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Credit: Anti-Violence Project, University of Victoria.

Degrees


  • Ph.D., Political Science, York University, 1993

  • MA, Political Science, York University, 1986.

  • Honors B.P.A., Public Administration, Carleton University, 1985.



Academic Employment

  • Associate Professor, Women’s Studies Program, University of Alberta (July 2001-present).

  • Sabbatical Leaves, January, 2006-July, 2006 and July, 2001-July, 2002.

  • Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies Program, University of Alberta (January 1997-July, 2001).

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Women’s Studies Programme, Atkinson College, York University, 1994-1996.

  • Maternity and Parental Leave, April-November, 1995.

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School (1992-1994).



Honors, Fellowships and Awards

  • Canadian Studies Visitorship, School of English and American Studies, University of Sussex, February, 1995.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1992-1994.

  • IODE War Memorial Fellowship, 1991-1992, 1990-1991.

  • Canadian Association of University Teachers, J.H. Stewart Reid Fellowship, 1990-1991.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1986-1990.

  • William Pearson Scott Graduate Scholarship (York University), 1986.
    Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1985-1986.

  • Carleton University Medal in Public Administration, 1985.

  • Charles and Helen Pattenson Scholarship (Carleton University), 1981-1984.

  • Canadian National Centennial Scholarship, 1981.



Research Funding

  • Status of Women Canada, Nora Currie, Kara Gillies, Lise Gotell, Andrea Ritchie, “The Tyranny of Vulnerability: The Controlling Image of Canadian Criminal Justice and Helath Policies on Women Sexualized Through Work of Violence,” Policy Action Research Fund, 2005-2006, $64, 055 (role: academic collaborator).

  • SSHRC/CURA, (principal investigator: Dr. Jane Ursel, University of Manitoba), “The Healing Journey: A Longitudinal Study of Women Who Have Been Abused by Intimate Partners,” Resolve Tri-provincial Research Network, 2004-2009, research collaborator, $1m, (my involvement, including questionnaire development, analysis of Alberta focus groups and preparation of provincial focus group report concluded December, 2004).

  • Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 2002-2003, $5000.

  • SSHRC Standard Research Grant, principal investigator, "Canadian Sexual Assault Law and the Contested Boundaries of Consent," (co-investigator, Dr. Barbara Crow, York University), 2001-2004, $78,000.

  • Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 2001, $3464 (declined upon receipt of SSHRC).

  • Social Science Grant [Travel], University of Alberta, 2001, $1200.

  • SSHRC Junior Faculty Development Grant, University of Alberta, 2000, $9370.

  • Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 1999, $2890.

  • Social Science Grant [Travel], University of Alberta, 1998, $1000.

  • Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 1997-1998, $4339.

  • Winspear Fellowship, University of Alberta, 1997, $5000.

  • SSHRC Small Grant, York University, 1996-1997, $3000.

  • YUFA Junior Faculty Fund, York University, 1994-1995, $400.

  • Atkinson Grant in Aid of Research, York University, 1994-1995, $1400.

  • CUEW Travel Conference Grant, York University, UK, $800.



Books

  • (with Barbara Crow, jointly written introduction and chapter introductions) Open Boundaries: A Canadian Women’s Studies Reader 2e, Scarborough, Pearson Education Canada, 2005, (80% new content).

  • (with Barbara Crow, jointly written introduction and chapter introductions) Open Boundaries: A Canadian Women’s Studies Reader, Scarborough, Prentice-Hall Canada, 2000.

  • (with Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell and Becki Ross) Bad Attitudes on Trial: Pornography, Feminism and the Butler Decision, Toronto, University of Toronto,1997 (refereed).



Chapters

  • “The Discursive Disappearance of Sexualized Violence: Feminist Law Reform, Judicial Resistance and Neo-liberal Sexual Citizenship,” in Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester Lessard, eds., Feminism, Law and Social Change: (Re)action and Resistance (submitted to UBC Press, 65 pages).

  • (co-authored with Barbara Crow, %75/25%), “Antifeminism and the Women’s Studies Classroom,” in Elizabeth Kennedy, ed., Women’s Studies for the Future: Foundations, Interrogations, Politics, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005, pp. 287-303 (refereed).

  • “Towards a Democratic Practice of Feminist Litigation: LEAF’s Changing Approach to Sexual Equality,” in Radha Jhappan [ed.], Women’s Legal Strategies in Canada, Toronto, University of Toronto, 2002, pp. 135-174 (refereed).

