pascale fournier - Faculte de droit - Section de droit civil

PASCALE FOURNIER
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, 57 Louis-Pasteur,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
[email protected]
Tel.: (613) 562-5800 P. 3083; Fax: (613) 562-5121
EDUCATION
2002-2007 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA)
S.J.D. (Doctor of Laws) – Thesis Title: ―Islamic Marriage in Western Courts: Beyond
Recognition, Equality, and Fairness‖
Fields of Study:
 Social Movements and the Law (Prof. Janet Halley)
 Jurisprudence, Social Theory, and the Economic Analysis of Law (Prof. Duncan Kennedy)
 American and Comparative Constitutional Theory (Prof. Frank Michelman)
 Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Prof. Frank Vogel)
2001-2002 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA)
LL.M. (Master of Laws—degree waived)
2001 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (DAVIS) and BERKELEY (California, USA)
Summer Course Certificate in U.S. Law
1999-2000 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
LL.M. (Master of Laws)
1997-1998 QUÉBEC BAR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL, Québec City (Québec, Canada)
Called to the Québec Bar: 1998; Ad.E. (2009)
1994-1997 LAVAL UNIVERSITY, Québec City (Québec, Canada)
LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws; completed in 2 years)
Participant in the Canada World Youth program from 1995-1996
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
As of 01/2007 UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, Faculty of Law, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
 Full Professor (since May 2014)
 Associate Professor (2010—2014)
 Assistant Professor (2007—2010)
 Vice-Dean Research (2010-2012)
 Holder of the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law (since
January 2012): women‘s rights, children‘s rights, rights and freedoms, criminal
law and cultural diversity, family law and comparative constitutional law
As of 09/2014 THE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY ON THE RIGHTS OF
THE CHILD (IRLRC), Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
Associate Researcher
As of 09/2014 CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN DROIT PUBLIC (CRDP), Université de Montréal
(Québec, Canada)
Associate Researcher
As of 01/2014 CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN ÉTHIQUE (CRÉ), Université de Montréal
(Québec, Canada)
Member and Collaborator
- 201/2007-08/2010 HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTRE, University of Ottawa
(Ontario, Canada)
Associate Researcher
As of 08/2005 CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND POLITICS, St. Mary's College
University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews (Scotland, UK)
Associate Researcher
2003-2004 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, GRADUATE PROGRAM, (Cambridge, MA, USA)
Coordinator of the Graduate Students Paper Writing Workshop
06 – 09/2002 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, Turin (Italy)
Lawyer and Intern
AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS (SELECTED LIST)
2014—2015 International Women‘s Forum Leadership Program Fellow (35 worldwide)
(USD 27 000$)
2014 The Canadian Arab Chamber of Commerce (CanACC) Special Achievement
Award for « Academic Excellence and Contribution to Humanity »
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Speech in French
Speech in English
2014— Research Grant, Fonds de recherche québécois société et culture, « Regroupement
stratégique », Collaborator (Centre de recherche en éthique de l‘Université de Montréal)
(1 152 000$)
2014 University of Ottawa Research Development Program (5000$)
2012— Holder of the Research Chair in Legal Pluralism and Comparative Law
November 2011 Fulbrighter of the Month
2011 The University of Ottawa President Award for Excellence in Media Relations (5000$)
2010 Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC), Principal Investigator ($85,094)
2010 Research Grant, SSHRC ―Religion and Diversity Project‖, Co-applicant (36 in total; P.
I.: Lori Beaman) ($2.5 million):
- Individual grants, peer-reviewed: 6000$ (2014), 9,875$ (2013), 7,993.29$ (2011) &
4,500$ (2010)
2010 Honorable Mention, Canadian Association of Law Teachers Scholarly Paper Award
2009— Research Grant—The Law Foundation of Ontario
(2014: 12615$ / 2012: 9530$/ 2011: 9000$ / 2010: 7000$ / 2009: 5000$)
2009 Legal contest prize, ―best law review article‖—Quebec Bar Foundation ($5000)
2009 Honorific Title of Advocatus Emeritus (AdE) for ―professional
excellence and outstanding contribution to the profession‖—Québec Bar Association
2009/2008 Research Grant—Quebec Bar Foundation (2009: $5000 / 2008: $4000)
2009 Research Grant—The Foundation for Legal Research ($5000)
2009 Research Grant—Borden Ladner Gervais ($12 000)
Curriculum Vitae of Pascale Fournier
- 32008 Raymond Blais Medal for ―remarkable achievement of a recent graduate‖ —Laval
University Alumni Association
2008 Harvard-Stanford International Jr Faculty Forum: Paper selected out of 10 worldwide
2007 Teaching Excellence Award—University of Haïti
2007 Honorable Mention by the University of Ottawa and Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Foundation, Annual Celebration of Excellence in Research and Teaching
2007 Research Grant—University of Ottawa ($15 000)
2005-08 Mentor – The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation
2004 Boulton Fellowship—McGill University, Faculty of Law ($30 000)
2004 ―Personality of Tomorrow‖, Courrier International (June 10 - 16 issue)
2004 Listing in Maclean’s Magazine ―The Best and the Brightest: 25 Faces for the Future‖
2003 Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship ($165 000)
2002 Viscount Bennett Scholarship—Canadian Bar Association ($20 000)
2002 Harvard Human Rights Summer Fellowship ($10 000)
2002 Fonds FCAR Doctoral Research Scholarship ($60 000, declined in part)
2002 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($55 775, declined in part)
2002 Harvard Law School Graduate Fellowship ($10 000)
2001 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholarship ($12 000)
2001 American Association of University Women‘s International Fellowship ($20 000)
2001 ―Top Canada World Youth 30 alumni‖: for commitment to social justice
2000 Fonds FCAR Master‘s Research Scholarship ($13 000)
1999 University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship ($17 000)
1997 Wilson & Lafleur Scholarship: Best Cumulative Average in Civil Procedure I-II
1997 Dean‘s Honor List, Faculty of Law, Laval University
1994 Entrance Scholarship for outstanding academic record—Laval University
LEGAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
03-2013/06-2013 SUPERIOR COURT OF QUEBEC (Family Division), District of Montreal
Expert-witness for the petitioner, L.K.
 Case: L.K. v. M.-Z.D.
 Legal Issue: patrimonial effects of divorce under Islamic Algerian law and the
application of Quebec family law and private international law
 Expert report produced May 28, 2013
 Expert testimony delivered June 5th, 2013
 Decision: Droit de la famille—14725, 2014 QCCS 1387
12-2012 SUPERIOR COURT OF QUEBEC (Family Division), District of Montreal
Expert-witness for the defendant, A.W.
 Case: A. v. A.W.
 Legal Issue: the enforcement of Mahr as a contract under Québec civil law
 Expert report produced December 17, 2012
11 – 2012/ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND (USA)
01– 2013 Expert-witness for the defendant, M.H.S.S.
Curriculum Vitae of Pascale Fournier
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- 4Case: T.F. v. M.H.S.S.
Legal Issue: legal effect of Iranian Islamic law with tregard to the enforcement
of Mahr in the US
Settlement : January 18th, 2013
As of 04-2012 SUPERIOR COURT OF QUEBEC (Family Division), District of Montreal
Expert-witness for the lawyers of the defendant, A.L.
