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PERSONAL DATA

NAME Kathleen Elizabeth Mahoney

ADDRESS Faculty of Law

The University of Calgary

2500 University Drive, N.W.

Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

CITIZENSHIP Canadian

DEGREES AND QUALIFICATIONS HELD

2014

2008

Queen’s Counsel

Fellow, Trudeau Foundation

2006 Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Manitoba

1998 Fulbright Fellow, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars

1997 Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada

1998 Fellow, Harvard Human Rights Program

1995-97 Barrister & Solicitor, Law Society of Upper Canada

1994 Sir Allen Sewel Fellow, Griffiths University, Brisbane

1991 Professor of Law, University of Calgary

1990 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Adelaide University

1989 Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Alberta.

1987 Diplôme of the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights,

International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.

1981 Diploma, Teaching Advocacy, Faculty of Law, Harvard University, Boston,

MA.

1979 LL.M., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.

1977-80 Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of British Columbia.

1976 LL.B., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT RECORD

1991 - present Professor, Faculty of Law, The University Calgary

2006 - 2011 Team leader, Vietnam Judicial Education Project (CIDA $12M project)

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2009 Professor, International Institute for Human Right Law, Strasbourg University,

France (Summer Program)

1994 - 2000 Consultant, Family Court of Australia

1994 - 2000 Consultant to the Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Western Australia

1998 Visiting Professor and Fellow, Human Rights Centre, Harvard University

1994 - 1996 Principle Researcher, Canada-China Human Rights Research Project, Human

Rights Centre, University of Ottawa.

1994 Visiting Professor, Griffiths University Brisbane, Australia

1994 Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia

1994 Visiting Professor National University of Australia

1994 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Faculty of Law

1991 - 1995 Director, South Africa Judicial Education Project, with the Faculty of Law,

University of Cape Town, South Africa. (CIDA $250K project.)

1990 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Adelaide University

1988 - 1993 Independent Assessor, Employment Equity Employment and Immigration

Canada.

1982 - 1991 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Calgary

1979 - 1982 Assistant Professor Faculty of Law, The University of Calgary

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LEGAL COUNSEL WORK:

2011 - present Counsel, Assembly of First Nations, Fontaine et al, v. Attorney General

of Canada et al, inquiry into irregularities in the Individual Assessment process

of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, Court of Queen’s

Bench of Manitoba, Fontaine et al, v. Attorney General of Canada et al. 2013

BQB 272 and Court of Appeal of Manitoba, Fontaine et al, v. Attorney General

of Canada et a. 2014 MBCA 93.

2011 - 2012 Lead counsel, Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in the Supreme

Court of Canada in Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. Whatcott (non-

remunerative) (Constitutionality of hate speech provisions in human rights

legislation.)

2006 - present Counsel, National Administration Committee, Indian Residential Schools class

action settlement. (Appellate body for residential school survivors for the

common experience payment)

2003 - present Counsel, numerous individual Indian Residential School survivors.

2003 - 2009 Chief Negotiator, Residential Schools Settlement, Assembly of First Nations

($6.2B settlement).

2006 - 2007 Chief Negotiator and architect of the Residential School Truth and

Reconciliation Commission. ($60M for the first Truth and Reconciliation

Commission in the Western world.)

1997 - 2007 Counsel and Chief Negotiator, National Indian and Inuit Community Health

Organization, ($45M settlement for systemic wage discrimination, the first

settlement for First Nations claimants under the Canadian Human Rights Act.)

1995 - 1998 Co-counsel, The Queen v. Paul Bernardo, (Intervener for the families of

Kirsten French and Lesley Mahaffy), Ontario General Division Court (non-

remunerative) (child pornography, the media and the scope of the open court

principle).

1995 - 1998 Co-counsel, The Estates of Kirstin French and Lesley Mahaffey v. The Queen,

Ontario General Division Court (non-remunerative) (equality, child

pornography and the constitutionality of the open court principle).

1993 - 1996 Counsel and Advocate in the International Court of Justice for Bosnia and

Herzegovina in Application of the Convention on the Prevention and

Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia,

(Serbia and Montenegro) (non-remunerative) (scope and definition of

genocide, developed a new definition of genocide to include female victims of

forced pregnancy and rape now adopted into international law.)

1991 - 1992 Lead Counsel for Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in the Supreme

Court of Canada in R. v. Butler (non-remunerative) (leading case of the

constitutionality and definition of pornography laws in the criminal code)

1989 - 1990 Lead Counsel for Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in the Supreme

Court of Canada in R. v. Keegstra and R. v. Taylor (non-remunerative) (leading

case on the constitutionality of hate speech in the criminal code and in human

rights legislation)

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1985 - 1995 Founding Member of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund and

member of the Legal Committee. Researcher, advisor, counsel, and advocate in

many precedent setting Supreme Court of Canada interventions on equality

issues, including pregnancy discrimination, sexual assault laws, pornography,

sexual harassment, hate speech, reproductive rights, pay equity, and battered

women. (Non-remunerative).

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS (not including numerous scholarships and bursaries)

2014

2009

Appointed Queen’s Counsel

Private Audience with Pope Benedict XVI (granted to hear apology for

residential school abuses.)

2008 Elected Fellow, Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation (“Fellows are chosen above

all because they have proven that they can imagine and promote new solutions

to major contemporary issues, relying on both the knowledge they have drawn

from leading-edge research and the conscientious attention they pay to the

needs of our society.”)

2007 Indian Name and Ceremonial Indian Blanket Coat conferred by the Ojibway

First Nations of Manitoba for work as the Chief Negotiator of the Indian

Residential School Settlement Agreement.

2007 Ceremonial Blanket presented by the West Coast Salish people for work as the

Chief Negotiator of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.

2005 Alberta Centennial Medal for Contributions to Human Rights.

2002 University of Calgary “Celebrating Excellence Award for Teaching and

Research.”

2001 Governor General’s Medal in Commemoration of the Person’s Case for work

advancing equality.