  • “A Critical Look at State Discourse on Violence Against Women: Some Implications for Feminist Politics and Women’s Citizenship,” in Caroline Andrew and Manon Tremblay [eds.], Women and Political Representation in Canada, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press,1998, pp. 39-84, (refereed).

  • "Policing Desire: Obscenity Law, Pornography Policy and Feminism,” in J. Brodie [ed.], Canadian Public Policy: Feminist Perspectives, Toronto, Harcourt Brace, 1996, pp. 279-317, (refereed).

  • (with Janine Brodie), revised and updated chapter, "Women and Party Politics in Canada: Even Less an Issue of Numbers," Hugh Thorburn [ed.]. Party Politics in Canada. Scarborough, Prentice Hall, 1996.

  • (with Janine Brodie), "More than an Issue of Numbers: Women and Party Politics in Canada," Hugh Thorburn [ed.]. Party Politics in Canada. Scarborough, Prentice Hall, 1991, pp.53-67.



Journal Articles

  • “When Privacy is Not Enough: Sexual Assault Complainants, Sexual History Evidence and Confidential Records,” invited submission, Alberta Law Review (special issue: privacy), (forthcoming winter 2006) Volume 43:3, (12,982 words) (refereed).

  • “The Ideal Victim, the Hysterical Complainant and the Disclosure of Confidential Records: A Case Study of the Implications of the Charter for Sexual Assault Law,” special issue of Osgoode Hall Law Journal, (2002), Vol. 40:2&3, pp. 1-42.

  • “Queering Law, Not by Vriend,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society, (2002) Vol. 17:1, pp. 89-113 (refereed).

  • (with Dallas Cullen), “From Orgasms to Organizations: Maslow, Women’s Sexuality and the Gendered Foundations of the Needs Hierarchy,” Gender, Work and Organization, (November 2002), Vol. 9:5, pp. 537-552 (refereed).

  • “Inverting Image and Reality: R. v. Sharpe and the Moral Panic Around Child Pornography,” Constitutional FORUM, (2002) Vol. 12:1, pp. 123-136.

  • “Colonization Through Disclosure: Confidential Records, Sexual Assault Complainants and Canadian Law,” Social and Legal Studies: An International Journal, (2001), Vol.10:3, pp. 315-346 (refereed).

  • "Litigating Feminist Truth," Social and Legal Studies: An International Journal, (1995), Vol. 4:1, pp.99-131 (refereed).

  • "The Canadian Women's Movement, Equality Rights and the Charter," Feminist Perspectives, No. 16, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 1990, 57 pages (refereed).



Research Reports

  • (with Joanne Minaker), “Alberta Focus Groups Final Report,” “Healing Journey” Regional Team Meeting Annual General Report, September 30 to October 2, 2004, University of Manitoba, pp. 47-61.

  • “Confidential Records and Sexual Assault Complainants Post-Mills,” Jurisfemme (Summer 2002) Vol. 21:2, pp.14-15, (refereed) (research report).

  • "Women, Decentralization and Neoconservatism," prepared for the group Canada's Future: The Women's Agenda, 1991, 30 pages.

Reviews

  • Review Essay: “Christopher P. Manfredi, Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court,” (2005) 30:2 Queen’s Law Journal, 883-899.

  • Changing Patterns: Women in Canada, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. XXII:4 (December, 1989), pp. 851-853.

  • The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity and Language in Canada, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. XIX:4 (December, 1986).



Annotated Bibliography

  • Annotated Bibliography: "Employment Equity for Women in Canadian Universities", Resources for Feminist Research, Vol. 16:4 (December, 1987), pp. 827-828 (refereed).



Published Conference Proceedings

  • “Queering Law by Same Sex Marriage?!!,” Canadian Political Science Association, Annual Meeting/Congres Annuel 2002, (47 pages, published conference proceedings).



Media Publications

  • Guest Column: “Simplistic Attack on Feminism Doesn’t Add Up,” Folio, April 9, 1999, p. 5.

  • Article: (co-authored with Janine Brodie), “Women in Federal Politics: There’s more at stake than the number of female M.P.s,” CCPA Monitor, Vol. 4:2 (June, 1997), p.7.

  • Article: (co-authored with Janine Brodie), “More at Stake than Numbers of Women M.P.s,” Victoria Times Colonist, May 22, 1997, p. A17.