 Case: L.M. v. A.L. et al.
 Legal Issue: Scope of Bahraini Islamic law and the application of Quebec
private international law norms
 Expert report produced May 25, 2012
As of 11-2011 SUPERIOR COURT OF QUEBEC (Family Division), District of Montreal
Expert-witness for the Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Quebec Bar
 Case: L.M. v. A.L. et al.
 Legal Issue: validity of an expert-witness‘ testimony regarding Quebec
regulations of civil responsibility and Islamic family law
 Expert report produced August 22, 2012
As of 11-2011 SUPERIOR COURT OF QUEBEC (Family Division), District of Hull
Expert-witness for the petitioner, M.K.
 Case: M.K. v. S.H.
 Legal Issue: patrimonial effects of divorce under Islamic Lebanese law and the
application of Quebec family law and private international law
 Expert report produced February 8, 2012
 Expert testimony delivered December 4th, 2012
03-2011/ SUPERIOR COURT OF QUEBEC (Family Division), District of Quebec
05-2012 Legal advisor to counsel for the petitioner, M.P.
 Case: P.R. v. M.P.
 Legal Issue: matrimonial property division and validity of separation
agreements under Quebec family law
03-2011/ 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT (Sedgwick County, Wichita, Kansas, USA)
05-2012 Expert-witness for the respondent
 Case: H. v. H.
 Legal Issue: validity of a Lebanese Muslim marriage in light of Lebanese
Islamic law and American conflict of laws principles
 Expert report produced May 25, 2011
 Testimony delivered February 9, 2012
2010-2011 THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTE, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
Legal consultant
 Legal opinion in matters pertaining to ―Criminal law and Cultural Diversity:
the case for honour crimes in Canada‖
 Presentation delivered in Vancouver to judges of criminal courts throughout
the country
01-10/2008 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, NYC (NY, USA)
Legal consultant
 Legal opinion in matters pertaining to ―Islamic law and gender equality: case
studies of Tunisia, Egypt, Nigeria and Malaysia‖
 Presentation at the offices of the United Nations in New York City before
Curriculum Vitae of Pascale Fournier
representatives of all implicated countries
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05-09/2004 CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MUSLIM WOMEN, Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
Legal consultant
 Legal opinion in matters pertaining to ―The application of Islamic law in
Western countries‖
 Presentation at the offices of Marion Boyd, former attorney general of Ontario
named by the government in order to judge the legality of arbitration recourse
in matters of family law, specifically in relation to religious law
05–08/2003 HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & McAULIFFE, New York City (NY, USA)
Summer Associate
2000-01 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
Law Clerk to Madame Justice Claire L‘Heureux-Dubé
01-06/1999 SECRÉTARIAT À LA CONDITION FÉMININE (Québec) and WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION (Alexandria, Egypt)
Field project with the gender equality division / Visits: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt,
Israel/Palestine
1997-1999 OGILVY RENAULT, Québec (Québec, Canada)
Intern and law student
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
As of 1/2007 UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, Faculty of Law, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
Courses Taught:
 Rights and Freedoms (DRC 2509)
 Persons and Family Law (DRC 4392)
 The Adjudication of Otherness in Constitutional Liberal States (CML 4110 / DCL 5304)
 Law and Social Change (CML 3351 and DCL 7033)
 Critical Approaches to Law (DCL 5737 and CML 4510)
09/15-16/2014 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Washington D.C. (USA)
 Presentation in Professor Erin Twohig‘s class : ―Islamic Family Law in
Migration: What are the Stakes for Globalization?‖
 Presentation in Professor Michelle Ohnona‘s class : ―Sexual Politics, Gender
and Power Relations: A Comparative Law Analysis‖
06/21-28/2007 UNIVERSITÉ D’ÉTAT D’HAÏTI, Faculté de droit et des sciences économiques
(FDSE), Port-au-Prince (Haïti)
―International Law of Gender‖
06/13/2005 UNIVERSITÉ FÉMINISTE D’ÉTÉ, Religion, rapports entre les sexes et
démocratie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec, Canada)
05/21- 28/2005 UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, Human Rights, Gender and Religion (DIL-6260),
San Jose (Costa Rica)
01–05/2005 McGILL UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW, Problems of Constitutional Law
(PUB2-202), Montréal (Québec, Canada)
―The Adjudication of Otherness in Constitutional Liberal States‖ (nominated for the
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John W. Durnford Prize for Teaching Excellence in Law)
04/12/2005 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, POLITICS DEPARTMENT, Presentation in Human
Rights and Comparative Constitutionalism (Prof .Oliver Gerstenberg) Princeton
(NJ, USA)
―Muslims and Citizens: the Headscarf Controversy in France and Germany‖ (with
Gökçe Yurdakul)
11/15/2004 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL, International Law Workshop
Series, Ann Arbor (MI, USA)
―Negotiating Islam Across Borders: Can the Subaltern Muslim Woman Speak?‖
11/04/2004 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF LAW, Bridge Week 2004: From
Bijuralism to Legal Pluralism, Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
―Religious Tribunals and State Law: Sharia‘s Courts and Beyond‖
05/07/2004 UNIVERSITY OF TURIN, FACULTY OF LAW, Presentation in Islamic Law (Prof.
Roberta Aluffi) Turin (Italy)
―Gender Equality, Islamic Law, and Constitutional Liberal States‖
05/05/2004 UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCES,
Presentation in Master of Comparative and European Studies (Prof. Antonello
Miranda) Palermo Sicily (Italy)
―The Reception of Islamic Family Law in Canadian, American, French, and German
Constitutional Legal Orders‖
05/04/2004 UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO, FACULTY OF LAW, Presentation in Comparative
Private Law (Prof. Guido Smorto) Palermo, Sicily (Italy)
―Reception of Islamic Law in Canadian, American, French, and German Private Law‖
12/20-25/2003 INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S STUDIES AND RESEARCH, Tehran (Iran)
Visiting Professor, Short Course on Women‘s Studies
08/2003 – 06/2004 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, GRADUATE PROGRAM, Cambridge (MA, USA)
Graduate Program Fellow, Tutor in Law, LL.M. Paper Writing Workshop
11/18 and HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Presentation in Comparative Law (Prof. Amr Shalakany)
04/17/2003 Cambridge, (MA, USA)
―Post-Colonialism in the West: Feminism, Multiculturalism, and Comparative Law
11/10/2003 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Presentation in Political and Social Theories of the
Family (Prof. Janet Halley) Cambridge (MA, USA)
―Norms as Values and Norms
PUBLICATIONS
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BOOKS AND EDITED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ISSUES
1.
Fournier, Pascale, Mariages musulmans, tribunaux d’Occident: les transplantations juridiques et
le regard du droit, (Les Presses de Sciences Po : Paris, 2013), 302 pp.
2.
Fournier, Pascale (co-editor with Valérie Amiraux), « ‗Illegal‘ Covering: Comparative
Perspectives on Legal and Social Discourses on Religious Diversity », 2013 19(6) Social
Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 689-806
Curriculum Vitae of Pascale Fournier
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3.
