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Natasha Prashad

Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office Program Coordinator at the University of Toronto

Megan Forsey

Making Space for Electronic Music: The Rhythms of Regulation

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Yamri Taddese

Associate Producer at CBC Radio

Alumni List

NameClass OfThesis/Major Research PaperSupervisorSecond Reader
Yael C.B. Machtinger2009Sounds of Silence: A Socio-Leagal Exploration of SIruv Get and Iggun in TorontoAnnie BuntingSusan Drummond
Dayna Crosby2009The Politics of ‘Community’ and the Scarborough Youth Justice Committee: A Conversation of Governance, Risk and the Production of the “Good ‘Canadian’ Citizen”Kimberley WhiteLivy Visano
John Paul Ventrella2009Thinking Seriously about the Toronto Aboriginal Persons (Gladue) CourtsAnnie BuntingBonita Lawrence
Jazba Singh2009Drawing from the Unkowable: A Vedic Cosmopolitan Approach to International Human Rights LawFuyuki KurasawaCarmela Murdocca
Shaira Vadasaria2009The Racial ‘State of Emergency’: Palestinian Womyn’s Testimonies of Prison, Occupation, and the Zionist Colonial Settler ProjectCarmela MurdoccaAnna M. Agathangelou
Sana Affara2009Extending the Shadow of the Law: Family Mediation as an alternative to the Family Justice System? Issues, Problems and Critiques of Family MediationJames WilliamsAnnie Bunting
Ashley Arrobas2010Neo-Liberal Risk Management and Sexual Violence: A Comparative Case Study of Feminist Inspired Safety Advice to WomenAmanda GlasbeekJames Williams
Julianne Disanto2009What’s in a Name? Re-reading the legal identity of the criminal sexual psychopath as a cultural artifact, a hybrid identity, and a legal classificationKimberley WhiteAllyson Lunny
Stephany Mandin2009Economic Rights, Regulation and Discrimination: Economic Status and the Quest for Human Dignity in Canadian, Neo-Liberal Society.Richard WeissmanJacqueline Krikorian
Timothy Bryan2010Miscegenation Law and the (Re)construction of Racial boundaries in Post-Civil War VirginiaKimberley WhiteCarmela Murdocca
Graciela Flores Mendez2010Citizenship, Race, and the Construction of the Mexican ‘Illegal Alien’Carmela MurdoccaAnnie Bunting
Manprit Kaur Virdi2010Silence: Resistance or Acquiescence? Sikh Women’s Perspectives on Canadian LawLesley JacobsAnnie Bunting
Ajay Sandhu2010Youtube: A New Space For Public Protest? Flipping the Dziekanski Script through Digital ActivismKimberley WhiteAnna Pratt
Mary-Elizabethe Dill2010Configuring and Contesting Subjectivities: Migrant Domestic Workers and the Canadian Nation-StateAnna PrattCarmela Murdocca
Maria Chantal Pike2010Rereading the Seal Hunt: Law, Narrative and National Identity in CanadaKimberley WhiteCarmela Murdocca
Kerri Ann Scheer2010Blood Donation Policy in Canada: Risk, Citizenry and the Exclusion of “Men Who Have Sex with Men”.Kimberley WhiteAllyson Lunny
Shekoufeh-Farrah Zandnia2010A Comparative Look at Reproductive Control in Romania and China through Law and the State: Reasons, Meanings, and Implications for WomenAnnie BuntingPatricia McDermott
Megan Hall2010Arbitrating Property Disputes in VirtualityL An Exploration of Virtual Prosperity and a Proposal for Resolving Virtual Property DisputesMiriam SmithAnnie Bunting
Daniel Huizenga2010Documenting ‘Community; in the Khomani San Land Claim in South Africa A ‘Community Information Repository’ as a Transitional ArchiveAnnie BuntingAlison Crosby
Liam Lattrell2010Instrumental Law: America and the Coast Guard’s Use of the Law throughout the War on DrugsJacobs Craven
Elizabeth / Liz Cave2011The Law’s Probing Ga[ys/ze]: A Cultural Study of a Judicial Narrative on Legislative IntentionKimberley WhiteAllyson Lunny
Maryum Anis2011Race, Culture and Patriarchy: Social Construction of Honour Killings in CanadaAnnie BuntingRichard Weisman
