Colleen Sheppard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4115285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colleen Sheppard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheppard |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPPARD C |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Grounds-Based Distinctions: Contested Starting Points in Equality Law
Over the past five years, the Supreme Court of Canada has continued to grapple with the meaning of constitutional equality and discrimination. In this regard, there is a clear consensus that the Court should follow a two-step test to assess violations of section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. First, the Court must identify a grounds-based distinction and, second, determine whether the distinction violates substantive equali…
Substantive Equality and Jordan’s Principle: Challenges and Complexities
This article examines the conceptual and procedural aspects of substantive equality with respect to Jordan’s Principle—a child-first principle intended to ensure First Nations children have equitable access to public services in Canada. We begin by providing a brief history of Jordan’s Principle and outlining how it has been linked to the concept of substantive equality. We then suggest that despite acceptance of the concept of substantive equali…
Equality Through the Prism of Legal Pluralism
Gaudreault-DesBiens Jean-François et Labrèche Diane Le contexte social du droit dans le Québec contemporain: L’intelligence culturelle dans la pratique des juristes. Cowansville, Québec: Éditions Yvon…
Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens et Diane Labrèche Le contexte social du droit dans le Québec contemporain : l’intelligence culturelle dans la pratique des juristes. Cowansville, Québec: Éditions Yvon Blais, 2009. 299 p. - Volume 28 Issue 1
Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Inclusive Equality: The Relational Dimensions of Systemic Discrimination in Canada
Inclusive Equality explores the legal meaning of equality, examining both the substantive conditions of inequality and the dynamic institutional and structural processes that reproduce it. It provides a critical review of evolving conceptions of equality and systemic discrimination in Canada, tracing developments in both the legislative and constitutional domains. Emphasizing the need for a broad, contextual approach, Colleen Sheppard outlines an…
A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada: A Refugee From Justice
This article paints a troubling picture of disparate treatment in the Federal Court of Canada. Examining more than 600 immigration and refugee claims, the results link judicial action to litigants' representation, their demographics and national region, and the background and ideology of the judges involved. When compared with prior research in Canada and similar studies from the United States, the findings suggest that an applicant in search of …
A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada: A Refugee From Justice
This article paints a troubling picture of disparate treatment in the Federal Court of Canada. Examining more than 600 immigration and refugee claims, the results link judicial action to litigants' representation, their demographics and national region, and the background and ideology of the judges involved. When compared with prior research in Canada and similar studies from the United States, the findings suggest that an applicant in search of …
Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Inclusive Equality: The Relational Dimensions of Systemic Discrimination in Canada
Inclusive Equality explores the legal meaning of equality, examining both the substantive conditions of inequality and the dynamic institutional and structural processes that reproduce it. It provides a critical review of evolving conceptions of equality and systemic discrimination in Canada, tracing developments in both the legislative and constitutional domains. Emphasizing the need for a broad, contextual approach, Colleen Sheppard outlines an…
A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada: A Refugee From Justice
This article paints a troubling picture of disparate treatment in the Federal Court of Canada. Examining more than 600 immigration and refugee claims, the results link judicial action to litigants' representation, their demographics and national region, and the background and ideology of the judges involved. When compared with prior research in Canada and similar studies from the United States, the findings suggest that an applicant in search of …
Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Equality Through the Prism of Legal Pluralism
Gaudreault-DesBiens Jean-François et Labrèche Diane Le contexte social du droit dans le Québec contemporain: L’intelligence culturelle dans la pratique des juristes. Cowansville, Québec: Éditions Yvon…
Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens et Diane Labrèche Le contexte social du droit dans le Québec contemporain : l’intelligence culturelle dans la pratique des juristes. Cowansville, Québec: Éditions Yvon Blais, 2009. 299 p. - Volume 28 Issue 1
Substantive Equality and Jordan’s Principle: Challenges and Complexities
This article examines the conceptual and procedural aspects of substantive equality with respect to Jordan’s Principle—a child-first principle intended to ensure First Nations children have equitable access to public services in Canada. We begin by providing a brief history of Jordan’s Principle and outlining how it has been linked to the concept of substantive equality. We then suggest that despite acceptance of the concept of substantive equali…
Grounds-Based Distinctions: Contested Starting Points in Equality Law
Over the past five years, the Supreme Court of Canada has continued to grapple with the meaning of constitutional equality and discrimination. In this regard, there is a clear consensus that the Court should follow a two-step test to assess violations of section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. First, the Court must identify a grounds-based distinction and, second, determine whether the distinction violates substantive equali…
Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law and economics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (4 works) · Discrimination and Equality Law (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Human rights (2 works)