2000 Canadian Bar Association Touchstone Award for “Outstanding Contributions

for the Promotion of Equality in the Law in Canada.

1998 Fellow, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, Harvard University.

1998 Fulbright Scholar, Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, Harvard University.

1998 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Fellow.

1997 Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.

1997 Alberta and Canadian Bar Association Distinguished Service Award.

1997 Soroptomist Canada Woman of Distinction Award (Human Rights)

1994 Sewell Fellow, Griffiths University, Brisbane

1990 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Adelaide University

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1987 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award (Education)

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS SINCE 1999 (Numerous grants prior to 1999 totaling will be

listed upon request)

2008 $250,000 Trudeau Fellowship

2007 $15,000 grant, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation grant for Human rights

research and education at the University of Calgary law school

2007 $20,000 grant for hosting a conference on truth commissions and publishing

proceedings Alberta Law Foundation

2007 $100,000 grant for planning and hosting a conference on a Canadian Truth

Commission, Government of Canada

2006 $15,000 grant for research on Restorative Justice and Truth Commissions

Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation

2004 $10,000 grant for a conference on reconciliation and the Residential School

Legacy. Walter & Duncan Foundation

2004 $100,000 National Indian Brotherhood, ADR Research Project

2004 $150,000 Office Residential School Resolution for workshops, research,

analysis and a report on solutions for Residential School harms

2003 $10,000.00 grant for a study to Develop a Report and Recommendations with

Respect to the Wearing of Traditional hairstyles by Aboriginal Soldiers in the

Military from Department of National Defense

2003 $10,000 contract for research and development of a report on the law

pertaining to vicarious liability, damages, punitive damages and aggravated

damages in residential school cases Canada, Indian and Northern Affair

Totals

2007 Total support received in - $135,000

2006 Total support received in - $15,000

2004 Total Support received in - $270,000

2003 Total Support received in - $30,000

2002 Total support Received in - $15,000

TEACHING AWARDS

University of Calgary Celebrating Excellence Award for “Inspiration and Outstanding

Contributions in Teaching and Research” (2002)

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SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENTS

2014 – present

2014 – present

2013 – present

2013 - present

2013

Appointed National Chair, Selection Committee for Trudeau Scholars.

Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences Medal and Awards

Selection Committee.

Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences New Fellow Selection

Committee.

Appointed Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences Secretary.

Appointed National Co-Chair Selection Committee for Trudeau Scholars.

2012 - 2016 Elected, Member, National Board of Governors of the Canadian Red Cross.

2011 - 2013 Appointed Member, Committee for the Nomination of Officers of the

Academy, Royal Society of Canada (second term).

2011 - present International Team of Experts, Institute for the Research of Genocide Canada.

2009 Appointed member, Team of Experts, International Task Force for a Needs

Assessment of the Judicial System in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2007 - present Appointed Member representing the Assembly of First Nations, National

Administration Committee overseeing the implementation of the Indian

Residential School Settlement Agreement and hearing appeals.

2006 - 2011 Appointed, Canadian Director and Team Leader, Judicial Education Project,

Vietnam- a 5-year $12.5M judicial strengthening and reform project.

2005 Appointed Member, Expert Advisor, Interaction Council, an International

Council of former Heads of State.

2005 Appointed, Advisory Committee for the Justice Minister of Canada to advise on

Supreme Court of Canada appointments.

2003 Appointed, International Reference Group (7 members) to oversee, contribute,

evaluate and consult on a European Union sponsored, multi-year research

project on migration, democracy and public policy.

2003 Elected, Executive Committee, Royal Society of Canada.

2002 Appointed, Associated Scholar and Board of Advisors, New England, School

of Law.

2002 Appointed, Advisor to Canadian Consortium on Human Security, University of

British Columbia, Liu Center for the Study of Global Issues.

2000 - 2006 Appointed Member, Board of Directors for the International and Comparative

Human Rights Law Center, Queen’s University, Belfast.

1998 - 2005 Appointed Chair, Board of Directors, International Center for Human Rights

and Democratic Development, Montreal (Privy Council appointment).

1999 Appointed, Management Committee, Asia, Pacific Forum on Judicial

Education.

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1994 Appointed, Visiting Professor, Griffiths University, Brisbane, selected, Sewell

Fellow, Brisbane University.

1994 Appointed, Visiting Professor, National University of Australia, Canberra.

1994 Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School.

1994 Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia Law School.

MEMBERSHIPS IN ACADEMIC/HONORARY/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2013 Secretary of National Academy of Social Sciences

2008 - present Fellow, Trudeau Foundation

2006 - present Member, Law Society of Manitoba

2005 - present Expert advisor, Interaction Council

1997 - present Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

1989 - present Member, Law Society of Alberta

1989 - present Member, Humanities Society, Learned Societies

1986 - present Member, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice

1979 - present Member, Canadian Association of University Teachers

1979 - present Member, Canadian Association of Law Teachers

MEMBERSHIPS ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND FOUNDATIONS

2013 – present

2012 - present

Secretary of Social Sciences Division, Royal Society of Canada.

Member, Board of Governors, Canadian Red Cross

1998 - present Member, Advisory Board, Faculty of Law, Griffith University, Brisbane,

Australia

2000 - 2008 Member of the Board of Trustees, National Indian and Inuit Community Health

Representatives Trust.

2003 - 2008 Member, Executive Committee, Royal Society of Canada

2000 - 2008 Member, Board of Directors, Institute of Research in Public Policy

2001 - 2008 Member, Board of Directors, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation

2000 - 2006 Member, Advisory Board, Center for International and Comparative Human

Rights Law, Queen's University, Belfast

1998 - 2005 Chair, Board of Directors, Rights and Democracy Privy Council Appointment.

1998 - 2002 Member, Board of Directors, Amicus, Faculty of Law, McGill University

1998 - 2004 Member of International Jury, John Humphrey Freedom Award

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1986 - 2000 Co-Chair, Dignity Foundation

MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS

Presently

1990 - present

Member, Editorial Board, Inonu University

legal journal.