Papers, Conference Presentations, Talks

  • Paper: “Feminist Law Reform, Judicial Resistance and Neoliberal Sexual Citizenship,” Law’s Empire: An International Conference, Canadian Law and Society Association/Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand/The Australia & New Zealand Society for Legal History, Harrison, BC, June 26, 2005, (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “National Survey of Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Centres,” Canada’s Promises to Keep: The Charter and Violence Against Women/Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres Convention 2005, Vancouver, B.C., April 25, 2005 (invited).

  • Paper: “Sexual Consent, Post-Ewanchuk,” Canadian Association of Law and Society Association Annual Meetings, Congress 2004, University of Manitoba, June 3, 2004 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “The Discursive Disappearance of Sexualized Violence: Interrogating the Liberal Legalistic Discourse of Rape,” FEMINISM, LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE: (RE)ACTION AND RESISTANCE, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (UBC), May 7/8, 2004 (refereed abstract).

  • Talk: “Interrogating Same Sex Marriage,” Political Science Department Speakers’ Series, January 22, 2004 (invited).

  • Paper/Research Report: “Sexual Assault Complainants and Sexual History Evidence Post-Darrach,” Department of Justice National Victims Conference, Ottawa, Nov. 3-5, 2003 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “Hysterical Complainants and Faulty Memories: New Conflicts Over Sexualized Violence in the Domain of Law,” 2003 Canadian Law and Society Association Conference: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION, Dalhousie University, June 3, 2003 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “Coercive Sexuality and the Courts: Analyzing the Post-Darrach Case Law on Sexual History Evidence,” Squaring the Circle: The Courts in a Democratic Canada,” Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, Mar. 15, 2003 (refereed abstract).

  • Panel Presentation: “What is Interdisciplinarity?,” Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Mar. 31, 2003.

  • Talk: “Same Sex Marriage and the Construction of the New Good Queer,” Centre for Feminist Legal Studies Speaker Series, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Nov. 15, 2002 (invited).

  • Speaker and Panel Organizer, “Interrogating the Same Sex Marriage Strategy: Feminist and Queer Reflections,” Feminist/Queer/LG Interrogations of Same Sex Marriage and Domestic Rights: A Panel Discussion, Centre for Constitutional Studies (Law)/Women’s Studies, University of Alberta, Oct. 24, 2002.

  • Paper: “Coercive Sexuality, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Legalization of Politics,” Gender, Sexuality and Law: An International Conference, Keele University, Staffordshire UK, June 28-30, 2002 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “Queering Law by Same Sex Marriage?!!,” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2002, University of Toronto, May 29-31, 2002 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: Confidential Records and Sexual Assault Complainants Post-Mills: Still Vulnerable?,” National Association of Women and the Law Biennial Conference: Women, the Family and the State,” Ottawa Congress Centre, March 7-10, 2002 (refereed abstract).

  • Talk: “R. v. Sharpe and the Moral Panic Around Child Pornography,” Department of Political Science Speakers Series,” Carleton University, January 15, 2002 (invited).

  • Paper: (co-authored with Dallas Cullen) "Maslow and the New Woman," Rethinking Gender, Work and Organization, Keele University, UK, June 2001 (refereed abstract).

  • Lecture: "Interrogating R. v. Sharpe," Law Faculty (sponsored by the Centre for Constitutional Studies), University of Alberta, February 2001 (invited).

  • Paper: “Teaching Women’s Studies in a Hostile Climate,” (workshop title: Backrubs and Backlashes) The Future of Women’s Studies Conference, University of Arizona, October 2000 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “Antifeminism in the Women's Studies Classroom: Pedagogical and Philosophic Musings,” Canadian Women’s Studies Association, Congress 2000, University of Alberta, May 2000 (refereed abstract).

  • Talk: “Queering Law: Not by Vriend,” Department of Political Science Seminar Series, November, 1999 (invited).

  • Paper: “Repressed Memories and the Legal Subject,” Canadian Law and Society Association, Congress 1999, Universite Sherbrooke, June 1999 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “Re-searching Feminist ‘Truth:’ When Antifeminism Marches into the Women’s Studies Classroom,” Women’s Studies Research Day Forum, October, 1998.

  • Paper: “Legal “Truth” and the Exclusion of Women’s Voices: The Canadian Supreme Court and Recent Decisions Concerning the Disclosure of Complainants’ Private Records,” Gender, Sexuality and Law: International Conference, June 19-21, 1998, Keele University, UK (refereed abstract).

