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leadership during her tenure as director of the CFLS from 2017 to 2021. Professor
Parkes continues to support the work of the CFLS as a member of its
steering committee, alongside Professor Régine Tremblay, Professor
Brenna Bhandar, Professor Mary Liston, the Honourable Lynn Smith, O.C.,
Q.C., Ms. Haley Hrymak (graduate student representative) and Ms. Benae
Tutelman (J.D. student representative).
Professor Régine Tremblay joined Allard Law in 2017 and has been
involved with the CFLS ever since. Her areas of expertise include family
law, matrimonial property law, private law, comparative law, family mediation,
reproduction and law, and critical theories, including feminism and
queer theories.
As director, Professor Tremblay is committed to continuing the CFLS’s
work to foster inclusive feminist engagement through research, teaching
and community building. Her goal is to nurture inclusive communities,
build relationships and include a range of voices in the conversations that
the CFLS generates and contributes to. Communities and relationships will
be of crucial importance in the post-COVID-19 era, and Professor Trembly
will focus on creating opportunities for feminist students to learn how to
constructively disagree and to have respectful dialogue.
Celebrating 25 Years
In 2022, the CFLS is celebrating its 25th anniversary. As part of this celebration,
we look forward to hosting an alumni speaker series, as well as a conference
titled “Reflecting on 25 Years of Feminist Legal Studies in Canada:
Fights, Lessons, and Successes”. A fundraising campaign will also be
launched to mark this milestone. The CFLS welcomes students, faculty,
alumni and members of the broader legal community to participate in our
25th anniversary celebrations over the coming year.
Upcoming Events
The CFLS hosts a broad range of events throughout the year, touching upon
many feminist issues, and students, scholars, alumni and the wider feminist
legal community are warmly invited to attend. For example, in 2021,
Shauna Olney, chief of the International Labour Organization’s Gender,
Equality and Diversity Branch, offered reflections on the international
treaty on violence and harassment; Dean Kim Brooks addressed the challenges
of inclusion in faculties of law; Professor Mariana Valverde engaged
with 30 years of Canadian feminist interventions in sex work law and policy;
and Professor Alana Cattapan engaged with vulnerability and autonomy
in the context of potential pregnancy. Events are typically held at the
law school in a hybrid format, with the option to attend virtually.