Member, Board of Editors, The University of

New Brunswick Law Journal

1990 - present Member, Board of Editors, The National

Journal of Constitutional Law, Australia

1998 - present Member, Editorial Board, Griffith University

Law Journal

1989 - 1995 Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of

Women and the Law

PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1999 (72 publications and presentations prior to 1999 available upon

request, including books, peer reviewed articles and 25 keynote presentations)

Chapters in Books

2015 Routledge Press, Taylor and Francis Group, “Reconciliation and the Indian

Residential Settlement: Canada’s Coming of Age? edited by Laura Westra and

Janice Gray, Vasiliki Karageorgou.

2015 Oxford Book Company, “Human Rights and Equality Under Attack: The

Difficult Challenge Ahead” in Myth and Reality of Human Rights, edited by Dr.

Jagdeep Singh.

2014 Routledge Press, Taylor and Francis Group, “Canadian Avatar:Reshaping

Relationships Through Indigenous Resistance” in The Earth Charter, Ecological

Integrity and Social Movements, edited by Laura Westra and Mirian Viela.

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Law Journal Articles and Published Conference Proceedings

2015

2015

2014

2012

Constitutional Renewal in Canada and Turkey: Identities, Rights and

Institutions, “Hate Discrimination: A Manifestation of Incipient Malevolence

and Violence”, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham. In print.

Journal of Dispute Resolution, Centre for Dispute Resolution at the University

of Missouri School of Law. “Judicial Bias: The Ongoing Challenge” In print.

“The Settlement Process: A Personal Reflection” (2014) UTLJ.

DOI:10.3138/utlj.2485.

CBA National Magazine, special Charter edition, “When Evidence Trumps

Ideology”, (March 2012) at p. 19.http://www.cba.org/CBA/National/Main

2010 Common Law World Review, “Citizenship, Democracy and Hate Speech in

2012

Earthscan, an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, “Globalized Hate

Discrimination and the Challenges to Human Rights at Home and Abroad”, in

Human Health and Ecological Integrity: Ethics, Law and Human Rights .

2010 The Trudeau Papers, “What is Justice?” Vol. 2, (2010) p. 130- 159, Pierre Elliot

Trudeau Foundation, ISBN 978-2-9810838-90

2010 Shandong People’s Publishing House, “Hate Speech Dichotomies: Does it have

to be That Way?” in The Study of Human Rights, Prof. Xu Xanming ed., Peking

University, China. (peer reviewed)

2006 G. Gall et al eds. Butterworths, “Section 15 Equality Rights” in Constitutional

Law Casebook (2006), new edition, 2009. (peer reviewed

2006 New Justice Publishing, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,

“Canadian Approaches to Equality Rights and Gender Equity in the Courts” in

Protection of an Individual Against Discrimination (2006). (peer reviewed)

2005 The Sheldon Chumir Foundation, “Canadian Values in the World Community”

in Building Trust, Balancing Global Power (2005).

2001 University of Montreal, "Constitutional Protection of Free Speech and the

Protection of Children" in Essays in Honor of Gerald Beaudoin (2001). (peer

reviewed)

1999 Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, London, England.” Gender

and the Judiciary: Confronting Gender Bias” in Gender Equality and the

Judiciary: Using International Human Rights Standards to Promote the Human

Rights of Women and the Girl-Child at the National Level, Kristine Adams and

Andrew Byrnes eds. (1999) (peer reviewed)

1999 Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (1999)“Is there a Backlash

to Human Rights?” in Human Rights in the 21st Century: Prospects, Institutions

and Processes (peer reviewed)

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Canada,” Vathek Publishing (2010) Vol.39, D. Clark and K. Stanton Eds.

University of Bristol, UK.

2009 Wake Forest Law Review, “Equality and the State of Canadian Law” (2009),

Vol. 44 No. 2, p. 321-351. Wake Forest University, Raleigh, NC, USA.

2006 Conference Proceedings Liidlii Kue, Denendeh, Fort Simpson NWT, Keepers

of the Water Watershed Gathering, “Should There be a Human Right to

Water?” (2006).

2005 Conference Proceedings, Interaction Council, “Human Rights and Human

Responsibilities in the Age of Terrorism,” Santa Clara University Markkula

Center for Applied Ethics (2005) (on line). Santa Clara Calif. USA.

2005 Walking Wisdom, A Creative Learning Experience, “Substantive Equality and

Access to Justice” published by Interights Commonwealth Human Rights

Initiative, South Asian Region, Conference for the Supreme Court of India,

Delhi, India. (2005).

2003 Conference Proceedings John Humphrey Center, University of Alberta,

“Economic Social and Cultural Rights: The Case for Indian Residential School

Compensation for Failure to Educate” (2003).

2001 Conference Proceedings, National Judicial Institute, “International Law,

Children’s’ Rights and the Sharpe Decision,” (2001).

2001 Conference Proceedings, Legal Resources Center, Johannesburg, South Africa,

“Balancing Customary Norms With Constitutional Equality Requirements.”

(2001)

Reports

2009 Re-building Courts and Trust: An Assessment of the Needs of the Justice System in the

Democratic Republic of Congo, (August 2009) (participating author) International Bar

Association and the International Legal Assistance Consortium, publisher.

http://www.ibanet.org/Document/Default.aspx?DocumentUid=54396461-F637-4842-

AD27-416E63413AB9

2007 - 2009 Annual Published Reports on the Progress of the Vietnam JUDGE Project.

2007 Report on Exploratory mission to Vietnam to meet with Judiciary and Judicial Education

Institutions to prepare for the development of a judicial education project.

2004 Report on a Fact Finding Mission to Ireland to Examine the Settlement of Industrial

School Claims for Abuse, the Truth Commission and the Views of Survivors.

2004 Assembly of First Nations, Report on Vicarious Liability and Damages Assessment in

Residential School Sexual and Physical Abuse Cases.