Marsha Ellis2011Law in the Everyday Life of Rural Protest Customary Legality and Legal Consciousness in Melancthon TownshipMiriam SmithAnnie Bunting
Caren Weisbart2011Beyond Recognition: Alternative Rights-Realizing Strategies in the Northern Quiche Region of GuatemalaDavid SzablowskiAlison Crosby
Carley Centen2011“If everyone believes the same fiction, it’s real:” Legal Consciousness & the Regulation of Protest at a G20 SummitLesley JacobsAlan Young
Chandra Murdoch2011Shelley A.M. GaviganWilliam Craig Wicken
Dorinda So2011An Exploration of Automobility and the Perceptions of RIsk in the 2009-2010 Toyota Recall CrisisDavid SzablowskiDayna Nadine Scott
Melanie Yanko2011The Promise of Equal Citizenship and the Struggle Against Racism: Ethiopian Jews in IsraelBruce RyderLes Jacobs
Izabela Baczkowska2012Falling between the cracks: A critical analysis of Gladue and the Battered Woman Syndrome in the context of Aboriginal female offendersAmanda GlasbeekJonathan Rudin
Sonia D’Angelo2012“To what world am I being released to?”: An Analysis of the Repatriation of Omar KhadrCarmela MurdoccaAllyson lunny
Surinder Multani2012(Dis)Empowering Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: the Dilemma over the Regulation of Traditional KnowledgeRosemary CoombePeer Zumbansen
Mayoori Malankov2012Discourse(s) of Genocide: The Canadian-Tamil Diaspora and the Politics of Naming and Narrating the Claim of ‘Genocide’ in the Public SphereFuyuki KurasawaR. Cheran
Zachary Singer2012Reconciling Legal Jurisprudence with The SceneAnne BuntingJames Williams
Aaron Samsel2012Know Your Rights Trainings The Production of Legal Subjectivity within Law and OrganizingCarmela MurdoccaAnnie Bunting
Kris Stone2012In Pursuit of Liberal Democracy: Charter Review and the Role of the Supreme Court of CanadaC greeneDagmar S
Mona Zarifian2012Reforming Social Assistance Administration in Ontario: A Critical Exploration of the Potential Audit-Based RegimeNergis CanefeJanet Mosher
Lisane Thirsk2012“THE IS HOW THE LAW PROTECTS US AS WOMEN”: A CASE STUDY OF STREET HARASSMENT IN MEXICO CITYSusan EhrlickLinda Peake
Jenna Yango2012Missionaries and Nation-Building: Constructing the State and the ‘Indian’Kimberley WhiteBenjamin Berger
Kristopher Donald Stone2012In Pursuit of Liberal Democracy: Charter Review and the Role of the Supreme Court of CanadaIan GreenDagmar Soennecken
Tomasz Czubernat2013Smuggling Across the Canada- US Border Post-9/11 in the Commercial Trucking IndustryLivy VisanoJames WIlliam
Megan Bertasson2013From Happened to Happening: A Case Study of Helen Betty Osborne’s Experience with Colonial ViolenceShelley A.M. GaviganRichard Weisman
Amanda Bordonaro2013The Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the Indian Residential School System in Canada: Is Truth-Sharing Enough for Reconciliation?Annie BuntingJane McMillan
Sashendra Baldeo aka Shawn2013Exploring Barriers to Policing White Collar CrimeJames WilliamsLivy Visano
Jaleh Ghazi2013Iranian Women’s Legal and Rights Consciousness in Iran and CanadaAnnie Bunting
Zoha Tanvir Zubari2013Is Torture Legal at Guantanamo Bay?: A Comparison of American Laws with International Human Rights StandardsNergis CanefeLesley Jacobs
Nadir Virjee2013Impact of Ideology on Institutional Interpretations: Hermeneutics, Criminalization and InequalitiesLivy VisanoDr J. Goulding
Josie Vaccaro2014Reading Beyond Official Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Ontario’s Domestic Death Review CommitteeKimberley WhiteAmanda Glasbeek
Faye Marie Fraser2014The Politics of Prostitution in Canada: Race, Aboriginal Women and the Bedford DecisionLes JacobsAnna Agathangelou
Jason Joseph2014Neoliberalism & Workers’ Rights: A Case for the Rejuvenation of Labour & LawJames WilliamsStephanie Ross
Alison Carrey2014For Protecting Health, Safety and Community Development: Exploring the History of Winnipeg’s Grass and Weeds RegulationKimberley WhiteAmanda Glasbeek
