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Graduate Faculty in Ethnicity or Immigration

The following directory includes University of Toronto professors teaching courses for the Ethnic, Immigration, and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. In addition, departmental representatives are listed, as well as faculty members whose academic interests concern either ethnicity or immigration.

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Anthropology (5)
Economics (1)
European, Russian & Eurasian Studies (11)
Geography (6)
History (13)
Industrial Relations & Human Resources (3)
Law (8)
Nursing (3)
Political Science (9)
Religion (5)
Social Work (6)
Sociology (8)
Sociology & Equity Studies in Education (6)
Theory & Policy Studies in Education (3)
Women & Gender Studies (5)


LAW FACULTY

Michael Battista
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Michael Battista teaches LAW 547, Law of Forced Migration, in the Collaborative Program. Since becoming a lawyer in 1992, Michael has been practicing immigration and refugee law exclusively. He has assisted clients on all immigration issues with a particular focus on economic immigrants, family sponsorships, and humanitarian and compassionate applications. In 2007 he was elected to the executive committee of the Ontario Bar Association's Immigration Section. He also represents Children's Aid Societies in cases of Crown wards and former Crown wards who are facing removal or seeking status in Canada. Michael teaches at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law and frequently delivers immigration and refugee training to health care professionals, social workers, and community activists. The breadth of Michael's expertise includes matters related to same sex relationships, including sponsorships based on same-sex relationships, refugee claims based on sexual orientation/identity, and skilled worker applications by American citizens seeking to obtain Canadian permanent residence for them and their same sex partners.

Selected Publications

Battista, Michael. "Immigration 101." Training for Legal Staff at the Toronto Children's Aid Society, December 2007.

_____. "Immigration and Medical Inadmissability 101." Presentation to AIDS Committee of Guelph's 3rd Annual HIV/AIDS Symposium, November 2007.

_____. "Options for Refused Refugee Claimants." Presentation at Parkdale Community Services Hostels Training, Toronto, October 2007.

_____. "Current Issues in Same-Sex Immigration." Presentation at Java Nights, Toronto's monthly queer issues forum, sponsored by the AIDS Committee of Toronto and the Gay West Community Network, March 2007.

_____. "The Processing of Same-Sex Couples under the Immigration and Refugee Proection Act." Presentation at Ottawa Immigration Law Conference, February 2005.

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Anver Emon
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Professor Anver Emon teaches LAW 117 Islamic Law in the Collaborative Program. He specializes in Islamic law and history. While at the Faculty, he has taught introductory and upper year courses on Islamic law, while also supervising graduate students in advanced research in Islamic law and history. Professor Emon's research focus is on premodern and modern Islamic law and legal theory, premodern modes of governance and adjudication, and the role of Shari'a both inside and outside the Muslim world. His general academic interests include medieval intellectual and religious history; law and religion; legal history; and legal philosophy. His current research projects focus on Islamic legal philosophy; comparative religious legal systems; and legal pluralism. Professor Emon is the founding editor of Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Brill Publications, forthcoming), and sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Law and Religion.

Selected Publications

Emon, Anver. "Knowing in the Law: Legal Knowledge and a Critique of Islamic Naturalism." In After Pluralism, edited by Courtney Bender and Pamela Klassen (forthcoming).

_____. "The Limits of Constitutionalism in the Muslim World: History and Identity in Islamic Law." In Constitutional Design for Divided Societies, edited by Sujit Choudhry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

_____. "Enhancing Democracy, Respecting Religion: A Dialogue on Islamic Values and Freedom of Speech." In Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law, edited by Robert F. Cochran. New York: New York University Press, 2007.

_____. "Conceiving Islamic Law in a Pluralist Society: History, Politics, and Multicultural Jurisprudence," Singapore Journal of Legal Studies (December 2006): 331-55.

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Darlene Johnston
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Professor Darlene Johnston has taught LAW 370H—Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Law in the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. Interests include aboriginal law and property law. Her current research focuses on the relationship between totemic identity, territoriality, and governance.

Selected Publications

Johnston, Darlene. "Lo, How Sparrow has Fallen: A Retrospective of the Supreme Court of Canada's Section 35 Jurisprudence." In Access to Justice for a New Century: The Way Forward, edited by Julia Bass, W.A. Bogart, and Frederick Zemans. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005.