2003 Report and Recommendations with Respect to the Wearing of Traditional Hairstyles by

Aboriginal Soldiers in the Military, Department of National Defense.

2001 Report on a Fact Finding Mission to Tanzania to Investigate Deaths in Bulyanhulo

Mining District.

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Blogs

2015 Human Rights and Equality Under Attack: The Difficult Challenge Ahead,

posted March 11, 2015 in ABLAWG at http://ablawg.ca/author /kmahoney/

2014

2013

Bishop Tutu: His Challenge to the Legal Profession on the Morals and Ethics

of Climate Change, posted June 10, 2014 in ABLAWG at

http://ablawg.ca/author/kmahoney/

The Indian Residential School Settlement: Is Reconciliation Possible?, posted

June 26, 2013 in ABLAWG at http://ablawg.ca/author/kmahoney/

2013 The Role of the “Noble Savage” in Environmental Social Activism, posted

May 13, 2013 in ABLAWG at http://ablawg.ca/author/kmahoney/

2013 The Harm of Hate Speech: Are Media Responses Knee Jerk, Impulsive and

Thoughtless? posted May 3, 2013 in ABLAWG at

http://ablawg.ca/author/kmahoney/

2012 Where Does Legitimate Religious Expression End and Hate Speech Begin?,

posted April 29, 2012 in ABLAWG at http://ablawg.ca/author/kmahoney/

2012 The Safe Injection Site Precedent: Parliamentary Supremacy vs. Democratic

Values, posted April 24, 2012 in ABLAWG at

http://ablawg.ca/author/kmahoney/

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS SINCE 1999 (numerous conferences organized

and presentations made prior to 1999 available on request)

As organizer

2015

2013

2013

University of Calgary and Canadian Red Cross, 2nd Annual International

Humanitarian Law Conference, A panel discussion on Relevance of Law in

Times of War.

University of Calgary and Canadian Red Cross, 1st Annual International

Humanitarian Law Conference, A panel discussion on The Legality and

Legal Treatment of Targeted Killings with the Focus of the Use of Drones

Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, organizer and presenter for the

Couchiching Conference, “Coming together as One: Navigating the

Relationship between Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Canadians.”

2007 University of Calgary Chair and organizer of An International Conference on

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.

2004 University of Calgary, Chair and organizer of a national, interdisciplinary

conference on Indian Residential School Claims, the ADR process, and

Reconciliation.

2004 University of Calgary, Chair and organizer of an experts workshop on

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Reparations and Reconciliation, Morley, Alberta.

2004 University of Calgary, Chair and organizer, expert workshop in Calgary on

Truth Commissions, Healing initiatives and Indian Residential Schools

Reparations.

2002 University of Calgary, G-6B organizing committee to organize A Conference

on Globalization and the Economy, at the University of Calgary for students,

faculty and international delegates.

2001 Planning Committee for the University of Calgary Dialogue on the 2001

Summit on the Americas.

2001 Planning Committee for the National Judicial Institute fall conference.

2001 Co-chaired a conference on National Association of Women and the Law.

1999 Management Committee, Asia Pacific Advisory Forum for the Supreme

Court of India on Judicial Education on Equality Issues.

As presenter:

June 2015 Keynote Speaker, Regards 360, Barreau du Quebec’s 2015 Annual Conference

Feminist Legal Theory and Magna Carta discussion. La Malbaie, QC.

March 2015 Keynote Speaker, Public Lecture Institute of Research in Social Sciences

(IRISS) Redressing Historical Institutional Abuse: International Lessons.

Belfast, UK.

March 2015

October 2014

October 2014

September

2014

June 2014

May 2014

Panelist, Ulster University, Institute of Research in Social Sciences (IRISS),

Seminar, Redressing Historical Institutional Abuse: International Lessons.

Belfast, UK.

Chair and panelist, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Two-Day

International Conference on Indo-US Relations and South Asia. Punjab,

India.

Panelist, University of Missouri School of Law, Center for the Study of

Dispute Resolution, Judicial Education and the Art of Judging from Myth to

Methodology, Goals for Judicial Education: Why Judicial Identity, Equality

and Gender Training Still Matter. Columbia, Missouri.

Panelist, Mount Royal University, Under the Western Skies 3: Intersections

of Environments, Technologies and Communities, Legal Challenges to

Environmental Harms: Destroying the Smoking Guns. Calgary, AB,

Panelist, Global Ecological Integrity Group, “Global Integrity at the Tipping

Point: Imminent and Ongoing Threats to the Ecological, Social and Cultural

Evolution of the Planet”, Torts, Mass Harms and Human Rights. Rhodes,

Greece.

Panelist, Intercultural Dialogue Institute, Constitution and Culture: The

Challenge of Constitutional Change in Turkey and Canada, Freedom of

Expressions. Ankara, Turkey.

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April 2014

March 2014

February 2014

December

2013

October 2013

October 2013

October 2013

August 2013

June 2013

June 2013

February 2013

Keynote speaker, ADR Institute of Alberta (ADRIA), ADR in Canadian

Residential Schools Settlement. Calgary, AB.

Panelist, National Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Challenges of

Reconciliation. Edmonton, AB.

Contributor and Panelist on the Reconciling Residential School Abuses, The

Legal Imagination of Rod Macdonald, A Symposium, McGill University,

Faculty of Law. Montreal, QC.

Keynote speaker, University of Calgary Women’s Resource Center, National

Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, The Meaning

of Yes: An Update on Sexual Assault and Consent. Calgary, AB.

Panelist and Guest Speaker, New Beginnings: Young Canadians’ Peace

Dialogue on China and Tibet, “Peace through Pluralism”: A Comparative

Consideration of Diversity in Canada and China. Calgary, AB.

Panelist, University of Calgary Women’s Resource Center and Canadian

Federation of University Women, Screening of NFB Film “Buying Sex”.

Calgary, AB.

Keynote speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Pluralistic Societies:

International and Local Experiences. Calgary, AB.

