Two exciting lectures by visiting scholars next week!
“Policing Child Discipline”
Lisa Kelly, Tuesday November 24 at 12:30pm, Room 122
“The Concept and Conceptions of Girlhood Under International Law”
Clara Chapdelaine- Feliciati, Thursday November 26 at 12:30pm, Room 122
See posters attached below for details:
Lisa Kelly (November 24)
Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati (November 26)
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Next Tuesday: Irene Tsepnopoulos-Elhaimer, Executive Director, and Adrienne Moya, Victim Services Medical Support Worker, are representing Women Against Violence Against Women. Their lecture will be titled “Consent and Women’s Experience, Discourse and Legal Dilemmas: Where do we go from here?”.
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Speaker:Kim Pate (Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights, University of Saskatchewan)
Kim is the executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS), a federation of autonomous societies which work with, and on behalf of, marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized women and girls throughout Canada. A lawyer and teacher by trade, she has completed post-graduate studies in the area of forensic mental health.
Topic: The Terrible Truth About Canadian Crime: No Justice for Indigenous Women
Kim Pate will identify current trends in the increased criminalization and imprisonment of Indigenous women, especially those who are poor, victimized and have mental health issues. Within the context of current legislative and political trends, she will further elucidate some of the social context and inequality issues that contribute to the over classification and limited programming and treatment options which result in Indigenous women being the fastest growing prison population and the least likely to be conditionally released. Kim will also discuss potential legal strategies and challenges to address these issues.
DLA Piper Canada Hall (Rm 104)
Please RSVP for this event: eventassistant@allard.ubc.ca
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Many thanks to Professors Emeriti Susan Boyd and Claire Young for their recent gift to the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies.
To learn more about their important legacy, see the announcement here.
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Assistant Professor Shelly Johnson (Mukwa Musayett – walking with bears), University of British Columbia School of Social Work, will present her lecture, “Take No Prisoners: Indigenous Women Leaders in the Provincial First Nations Court”, at the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies lecture series on Tuesday, October 6th at 12:30pm in Room 122.
For lecture details see the CFLS Lecture Poster (Shelly Johnson).
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