______. "Connecting People to Place: Great Lakes Aboriginal History in Cultural Context." Paper presented at The Ipperwash Inquiry, The Honourable Sidney B. Linden, Commissioner, July 13-15, 2004. Accessed online at: http://www.ipperwashinquiry.ca/history.html.

______. "The Quest of the Six Nations for Self-Determination" University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 44 (1986); Reprinted in International Law and Indigenous Peoples, edited by S. James Anaya. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2002.

______, W. R. Fitzgerald, and R. E. Romanowski. "When a Sacred Site might not be Considered Sacred: The Case of Hunter's Point, Georgian Bay, Ontario." In Sacred Lands: Aboriginal World Views, Claims, and Conflicts, edited by Jill Oakes. Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, 1998.

______. "Native Rights as Collective Rights: A Question of Group Self-Preservation," Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 2 (1989): 19- ; Reprinted in The Rights of Minority Cultures, edited by Will Kymlicka. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995; and in Readings in the Philosophy of Constitutional Law, 4th ed., edited by Richard N. Bronaugh. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1992.

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Patrick Macklem
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Professor Patrick Macklem has taught LAW 294H—International Human Rights Law for the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program, and he has been the faculty representative for Law on the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies collaborative committee. Interests include labour law, constitutional law, international human rights law, indigenous peoples, ethnic and cultural minorities, and policy.

Selected Publications

Macklem, Patrick. "Militant Democracy, Legal Pluralism, and the Paradox of Self-Determination," Journal of Constitutional Law (2006).

______. "The Wrong Side of Right: Cultural Rights and the Boundaries of Political Community." In The Dark Side of Fundamental Rights, edited by A. Sajo. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2006.

______. Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001.

______. "The Maori Experiment," University of Toronto Law Journal 52:1 (2002).

______. "Indigenous Rights and Multinational Corporations at International Law," Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 24 (2001): 475- .

______. Ronald J. Daniels, and Kent Roach, eds. The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada's Anti-terrorism Bill. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001.

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Audrey Macklin
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Professor Audry Macklin is the faculty representative for Law on the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies collaborative program committee. Her interests include criminal law, administrative law, immigration and refugee law, transnational migration, citizenship, forced migration, feminist and cultural analysis, and human rights. Professor Macklin is currently working on a book about state regulation of transnational business enterprises operating in conflict zones.

Selected Publications

Macklin, Audrey, Emily Carasco, Sharryn Aiken, and Donald Galloway. Immigration and Refugee Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary. Toronto: Emond-Montgomery, 2007.

_____. "The Double-Edged Sword." In Female Genital Mutilation: Multicultural Perspectives, edited by Rogaia Abusharaf. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.

_____. "Dancing Across Borders: Exotic Dancers, Trafficking and Immigration Policy," International Migration Review 37.1 (2003).

______. "Public Entrance, Private Member: Privatisation, Immigration Law and Women." In Privatisation, Law, and the Challenge to Feminism, edited by J. Fudge and B. Cossman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

______. "Borderline Security." In The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada's Anti-Terrorism Bill, edited by Ronald J. Daniels, Patrick Macklem, and Kent Roach. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001.

______. "Looking at Law Through the Lens of Culture: A Provocative Case." In Crimes of Colour: Racialization and the Criminal Justice System in Canada, edited by W. Chan and K. Mirchandani. Toronto: Broadview Press, 2001.



Online Publications
"Looking at Law Through the Lens of Culture: A Provocative Case"
http://www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/macklin.pdf

"Borderline Security"
http://www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/BorderlineSecurity.pdf

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Denise Réaume
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Professor Denise Réaume has taught LAW 410H—Discrimination Law: Equality in the Private Sector in the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. Her interests include tort law, discrimination law, and legal responses to a multicultural society. Current research concerns official language rights in Canada, discrimination, multiculturalism, and feminist analyses of tort law.

Selected Publications

Réaume, Denise. "Language Rights: Constitutional Misfits or Real Rights." In Languages, Constitutionalism et Minorités, edited by André Braen, Pierre Foucher, and Yves Le Bouthillier. Markham, ON: LexisNexis/Butterworths, 2006.

_____. "Dignity, Equality, and Second Generation Rights." In Poverty: Rights, Social Citizenship, and Governance, edited by Margot Young. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005.

______. "Comparing Theories of Sex Discrimination: The Role of Comparison," Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 25.3 (2005): 547-64.

______. "Official Language Rights: Intrinsic Value and the Protection of Difference." In Citizenship in Diverse Societies: Theory and Practice, edited by Will Kymlicka. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

______. Discrimination Law: Equality in the Private Sector. Toronto: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, 2000.