Presenter, Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, organizer and presenter

for the Couchiching conference, “Coming Together as One: Navigating the

Relationship between Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Canadians. Orillia,

ON.

Presenter, Global Ecological Integrity Group, Globalization and Radical

Social Change, “Canadian Avatar: Reshaping Relationships Through

Indigenous Resistance”, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Presenter and resource person, International Summer Research Institute at

University of College in Dublin, Ireland sponsored by the Trudeau

Foundation. “The Challenge of Complex Diversity Theoretical and Empirical

Perspectives from Europe and Canada”, Dublin, Ireland.

Keynote Speaker, Coming to Grips With Our Colonial Legacy: The

Unwritten History of Residential Schools, Knights of the Round table,

Calgary, AB.

January 2013 Panel presenter, Residential Schools Litigation: What is happening to

Reconciliation? University of Toronto, Toronto ON.

December

2012

Panel presenter, The State of Human Rights in Alberta, John Humphrey

Center for Peace and Human Rights, Edmonton, AB.

September

2012

Keynote Speaker, From Victim to Survivor, Atlantic Regional Indian

Residential Schools Commemoration Event, Dartmouth NS.

June 2012 Keynote Speaker, Indian Residential School Workshop on the Individual

Assessment Process, Hobbema, Alberta.

June 2012 Panel presenter, Confronting Collapse: What Agencies, Institutions and

Strategies Are Needed to Achieve Environmental Justice? for Global Ecology

Integrity Group, Rochelle, France.

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May 2012 Panel presenter, The Pros and Cons of Independence: Jamaica, Caribbean and

Africa, for the Jamaican Association of Calgary.

April 2012 Expert witness, House of Commons Human Rights Committee hearings on

the Bill to repeal s. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

November

2011

Keynote speaker, Assembly of First Nations, Access to Justice Conference,

Vancouver, BC. “Lawyer Ethics and the Residential School Settlement

Agreement”.

May 2011 Keynote Presenter, “A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management,” for

a Workshop for Prison Administrators, Corrections Canada, St. Adele,

Quebec.

June 2011 Presenter, Global Ecological Integrity Group, Prague, Czech Republic, June

2011, “The Challenges of Creating New Human Rights”.

2010 Keynote Speaker, Trudeau Lecture: “What is Justice?” Learned Societies

Conference, Concordia University.

2010 Panelist, Canada-Israel Bilateral Forum on Migration, Rights and Identity, “

Globalised Hate Speech, Minorities and Identity” Rupin Academic center,

Israel.

2010 Keynote speaker, 13th Biennial Conference of the International Society for

Justice Research, “Equality and Restorative Justice.” Banff, AB.

2010 Participant, Ditchley Foundation Conference on The Condition of

International Law, at Ditchley Park, Oxford, UK.

2010 Keynote Speaker, Conference on Political Science and Global Governance,

“Freedom of Expression, Equality and Human Rights, Rajiv Ghandi

University Law School, Patila, India.

2010 Panelist, British Association of Canadian Studies, Cambridge University,

“Restorative Justice and the Indian Residential School Settlement

Agreement”, Cambridge, UK.

2010 Presenter, Homeland Security: Global & Domestic Perspectives

2010 Conference, “Hate Speech in the Age of Terrorism,” Warrensburg, Missouri,

USA.

2010 Rapporteur and Presenter, Global Conference on Human Rights and Diverse

Societies, McGill University, Montreal.

2009 Panelist, International Conference for Judicial Educators, Sydney Australia.

2009 Keynote speaker, Canadian High Commission, London, An Aboriginal

Studies Conference, London, UK.

2009 Panelist, British Association for Canadian Studies, A Conference on Being,

Becoming, and Belonging: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Social Inclusion,

Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

2009 Panelist, National Association of Archivists, A Conference on Rights,

Responsibilities and Trust, Vancouver, B.C.

2009 Keynote speaker, Pacific Business and Law Institute, Aboriginal Law

Conference on Aboriginal Rights and Title: New Law, Litigation and

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Emerging Issues, Vancouver, B.C.

2009 Keynote speaker, Treaty 7 Management Corporation Indian Residential

School Meeting with Truth Commission.

2008 Keynote Speaker, Wake Forest Law School North Carolina, A Conference on

Hate Speech, Equality and the Law.

2007 Keynote speaker, Faculty of Law, University of Galway Ireland, UK

Conference on Equality and the Constitution – Comparative Perspectives.

2007 Panelist, Canadian Bar Association, 9th International Development

Workshop, Gender Law and International Development.

2007 Witness, Committees of the House of Commons, Standing Committee on

Foreign Affairs and International Development Ottawa, ON.

2006 Keynote speaker, University of Western Australia, The Role of

Reconciliation in Tort Law, Perth Aus.

2006 Keynote speaker, Curtin University, Commemoration, Truth Commissions

and Damages for Government Imposed Racial Harms: Is it Enough? Perth,

Aus.

2006 Keynote speaker, Australian National University – Reconciliation Canadian

Style: The Story of the Indian Residential School Settlement, Canberra, Aus.

2006 Keynote speaker, Assembly of First Nations, Settlement Agreement

Conference for Frontline Workers, “Understanding the Residential School

Settlement Agreement”; “Understanding the Truth Commission.” Vancouver,

B.C. and Toronto, Ontario.

2006 Panelist, Liidlii Kue, Denendeh, Keepers of the Water Watershed Gathering,

“Should There be a Human Right to Water?” Fort Simpson NWT.

2005 Keynote speaker, Assembly of First Nations, Residential School Conference

“Elements of a Fair and Just Settlement”.

2005 Cardozo University, Faculty of Law, “Hate Speech in the Age of Terrorism,”

New York USA.

2005 Interaction Council, Symposium and High Level Expert Group Meeting,

“Human Rights and Human Responsibilities in the Age of Terrorism” Santa

Clara University USA.

2004 Learned Societies annual meeting panelist – “Writing Feminist Legal

Biography”.