Irina Tokar2014Protecting the Sacred: Extractive Industries & Cultural Heritage in MadagascarKean BirchRosemary Coombe
Nadia Lina Khan2014Citizenship Law, Exclusion and the Case of Deepan Budlakoti: Examining the Historical Development of the “Authentic” Canadian CitizenAmanda GlasbeekKimberley White
Beverly Orser2014Embodying Disorder: Street-Involved Women and Radical Community in “Toronto the Good,” 1880-1890Amanda GlasbeekKimberley White
Valerie McCarrol2014Elsipogtog and the Legacy of Oka: A Critical Environmental Justice AnalysisDayna N. ScottJames Williams
Jovan Milosevic2015Access to Justice in Ontario: Addressing the Need for Reform in the Era of Self-LitigationJacqueline KrikorianLesley Jacobs
Sherkhan Nasim2015A Critical Discourse of the Framing of Climate Change Refugees in News MediaDagmar SoenneckenAnnie Bunting
Alice Romo2015From Rights to Freedom and Dignity Implementing International Laws in Education and the Proposal for the Right to Childhood TalentLesley JacobsKaren Robson
Shantini Abraham2015The NYBitLicense: Bitcoin Regulation in the Context of Attempts to Regulate HawalaJames WilliamsMargaret Beare
David Kyrszajtys2015Intelligence at all Costs: The Legal Consciousness of Nootropics on the InternetLesley JacobsJames WIlliam
Brenton Layne2015The Safety Dance: Moral Regulation and Electronic Dance Music Culture in TorontoAmanda GlasbeekWilliam james
Elena Dimitrievska2016Co-operation, Refusal, and In-Between: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Three Canadian Police Chiefs and Their Willingness to Collect Race DataAmanda GlasbeekRosemary Coombe
Selena Shaboian2016Techno-Legal Entanglement: How Access to Justice is Transforming the Access to Justice ProblemLesley jacobsJacqueline Krikorian
Sabeen Kazmi2016Canadian-Muslim Women as Right Bearers: Experiences of Inclusion and Exclusion within the Canadian Legal SystemNergis CanefeKyriakides Christopher
Shah Denize Hosseini2016Colonization, Be Quiet: An Analysis of the RCMP’s (2014) Report on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canadabonita lawrenceCarmela Murdocca
Vanessa Million2016A Case Study on Reporting Sexual Violence: The Dalhousie Dentistry ‘Scandal’Amanda GlasbeekAnnie Bunting
Brittany Cerqua2016Canada’s Newest Anti-Terrorism Laws: CSIS the Newest Threat to our RightsJacqueline KrikorianLesley Jacobs
Carolyn A. Carter2016Stories of Mandatory Information Program Sessions Attendees: A Plea for “Meaningful Access to Justice”Lesley JacobsJacqueline Krikorian
Diana Tsui2016Justice in Context: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Self-Represented Tenants Experiences and Perceptions of JusticeLesley JacobsJacqueline Krikorian
Andrew Costa2016Singular Snapshots and Moving Pictures: Spatial and Temporal Investigations of Legal Consciousness Studies (1990 to the Present)Miriam SmithLesley Jacobs
Natalia Hicks2017See You in Court! Public Intervention as Access to Law and Policy: The Case of Sex Work in CanadaAmanda GlasbeekMiriam Smith
Denize Shah Hossein2016Colonization, Be Quiet: An Analysis of the RCMP’s (2014) Report on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of CanadaBonita LawrenceCarmela Murdocca
Krisna Saravanamuttu2016Political Identities, Human RIghts, and International Justice: An Investigation of United Nations engagement in post-war Sri LankaAnnie BuntingObiora Chinedu Okafor
Atinuke Akinyemi2016Traveling into Legality: An Exploratory Inquiry into the Legal Consciousness of Canadian ImmigrantsMiriam SmithSoren Frederiksen
Alvine Nintai2017Does the IFC comply with CAO compliance recommendations?David SzablowskiJames Williams
Fatemeh Hedayat2017Designated Country of Origin: Spatialization and Specialization of Mexicodagmar SoenneckenAnnie Bunting
Crystal Benko2017What Is Law? Exploring The Legal Consciousness Of Youth In The Jane And Finch CommunityAnnie BuntingCarl E. James