______. Of Pigeon Holes and Principles: A Reconsideration of Discrimination Law. Ottawa: Law Commission of Canada, 1999.

______. "Legal Enforcement of the Norms of Social Groups: Techniques and Principles." In Citizenship, Diversity and Pluralism: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives, edited by Alan Caims. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

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Kerry Rittich
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Professor Kerry Rittich has taught LAW 368H—Race and the Law: A Critical Analysis in the Ethnicand Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. She teaches and writes in the areas of international law and international institutions, law and development, human rights, labour law, and critical and feminist theory.

Selected Publications

Rittich, Kerry. "The Future of Law and Development: Second Generation Reforms and the Incorporation of the Social." In The New Law and Economic Development: A Critical Appraisal, edited by David M. Trubek and Alvaro Santos. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

______. "Rights, Risk and Reward: Governance Norms in the International Order and the Problem of Precarious Work." In Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms, edited by Judy Fudge and Rosemary Owens. Oxford; Portland: Hart Publishing, 2006.

______. "The Properties of Gender Equality." In Human Rights and Development: Toward Mutual Reinforcement, edited by Philip Alston and Mary Robinson. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

______, and Joanne Conaghan, eds. Labour Law, Work and Family: Critical and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

______. "Equity or Efficiency: International Institutions and the Work/Family Nexus." In Labour Law, Work and Family: Critical and Comparative Perspectives, edited by Joanne Conaghan and Kerry Rittich. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

______. "Core Labour Rights and Labour Market Flexibility: Two Paths Entwined?" In Permanent Court of Arbitration/Peace Palace Papers, Labor Law Beyond Borders: ADR and the Internationalization of Labor Dispute Resolution. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003.

______. Recharacterizing Restructuring: Gender and Distribution in the Legal Structure of Market Reform. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2002.

______. Globalization, Law and Social Justice. Toronto: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, 2002.

______. "Feminization and Contingency: Regulating the Stakes of Work for Women." In Labour Law in an Era of Globalization, edited by Joanne Conaghan, Richard M. Fischl, and Karl Klare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

______. "Feminism After the State: The Rise of the Market and the Future of Women's Rights." In Giving Meaning to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, edited by Isfahan Merali and Valerie Oosterveld. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.

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Ayelet Shachar
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Professor Ayelet Shachar has taught LAW 262H—Citizenship Theory and Immigration Law in the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Prgram. She also teaches LAW 461H—Culture, Rights, and Equality: The Multiculturalism Debate in Camparative Perspective. Ayelet Shachar has recently been named the Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Multiculturalism at the Faculty of Law, and is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Interests include issues of contemporary political theory, group rights and gender equality, citizenship theory, and immigration law.

Selected Publications

Shachar, Ayelet. "Privatizing Diversity: A Cautionary Tale from Religious Arbitration in Family Law," Theoretical Inquiries in Law 9 (2008): 573-607. Available online.

_____. The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality. Boston: Harvard University Press, forthcoming 2008.

______, and Ran Hirschl. "Citizenship as Inherited Property," Political Theory 35.3 (2007): 253-287. Available online.

______. "The Race for Talent: Highly Skilled Migrants and Competitive Immigration Regimes," NYU Law Review 81 (2006): 148-206.

______. "Children of a Lesser State: Sustaining Global Inequality through Citizenship Laws." In NOMOS XLVI: Child, Family, State, edited by Iris Marion Young and Stephen J. Macedo. New York: New York University Press, 2003.

______, and Ran Hirschl. "Constitutional Transformation, Gender Equality and Religious/National Conflict in Israel: Tentative Progress through the Obstacle Course." In Constituting Women, edited by Ruth Rubio-Marin and Beverly Baines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

______. "The Thin Line between Imposition and Consent: A Critique of Birthright Membership Entitlements and their Implications." In Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law and Repair, edited by Martha Minow and Nancy L. Rosenblum. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.

______. Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Differences and Women's Rights. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Program Director:
 Jeffrey G. Reitz
Courses, 2010-2011

Program Administrator:

Momo Kano Podolsky


Collaborating Departments:

Anthropology
European, Russian, & Eurasian Studies
Geography
History
Industrial Relations & Human Resources
Nursing Science
Political Science
Religion
Social Work
Sociology
Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
Theory & Policy Studies in Education
Women & Gender Studies