2003 Keynote speaker, LEAF annual fundraiser Winnipeg on “Claire L’Heureux-

Dubé – Contributions of a Feminist Judge to Canadian Jurisprudence”

Winnipeg, Man.

2003 Keynote address at Canada - U.S. conference, NAFTA at Ten, held at

University of Windsor. “Trade, Democracy and Human Rights.” Windsor,

ON.

2003 Keynote address at University of Victoria International Congress on Women's

Health Issues, entitled “The Rights to Healthcare in a Globalized World”

Victoria, BC.

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2003 Keynote address at University of Adelaide Feminist Legal Theory

Conference, on “Trials of a Feminist Judge: Contribution of Justice Claire

L'Heureux-Dube to Feminist Legal Theory.” Adelaide, Aus.

2003 Workshop Leader and Keynote speaker, British Council Conference at

Queen's University Belfast and Notre Dame University, London, on “Do

National Human Rights Institutions Really Work?”

2003 “Accessing Legal Remedies: Does Gender Make a Difference?” Learned

Societies, SHHRC and CIDA Conference.

2003 Commentator: On film and colloquium “Henry Kissinger as War Criminal.

University of Calgary.

2002 First South Asian Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, “Women’s

Systemic Inaccessibility to Justice.”

2002 Presentation at “Reading Hebron” event co-sponsored by Faculty of Law and

Faculty of Fine Arts. I did a commentary on the play as well as on the

relationship between the Arts and Human Rights (distributed).

2002 National Association of Women and the Law: The Canadian Role in the

Inter-American Human Rights System.

2002 National Association of Women and the Law: Why Canada Should Ratify

The Inter-American Convention on Human Rights.

2002 Presentation at Kananaskis Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility

sponsored by the Latin American Center, University of Calgary.

2002 Presentation of a paper on “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights” John

Humphrey Institute (circulated).

2002 Presentation of a paper on “The Contributions of Justice Claire L'Heureux-

Dubé in International Human Rights Jurisprudence”, Toronto.

2002 Presentation, “Human Rights and Homo Economicius” at the G-6B opening

ceremonies.

2002 Presentation of paper, ”Feminist Method in Courtroom”, at a conference

organized by The Law Faculty, MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia.

2002 Presentation, “Shifting Borders” at Millennium Scholarship Foundation

conference in Ottawa.

2002 Presentation of paper, “Residential Schools and the Law of Genocide” at

conference of Residential Healing Society, Prince Rupert.

2002 Presentation at Dharmasala Monastery, India, on International Human Rights.

2002 Presentation on “The Right to Health” at roundtable in Calgary. Sponsored by

the Provincial leader of the NDP party.

2002 Access to Justice: Gender Issues; Economic Social and Cultural Rights;

Feminist Method in the Courtroom; The Contribution of Claire L'Heureux to

International Human Rights Law; Adelaide, Australia.

2001 Keynote presentation at CBA / CIDA / Namibia Bar Association conference

on the topic, “Balancing Customary Norms with Constitutional Equality

Requirements: The Canadian Experience.”

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2001 Commentary on the lecture of Professor Francis Boyle, Parhad Lecturer on

the topic “International Humanitarian Law” at Parhad Lecture Roundtable,

University of Calgary.

2001 Paper presentation to National Judicial Center Conference for International

Women Judges on “Application of International Human Rights Norms into

Canadian Law,” Montréal, Québec.

2001 Presentation of a paper at Roundtable on Summit of the Americas,

“International Trade Agreements and Human Rights Protection,” University

of Calgary.

2001 Presentation at University of Alberta Law School on “Critical Legal

Perspectives”.

2001 Presentation of a seminar on “Why Canada Should Ratify the Inter-American

Convention on Human Rights,” Summit of the Americas, Quebec City,

Canadian Women’s Caucus.

2001 Presentation of keynote address at conference of Covenant House in

Vancouver, on the Sexual Exploitation of Children, “Child Pornography -

Children Have Equal Rights Too.”

2001 Presentation, University Women’s Club, “The Person’s Case and the

Governor General’s Award: Reflections on Women’s Work”.

2001 Presentation to the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland, on

“Genocide, War Crimes and the Equal treatment of Female Victims”.

2001 Presentation, for Rights and Democracy Forum in Celebration of the John

Humphrey Freedom Award Winner, on the topic, “The Role of NGO’s in the

Support of Women’s Equality Struggles in Oppressive Regimes,” Montreal,

Québec.

2001 National Judicial Institute conference on “International Law, Children’s’

Rights and the Sharpe Decision”.

2001 Legal Resources Center, Johannesburg, S.A. “Balancing Customary Norms

With Constitutional Equality Requirements”.

2000 University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Keynote speaker, "Equality Rights

and the Charter - Developments in the Past Decade”.

2000 McGill University, Paper, Montreal, "Citizenship and Human Rights."

2000 University of Calgary, Jessup Moot Colloquium, "Human Rights in the 21st

Century: Where are we going?"

2000 University of Calgary, Women's Studies Institute, "Feminism and Cultural

Texts."

2000 Royal Society of Canada, Learned Societies Conference, Edmonton, "Human

Rights of Women: An Analysis of Feminist Legal Theories”.

2000 Sheldon Chumir Foundation, Colloquium, Calgary, "Freedom of Speech:

Considerations of Charter Equality."

1999 President's Circle, University of Calgary, "Do Women Have Rights in War?"

1999 Gender Research Institute, University of Calgary, "Global Perspectives on

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Personhood: Equality and Discrimination.

1999 "Breaking the Chains of Prejudice", International Gathering of Indigenous

Persons, Vancouver, B.C.

1999 "Rape as a War Crime". McGill University, Human Rights and the

International Criminal Tribunal.

1999 "Modern Racism in Canada", School of Policy Studies, Queen's University.

1999 Harvard Law School, “Human Rights and the Role of Non-governmental

Organizations”.