Fournier, Pascale, (guest editor), ―Crimes of Honour‖, (2012) 16(2) Canadian Criminal
Law Review, 103-246
4.
Fournier, Pascale, Muslim Marriage in Western Courts: Lost in Transplantation (Ashgate
Publishing: Surrey, 2010), 228 pp.
Book reviews:
 Nielsen, Jørgen S., (2013) 24:4 Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 394-395
 Grillo, Ralph, (2012) 38:4 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 708-709
 Idriss, Mohammad Mazher, (2011) 6:2 Religion and Human Rights 195-198
 Menski, Werner, (2011) 25:1 Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
84-86
 Beaman, Lori, G. (2011) 26(3) Canadian Journal of Law and Society 665-666
 Kruiniger, Pauline, (2011) 18(4) Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative
Law 563-573
 Selby, Jennifer A., (2011) Contemporary Islam
 Manjoo, Faizal, (2011) 31(4) The Muslim World Book Review 17-18
ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY REFEREED JOURNALS
1.
Fournier, Pascale & McDougall, Pascal, ― Le droit comparé et la violence faite aux
femmes: voyages au coeur de la narration identitaire‖, (2014) 87(2) Droit et société 435464
2.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Headscarf and Burqa Controversies at the Crossroad of Politics,
Society and Law‖, Introduction of a Special Issue (Conclusion by Valérie Amiraux, coeditor), (2013) 19(6) Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture 689-704
3.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Halacha, the ‗Jewish State‘ and the Canadian Agunah: Comparative
Law at the Intersection of Religious and Secular Orders‖, (2012) 65 Journal of Legal
Pluralism 165-204
4.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Honour Crimes and the Law—Public Policy in an Age of
Globalization‖, Introduction of a Special Issue: Guest Editor, (2012) 16(2) Canadian
Criminal Law Review 103-114
5.
Fournier, Pascale, McDougall, Pascal & Dekker, Anna, ―Dishonour, Provocation and
Culture: Through the Beholder's Eye?‖, (2012) 16(2) Canadian Criminal Law Review 161193 (Review: Isabel Grant, ―Provoked Intimate Femicides : A Privatized Version of
« Honour »?‖, Equality Jotwell : The Journal of Things We Like (Lots), May 22, 2013)
6.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Calculating Claims: Jewish and Muslim Women Navigating
Religion, Economics and Law in Canada‖, (2012) 8(1) International Journal of Law in
Context 47-72
7.
Fournier, Pascale & See, Erica, ―The ‗Naked Face‘ of Secular Exclusion: Bill-94 and
the Privatization of Belief‖, (2012) 30(1) Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 63-76
8.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Borders and Crossroads: Comparative Perspectives on Minorities
and Conflicts of Laws‖, (2011) 25(2) Emory International Law Review 987-1006
9.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Courtiser Dieu devant les tribunaux occidentaux‖, (2010) 25(2)
Canadian Journal of Law and Society 167-193
Curriculum Vitae of Pascale Fournier
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10.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Flirting with God in Western Secular Courts: Mahr in the West‖,
(2010) 24(1) The International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 1-28
11.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Transit and Translation: Islamic Legal Transplants in North
America and Western Europe‖, (2009) 4(1) The Journal of Comparative Law 1-38
12.
Fournier, Pascale, ―La femme musulmane au Canada: profane ou sacrée?‖, (2007)
19(2) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 227-242
13.
Fournier, Pascale, ―In the (Canadian) Shadow of Islamic Law: Translating Mahr as a
Bargaining Endowment‖, (2006) 44(4) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 649-677
14.
Fournier, Pascale, ―La femme musulmane au Canada, un être visible caché ?
Réflexions sur la traduction de l‘Autre‖, (2006) 8(1) Revue Éthique publique, ―La religion
dans l‘espace public‖ 44-51
15.
Fournier, Pascale, ―The Ghettoization of Difference in Canada: ‗Rape by Culture‘ or
the Danger of a Cultural Defence in Criminal Law Trials‖, (2002) 29 Manitoba Law
Journal 81-113
16.
Fournier, Pascale, ―The Erasure of Islamic Difference in Canadian and American
Family Law Adjudication‖, (2001) 10 Journal of Law and Policy 51-95
ARTICLES IN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN JOURNALS
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Fournier, Pascale & McDougall, Pascal, ―False Jurisdictions? A Revisionist Take on
Customary (Religious) Law in Germany‖, (2013) 48(3) Texas International Law Journal
435-463
Fournier, Pascale, McDougall, Pascal & Lichtsztral, Merissa, ―Secular Rights and
Religious Wrongs? Family Law, Religion and Jewish Women in Israel‖, (2012) 18(2)
William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law 333-362
Fournier, Pascale, Nicol, Julia & Dekker, Anna, ―En-gender-ing Legal Reforms
: Islamic Law in Africa and East Asia‖, (2011) 3(2) Amsterdam Law Forum 103-129
CHAPTERS IN SCHOLARLY REFEREED BOOKS
1.
Fournier, Pascale, "Secular Portraits and Religious Shadows: An Empirical Study of
Religious Women in France", in Jacques Berlinerblau (ed.), Secularism on the Edge:
Contemporary Church‐ State Relations in the United States, France and Israel, (Palgrave
Macmillan: New York, 2014), 219-235
2.
Fournier, Pascale & Jacques, Emmanuelle, ―Voiles, Voiler‖, L’accommodement
raisonnable de la religion en Belgique et au Canada, eds. Emmanuelle Bribosia & Isabelle
Rorive, (Les éditions Peter Lang : Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New
York, Oxford, Wien, 2014), forthcoming
3.
Fournier, Pascale & See, Erica, "The 'Naked Face' of Secular Exclusion: Bill-94 and
the Privatization of Belief", in Solange Lefebvre and Lori Beaman (eds), Religion in the
Public Sphere: Canadian Case Studies, (University of Toronto Press: Toronto, 2014), 275293 (partial reprint)
4.
Fournier, Pascale & Tremblay, Régine, ―Translating Religious Principles into German
Law: Boundaries and Contradictions‖, in Simone Glanert ed., Comparative Law Curriculum Vitae of Pascale Fournier
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Engaging Translation, (Routledge: Abingdon, 2014), 157-173 (partial reprint)
5.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Please Divorce Me! Subversive Agency, Resistance and Gendered
Religious Scripts‖, in Elisa Giunchi (ed.) Muslim Family Law in Western Courts,
(Routledge: Abingdon, 2014), 32-55 (partial reprint)
6.
Fournier, Pascale & Reyes, Nathan, ―A Language of Hybridity: Honour and
Otherness in Canadian and Sharia‖, Applying Sharia in the West, ed. Maurits Berger,
(Leiden University Press: Leiden, 2013), 189-203 (partial reprint)
7.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Quand ‗l‘Internationale‘, c‘est aussi le national qui dérange: la
théorie critique dans les coulisses du religieux‖, ed. Rémi Bachand, Théories critiques et
droit international, (Les éditions Bruylant : Bruxelles, 2013), 249-268
8.
Fournier, Pascale, McDougall, Pascal & Lichtsztral, Merissa, "A 'Deviant' Solution:
The Israeli Agunah and the Religious Sanctions Law", John Eekelaar et Mavis Maclean
eds., Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies, (Hart Publishing: Oxford, 2013), 89-105
(partial reprint)
9.