  • Talk: “Gay and Lesbian Sexual Expression,” University of Alberta Law School, November, 1997.

  • Paper: “Contextualized Sexual Equality: The Uneasy Relationship of Feminist Politics and Feminist Law,” Creating Change Conference, Women’s Studies Program/Law School, University of Alberta, October, 1998 (refereed abstract).

  • Talk: “The New Politics of Antipornography,” Robarts Chair in Canadian Studies Seminar Series, November, 1996(invited).

  • Paper: “The Boundaries of Canadian Obscenity Law,” British Association of Canadian Studies Conference, Canadian Studies Institute, University of Edinburgh, May, 1996 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: “The Development of Canadian Federal Policies on Violence Against Women,” School of English and American Studies, University of Sussex, February, 1995 (invited).

  • Lecture: “The Women’s Movement in English Canada,” School of English and American Studies, University of Sussex, February, 1995.

  • Talk: “LEAF, Butler and the New Politics of Antipornography,” Political Science Seminar Series, Wilfred Laurier University, November, 1994 (invited).

  • Paper: "A Critical Look at State Discourse on “Violence Against Women:” Some Implications for Feminist Politics and Women’s Citizenship," Women and Political Representation Conference, University of Ottawa, September, 1994 (invited).

  • Paper: "Shaping Butler: Deconstructing LEAF's Antipornography Discourse," Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, University of Calgary, June, 1994 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "Feminism and the Discourse of Antipornography," British Association of Canadian Studies Conference, University College of Ripon and York St. John, April, 1994 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "Policing Desire: A Feminist Analysis of Canadian Pornography Policy," Robarts Seminar Series on "Feminism and Public Policy," March, 1994 (invited).

  • Paper: "Feminism, Foundationalism and the Leaner, Meaner State: The Issue of Child Pornography," Conference on "Feminism, Censorship and the Moral Panic of the 1990s: Canada's New Child Pornography Law,” Centre for Law and Public Policy and Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School, March, 1994(invited).

  • Talk: "Feminist Legal Theory: Political Deconstructions," Institute for Feminist Legal Studies Seminar Series, Osgoode Hall Law School, November, 1993 (invited).

  • Paper: "Litigating Feminist "Truth": An Anti-Foundational Critique," Research Workshop on "What Difference Does Difference Make," Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School, October, 1993 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "LEAF and Contextualized Sexual Equality: "Authoritative Legal Voices/Political Ramblings,"" Symposium on Women's Legal Strategies, Carleton University, October, 1993 (invited)

  • Paper: "Constructing the Abstracted Woman: Deconstructing LEAF's Approach to Equality," Canadian Association of Law and Society Annual Meeting, Carleton University, June, 1993 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "Subverting Feminist Censorship: Butler and Beyond," Canadian Association of Law and Society Annual Meeting, Carleton University, June, 1993 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "Competing Constitutional Visions and the Canada Round: Reconstituting Citizenship and Political Community in the "Rest of Canada," Atlantic Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Mount St. Vincent University, October, 1992, (co-authored with Steve Patten) (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "The Contextualized Approach to Charter Sexual Equality: The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism?," Canadian Association of Law and Society Annual Meeting, Queens University, June, 1991 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "Canadian Feminism and the Charter of Rights: Some Implications for Public Policy," Department of Political Science, University of Windsor, January, 1991 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "Women, Party Politics and Neoconservatism in Canada," Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, University of Victoria, June, 1990 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "The Women's Movement and the Charter," Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, University of Windsor, June, 1988 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "The Implications of Constitutional Legal Equality for the Canadian Women's Movement," British Association of Canadian Studies Annual Meeting, University of Southampton, March, 1988 (refereed abstract).

  • Paper: "A Helluva Lot to Lose...But Not a Helluva Lot to Win: Charter Sexual Equality Rights," Atlantic Political Science Association Annual Meeting, University of New Brunswick, October, 1987 (refereed abstract).



Public Activities

  • Invited Presentation: “Gendered Racialized Violence and Edmonton’s Missing Women,” Candlelight Vigil: A Collaboration to Commemorate Our Aboriginal Sisters, School of Native Studies, University of Alberta and the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, June 22, 2005.

  • Invited Presentation: “The Politics of Same Sex Marriage,” Westwood Unitarian Congregation, Edmonton, May 7, 2005.

  • Participation in Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres Press Conference, Vancouver news media, (discussion of results of national survey of sexual assault centres), April 26, 2005.