1999 Global Perspectives on Personhood, University of Calgary (Keynote speaker)

Presentations To Professional Bodies:

2010 Judicial Training College, five day workshop on Lessons in Legal Analysis on

Vietnamese Case Studies, Ho Chi Min City.

2009 Supreme Court Judges’ Workshop for Vietnamese Supreme Court Judges,

Calgary.

2007 Judicial Training College, Hanoi Vietnam, Judicial Education Challenges in

Evolving Societies.

2007 Judicial Academy, Hanoi Vietnam, The Role of Social Context in Judicial

Decision Making and Judicial Education.

2005 Interaction Council (an international council of former heads of state) “Human

Rights and Responsibilities in the 21st Century.

2002 South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice “Access to

Justice: Gender Issues” New Delhi.

2001 Keynote presentation to Calgary Women Lawyer’s Association on “The Legal

Status and treatment of War Crimes and Genocidal Crimes Against Women in

Rwanda and in The Hague Tribunals”.

2001 Keynote presentation at CBA / CIDA / Namibia Bar Association conference,

“Balancing Customary Norms with Constitutional Equality Requirements: The

Canadian Experience.”

2001 Presentation on “The Effects of Globalization on Women’s Equality” NGO

Forum, Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Québec.

2001 Keynote speaker, Canadian Association of Human Rights Commissions annual

conference in Whitehorse, Yukon, “Bias in Judicial Decision in Human Rights

Cases.”

2001 Paper presentation to National Judicial Center Conference for International

Women Judges on “Application of International Human Rights Norms into

Canadian Law,” Montréal, Québec.

2001 Keynote presentation at the National Indian and Inuit Community Health

Representatives Annual Meeting in Vancouver on the topic, “Duties and

Responsibilities of Trustees in Administering Pay Equity Trusts”.

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2001 Presentation of a paper at CBA Annual meeting in Saskatoon on the topic,

“International Human Rights Advocacy Work: Lessons Learned.”

2001 Keynote presentation at Canadian Club, Calgary on “War Crimes and Crimes

against Humanity: Challenges for the Advocate.”

2000 Department of Justice, Ottawa, "Access to Justice: Gender Discrimination and

Legal Aid."

2000 Sri Lanka Judicial Education Workshops, "Human Rights and Substantive

Equality”.

2000 International Congress for Parole Boards, Ottawa, Keynote, "Decision Making:

Ethics and Processes”.

2000 Department of Justice, Conference on Equality for Crown Prosecutors, Ottawa,

Keynote, "Social Context Considerations in Prosecutions."

2000 National Association of Women in the Law, Keynote, "Equality: The Challenge

of the New Millennium”.

2000 Canadian Association of Human Rights Commissions, Banff, "Think Globally:

Act Locally”.

2000 Immigrant Women's Association of Calgary, Keynote, "Rape as a War Crime."

2000 Ontario Human Rights Commission in conference Keynote, Toronto, "The

Challenges of Implementing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”.

1999 Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Training Program for New

Judges. Paper on "Substantive Equality Beyond the Charter" (distributed).

1999 "From Vision to Action: Implementing the RCAP", Canadian Bar Association

Annual Conference.

1999 "Canadian Democracy and Federalism: A Deeply Flawed Reality", Forum of

Federations, Government of Canada International Conference.

Other publications:

2005 Calgary Herald, Op Ed, Indian Residential Schools and the Obligation for

Canada to Pay Reparations and Seek Reconciliation.

2000 "Implementing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Legal Barriers," Ontario

Human Rights Commission Monograph.

2001 NIICHRO Newsletter on “The Duties and Responsibilities of Trustees to the

Beneficiaries for a Pay Equity Trust.”

1999 Globe and Mail, "Canadian Democracy and Federalism: A Deeply Flawed

Reality" (short version).

1999 National Post, Op Ed, "The Equality Debate: Formal vs. Substantive Equality”.

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Media Interviews/Broadcasts:

July 2015

June 2015

June 2015

April 2015

April 2015

March 2015

March 2015

November

2014

September

2014

September

2014

July 2014

2012 and 2014

2007 - 2013

Pop Matters Magazine, Hate Speech and Misogyny. http://www.popmatters.com/column/195509-when-do-misogynistic-lyrics-become-hate-speech/

Global News Ottawa, TRC documents nearly 7,000 stories of residential school survivors. http://globalnews.ca/video/2032340/trc-documents-nearly-7000-stories-of-residential-school-survivors

CHQR AM 770 News Talk Radio, Truth and Reconciliation Report.

660 News Radio, Omar Khadr decision.

CTV News Calgary, Supreme Court’s ruling on prayers before city council

meetings.

BBC Broadcasting Mark Patterson Show, Redressing Historical Institutional

Abuse seminar at Ulster University and Public Lecture.

BBC Radio Foyle, discussing Seminar: Redressing Historical Institutional

Abuse at Ulster University and Public Lecture.

CHQR AM 770 News Talk Radio, When is a bank robbery not a bank robbery?

When the teller isn’t scared, judge rules.

CHQR AM 770 News Talk Radio, Who is legally responsible for clean-up of

downed trees after the Calgary September snow storm.

Lawyers Weekly, Oath to Queen issue may end up in Supreme Court.

CTV Alberta Primetime, Canada Revenue Agency Charity Audit.

Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN), interviews regarding various

issues on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.

CBC National, Alberta, Yukon Territories and NWT – several interviews with

various issues on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.

2012 CHQR Calgary, interview on ethical issues of vaccination for the H1N1 virus

and other pandemics.

2006 - 2007 Host of “Mahoney” televised on Court TV, Access TV and the Educational

Channel: 13 half hour shows on topical legal issues with invited guests.

2006 Syndicated interviews with CBC radio in 6 cities on the elimination of the

Court Challenges Program.

2000 - 2005 Numerous Interviews with CBC television and radio.

2000 - 2005 Numerous interviews with Calgary Herald, Globe and Mail and National Post.