Fournier, Pascale, "Flirting with God in Western Secular States: Mahr in the West", in
Lisa Fishbayn and Sylvia Neil, eds., Gender, Religion, and Family Law: Theorizing Conflicts
between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions, (Brandeis University Press: Boston, 2012)
136-164 (reprint)
10.
Fournier, Pascale, Setrakian, Aida & McDougall, Pascal, ―No-Fault Talaq : Islamic
Divorce in Canadian Immigration and Family Law‖, in Jørgen S. Nielsen, Werner
Menski & Rubya Mehdi eds., Interpreting Divorce Law in Islam, (DJØF Publishing :
Copenhagen, 2012), 235-258
11.
Fournier, Pascale, "On God, Promises, and Money: Islamic Divorce at the Crossroads
of Gender and the Law", in Feminist Constitutionalism: Global Perspectives, Beverly Baines,
Daphne Barak-Erez & Tsvi Kahana, eds, (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge,
2012), 433-451 (partial reprint)
12.
Fournier, Pascale & Urban, Jens Pierre, ―Muslime und das deutsche Bestattungsrecht
:Keine Integration im Jenseits?‖, Kirche und Recht (KuR) 2010/2, 246-254
13.
Fournier, Pascale & Urban, Jens Pierre, ―La régulation des morts par le droit
allemand: l'au-delà comporte-t-il des privilégiés?‖, in Atmane Aggoun (ed.) Les carrés de
l'Islam en Europe (Paris: Seuil, 2010), 13-23
14.
Fournier, Pascale, « Adjudicating Islamic Marriage Transnationally : Substantive
Equality, Gender, and the Indeterminacy of Legal Doctrine », in Diversidad, derechos
fundamentales y federalismo : Un diálogo entre Canadá y España, Sébastien Grammond and
Josep Maria Casellà Andreu (eds), (Les éditions Atelier Libros Juridicos: Barcelone,
2010), 339-358 (partial reprint)
15. . Fournier, Pascale & Yurdakul, Gökçe, ―Hinter dem Schleier: Zur sozialen Stellung
muslimischer Frauen mit Kopftuch in Frankreich und Deutschland‖, Gökce Yurdakul
und Michal Bodemann, eds., Staatsbürgerschaft, Migration und Minderheiten: Inklusion und
Ausgrenzungsstrategien im Vergleich, 1st ed. (VS Verlag: Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010), 93111 (translation)
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16.
Fournier, Pascale, "Deconstructing the East/West Binary: Substantive Equality and
Islamic Marriage in a Comparative Dialogue", in Constituting Equality: Gender Equality
and Comparative Constitutional Law, Susan H. Williams (eds.), (Cambridge University
Press: Cambridge, 2009), 157-172
17.
Fournier, Pascale, ―L‘égalité substantielle comme école buissonnière du droit ? À
propos du caractère indéterminé du droit comparé religieux‖, in Louise Langevin
(ed.) Rapports sociaux de sexe/genre et droit : repenser le droit (Les éditions des archives
contemporaines: Paris, 2008), 63-85
18.
Fournier, Pascale, ―In the (Canadian) Shadow of Islamic Law: Translating Mahr as a
Bargaining Endowment‖, in Richard Moon (ed.) Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada
(Vancouver, UBC Press: 2008), 155-177 (reprint)
19.
Fournier, Pascale & Yurdakul, Gökçe, ―Unveiling Distribution: Muslim Women with
Headscarves in France and Germany‖, in Y. Michal Bodemann & Gökçe Yurdakul
(eds.) Migration, Citizenship, Ethnos (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), 167-185
ARTICLES IN NON-REFEREED BOOKS AND SERIES
1.
Fournier, Pascale, ―La laïcité au féminin : guerre de genre(s) ?‖, in Sébastien Lévesque,
ed., Penser la laïcité québécoise (Québec : Presses de l‘Université Laval, 2014), forthcoming
2.
Fournier, Pascale, "Comparative Law at the Intersection of Religion and Gender",
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Working Papers Series—2009/50, (European
University Institute: Italy, 2009), 48 pp. (reprint)
3.
Fournier, Pascale, "Le traitement réservé au droit musulman de la famille dans les
États libéraux occidentaux" dans Femmes sous lois musulmanes, Dossier 27 (2006), 65-79
4.
Fournier, Pascale, "Dire l‘Islam au féminin : le multiculturalisme canadien entend-t-il
l‘Autre?" in Québécois et musulmans main dans la main pour la paix, (Lanctôt éditeur :
Montréal, 2006), 114-121
5.
Fournier, Pascale, "The Reception of Muslim Family Laws in Western Liberal States"
in Women Living Under Muslim Laws, Dossier 27 (2005), 65-79
BOOK REVIEWS, BLURBS AND MEDIA ARTICLES
1.
Fournier, Pascale ―Les fonctionnaires sont déjà neutres‖, La Presse, January 22, 2014
2.
Fournier, Pascale ―Quebec's Multiculturalism debate‖, The New York Times,
January 17, 2014
3.
Gaudreault-Desbiens, Jean-François, Grammond, Sébastien, Fournier, Pascale, and
Bosset, Pierre, ―Une Charte des valeurs québécoises redondante, ambigüe et
inefficiente‖, Huffington Post Québec, September 23, 2013
4.
Fournier, Pascale ―Notre regard partial‖, La Presse, September 16, 2013
5.
Grammond, Sébastien, Fournier, Pascale, Gaudreault-Desbiens, Jean-François,
Bosset, Pierre and Lampron, Louis-Philippe, ―Une interdiction invalide‖, Le Journal
de Québec, September 15, 2013, also published in Le Journal de Montréal (September
15, 2013), Le Droit (September 23, 2013) and Le Soleil (September 27, 2013)
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6.
Fournier, Pascale, Grammond, Sébastien, Amiraux, Valérie, and five other signatories
―Prière au conseil de ville de Saguenay: un jugement qui fait fi du principe de
neutralité‖, Le Devoir, May 30, 2013
7.
Fournier, Pascale, Grammond, Sébastien, Amiraux, Valérie, and eight other
signatories, ―A Neutral State for a Plural Quebec‖, The Gazette, June 4th, 2013
8.
Fournier, Pascale, Book blurb: Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law
Arbitration, eds. Anna C. Korteweg and Jennifer A. Selby, (University of Toronto
Press: Toronto, 2012)
9.
Fournier, Pascale, ―L‘après-Shafia‖, La Presse, January 31, 2012
10.
Fournier, Pascale, ―The Shafia trial was only the beginning‖, The Ottawa Citizen,
January 31, 2012
11.
Fournier, Pascale, Book blurb: Marriage and Divorce in a Multicultural Context, MultiTiered Marriage and the Boundaries of Civil Law and Religion, Ed. Joel A. Nichols,
(Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2011)
12.
Fournier, Pascale, ―Réparer l‘irréparable‖ La Presse, April 22, 2011
13.
Fournier, Pascale & Dekker, Anna, Book Review of Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity,
Ed. by Grillo, Ballard, Ferrari, Hoekema, Maussen and Shah (Surrey: Ashgate
Publishing, 2009), (2011) 19:2 Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law, 755-764
PUBLIC POLICY REPORTS
1.
