The Interdisciplinary Research Network on Discrimination and Inclusion was established in the Spring 2013 on the initiative of Colleen Sheppard, past Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, in the face of a growing interest for interdisciplinary dialogue on critical perspectives on discrimination, diversity and inclusion. The Network gathers researchers, practitioners as well as collaborators from community-based organizations. Its objectives are to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and reflection on discrimination and inclusion, to share research during local and international workshops, and to promote community-university collaborative research initiatives.
Members鈥� research projects and practices span a wide range of themes, including, for example, systemic and preventive remedies in anti-discrimination litigation, comparative approaches to discrimination, educational initiatives regarding equity and diversity, diversity and leadership in public and private organizations, and the legal profession, ethno-cultural discrimination against immigrant communities, complexities of identity and identity performance, racial and social profiling, and socio-economic inequality and discrimination.
Recent Publication
Colleen Sheppard -听听 (Irwin Law, 2021).
Abstract:听Despite growing societal and media attention to problems of discrimination in Canadian society, legal concepts in equality and anti-discrimination law are not widely understood.听Discrimination Stories: Exclusion, Law, and Everyday Life听explores diverse legal cases brought before courts and human rights tribunals to help us understand the development of anti-discrimination law in Canada. The cases take us into 鈥� and teach us about 鈥� the concrete realities of inequality in everyday life. They portray the struggles of individuals, families, and communities seeking justice and legal remedies for the harms of discrimination. The cases also reveal both the strengths and limits of anti-discrimination law. They show that equality in our human relations cannot be crafted exclusively by courts or tribunals, despite their significance and importance. Drawing on the complexity and power of discrimination stories, this book is designed to expand our collective knowledge of the evolving legal concepts at the heart of equality law.
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1. Members of the Interdisciplinary Research Network on Discrimination and Inclusion
McGill University
- Adelle Blackett, Associate professor at the Faculty of Law and William Dawson Scholar
Areas of interest : Labour Law, International Development Law, Law of International Organizations and Critical Race Theory.
Publications - Angela Campbell, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law
Areas of interest: family law, health law, criminal law, successions law and feminist legal studies - Pearl Eliadis, Human rights lawyer and sessional lecturer
Areas of interest : human rights, international law, national human rights institutions and democratic governance.
- Suzanne Gagnon, Co-founding member, Assistant Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management
Areas of interest: Diversity and inequality in organizations; identity work and identity dynamics; gender and mentoring; multinational firms; inclusion; leadership diversity; alternative leadership theories.
Publications - Patricia Hewlin, Co-founding member, Assistant Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management
Areas of interest: authenticity management, employee silence, leadership, diversity - Vrinda Narain, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and at the Faculty of Arts
Areas of interest: Constitutional law; Feminist legal theory; Social diversity and law; Postcolonial studies and law; Critical race theory.
Publications - Brian Rubineau, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University.
Areas of interest: Understanding the relational dynamics perpetuating inequalities in organizations, occupations, and labor markets; and informing ameliorative interventions.
- Colleen Sheppard, Full Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Areas of interest: Human Rights (especially equality rights); Systemic discrimination; Intersectionality; Anti-discrimination in the workplace; Mental health and disability in the workplace; Feminist Legal Theory; Economic and Social Rights.
List of publications: Publications - Zoua M. Vang, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology
Areas of interest: Immigration; Race and ethnic relations; Residential segregation; Neighborhood effects; Racial/ethnic health disparities and immigrant health; Mixed methods; Social policy.
- Shauna Van Praagh, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law
Areas of interest: civil wrongs, common law obligations, social diversity and law, and children and the law. - Veronica Amberg, Manager/Responsible at the Social Equity and Diversity Education Office
Areas of interest: Human rights education and community engagement work at McGill.
Universit茅 de Montr茅al
- , Professeure titulaire 脿 l鈥櫭塩ole de relations industrielles
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t: Immigration et int茅gration en emploi; D茅qualification des immigr茅s et r茅orientation professionnelle; Jeunes des minorit茅s visibles et march茅 du travail; Discrimination intersectionnelle; Discrimination syst茅mique; Acc猫s 脿 l'茅galit茅 et gestion de la diversit茅; 脡quit茅 salariale.
Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQ脌M)
- , professeur au D茅partement des sciences juridiques de la Facult茅 de science politique et de droit.