2003 Interview with BBC in Ireland.

January to

July 2003

Regular panel member on The Issues Club on CBC's Canada Now program.

This was approximately every week.

January 10, CBC Canada Now Panel (TV)

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2002

January 15,

2002

CBC National Interview (TV)

January 31,

2002

CBC Canada Now Panel (TV)

February 7,

2002

CBC National Interview (TV)

February 11,

2002

CBC Newsworld Interview (TV)

February15,

2002

CBC National Panel (TV)

April 15, 2002 CKUA Interview (Radio)

November,

2002

National News Interview (TV)

November,

2002

CBC (Radio) Calgary

January until

March 2002

I was on a committee of advisors to the CBC National news to review, criticize

and comment on the news coverage of the war in Afghanistan and other related

issues.

January 26,

2001

Newsworld interview

January 29,

2001

Appearance on Avi Lewis, Counterspin

January 30,

2001

Interview with Michele Landsberg, Toronto Star

May 16, 2001 Newsworld Interview

September, 20,

2001

Commentary, CBC

September 21,

2001

CHQR Talk Show Interview

October 31,

2001

CBC News Interview

December 5,

2001

CFCN News Interview

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Faculty of Law:

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Presently Faculty Council

Presently

Presently

2013-2014

2013-2014

2009-2014

Research & Scholarship Leaves Committee

Scholarships, Honours and Awards Committee Chair

Scholarships, Honours and Awards Committee

Faculty Appeals Committee

Visiting Speakers

2011-2012

2011-2012

Equality Committee Chair

Mooting and Debating Chair

2010-2011 Mooting and Debating Member

2009-2011 Equality Committee Chair

1993-present Founder and Chair, Group for Education and Research in Human Rights

2005 - 2006 Admissions Committee

2004 Equality Committee

2003 - 2004 Chair Equality Committee

2003- 2004 Academic Selection Committee

2003-2004 Sabbatical Fellowship Committee

2002-2004 Academic Planning Committee

2002 Admissions Committee

1998-2003 Member, Parhad Lectureship Committee, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty advisor and member of student CLAIHR group (Canadian Lawyers

Association for International Human Rights)

2001 - 2002 Chair of the Scholarships Committee

2001 Graduate Studies Committee

2000 Chair Equality Committee

1999 - 2000 Academic Planning committee (Chair)

2000 - present Academic Selection Committee

2000 - 2002 Visiting Speakers Committee

2002 - 2003 Alberta Law Review

1999 Graduate Studies Committee

1999 Equality Committee

University:

2011- present Pay Equity Committee

2000 - present Mentor in University Mentor Program for Women Academics.

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2001 Member, Planning Committee, Roundtable on Globalization.

1996 Chair and organizer, Roundtable National Forum on Canadian Foreign Policy

and Human Rights.

Various Law Faculty Committees.

External University service:

2005 External Referee for tenure appointment University of Sydney Australia

2004 External Referee for tenure appointment

University of British Columbia

2003 International Academic Reference Group (7 members) to oversee contribute

evaluate and consult on a European Union sponsored major multi-year research

project on migration democracy and public policy. (2003)

2003 External Referee for Academic appointment to full Professor University of

Ottawa.

1996 - present Board of Advisor, New England School of Law.

1996 - present Associated Scholar Center for Law and Policy New England School of Law.

2002 Advisor to Canadian Consortium on Human Security University of British

Columbia, Liu Center for the Study of Global Issues.

2000 - present Board of Directors for the International and Comparative Human Rights Law

Center Queen’s University, Belfast.

1998 - present Member Board of Directors, Amicus, Faculty of Law, McGill University.

1996 - 98 Advisory Council Center for Speech Equality and Harm, Faculty of Law,

University of Minnesota.

1996 - present International Advisory Committee Griffiths University Brisbane, Australia.

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

2012 - present Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Red Cross.

2004 - 05 Advisory Committee for the Justice Minister of Canada.

2004 Member, organizing committee for Dali Lama’s visit to Canada.

2003 Leader of fact finding mission to Tanzania regarding human rights abuses.

2003 - 05 Academic Advisory Council (AAC) for Canadian Trade Policy for the Deputy

Minister for International Trade.

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2000 - 2009 Member of the Board of Trustees, National Indian and Inuit Community Health

Representatives Trust.

2001 - 2009 Member, Board of Director, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.

1998 - 2004 Member of Jury, John Humphrey Freedom Award.

1995 - 2003 Co-Chair, Dignity Foundation.

2002 - 2003 Consultant to Assembly of First Nations Committee on residential school

dispute resolution process.

1999 Management Committee, Asia, Pacific Forum on Judicial Education.

1999 Co-counsel for Fatality Inquiry in the Connie Jacobs case (non-remunerative).

1995 - 98 Co-counsel, The Queen v. Paul Bernardo, (Intervener for the families of

Kirsten French and Lesley Mahaffy), Ontario General Division Court (non-

remunerative) (child pornography, the media and the scope of the open court

principle).

1995 - 98 Co-counsel, The Estates of Kirstin French and Lesley Mahaffey v. The Queen,

Ontario General Division Court (non-remunerative) (equality, child

pornography and the constitutionality of the open court principle).

1993 - 95 Counsel and Advocate in the International Court of Justice for Bosnia and

Herzegovina in Application of the Convention on the Prevention and

Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia,

(Serbia and Montenegro) (non-remunerative) (scope and definition of

genocide)

1985 - 1995 Founding Member of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund and

member of the Legal Committee. Researcher, advisor and advocate in many

Supreme Court of Canada interventions on equality issues, including pregnancy

discrimination, sexual assault laws, pornography, sexual harassment, hate

speech, reproductive rights, pay equity, and battered women.

1996 Chair, Public Hearings, “Is Alberta Hurting?” Public Inquiry on Healthcare in

Alberta.

1996 Chair, Coalition Supporting Children’s Rights in Alberta.

1995 Chair and Rapporteur, Round Table on the Rights of the Child: A Report Card

for Alberta.