Fournier, Pascale, "60 chercheurs pour la laïcité, contre le Projet de loi 60", Mémoire
déposé à la Commission parlementaire sur le Projet de loi 60, Assemblée nationale du
Québec, décembre 2013; reproduced in "Les Cahiers de la CREQS (2) – Mars 2014"
2.
Fournier, Pascale, "So-called Honour Crimes and the Sentencing Regime in Canada",
National Judicial Institute, (Ottawa: N.J.I., 2011), 24 pp.
3.
Fournier, Pascale, "Les crimes d‘honneur et le régime de détermination de la peine au
Canada", l‘Institut national de la magistrature, (Ottawa : I.N.M., 2011), 26 pp. (Traduction)
4.
Fournier, Pascale, "The Relationship between Gender and Islamic Law: a
Comparative Study of Malaysia, Nigeria, Tunisia and Egypt", United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP: New York City, 2008), 50 pp.
5.
Fournier, Pascale, "The Applicability of Sharia/Muslim Law in Western Liberal
States", Canadian Council of Muslim Women, 2004, 26 pp.
OTHER REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS: SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
1.
« Quebec, Muslim and Jewish women and the Crisis of Canadian Secularism »,
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Program for Jewish Civilization at
Georgetown University, (Washington D.C., USA), 16/09/2014
2.
« Translating Religion into Law: the Unintended Effects of Recognition », After
Equality, SSHRC-funded workshop: Robert Leckey, McGill Faculty of Law,
(Montréal, Canada), 12/04/2013
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3.
« Repenser le pouvoir, désenchanter le droit: les apports du pluralisme juridique et du
droit comparé », Legal Theory Workshop, McGill Faculty of Law, (Montréal,
Canada), 15/03/2013
4.
« Les savoirs et les pouvoirs du droit : regards croisés sur le pluralisme juridique et le
droit comparé» (avec Pascal McDougall), Centre d’études sur le droit international
et la mondialisation (CEDIM), UQÀM, (Montréal, Canada), 11/03/2013
5.
―Women and Secularism: Problems and Possibilities‖, Secularism on the Edge: The
Church and the State in the United States, France & Israel, Program for Jewish
Civilization at Georgetown University, (Washington DC, É-U), 21/02/2013
6.
―Introduction & conclusion du colloque international socio-juridique (with Professor
Valérie Amiraux), "Illegal" Covering: Comparative Perspectives on Legal and
Social Discourses on Religious Diversity, International Institute for the Sociology
of Law, (Onati, Spain), 17-18/05/2012
7.
―Le sacré reconsidéré : enjeux de citoyenneté et d‘accessibilité à la Justice pour les
femmes religieuses au Canada‖, Colloque international sur l’accommodement
raisonnable de la religion en Belgique et au Canada, Université libre de Bruxelles,
(Brussels, Belgium), 27/04/2012
8.
―Les crimes d‘honneur, les valeurs canadiennes et le regard du droit‖, Regard sur
notre Constitution 30 ans plus tard: l’influence de la Constitution canadienne et
de la Charte des droits et libertés sur les lois, les identités et le fédéralisme,
Association for Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario),
17/04/2012
9.
―Islamic and Jewish Divorce Customs in Germany‖ (with Aida Setrakian), Is There a
Role for Custom in Modern European Law?, University of Texas at Austin School
of Law, (Austin, USA), 14/04/201
10.
―Teaching across Systems and Borders: Rethinking the Religious/Secular Divide in
Legal Thought‖, Global Legal Education Forum at Harvard Law School,
(Cambridge, USA), 24/03/2012
11.
―Legal Transplants, Women and the State: Laïcité and Multiculturalism in Context‖,
the 19th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies
at Columbia University, (Boston, USA), 22/03/2012
12.
―Navigating the Secular/Religious Divide: Muslim Women Divorcing in Western
Europe‖, The politics of Islam in Western Europe, the University of Toronto‘s
Munk School of Global Affairs, (Toronto, Ontario), 11/11/2011
13.
―Droit constitutionnel canadien et liberté de religion: de la Cour suprême aux acteurs
sociaux‖, Espagne, Canada: État des savoirs sur le statut des immigrés, Réseau
hispano-canadien d‘experts en immigration (RHICEIN), (Madrid, Spain), 28/10/2011
14.
―Transplantation, Reification and Repression: Crimes of Honour in Canada‖, Facts,
Fears and the Future of Islamic Rules on Family Relations in the West, the
Leiden University Centre for the study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), (Leiden, The
Netherlands), 20/06/2011
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15.
―Quand « l‘Internationale », c‘est aussi le national qui dérange: la théorie critique dans
les coulisses du religieux‖, Colloque CÉDIM: L’état des théories critiques dans le
monde francophone / Trajectoires comparées : Relations internationales et
droit international, Université du Québec à Montréal, (Montréal, Québec),
20/05/2011
16.
―Discipline and Deviance: On Broken Families, Jail and the Jewish Agunah in Israel‖
(with Merissa Lichtsztral and Pascal McDougall), Families: Deviance, Diversity and
the Law, Convenors: Mavis Maclean & John Eekelaar (Oxford University), The Onati
International Institute for the Sociology of Law, (Onati, Spain), 05/05/2011
17.
―Please Divorce Me! Subversive Agency, Resistance and Gendered Religious Scripts‖,
Hot Spots: Exploring Sites of Contention, The Religion and Diversity Project,
University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario), 27/04/2011
18.
―Muslim Marriage in Western Courts: Lost in Transplantation (book launch)‖, Faculty
of Law, University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario), 01/31/2011
19.
―Le « visage découvert » de l‘exclusion laïque : la privatisation du religieux au Québec
et en France‖ (with Dia Dabby), Pluralisme et radicalisations: regards croisés sur
les expériences canadiennes et françaises, SSHRC-funded workshop: Valérie
Amiraux, (Montréal, Québec), 01/08/2011
20.
« The Distributive Family: Dismantling Law's Secular Impulse and Religion's Sacred
Aspiration », Les Ateliers de la recherche, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa,
(Ottawa, Ontario), 12/09/2010
21.
―Muslim Marriage in Western Courts: Lost in Transplantation (book launch)‖, Center
for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, (Oxford, UK), 11/26/2010
22.
―Muslim Marriage in Western Courts: Lost in Transplantation (book launch)‖,
University of London, SOAS, (London, UK), 11/24/2010
23.
―Muslim Marriage in Western Courts: Lost in Transplantation (book launch)‖,
Cambridge International Studies Association, University of Cambridge,
(Cambridge, UK), 11/23/2010
24.
―Calculating Claims: Jewish and Muslim Women Navigating Religion, Economics and
Law in Canada‖, The Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal
Profession, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario), 11/10/2010
25.
―The ‗Naked Face‘ of Secular Exclusion: Bill-94 and the Privatization of Belief‖ (with
Erica See), La religion dans la sphère publique: perspectives interdisciplinaires à
travers les provinces canadiennes, colloque CRSH: Solange Lefebvre, Université de
Montréal, (Montréal, Québec), 11/06/2010
26.