  • Interview: CBC Alberta Morning News, September 10, 2005 (topic: Take Back the Night and protest of the Red Mile).

  • Presentation (with Joanne Minaker): Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters Provincial Meeting, “The Healing Journey: A Longitudinal Study of Women Who Have Been Abused by Intimate Partners,” May 14, 2004.

  • Consultation: Bank of Canada, design of $50 “Famous Five” note, October 20, 2003.

  • Witness: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, hearings on same sex marriage, Apr. 2, 2003.

  • Interview: CBC TV/Radio evening news, (topic: same sex marriage), Apr. 2, 2003.

  • Interview, A Channel, evening news, (topic: public education funding), Apr. 6, 2003.

  • Interview: CFRN Evening News, (topic: counselling records and sexual assault complainants), January 12, 2002.

  • Interview: CTV National News – In Focus, (topic: counselling records and sexual assault complainants), January 21, 2002.

  • Interview: Rosie Dimano, Homemakers Magazine (topic: sexual assault in Canada), April 6, 2000.

  • Interview, A Channel Evening News, (topic: Miss Alberta Contest, a feminist view), March 22, 2000.

  • Filming of WST 498: Sexuality: A Channel Evening News, March 8, 2000.

  • Interview: Alberta Ce Soir, CBC, (topic: impact of Supreme Court’s Decision in M. v. H.), May 19, 1999.

  • Interview: Access TV, (topic: attitudes towards breasts), Nov. 8, 1999.

  • Guest: Adamant Eve CJSR, (topic: violence against women), December 4, 1997.

  • Guest: Adamant Eve CJSR, (topic: panel on feminism for International Women’s Day), March 6, 1998.

  • Guest: Midday Express, (topic: Federal Liberal women candidates), CBC Radio, Edmonton, March, 1997.

  • Interview: (topic: mandatory DNA testing and the Charter of Rights), ITV News, Edmonton, March, 1997.



Professional Activities

  • SSHRC, Chair of Doctoral Fellowships National Selection Committee 5, 2005.

  • SSHRC, Member of Doctoral Fellowships National Selection Committee 5, 2004-2005.

  • Member, Canadian Association of Law and Society.

  • Member of English Language Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 1998-present.

  • Manuscript Reviewer: Broadview Press; University of Toronto Press.

  • Journal Refereeing: Canadian Journal of Women and the Law; Osgoode Hall Law Journal; Queens Law Journal; International Journal of Canadian Studies; Torquere; Canadian Journal of Political Science, Constitutional Studies; Studies in Political Economy, Canadian Journal of Law and Society.

  • Grant Evaluator: SSHRC, Standard Research Grants Program, (2 grant proposals, 2002); Therese Casgrain Fellowship (1 proposal 2002).

University Service

Women’s Studies Program:

  • Chair Selection Committee, 2005.

  • Honors and Undergraduate Advisor, 2004-2005.

  • Departmental Host and Organizer, Distinguished Visitor, Nicole Brossard, October 1-6, 2001.

  • Member, Women's Studies Chair Review Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 2000.

  • Honors Advisor, Women's Studies, 2000-2001.

  • BA Advisor, 1998-2000.

  • Coordinator, Feminist Research Speakers Series, 1998-1999.

  • Member, Chair Selection Advisory Committee, 1998.

  • Member, Women’s Studies Curriculum Committee, 1997-1998.

  • Library Representative, 1998-2001.


Faculty of Arts:

  • Elected Representative, Academic Affairs Committee, 2002-2005.

  • Elected Representative, Honors Committee, 2000-2001.

  • Elected Representative, Arts Faculty Library Committee, 1998-2001.


Atkinson College (York University):

  • Elected Representative, Committee on Examinations and Academic Standards, 1996.


University:

  • Elected Representative (of GFC), Committee on the Learning Environment of the General Faculties Council, 2005.

  • Elected Representative (of Faculty of Arts) , General Faculties Council, 2003-2005.

  • Elected Representative (of GFC), Academic Planning Committee of General Faculties Council, 2003-2005.

  • Member AASUA Equity Committee, 2001-2004.

  • Elected Representative (of YUFA), Senate Appeals Committee, (York University), 1996.

  • Elected Representative (of YUFA), York Advisory Committee on Security, (York University), 1994-1995.


Regional/National:

  • University of Alberta Representative, Board, RESOLVE Tri-Provincial Research Network, 2004-present.