Razack, Sherene

The Race to Innocence: Confronting Hierarchical Relations Among Women

This article provides a theoretical framework from which to advocate women's

Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: the Murder of Pamela George

The murder of a Saulteaux (Ojibway) nation woman in Regina, Canada and the subsequent conviction of two white men for manslaughter is discussed in this article in the context of what the author calls "spatialized justice". The author argues that identity as it relates to space acted as a factor in the trial in so far as the victim was characterized as belonging to a "zone of violence" and the accused as foreign to this space and so less culpable.

Domestic Violence as Gender Persecution: Policing the Borders of Nation, Race and Gender

This article considers the interaction of race and gender within the refugee application process in Canada. The author argues that the system fails to recognize how the dominant social and political systems created by colonization perpetuate the violence and victimization of women. Part I consists of a theoretical examination of the subject of refugee law and how women are constructed in these scenarios.

A Hard Bed to Lie In: Matrimonial Real Property on Reserve

This Senate report begins by recognizing that Aboriginal women living on reserves do not have access to the same rights as other Canadian women. The report focuses on the legal regimes governing Aboriginal women and addresses property laws on reserves, resource management, housing shortages and questions of band membership. The report contains a detailed analysis of Canadian law under the Indian Act, the First Nations Land Management Act, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as provincial law governing division of property in a marriage.