―Calculating Claims: Jewish and Muslim Women Navigating Religion, Economics and
Law in Canada‖, Legal Practice and Accommodation in Multicultural Europe,
Convenors: Marie-Claire Foblets & Prakash Shaw, The Onati International Institute
for the Sociology of Law, (Onati, Spain), 06/03/2010
27.
―Projet de loi 94 sur les demandes d'accommodement, ‗Burka de chair‘, and other
exotic and constitutional considerations‖, Taking Stock: The Nature and Shape of
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Religion, University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario), 05/26/2010
28.
―Ideology, taxonomy, rules and their distributional consequences‖, The Distributive
Family, Harvard Law School, (MA, USA), 07/15/2009
29.
―And God Made Law. Talmudic Law and Shariah Law: Introduction
and Discussion of the Their Use in Canada‖, 2009 Canadian Association of Law
Libraries Conference, (Halifax, Nova-Scotia), 05/25/2009
30.
―The Jewish Get, the Islamic Talaq, and Other Subversive Moments: Jewish and
Muslim Women Negotiating Divorce in Canada‖, Panel on Religion, Family and
Sexuality, Canadian Law & Society Association Conference, (Ottawa, Ontario),
05/23/2009
31.
―(Recent) Writing That Has Changed The Way We Think About Feminist Theory‖,
Interdisciplinary Ideas Commons: One-Day Feminist Legal/Socio-Legal
Workshop, Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario), 05/22/2009
32.
―The Migration of Religious Islamic Laws to Western Secular Courts : The Paradoxical
Binary‖, The Politics of Community and Identity: Learning from One Another,
University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario), 05/21/2009
33.
―Flirting with God in Western Secular Courts‖, 2009 Summer Institute: Pierre
Elliott Trudeau Foundation, (Gananoque, Ontario), 05/19/2009
34.
―Legal Pluralism: The Canadian Case‖, Pluralism in Family Law–Its Justification
and Limits, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin—The Institute for Advanced Study
(Berlin, Germany), 05/08/2009
35.
―Human Rights, Gender, and Cultural Plurality‖, Pluralism in Family Law–Its
Justification and Limits, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin—The Institute for Advanced
Study (Berlin, Germany), 05/07/2009
36.
―Comparative Law at the Intersection of Religion and Gender: How Liberal Societies
Approach Issues of Faith and Culture‖, Workshop on Religion, Law and
Democracy, 10th Mediterranean Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced Studies, European University Institute (Florence, Montecatini Terme, Italy),
03/27/2009
37.
―Flirting with God in Western Secular Courts‖, Comparative Family Law: What is
the Global Family? Family Law in Decolonization, Modernization and
Globalization, American University Washington College of Law, (Wash. DC, USA),
03/21/2009
38.
―The Bad Man/Bad Woman Script: Flirting with God in Western Secular Courts‖,
International Conference on Feminist Constitutionalism, Queen‘s University
(Ontario, Canada), 02/28/2009
39.
―Critical Perspectives on Environment and Women‘s Health‖ (commentator), York
University and National Network on Environments and Women's Health,
Toronto (Ontario, Canada), 01/29/2009
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40.
―Religion and Human Rights‖, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 60 Years
Later, Canadian Studies Association and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation,
McGill Faculty Club, Montréal (Québec, Canada), 12/09/2008
41.
―L'égalité hommes-femmes, la religion et le droit‖, Chaire de recherche du Canada en
identités juridiques et culturelles nord-américaines et comparées, Les Conférences
―Droit et Religion‖, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec, Canada),
12/07/2007
42.
―Islamic Marriage in Western Liberal Courts: Beyond Recognition, Equality and
Fairness‖, Diversité, fédéralisme et droits fondamentaux, University of Ottawa and
University of Barcelona, Faculty of Law (Ontario, Canada), 09/15/2007
43.
―Islamic Marriage in Western Liberal Courts: Beyond Recognition, Equality and
Fairness‖, The American Law and Society Conference, ―Law and Society in the
21st Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures‖, Humboldt University (Berlin,
Germany), 07/26/2007
44.
―Sharia Court in Canada and Global Civil Society: What are the Stakes?‖, University
of Edinburgh, International Interdisciplinary Conference, ―A World for All? The
Ethics of Global Civil Society‖, Edinburgh (Scotland, UK), 09/04-07/2005
45.
―The Reception of Islamic Family Law in Western States: Can Muslim Subaltern
Women Speak?‖, The American Philosophical Association, APA Committee on
the Status of Women, ―Multiculturalism and Women‘s Rights‖, San Francisco (CA,
USA), 03/26/2005
46.
―The Adjudication of Otherness in Constitutional Liberal States: A Critique of the
(Multi)Cultural Encounter in the Enforcement of Mahr‖, McGill University, Faculty
of Law, FQRSC Seminar: Governance and Diversity of Law, Montréal, (Québec,
Canada), 03/14/2005
47.
―La réception de l'espace juridique islamique au Canada : La femme musulmane estelle un être visible caché?‖ Université Laval, Chaire d'étude Claire-Bonenfant sur
la condition des femmes Québec City (Québec, Canada), 03/08/2005
48.
―The Adjudication of Otherness in Constitutional Liberal States: A Critique of the
(Multi)Cultural Encounter in the Enforcement of Mahr‖, McGill University, Faculty
of Law, Faculty Seminar, Montréal, (Québec, Canada), 02/16/2005
49.
―Muslim Women with Headscarf: Comparative Legal and Political Perspectives on
Germany and France‖ (with Gökçe Yurdakul), International Conference of the
International Sociological Association: ―Racisms, Sexisms, and Contemporary
Politics of Belonging‖, London (England, UK), 08/27/2004
50.
―Legal Discourses of Recognition and/or Regulation: How Identities are Formed,
Produced, and Translated Through Law‖ (with Robert Leckey), Harvard Law
School, SJD-Run Workshop, Cambridge (MA, USA), 04/06/2004
51.
―Globalization and Sexual Politics‖, Northeastern University School of Law's
Progressive Lawyering Project: ―Rethinking Ideology and Strategy: Progressive
Lawyering, Globalization and Markets‖, Boston (MA, USA), 11/07/2003
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52.
―Group Identity and Muslim Women in the West‖, Institute for Women’s Studies
and Research, Tehran, (Iran), 07/23/2003
53.
―Law's Encounters with Multiculturalism: The Treatment of Muslim Women in
Canada and the United States‖, The 6th International Conference of the Arab
Women’s Solidarity Association: ―Women in the Arab World: Past Experiences and
Future Horizons‖, Cairo University, Cairo (Egypt), 01/03-05/2002
54.
―The Dilemmas (and Dangers) of Difference: Law's Encounters with Multiculturalism
in Canada‖, An International Interdisciplinary Conference: ―Cultural Studies:
Between Politics and Ethics‖, University College, Bath Spa (UK), 07/06-08/2001
55.
―The Erasure of Islamic Difference in Canadian Family Law‖, The International
Society of Family Law North America Regional Conference: ―Defining the
Family: Familial Rights and Obligations in the New Century‖, Queen's University,
Kingston (Ontario, Canada), 06/14-16/2001
56.