Aaqib Mahmood2017Anti-Islamic Discrimination: A Novel way of Uncovering Ontario’s Hidden Injustice towards Muslim WomenAnnie BuntingAmelie Barras
Saqib Mahmood2017From the Western Outcast to the Righteous Hero: a visual methodological analysis of ISIS propaganda as representationsKimberley WhiteMerouan Mekouar
Atul Sannan2018The Reality of Forensic Science and the CSI Effect: A Legal Consciousness Approach to Forensic Evidence in Criminal LawSoren Frederiksen
Natilie Richer2017The Art of Indigenous ProtestKimberley WhiteAmanda Glasbeek
Adrian Hopici2017Corporate Codes of Conduct: Cultural and Institutional Representations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Contemporary Western SocietiesJames WilliamsKimberley white
Yamri Taddese/ Yeamrot Tesfu Taddese2017Outlawed Looks: Behind the Law’s Compulsive Concern with Black Women’s AppearanceLesley jacobslorne foster
Kamalpreet Kaur Rai2018Beeba Boys: Critically Analyzing South-Asian Gangs in VancouverLesley JacobsAmanda Glasbeek
Phillip Gianluca Montana2018Dis[Able]ing Space: A Socio-Legal Analysis of In/AccessibilityLivy A. VisanoNaomi C. Couto
Eduardo Gutierrez Cornelius2018The Fight Against Corruption Translated: International Strategies and the Restructuring of the Brazilian Legal FieldMiriam SmithJames Williams
Salisha Purushuttam2018“Click Here!” A Critical Analysis Ad/Undressing Motion M-47, Pornography and Public Health Discourse in CanadaAllyson LunnyDeborah Brock
Shaina Hodgson2018A Critical Analysis of “The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act”: Success or FailureClaudio ColaguoriLivy Visano
Rebecca DelZotti2018Diversity, Spirituality and Religiosity in Canadian Federal Penitentiariesamelie barrasJacqueline Krikorian
Arshad Auckbarallee2018Shifting’ the Discrimination Against Muslims in Canada: Islamophobia in Pre-and Post-9/11 Societyamelie barrasAnnie Bunting
Rebecca DelZotti2018Diversity, Spirituality and Religiosity in Canadian Federal Penitentiariesamelie barrasJacqueline Krikorian
Arshad Auckbarallee2018Shifting’ the Discrimination Against Muslims in Canada: Islamophobia in Pre-and Post-9/11 Societyamelie barrasAnnie Bunting
Ryan Navindra Ramdin2019Sweep: Opioids, Supervised Injection Sites, and Urban SpaceKimberley WhiteKaren Bridget Murray
Hayden Sahid2019The Green Rush: Exploring Cannabis Legalization in British Columbia and OntarioAnnie BuntingMiriam Smith
Sanjida Salman2019In Plain Sight: An Analysis of Walking With Our Sisters and Your Eyes Curve Around Me as Counter-Narratives on Law’s ViolenceCarmela MurdoccaAmanda Glasbeek
Jennifer Prashad2019Engendering Justice for Migrant Women Fleeing Domestic Violence in the Canadian Refugee Determination SystemDagmar SoenneckenAnnie Bunting
Claudia Tersigni2019DOES PANIC TRANSCEND TRUTH? News-Reporting on Gun-Crime and Police Carding in Toronto: 2004-2014Claudio ColaguoriJames Shepteycki
Samantha Rockbrune2019A New System? Exploring the Intersectional Implications of Juridification in the Colleges Ontario Sexual Violence PolicyTuulia LawLaura Kwak
Arunita Das2019Constructing Criminality: Examining R V. Gladue And The Discourses Behind Sentencing Female Aboriginal DefendantsDagmar SoenneckenCarmela Murdocca
Yasmina Aldohan Aboudaba2019Representations of White Terrorism in Journalism: A Comparison of the Quebec and New Zealand shootingsKimberley WhiteAmelie Barras
Tanika McLeod2019A Theoretical Exploration of Developments in Canadian Drug PolicyClaudio ColaguoriLaura Kwak
Natalee Wise2019An Investigation of Toronto Police Services’ use of Youtube to Address Issues of Accountability in the Social Media AgeAmanda GlasbeekJames Williams
Maggie Tadros2019Constructions of Teen Sexting through Police Anti-Sexting CampaignsAmanda GlasbeekKimberley White
Jennifer Truong2019“Saving the Last Dance”: Colonial Legal Attacks on Indigenous Spiritualitybonita lawrenceLaura Kwak
