive, N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4FAX: (403) 282-8325
University of Manitoba
(pending)
Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2TEL: (204) 474-9282
FAX: (204) 474-7580
University of British Columbia
Professor Robin Elliot
Faculty of Law
University of British Columbia
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1TEL: (604) 822-6335
elliot@law.ubc.caRobin Elliot was Director of Legal Research, Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution (Fraser Committee) from 1983-85, and served as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1991-93, and as Executive Legal Officer of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1995 to 1997. He has adjudicated cases under provincial and federal human rights legislation and has been involved in the litigation of several important Charter and other constitutional cases. He has written extensively in the area of constitutional law, including both the Charter and Canadian federalism. His current teaching areas include: Legal Institutions of Canadian Government, Canadian Federalism and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Professor Elliot's current research interests focus on the nature of constitutional argumentation in Canada, and on the Fundamental Freedoms and Equality Rights categories of the Charter.
University of Victoria
Professor Mauren Maloney, Q.C.
Faculty of Law
P.O. Box 2400
Victoria, BC
V8W 3H7TEL: (250) 721-8147
FAX: (250) 472-4299 or (250) 721-6390
mmaloney@uvic.caProfessor Maloney joined the Faculty as Assistant Professor in 1981, and was promoted to Professor in 1993. She served as Dean of the Faculty from 1990 to 1993. She is a member of the British Columbia Bar and the Law Society of England and Wales. Professor Maloney has published and lectured extensively in the area of tax law, tax policy, women and the law, and aspects of the law on disadvantaged groups. Her current teaching and research interests are in the areas of dispute resolution and international human rights, dispute resolution and the administration of justice and restorative justice. She is a board member of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy and has been, inter alia, a governor of the Law Foundation of British Columbia, president of the Canadian Council of Law Deans and co-chair of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Deputies of Justice meetings. On a community level, she has served as a board member of the Need Crisis Centre, and an executive committee member of Lawyers for Social Responsibility. On an international level, she has been involved in governance, justice and human rights projects in South Africa, China, Guatemala and Cambodia. Professor Maloney also served as Deputy Minister (1993 to 2000) and Deputy Attorney General of the Province of British Columbia (1997 to 2000). She is the Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy and currently the Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution.