28 March 2024
March 28, 2024
Congratulations to the winners of our 50th-anniversary essay contest:
- The winning submission was from Tess Moffat from the University of Ottawa for her essay, The State as a Primary Perpetrator of Violence Against Indigenous Women.
- Veronica Kiang, from Toronto Metropolitan University, was the runner-up for her entry, Fool’s Gold and Broken Rules: An Analysis on Wrongful Strip Searches Against Women.
- Third place was awarded to Marina Bredin, also a student at the University of Ottawa, for her submission, Towards Decolonial Reproductive Justice in Canada: Situating the Practice of Forced Birth Evaluation as a Tool of Modern Colonialism.
A heartfelt thank you to every contestant for pouring their brilliance into their essays. Your dedication shines through, and we’re thrilled about the prospect of witnessing a new wave of lawyers shaping the future as feminist law reformers!
about NAWL
The National Association of Women and the Law is a not-for-profit feminist organization that promotes the equality rights of women through legal education, research and law reform advocacy.
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