This list is a collection of syllabi from North American law schools for courses related to women’s rights, gender equality, and feminism. The lawyers and teachers who share their work here have done so in the spirit of furthering social justice education in Canadian law schools.
Aboriginal Law
Course: Aboriginal Women and the Law
Professor: Val Napoleon
Institution: University of Alberta
Administrative Law
Course: Administrative Law
Professor: Maneesha Deckha
Institution: University of Victoria
Animals, Culture and the Law
Course: Animals, Culture and the Law
Professor: Maneesha Deckha
Institution: University of Victoria
Bioethics
Course: Bioethics, Personhood and the Law
Professor: Maneesha Deckha
Institution: University of Victoria
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Course: Civil Liberties and the Charter
Professor: Gillian Calder
Institution: University of Victoria
Canadian Constitutional Law
Course: Constitutional Law, 2007-2008: Constitutional Law, 2009-2010
Professor: Gillian Calder
Institution: University of Victoria
Criminal
Course: Criminal Law and Procedure and Legal Research and Writing, Winter 2009: Criminal Law and Procedure & Legal Writing, Fall 2009,
Professor: Natasha Bakht
Institution: University of Ottawa
Course: Criminal Law
Professor: Angela Campbell
Institution: McGill University
Family Law
Course: Family Law
Professor: Susan Boyd
Institution: University of British Columbia
Course: Issues in Advanced Family Law: Family Law Reading List
Professor: Gillian Calder
Institution: University of Victoria
Course: Family Law
Professor: Angela Campbell
Institution: McGill University
Course: Persons and Family Law
Professor: Pascale Fournier
Institution: University of Ottawa
Feminist Legal Studies
Course: Analyse féministe du droit
Professor: Louise Langevin
Institution: Université laval
Course: Feminist Legal Theories
Professor: Maneesha Deckha
Institution: University of Victoria
Course: Feminist Legal Theory
Professor: Carissima Mathen
Institution: University of New Brunswick
Course: Feminist Legal Studies
Professor: Susan Boyd
Institution: University of British Columbia
Course: Law and Feminism in Canada
Professor: Lise Gotell
Institution: University of Alberta
Gender and the Law
Course: Gender and the Law
Professor: Karen Busby
Institution: University of Manitoba
International Law
Course: Human Rights (International Protection)
Professor: Penolope Simons
Institution: University of Ottawa
Course: Studies in International Law: Transnational Corporations, Human Rights and International Economic Law
Professor: Penolope Simons
Institution: University of Ottawa
Law and Social Justice
Course: Introduction to Justice
Professor: Josephine Savarese
Institution: University of Regina
Course: Law, Society and State (Law & Social Justice)
Professor: Susan Boyd
Institution: University of British Columbia
Legal Process
Course: Legal Process
Professor: Angela Fernandez
Institution: University of Toronto
Multicultural Rights
Course: Multicultural Rights in Liberal Democracies
Professor: Natasha Bakht
Institution: University of Ottawa
Professional Conduct
Course: Professional Conduct: Readings, Assignment
Professor: Alexander
Property Law
Course: Property Law
Professor: Maneesha Deckha
Institution: University of Victoria
Restorative Justice
Course: Critical Issues in Restorative Justice
Professor: Val Napoleon
Institution: University of Alberta
Studies in Legal Theory
Course: The Adjudication of Otherness in Constitutional Liberal States
Professor: Pascale Fournier
Institution: University of Ottawa
Tax
Course: Tax Policy
Professor: Kimberly Brooks
Institution: McGill University
Tort
Course: Critique Féministe de la responsabilité extracontractuelle
Professor: Louise Langevin
Institution: Université laval
Course: Torts and Legal Writing
Professor: Heather McLeod-Kilmurray
Institution: University of Ottawa
United States Constitutional Law
Course: U.S. Constitutional Law and Comparative Civil Liberties
Professor: Carissima Mathen
Institution: University of New Brunswick
Women, Law and Family
Course: Women, Law and Family
Professor: Susan Boyd
Institution: University of British Columbia