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t : Droits et libert茅s de la personne; Droits 茅conomiques, sociaux et culturels; Droit et religions; accommodements raisonnables; Institutions de protection des droits. - , professeure adjointe au D茅partement de sexologie, UQ脌M
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t听: Discrimination des minorit茅s sexuelles en milieu scolaire et en milieu de travail, mouvements sociaux autour de la diversit茅 sexuelle, genre et sexualit茅. - , professeure au D茅partement des sciences juridiques de la Facult茅 de science politique et de droit
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t : Droit de la sant茅 et de la s茅curit茅 du travail; Sant茅 mentale au travail; Droit 脿 l鈥櫭ゞalit茅; Recherche-action; M茅thodologies qualitatives et mixtes. - , Professeur, D茅partement de sociologie, UQ脌M
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t: Rapports interethniques et immigration; racisme et discrimination; jeunes issus de l鈥檌mmigration; gestion politique et juridique du pluralisme religieux et culturel; place de la religion dans l鈥檈space public; sociologie du droit; sociologie de la culture; th茅orie sociologique; th茅ories postcoloniales; in茅galit茅s sociales et pauvret茅; sociologie politique. - , professeur retrait茅 de l鈥櫭塩ole de travail social de l鈥橴Q脌M
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t听: Racisme, antis茅mitisme et discrimination. Immigration, r茅fugi茅s et relations interethniques. Droits humains, pratiques sociales et coop茅ration internationale.
- , Professeure 茅m茅rite, D茅partement de sociologie, UQ脌M
Areas of interests : Immigration et citoyennet茅, Politiques d鈥檌mmigration et de gestion de la diversit茅, Multiculturalisme et interculturalisme, Racisme et discrimination, Nationalisme et transnationalisme - , professeure, Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥櫭ヾucation, UQ脌M
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t听: Rapports ethniques, immigration, 茅quit茅, accommodements raisonnables; Racisme, discriminations, in茅galit茅s sociales; Discours sociaux/m茅dias/repr茅sentations r茅ciproques; Jeunes des minorit茅s; 脡ducation inclusive, aux droits, antiraciste, interculturelle.
Other Universities or Research Centres
- , Assistant Professor, Department of Child Law, Leiden Law School, and DCL Candidate, Faculty of Law, McGill
Areas of interest: constitutional law, human rights, children鈥檚 rights, law and religion, education law - , Ma卯tre de conf茅rences en droit priv茅 脿 l鈥橧nstitut des m茅tiers du droit du Conservatoire National des Arts et M茅tiers, membre de R脡GINE, Recherche & 脡tudes sur le Genre et les In茅galit茅s dans les Normes en Europe.
Champs d鈥檈xpertise: droit de la non discrimination dans une perspective critique et compar茅e; discriminations dans l鈥檈mploi et en fin de vie, sur la construction du genre et de la parentalit茅 en droit social et les interactions entre les discriminations fond茅es sur diff茅rents crit猫res : le sexe, l鈥櫭e, le handicap et la situation de famille. - , Professeure de droit 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 Fran莽ois-Rabelais de Tours, chercheuse au , Centre de recherches et d'茅tudes sur les droits fondamentaux (Universit茅 Paris Paris Ouest Nanterre La D茅fense), et co-responsable du projet (Recherches et 脡tudes sur le Genre et les In茅galit茅s dans les Normes en Europe).
Champs d鈥檈xpertise听: Droits 茅conomiques et sociaux, lutte contre l鈥檈xclusion sociale, analyse genr茅e du droit, protection internationale et europ茅enne des droits de l鈥橦omme. - , Senior professor of Labour and Social Security Law, University of Vigo.
Areas of interest: Equality Law, Labour Law, Discrimination in the workplace. See also: - Olivia Smith, Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
Areas of interest : Discrimination Law, in particular disability and gender discrimination; inequality and social exclusion, caring and the law. - , Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Leeds. Areas of interest:听EU law; anti-discrimination law and stigma; weight and law; comparative race and law; intersectional discrimination; critical race theory; social movements; judicial diversity, gender and judging.
Practitioners and members of the community
- , Equity and Diversity Officer, University of Toronto.
Interests: equity, hiring, community engagement, empowerment, leadership, humanitarian aid, political engagement.
Publications: - , avocate, Charg茅e de formation pour le projet europ茅en UPRIGHTS sur la demande d'asile des mineurs isol茅s, Lyon, France.