Mohammad Nasim2019A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Framing of Climate Change Refugees in News Mediadagmar SoenneckenAnnie Bunting
Megan Forsey2019House Rules: House Music as a Socio-Legal InquiryKimberley Whiteamanda glasbeek
Nicholas Goberdhan2019Leaking Blackness into Law and Early-Psychiatry during the Antebellum SouthKimberley WhiteRachele da Silveira Gorman
Natasha Prashad2019Activating Indigenous Voices- The Role of Human Rights Education in ReconciliationLesley jacobsLivy Visano
Kalpana Jha2019Contested Sovereignty: Analysis From the India-Nepal Open BorderWillem MaasAmelie Barras
Kevin Ferreira2020Surveillance Capitalism – Using Data as Economic and Political Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the SIdewalk Labs’ Smart City Proposal for the City of TorontoNatasha TusikovSoren Frederiksen
Ritika Tanotra2020Similar and Different: Measuring Barriers to Integration for Refugees and Economic Migrants Through Labour Market Participationdagmar Soenneckenamelie barras
Aqsa Bhagat2020Citizenship and Monstrosity: The Case of Omar Khadrdavid Szablowskiamelie barras
Midori Matthew2020“The New Residential Monster”: The Challenge of Decolonizing Manitoba’s Child Welfare System for Indigenous Childrengabrielle sloweyMiriam Smith
Jefferd Ray Bryan2020Bitcoin’s Semi-Autonomous Social Field: Examining the Impact of Conflict Between Internal Rules and the Law on Bitcoin’s Social UtilityJames WilliamsHossein Caroline Shenaz
Tyler De Melo2020Official Discourse and the Problematization of Addiction, Drugs and the Drug UserKimberley WhiteClaudio Colaguori
Viktoria Krasnopolskey2020Technology and the Regulation of Bodies: A Case Study of Predictive PolicingNatasha TusikovOzgun Topak
Shahrzad Rajabi2020An Analysis of Canada’s Move Towards the Decriminalization and Legalization of Marijuana: Medical vs. Recreational, and a Post-legalization Societysoren fanita lam
Jarka Sikdar2021Victim or Criminal? News Representations of Black Men as Victims of Gun Violence in Torontoanita lamlorne foster
Autumn Weninger2021A Historical Review of the Symbolic and Functional Significance of Punishment: The Many Faces of Social ControlClaudio ColaguoriJacqueline Krikorian
Sierra Michaelides2021Inmate Reports of Dynamic Risk Factors Affecting Incarceration: Systemic Barriers to Release, Denial of Institutional Health Care, and the Impact of COVID-19Claudio Colaguorijames Sheptycki
Oleksandra Huzik2021ISSUES OF THE PROBATION SYSTEM FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN ONTARIO: DELINQUENCY, REHABILITATION, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED JUSTICEClaudio Colaguorijames Sheptycki
Hannah Morikawa2021Rethinking Reconciliation: A Problematization of Reconciliation Politics Through the Land Back Lensgabrielle sloweyBonita Lawrence
Olivia Levy2021Who Regulates the Regulators? The Efficacy of Canada’s Investment Industry Regulation in the Case of Ponzi Schemesjames SheptyckiClaudio Colaguori
Lorissa Jaipaul2021If You Don’t See A Problem, You’re Part of the Problem: An Analysis of the Growing Support for the All Lives Matter Movement in Canada and Its ImplicationsKrikorian Jacqueline Dlorne foster
Paul Centorame2021From Deviance to Love: A Critical Genealogy of Queer Liberation and Government in Canadian Lawlaura kwakAnnie Bunting
Tanya Pabla2021Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls:
A Discourse Analysis of Gendered Colonial Violence in Canada
laura kwakGabriella Slowey
Haris Riaz2021GERMANY’S CODETERMINATION: EXPLAINEDleah voskoeric tucker
Subahini Srikantha2021The Politics of Ex-Prisoner Reintegration in Canada: A Critical Analysis of Systemic Failures in Release Programslivy visanoAwalou Ouedraogo
Nayani Nandakumar2021THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF TAMIL REFUGEES: A CASE STUDY OF CANADIAN EXCLUSION CASES POST-9/11Nergis CanefeJennifer Hyndman
