Professors present at Congress 2016 in Calgary

Professors Jennifer Koshan and Sharon Mascher presented at the Congress 2016 of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Calgary this week.

On May 28, Sharon presented at the conference of the Canadian Law and Society Association on a panel called "Determining Access - Working In and Around Law to Build and Support Indigenous Territorial Authority," which brought together academics and community leaders involved in supporting Indigenous governance. Sharon's presentation was titled "Intersections between Environmental Law and Indigenous Governance of Aboriginal Title." Her presentation explored how indigenous governance systems can be used to achieve the outcomes mandated by the SCC in Tsilhqot'in, namely that the uses to with Aboriginal title land must be sustainable and preserve the rights of future generations.

On May 30, Jennifer chaired the round-table "Clinical Legal Education - Values, Expectations and Realities" at the Canadian Association of Law Teachers annual conference. This round-table examined key questions to legal education: 1) Resources: how to resources impact the delivery of clinical legal education? 2) Critical perspectives: how can critical perspectives on clinic legal education be maintained with the possibility of increasing regulation? 3) Teaching & Learning: how do clinicians, instructors and administrators understand the role of clinical legal education in the broader curriculum?

On May 31, Jennifer was a participant in the round-table "Integrating violence against women in law school curriculum," also for the Canadian Association of Law Teachers annual conference. This round-table explored various strategies for integrating teaching on violence against women in law school curricula, in light of recent recommendations of law commissions, law societies and inquiries on violence against women.

Finally, on June 2, Jennifer will be a panellist for "Challenges of Organizing Farm Workers," for the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies annual conference. Jennifer will present her paper which explores the advantages and challenges of constitutional litigation as a means of protecting the rights of farm workers, using Alberta and Bill 6 as a case study.