Affiliations & Honours
2022 Hummingbird Award from the Disabled Women's Network of Canada
About the Hummingbird Award
Launched in 2020, the Hummingbird Award honours major contributions to the advancement of women and girls with disabilities and inspires sustained effort to this cause. Recipients are recognized for their major contributions in advancing the rights and improving the lives of disabled and/or Deaf women, girls, and gender minorities.
Learn more about the Hummingbird Awards
University of Windsor Research Excellence Award, Established Scholar Category, 2022
Professional Affliations
- Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario Bar) (2001-
- Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Order in Council Appointment) (2005-2010)
- Board of Directors, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (2007-2013)
- Member of the Accessibility Standards Advisory Council, established under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (Order in Council Appointment) (2009-2012)
- Board of Directors, Income Security Advocacy Centre (2012-
External Research Grants
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant ($47,364) 2014-2016
- Fulbright Scholar Award ($25,000 US) 2013-2014
- Foundation for Legal Research Grant ($4 650) 2012
- SSHRC Aid to Research Workshop Grant ($22, 493) 2011
- SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship ($105, 000) 2004-2007
Honours & Awards
- 2022 Hummingbird Award from the Disabled Women's Network of Canada
- University of Windsor Research Excellence Award, Established Scholar Category, 2022
- Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, 2014
- Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley, 2014
- University of Windsor, Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Research, 2010
- University of Cambridge Centre for Public Law and the Chinese University of Hong Kong - Young Academics Scholarship, 2008
- Cornell University Law School, Visiting Scholar, 2006
- University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Law and Technology Program, Visiting Scholar, 2005
- Nicol Kingsmill Fellowship in Administrative Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2003-2004
- Hon. Willard Z. Estey Graduate Fellowship in Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2003-2004
- Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2002-2003
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Justice Brian Malone, Federal Court of Appeal, 1999-2000