Joseph McDermott2021A Critical Analysis of the Surveillance and Privacy Implications of Zoomozgun topakNatasha tusikov
Kayla Forjan2021Narrating the Future: Surveillance in Entertainment Mediaozgun topakNatasha tusikov
Sameeha Khan2021The Criminalization of Political Dissent: An Analysis on the Toronto G20 Protests Through Agamben’s ‘State of Exception’ozgun topakNatasha tusikov
Shivangi Svetlana Sawh2021STIGMATIZATION OF RACIALIZED SEX WORKERS IN CANADAtuulia lawLeah vosko
Alexia Vanessa Chamale2022Domestic Sex Trafficking in Canada: A Feminist Critique of the Underground Sex EconomyAnnie BuntingAllyson lunny
Alanah Broomfield2022The Perpetuation of Racial Inequalities for the Capital Advancement of the National Collegiate Association (NCAA)Annie BuntingCarl E. James
Juan Daniel Villamil Ardila2022Artifical Intelligence and Advanced Analytics for Decision-Making at the Canadian Border: Perpetuation of Historical Biases and Discrimination, and the Violation of Human RightsDagmar SoenneckenSoren Frederiksen
Hayden West2022Canadian neoliberalism and mining: Investigating how domestic extractivist policies leave the state unaccountable for foreign human rights violationsDavid SzablowskiAnnie Bunting
Iqra Adil Butt2022Surveillance Capitalism, Privacy and Regulation in Canada: A Case Study of Google Home DevicesSoren FrederiksenJames W Williams
AlexandriaMedeiros2022Institutional Sexism in the Carceral System: The Problem of Solitary Confinement of Incarcerated WomenAmanda Glasbeekregina schuller
Metin Gun2022The instrumentalization of authoritarian law in Turkey: The trustee strategy of the Erdogan regimeamelie barrasMiriam Smith
MollyEgerdie2022“With the greatest of care”: Assemblages in 2SLGBTQQIA human rights advocacy in CanadaAnnie BuntingMiriam Smith
Alicia Abbott-McLeod2022Adultification as Discrimination: Contradictions in Canadian legislation pertaining to the rights of a ChildAnnie Buntingcarl james
Heather Lobb2022The Alberta Energy Regulator Hearing Process: Hearing Indigenous Voicesgabrielle sloweydayna scott
Ava Mahmood Pour Tehrani2022How Parole Requirements Impact Quality of Life for Parolees in Ontario: A Critical Human Rights Assessmentlivy visanoOuedraogo Awalou
Isaiah A Scipio2022The Differential Impact of COVID-19 on Policing: The Amplification of Systemic Racism and Racial Profilinglivy visanolorne foster
Michael Augustus Akagbor2022When Legal Orders Collide: Legal Pluralism and LGBTQ+ Rights in Ghana.mohammed sesayMiriam Smith
Hui Ying Song2022The Abortion Debate: A Comparative Analysis on Abortion Law Development in Canada and Irelandnaomi coutoclaudio colaguori
Zoe Sheikh2022China’s ‘Re-education’ Camps: A Case Study of Chinese Anti-Islamic ‘Cultural Genocide’ Targeting the Uyghur MinorityNergis CanefeAnnie Bunting
Natalie De Luca2022LAW, VIOLENCE, AND INJUSTICE: EXAMINING THE LEGAL RESPONSE TO
SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMIZATION
tuulia lawamanda glasbeek
Samantha Clark-Alldread2023Sex Work in Canada: Morality Policies Fueling Stigma and DiscriminationAmelie BarrasAmanda De Lisio
Taek Kyoon Oh2023The Anti-gentrification Movement(s) in ParkdaleJessica BraimohIsabella Bakker
Rianna Spence2023“Custom Cars”: Risky Driving or Discrimination?Bruce RyderJessica Braimoh
Vincenzena Suppa2023Women Who Kill: Battered Woman’s Syndrome as a Justification for Self-Defence Self-Defence, Mental Health and Racial Visibility A Comparative Case Analysis of R v. Lavallee (1990) and R v. Naslund (2022)Jessica BraimohAllyson Lunny
Alisha Ilyas2023Gender-Based Disparities in the Workplace: Women in Corrections in CanadaMarsha RampersaudAmanda Glasbeek
Allessia Chiappetta2023How The Special Committee On Artificial Intelligence In A Digital Age (AIDA) Engages The Question of Bias And Discrimination And What These Debates Reveal About How MEPs Understand Artifical IntelligenceNatasha TusikovAmanda Glasbeek