―The Ghettoization of Difference in Canada: ‗Rape by Culture‘ and the Danger of a
‗Cultural Defence‘ in Criminal Law Trials‖ The Canadian Law and Society
Association 2001 Conference: ―Socio-legal Issues in the New Century‖, Laval
University, Québec (Québec, Canada), 05/28-29/2001
57.
―The Ghettoization of Difference in Canada: ‗Rape by Culture‘ and the Danger of a
‗Cultural Defence‘ in Criminal Law Trials‖, The May 2001 University of Toronto
Department of Sociology Annual Student Conference: ―Bridging Divides‖,
Toronto (Ontario, Canada), 05/16-18/2001
OTHER RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
A)
CONFERENCES TO JUDGES, LAWYERS, POLICYMAKERS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
1.
―Mediation in the Lebanese Legal System: a Comparative View from Palestine‖,
United Nations (UNRWA: Protection Unit of the Lebanese Field Office),
(Beirut, Lebanon), 06/28/2013
2.
―Femmes, religion et pouvoir(s): regards croisés sur le droit comparé‖, Petit-déjeuner
des Amies d’affaire, Hôtel le Germain, (Montréal, Québec), 06/07/2013
3.
―Judging Culture‖, Living on the Margins: Judging Fairly, Judging Responsively,
National Judicial Institute, (Montréal, Québec), 05/09/2013
4.
―Droit des contrats, droit de la famille, droit international privé et droit criminel :
quand le religieux rencontre le séculier en Occident‖, Séminaire de formation des
juges de la Cour du Québec (Chambre civile, criminelle et de la jeunesse), La
maison du Barreau du Québec (Montréal, Québec), 05/10/2011
5.
―Sentencing Challenges of So-Called Honour Crimes‖, Criminal Law Seminar,
National Judicial Institute, (Vancouver, B.C.), 03/31/2011
6.
―Muslim Marriage in Western Courts: Lost in Transplantation‖, The Ashgate Cultural
Diversity and Law Series, The Matrix Chamber, (London, UK), 11/25/2010
7.
―When the Private Becomes Public: The Regulation of Women‘s Body Through Bill
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94‖, Islam and Muslim Communities, Perspectives for Foreign Policy, Foreign
Affairs and International Trade Canada, Campus Bisson (Gatineau, Québec),
11/08/2010
8.
―L‘influence des religions dans le mariage et le divorce : perspectives canadienne et
internationale‖, Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, Hôtel Le Chantecler,
(Sainte-Adèle, Québec), 09/17/2010
9.
« Des revendications calculées: le spectre distributif du divorce juif et musulman au
Canada », Rendre justice dans une société plurielle et dans une cage de verre : défis et
enjeux, Congrès de l’Association du jeune Barreau de Montréal, (Montréal,
Québec), 05/25/2010
10.
―Courtiser Dieu devant les tribunaux occidentaux‖, Formation du Barreau du
Québec, Maison du Barreau, (Montréal, Québec), 05/13/2010
11.
«Cas pratiques : l‘intervention judiciaire en matière de liberté de religion dans les
contextes spécifiques de la polygamie et de la burka», Journée Germain-Brière,
Formation du Barreau du Québec, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa,
09/26/2009
12.
―The Relationship between Gender and Islamic Law: a Comparative Study of
Malaysia, Nigeria, Tunisia and Egypt‖, United Nations, (UNDP: United Nations
Development Programme), New York City (NY, USA), 10/06/2008
13.
(with the secretary for justice, Me Daniel Jean) ―La femme haïtienne, les
discriminations et le droit international des femmes‖, Groupe d’initiative des
femmes juristes d’Haïti & le Barreau de l’Ordre des Avocats de Port-au-Prince,
Palais de Justice, Port-au-Prince (Haïti), 06/25/2007
14.
―Comparative Law at the Intersection of Religion and Gender: How Liberal Societies
Have Approached Issues of Faith and Culture‖, National Judicial Institute,
Montréal (Québec, Canada), 10/05/2006
15.
―Dans quel monde vivons-nous? Le 21e siècle : un monde furieusement religieux?‖
Séminaire sur la réalité sociale des juges de la Cour du Québec, Auberge Le
Baluchon, St-Paulin (Québec, Canada), 04/25/2006
16.
―Tribunal islamique et femmes musulmanes : une difficile rencontre?‖ (Invited
Speaker for the International Day of Women 2005), Conseil du Statut de la Femme,
Rouyn-Noranda (Québec, Canada), 03/09/2005
17.
―La réception de l‘espace juridique islamique au Canada : la femme musulmane est-elle
un être visible caché?‖, Conseil du Statut de la femme, Québec, (Québec, Canada),
10/14/2004
18.
"Building Canadians: Preparing our People for the Global Playing Field", Banff
Forum, "Integrating Canadians: The Groutless Mosaic" Banff (Alberta, Canada),
10/06-08/2005
19.
―Femmes musulmanes à l'ère de la mondialisation‖, Fédération des Femmes du
Québec, Conseil Régional, Québec (Québec, Canada), 06/15/2004
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20.
B)
―Réforme du droit et condition juridique des femmes du Moyen-Orient‖, Secrétariat
à la condition féminine du Québec, Québec, (Québec, Canada), 03/09/1999
CONTRIBUTIONS PRESENTED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
1.
―Mariages religieux, mondialisation et femmes en Occident sous la loupe du pluralisme
juridique‖, Book Launch Event for Mariages musulmans, tribunaux d’Occident, University
of Ottawa, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), 11/19/2013
2.
―La religion dans les institutions publiques‖, Dieu(x) modes d‘emploi: découvrir et
débattre, Série de débats publics, Canadian Museum of Civilization, (Ottawa,
Ontario), 03/01/2012
3.
« L‘importance du Pro Bono, assise de la justice sociale » (avec Pascal McDougall &
Anne Dagenais), Launch of the national network for pro bono students, Faculty
of Law, University of Ottawa, 09/14/2011
4.
« Les mariages religieux et la burqa au cœur de l‘Occident séculier », Retraite du
personnel administratif, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, 06/10/2011
5.
"Canada et le monde", Trudeau Foundation & Canada World Youth: Jacques
Hébert: sa vie et son œuvre, Animation de la remise des prix Citoyens du monde
Jacques-Hébert, McGill Faculty Club, Montréal (Québec, Canada), 12/08/2008
6.
"Sharia et droits des femmes : quels enjeux?", Université du Québec à Montréal
(UQAM) et la Fédération des femmes du Québec, Montréal (Québec, Canada),
03/17/2005
7.
"Tribunal islamique et femmes musulmanes : une difficile rencontre?" (Guest speaker:
International day of the Woman 2005), L’Université du troisième âge en AbitibiTémiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda (Québec, Canada), 03/10/2005
8.
"Tribunal islamique et femmes musulmanes : une difficile rencontre?" Condition
Féminine, Ministère des Transports du Québec, International day of the Woman
2005, Montréal, (Québec, Canada), 03/07/2005
9.
"Tribunal Islamique, voile à l‘école, droits des femmes : nos institutions doivent-elles
tenir compte des préceptes de l‘Islam?" Musée de la Civilisation, Participe
Présent:, Québec (Québec, Canada), 01/10/2005
10.
