20 July 2023
July 20, 2023
NAWL Letter to Justin Trudeau Urging for Diversity in the Supreme Court of Canada
The National Association of Women and the Law is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appoint a woman who is Indigenous, Black, racialized, and/or from other equality seeking communities to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court ...
7 March 2022
March 7, 2022
NAWL endorses LEAF’s Federal Budget 2022 written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) submitted February 24, 2022 makes three recommendations in their written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance for sustained and adequate funding of the Canadian movement for women’s and gender equality. ...
20 September 2019
September 20, 2019
NAWL hosts introductory workshop on feminist law reform in Ottawa
Representatives of thirteen national feminist and equality seeking organizations and allies participated in an introductory workshop on feminist law reform convened at the University of Ottawa. The morning session of the workshop, which presented an introduction to feminist law reform, was facilitated ...
9 November 2018
November 9, 2018
Laura Schemitsch: Setting a Deportation Target Puts Canadian Values on the Line
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/laura-schemitsch/canada-refugee-deportation-quotas_a_23582638/ Malheureusement, cet editorial n’est pas disponible en français. ...
24 April 2018
April 24, 2018
Raeisi: You support pay equity? Tell me how much you make
One topic we never discuss with each other is our salaries. A colleague can ask if you go to church, but not how much you make. That’s a problem because we can’t know how much we should fairly be paid if we ...
24 April 2018
April 24, 2018
Cass: The deportation of Lucy Granados shows how hollow government ‘compassion’ is
Published by The Ottawa Citizen on April 16, 2018. Link here. The author, Charlotte Cass is a common law student at the University of Ottawa and a member of the Ottawa Sanctuary Network. She is enrolled in the Feminist Law Reform course lead by Professor ...
24 April 2018
April 24, 2018
Rao: Parental sponsorship rules are antifeminist
The author, Aditya Rao is a common law student at the University of Ottawa. She is enrolled in the Feminist Law Reform course lead by Professor Martha Jackman, NAWL co-chair, and Suki Beavers, NAWL’s Project Director. Can you imagine being required to show proof of income ...
24 April 2018
April 24, 2018
Osien: Gun violence is more than just a gang problem
Thousands of people, many of them students, march against gun violence in Manhattan during the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in New York City. More than 800 March for Our Lives events, organized by survivors of the Parkland, ...
3 April 2018
April 3, 2018
Ethans: Here’s why lawyers should advocate for greater diversity in their profession
Malheureusement, cet éditorial est seulement disponible en anglais. The author, Paula Ethans is a third-year law student at the University of Ottawa. She is enrolled in the Feminist Law Reform course lead by Professor Martha Jackman, NAWL co-chair, and Suki Beavers, NAWL’s Project Director. Published ...
12 March 2018
March 12, 2018
NAWL Workshop at the 2018 Law Needs Feminism Because National Forum
NAWL participated in the Law Needs Feminism Because National Forum held in Ottawa on March 3, 2018. The Forum’s theme for the year, Access to Justice, brought together law students, lawyers, community practitioners and activists. NAWL’s well-attended workshop; Rebuilding Feminist Law Reform Capacities in ...
23 October 2015
October 23, 2015
NAWL is proud to join Up for Debate
L’ANFD est fière de joindre Place au débat NAWL is proud to join Up for Debate, a campaign formed by an alliance of over 100 organizations from across the country, representing over 3.5 million Canadians. L’ANFD est fière de joindre Place au ...
23 October 2015
October 23, 2015
Feminist Law Reform Course at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa
With the support of a generous donation from Shirley Greenberg, Professor Martha Jackman, member of the NAWL Steering Committee, and Julie Shugarman, NAWL Consultant, created and offered an advanced seminar on feminist law reform at the Faculty of Law of the University ...
19 May 2014
May 19, 2014
Gendered Dissent Workshop
On May 12-13, 2014, Julie Shugarman and Pam Cross presented on a panel with the Barbra Schlifer Clinic and FAFIA at the Gendered Dissent workshop hosted by the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode Law School. The final report of the ...
16 September 2013
September 16, 2013
Feminist Leadership Summit 2011
In February 2011, NAWL hosted a Feminist Leadership Summit in Ottawa that was attended by twenty-one young feminists from across Canada. All of the Summit participants, representing a diverse range of identities, had demonstrated leadership skills and equality rights work experience in ...
27 November 2011
November 27, 2011
Some Guidelines for Feminist Legal Pedagogy
Law professors across the country have managed to (and often despite considerable animosity and resistance from other faculty members) ensure that law schools engage with feminist content or substance within the classroom. Fostering feminist pedagogical forms or structures, however, remains a challenge ...
27 November 2011
November 27, 2011
Feminist Warning
Did I tell you that I am a feminist? Card-carrying, with capital letters and without apology or equivocation? Did you just roll your eyes? It’s okay, this won’t take long. ...
27 November 2011
November 27, 2011
Why we still need feminism in law school
Law can function as either a tool or a weapon. Used well, it can be a tool to effect social justice. Used badly, it is a weapon that will increase social injustice. Either way, law, and those who study, understand, apply and ...
27 November 2011
November 27, 2011
Where would I be without Feminism in Law School?
It is an unfortunate truth that law school can be a harrowing experience. Among the first examples that spring to my mind of the more difficult issues one must face are: first year’s onerous schedule and the brutal introduction to the Socratic ...
20 September 2011
September 20, 2011
A Feminist Take on First Year Criminal Law
Un aperçu féministe sur le cours de droit pénal de première année A Feminist Take on First Year Criminal Law” was drafted for NAWL by Elizabeth Sheehy, in the summer of 2010. Professor Sheehy teaches at the University of Ottawa faculty of ...
14 March 2010
March 14, 2010
What We Do
The NAWL promotes women’s equality by lobbying for change to federal and provincial laws and regulations, producing publications on legal issues affecting all aspects of women’s lives, consulting with government officials on legal issues of concern to women, and more. The NAWL ...