Gloria Borlabi2024Politics of Domestic Violence and Human Rights Abuse in GhanaAmelie BarrasJay Ramasubramanyam
Ilena Ricker-Singh2024“Blocked Shots and Ice Bags”: Rowan’s Law and Underreporting in Post-Secondary Female Student Athletes in OntarioAnnie BuntingLauren Sergio
Cyndia Mondesir2024Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Towards the Full Implementation of Human Rights Provisions for Black Women in CanadaAnnie BuntingJessica Braimoh
Anjali Kumar2024Section 375: Is Marital Rape Rape?Annie BuntingJessica Braimoh
Nourin Khan2024WHISPERS IN THE WORKPLACE: A SOCIO-LEGAL EXPLORATION OF WORKPLACE HARASSMENT IN BANGLADESHAnnie BuntingAmelie Barras
Cindy Ramsunahi2024The Truth in Reconciliation: Understanding Canada’s Colonial Legacy Through the Lens of Child WelfareDagmar SoenneckenCarolyn Podruchny
Vanesa Rampersaud20241492 Landback Lane: A Cases Analysis Examining the Impact of Settler Activity on Indigenous PeoplesDavid SzablowskiAnnie Bunting
C H Weng2024Deconstructing Environmental Justice and Aesthetics of Ruins in E-WastelandDavid SzablowskiJay Ramasubramanyam
Nimrit Basra2024Tracing Punjabi Immigration and Framing Diasporic Unbelonging: Upholding White Canada through a Legal Subjectivity Scheme and Multicultural MythEthel TungohanJayRamasubramanyam
Stephanie Saliba2024Investigating Restorative Justice in Extrajudicial Measures and ExtrajudicialSanctions Programs in OntarioJessica BraimohAnnie Bunting
Denise Laghayi2024Analyzing the Influence of Ontario’s Disciplinary Policies and Procedures Among Neurodivergent YouthMarshaJessica Braimoh
Meher Ghuman2024A lack of ethics in the execution chamber: An executioner storySafiyah RochelleRobert Muller
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Emily Lockhart 2023 Navigating Intimate Image Sharing: Youth Experiences with Technology-Mediated Sexuality in a New Legal Landscape Annie Bunting Amanda Glasbeek, Lara Karaian
Heather Tasker 2023 Justice Must Be Done”: Legal Engagements and Gendered Harms Following Peacekeeper-Perpetrated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Annie Bunting Kurasawa Fuyuki, Anna Agathangelou
Palmer Taylor 2023 Governing Data Packets and the Web: A Socio-Legal Narratology of Net Neutrality Debates in the U.S., 2017–2020 Jacqueline Krikorian Annie Bunting, Miriam Smith
Jessica Templeman 2023 Deciding To Deport: Considering Collateral Immigration Consequences in Ontario Based Courts Carmela Murdocca James Williams, Dagmar Soennecken
Sajjad Malik 2021 Conjunctures in Law and Development: Assemblages for Progress in Indian Agricultural Futures Rosemary Coombe Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, David Szablowski
Timothy Bryan 2019 Diversity, and the Politics of Hate Crime: An Analysis of the Police Response to Racially and Religiously Motivated Hate Crimes in the Greater Toronto Area Carmela Murdocca James Williams, Amanda Glasbeek
Daniel Huizenga 2019 Customary Law and Indigenous Rights in South Africa: From Transformative Constitutionalism to Living Law in Struggles for Rural Land Rights Rosemary Coombe David Szablowski, Annie Bunting
Katrin Roots 2018 The Human Trafficking Matrix: Law, Policy and the Front-Line Anti-Trafficking Practices in Canada Anna Pratt Annie Bunting, Alan Young
Shekoufeh-Farrah Zandnia 2017 A Socio–Legal Analysis of Foreign Credentials Assessments and Recognition in Canada in Law and the Media: Logic, Legitimation and Limitations Regarding Foreign Trained Professionals (FTPs) Livy Visano Jay Goulding, Ian Greene
Yael C.B. Machtinger 2017 A Socio-Legal Investigation of ‘Get’ Jewish Divorce Refusal in New York and Toronto: Agunot Unstitching the Ties that Bind Annie Bunting Sara Horowitz, Benjamin Berger
Matthew McManus 2017 Becoming to Belong: Rethinking Democratic Freedom and the Rule of Law Annie Bunting Sara Horowitz, Benjamin Berger

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