"Religion and Revolution: Towards a New Conception of the Division of
Religion/State in a Multicultural Society", Canada Millennium Scholarship
Foundation’s Excellence Awards Symposium: "Think Again 2004:
Revolution/Evolution", Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), 09/17/2004
11.
"Interpreting Justice: Language, Culture, and Minority Groups", Canada Millennium
Scholarship Foundation’s Excellence Awards Symposium: "Think Again 2002:
Exploring New Paths", Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), 09/27-28/2002
12.
"Arab Women and Gender Equality: Toward the Redefinition of Family Law, Crimes
of Honor, and Female Genital Mutilation", International Rotary Club of
Alexandria, Alexandria (Egypt), 02/05/1999
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C)
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
1.
―Droit musulman, femmes et justice sociale‖, Book Launch Event for Mariages
musulmans, tribunaux d’Occident and 10th Anniversary of the Trudeau Foundation,
Grande Bibliothèque, Montréal (Québec, Canada), 11/20/2013
2.
―Divorce religieux juif et divorce civil: une approche comparative‖, Les femmes et le
judaïsme dans le monde contemporain, ALEPH- le Centre d’Etudes Juives
Contemporaines (CSUQ), Montréal (Québec, Canada), 11/04/2012
3. . ―Droits des femmes et égalité des sexes dans la coopération canadienne : défis et
perspectives‖ (Chair), AQOCI and Fondation Walter & Duncan Gordon, Montréal
(Québec, Canada), 01/19-20/2009
4.
―Muslim Women and Constitutional Liberal States: Exclusion, Assimilation or
Integration?‖, Carrefour Culturel Sésame de Québec, Journée internationale de la
femme 2004, Université Laval (Québec City, Québec), 03/10/2004
5.
"Table des controverses: Exit la religion dans la société d‘aujourd‘hui?" Les Journées
Alternatives, "De l‘action locale à la citoyenneté mondiale", Alternatives, Montréal
(Québec, Canada), 09/10/2005
6.
―Multiculturalism in Canadian and American societies‖, American Association of
University Women, Taunton, MA (USA), 12/07/2002
―Islam, Women, and Multicultural States‖, American Association of University
Women Annual Dinner, Boxford (MA, USA), 05/02/2002
7.
8.
―International Volunteering: Looking Ahead‖, Canadian International Volunteer
Coalition Symposium (Opening Speaker on Canada's contribution to sustainable
human development), Montreal, Québec (Canada), 10/16/2001
ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT
2012 GRANT EVALUATION
Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC): Selection
Committee/ Master and PhD Level
2011—2012 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMPARATIVE LAW
Member of the Younger Comparativists Committee
As of 09/2009 MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION
Journals: McGill Law Journal, Canadian Journal of Law and Society/Revue canadienne Droit et
Société, Les Cahiers de droit, Canadian Journal of Political Science
Publishers : University of Toronto Press, Routledge
As of 01/07 ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES
 Judging at the Margins: Judging Fairly, Judging Responsively, National Judicial Institute
& Canadian Chapter of the International Association for Women Judges,
Montréal, May 8-10, 2013 (co-organizer)
 ’Illegal’ Covering: Comparative Perspectives on Legal and Social Discourses on Religious
Diversity (with Valérie Amiraux), International Institute for the Sociology of
Law, Onati (Spain), May 17-18, 2012
 Checking Our Constitution@30: The Influence of the Canadian Constitution and the
Charter of Rights on Legislation, Identities and Federalism (Co-organizer), Association
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for Canadian Studies: 12/2011—04/2012
Les Lecteurs radicaux / The Radical Readers, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
(with Jens Pierre Urban) : 09/2007-04/2011
Critical Thinkers in Law, Religion and Social Theory, University of Ottawa, Coorganizer: L. Beaman (Chair), P. Fournier, A. Laliberté, E. Winter : 2009-2012
Les Ateliers de la recherche, University of Ottawa : 2010-2012
Jane Doe Conference, University of Ottawa, Co-organizer: E. Sheehy (Chair), P.
Fournier, R. Ruparelia, N. Bakht, B. Bain, T. Lindberg, N. Currie : 2008-2009
Marlene Cano Conference, University of Ottawa : 01/2007-03/2007
As of 09/08 UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA: ADMINISTRATION
 University of Ottawa Research Commission (08/2010-06/2012)
 Faculty of Law Graduate Studies Committee (08/2010-06/2012)
 Faculty of Law Executive Committee (08/2010-06/2012)
 Faculty of Law Graduate Admission Committee (10/2010—08-2011)
 ―Conseil de la Section de droit civil‖ (08/2010-06/2012)
 ―Comité des professeurs du Conseil de la Section (CPC)‖ (08/2010—
06/2012)
 Research and Ethics Sub-Committee (07/2011-06/2012)
 Hiring Committee : Research Facilitator (04/2011—06/2011 & 11/201112/2011)
 Hiring Committee : Communication Officer (10/2010—02/2011)
 Faculty of Law Recruitment Committee (Professors) (2008-2009)
 Human Rights and Education Center Committee (2008-2009)
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
As of 10/2014 CAMP AMY MOLSON, Montréal (Québec, Canada)
Member of the Board of Directors
December 4, 2012 LE BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, TÉLÉ-QUÉBEC and LE CANAL SAVOIR, Montréal
(Québec, Canada)
Participant in the TV series « Portraits d‘avocats aux parcours hors du commun, aux
passions et aux réalisations inspirantes »
March 8, 2012 LE BARREAU DU QUÉBEC et LA RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE CIBL, Montréal
(Québec, Canada)
Round-table participant « L’influence des femmes sur l’exercice du droit et la société québécoise »,
on the occasion of the 2012 edition of International Women‘s day (alongside Me
Louise Mailhot, Me Linda Goupil, Me Elizabeth Greene & Me Dyane Perreault)
2002-2011 FONDATION PAUL GÉRIN-LAJOIE, Montréal (Québec, Canada)
Since 11-2012 Member of the Board of Directors & President of the Recruiting Committee
Since 01/2010 FONDATION DU BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, Montréal (Québec, Canada)
Member of the Board of Governors
2009-2012
FONDATION DU COLLÈGE FRANÇOIS-XAVIER-GARNEAU, Sainte-Foy
(Québec, Canada)
Spokesperson of the financial campaign
―Témoignage de Pascale Fournier, finissante au collège Garneau‖
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09/2003 CANADA WORLD YOUTH, Montréal (Québec, Canada)
06/2010 Member of the Board of Directors
08/2008 THE NATIONAL NETWORK ON ENVIRONMENTS AND WOMEN’S HEALTH
08/2009 Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
Member of the Board of Directors
03/2003 DIRECT ACTION, Harvard Law School, Cambridge (Mass.) & Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
Project Leader, Field mission by Harvard Law students to Haiti elementary schools
09-12/2001 ADALAH, THE LEGAL CENTER FOR ARAB MINORITY RIGHTS IN ISRAEL
Legal Researcher / Discrimination as experienced by Palestinian women
1995-1996 CANADA WORLD YOUTH, Montréal (Québec, Canada)
Participant in an exchange program: Moncton/Canada—Ismaïlia, Egypt
LANGUAGES
French
English
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