Champs d鈥檌nt茅r锚t : discrimination, droit 脿 l'茅galit茅, droit criminel, pauvret茅 et justice - Adriana Gleenblatt, Education Specialist with Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
Previous work includes: Staff Lawyer at the Ontario Human Rights Legal Support Centre representing victims of discrimination and Human Rights Code-based harassment and providing public legal education; Teaching Women and Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Civil Law; Consultant and facilitator in areas including harassment and discrimination in the workplace
Areas of interest : human rights educational design and facilitation, discrimination/harassment prevention, mental health, accommodation and wellness in the workplace, gender equality, organizational and individual change and development - Tamara Thermitus, AdE, LLM, Justice Canada
Pr茅sidente du Comit茅 sur les communaut茅s culturelles du Barreau du Qu茅bec de 2004 脿 2010, co-initiatrice du projet menant au rapport du Barreau du Qu茅bec 芦Forum-Pour une profession inclusive禄, La diversit茅 ethnoculturelle dans la profession juridique en 2014 et 脿 l鈥檕rigine du cours sur le contexte social du droit, aujourd鈥檋ui int茅gr茅 dans le cursus obligatoire de la formation professionnelle. - B茅atrice Vizkelety is a human rights lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and as Director of the Legal Department and Secretary of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Qu茅bec. She is presently a Visiting researcher at the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and in 2015 was appointed member of the Quebec Bar鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Human Rights.
2. Crosscutting research themes
Crosscutting research themes include four axes at this stage. A list of selective thematic bibliographies as well as some current research projects is accessible under each axis.
2.1 Systemic and Structural Discrimination and Institutionalized Inequality / Discrimination syst茅mique et structurelle et l鈥檌n茅galit茅 institutionnelle
Research on the systemic barriers, relationships and dynamics of discrimination in various institutional contexts, including public and private sector workplaces, educational institutions, public services (e.g. racial and social profiling); research on discrimination linked to life-cycle and intersectoral inequities (e.g. home, workplace, education) and macro-historical developments (i.e. political economic changes and regulatory approaches)
Download 2.1.2.1 BIBLIOGRAPHY 鈥淪ystemic and structural discrimination, and institutionalized equality鈥� [.pdf]
2.2 Diversity and Inclusion
Download 2.1.2.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY "Diversity and Inclusion" [.pdf] (Updated February 2016)
2.3 Complex Identities and Intersecting Discrimination
Research on how discrimination theory deals with intersecting discrimination linked to complex and multiple identities, and the performance of identity
Download 2.1.2.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY "Complex Identities and Intersecting Discrimination" [.pdf] (Updated July 2015)
2.4 Unconscious or Implicit Bias
Research on discrimination linked to implicit or unconscious bias.
Download 2.1.2.4听BIBLIOGRAPHY "Implicit Bias" [.pdf] (Updated July 2015)听
3. Activities of the Research Network
- Pushkala Prasad, 鈥淒iversity, Inclusion and Institutional Change鈥�, June 8, 2016, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
- Zoua Vang, 鈥淢inority Aging in Canada: Encounters with Everyday Discrimination and the Relative Importance of Race and Age鈥�, April 5, 2016, Faculty of Law, McGill University.
- Pr茅sentation de sur les programmes d鈥檃cc猫s 脿 l鈥櫭ゞalit茅 au Qu茅bec et leurs limites, 9 f茅vrier 2016, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 McGill. Pour en savoir plus, consultez
- Suzanne Gagnon, "Beyond belonging and identification: Towards organizational models of change supporting inclusion and social equality", March 31, 2015, Faculty of Law, McGill University. Download article [.pdf]听
- Olivia Smith, "Litigating Discrimination on Grounds of Family Status", March 12, 2015, Faculty of Law, McGill University. Download article [.pdf]
- , "Stigma: A New Approach to Anti-Discrimination Law", September 24, Faculty of Law, McGill University.
Putting Race and Gender Together: A New Approach to Intersectionality - , 鈥�R茅flexions autour de l鈥檕uvrage Discriminations en droit du travail am茅ricain: Dialogue avec la doctrine am茅ricaine鈥�, 11 March 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University. Download presentation [.ppt]
- B茅atrice Vizkelety (Visiting fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism), 鈥淟itigating Systemic Discrimination / La discrimination syst茅mique devant les tribunaux鈥�, 13 February 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University. Download presentation [.pptx]
- Patricia Hewlin (Desautels Faculty of Management), 鈥淭o thine own self be true?: The impact of minority status on creating facades of conformity in the workplace鈥�, 1 November 2013. Download article [.pdf]
