Constance Backhouse
Constance Backhouse holds the positions of Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. She is internationally known for her feminist research and publications on sex discrimination and the legal history of gender and race in Canada. A legal scholar who uses a narrative style of writing, her most recent books and articles profile the fascinating ways in which women and racialized communities have struggled to obtain justice within the legal system.
A graduate of the University of Manitoba, Osgoode Hall Law School, and Harvard University, Professor Backhouse taught at the University of Western Ontario before moving to Ottawa in 2000. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004, and a member of the Order of Canada in 2008.
Professor Backhouse served as an adjudicator for the compensation claims arising from the physical, sexual and psychological abuse of the former inmates of the Grandview Training School for Girls (1995-98), and adjudicated compensation claims for the former students of Aboriginal residential schools across Canada. She has served as an expert witness and consultant on various aspects of sexual abuse and violence against women and children. She is a member of the board of directors for the Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Fund for Social Justice and the Women’s Education and Research Foundation.
To learn more about Constance, please visit her website: www.constancebackhouse.ca
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