Colleen Sheppard

McGill University, Faculty of Law

Professor, Director, McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism

3644 Peel Street

Montreal H3A 1W9, Quebec H3A 1W9

Canada

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

32

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Multiple Discrimination in the World of Work

International Labour Organization, Global Report on Equality at Work, 2011
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 526 (115,458)

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multiple discrimination, ILO, workplace

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'Bread and Roses': Economic Justice and Constitutional Rights

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2015
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 501 (122,521)

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Socioeconomic inequality, poverty, constitutional rights, social and economic rights, social inclusion, Desigualdad socioeconomica, pobreza, derechos constitucionales, derechos sociales y económicos, inclusión social

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Systemic Inequality and Workplace Culture: Challenging the Institutionalization of Sexual Harassment

3 Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal 249, 1995
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 355 (182,412)

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sexual harrassment, systemic, gender-based structural inequities, workplace

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Mapping Anti-Discrimination Law Onto Inequality at Work: Expanding the Meaning of Equality in International Labour Law

International Labour Review, Vol. 151, No. 1-2, 2012
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 305 (214,924)

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Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism

René Provost & Colleen Sheppard eds, Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (Springer, 2012)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2013
Rene Provost and Colleen Sheppard
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 279 (236,040)

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Human Rights, Legal Pluralism, Universality, Globalism, Communities

6.

Grounds of Discrimination: Towards an Inclusive and Contextual Approach

80 Canadian Bar Review 893, 2001
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 274 (240,500)

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ground of discrimination, sex, disability, interpretation, neutral language, realities of discrimination

7.

Women as Wives: Immigration Law and Domestic Violence

26 Queen’s Law Journal 1 (2000)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 193 (338,045)

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Canadian immigration law, domestic violence, sponsorship, Canadian Charter, international human rights law

8.

Constitutional Recognition of Diversity in Canada

30 Vermont L. Rev. 463
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 189 (344,614)

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constitutional law, diversity, conception of citizenship, human rights

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Robert J Sharpe and Patricia I McMahon, 'The Persons Case: The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood'

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 53, 367, 2008
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 177 (365,474)

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Famous Five, rights of women, Canada

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Equality Rights and Institutional Change: Insights from Canada and the United States

15 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law 143, 1998
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 166 (386,806)
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emergence of legal equality rights, anti-discrimination protection, Canada, United States, institutional change

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Of Forest Fires and Systemic Discrimination: A Review of British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. B.C.G.S.E.U.

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 46, 2001
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
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discrimination, duty to accommodate, Supreme Court of Canada, human rights

12.

Collective Bargaining and Equality: Making Connections

142 International Labour Review 419 (2003)
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Adelle Blackett and Colleen Sheppard
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 165 (388,900)
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ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, right to collective bargaining, equality

13.

Inclusive Equality and New Forms of Social Governance

24 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 1, 2004
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 164 (390,914)

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constitutional equality rights, role of the state, human dignity, Supreme court of Canada

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Constitutional Equality and Shifting Conceptions of the Role of the State: Obstacles and Possibilities

33 Supreme Court L. R. (2d) 251, pp. 251-268, 2006
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 160 (399,391)

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state regulation, systemic obstacles, restructuration, social welfare state

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The Links between Collective Bargaining and Equality

Working Paper No. 10, International Labour Office, In Focus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, (Geneva: ILO) 2003
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Adelle Blackett and Colleen Sheppard
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 157 (405,826)

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equality, collective bargaining, workplace governance

16.

The Promise and Practice of Protecting Human Rights: Reflections on the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms

N. Kasirer & R. MacDonald eds., Mélanges Paul-André Crépeau, (Yvon Blais) 641-678, 1997
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 156 (408,014)
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human rights protection, Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms

17.

Children's Rights to Equality: Protection Versus Paternalism

Annals of Health Law, No. 1, 197, 1992
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 152 (417,003)

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equality rights, children, autonomy, protection

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Equality in Context: Judicial Approaches in Canada and the United States

39 University of New Brunswick L.J. 111, 1990
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 142 (440,685)

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equality, comparative law, context, Canada, United States

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Individual Accommodation Versus Institutional Transformation: Two Paradigms for Reconciling Paid Work and Family Responsibilities

Les 15 ans du tribunal des droits de la personne et les 30 ans de la charte des droits et libertés de la personne (Cowansville:Yvon Blais) 379-406, 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 141 (443,154)

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workplace, family responsibilities, human rights, accommodation, transformation, institutional resistance, gender equality

20.

Uncomfortable Victories and Unanswered Questions: Lessons from Moge

12 Canadian Journal of Family Law 283, 1995
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 138 (450,798)
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economic support, spouses, Supreme Court of Canada, social context

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A Review of Lucie Lamarche, 'Perspectives Occidentales Du Droit International Des Droits Économiques De La Personne'

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 41, 907, 1996
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 131 (470,272)

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Socioeconomic rights, human rights

22.

Equity and the University: Learning from Women's Experience

5 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 5, 1992
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard and Sarah Westphal-Wihl
McGill University, Faculty of Law and Department of German and Slavic Studies
Downloads 130 (473,117)

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equity initiatives, women's experiential knowledge, inequality

23.

Equality, Ideology and Oppression: Women and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

10 Dalhousie L.J. 195, 1986
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 118 (510,061)

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Canadian Charter, women's inequality, role of law, remedying inequality

24.

AIDS and Disability Employment Discrimination in and Beyond the Classroom

12 Dalhousie L. J. 103, 1989
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard and Derek J. Jones
McGill University, Faculty of Law and Law Commission of Canada
Downloads 109 (541,321)
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AIDS, disability, employment discrimination

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Intimacy, Rights and the Parent-Child Relationship: Rethinking Freedom of Association in Canada

16 N.J.C.L 101, p. 103, 2004/2005
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
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Affirmative Action in Times of Recession: The Dilemma of Seniority-Based Layoffs

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, Vol. 42, 1, 1984
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 60 (773,794)

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affirmative action, recession, women, seniority, Ontario, steelworkers

27.

Introduction: Human Rights & Diverse Societies

Crépeau, François and Colleen Sheppard (eds), Human Rights & Diverse Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Jun 2016
François Crépeau and Colleen Sheppard
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 58 (787,100)

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Recognition of the Disadvantaging of Women: The Promise of Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 35, 206, 1989
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law
Downloads 52 (830,339)
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Supreme Court of Canada, section 15, equality right, women, gender equality

29.

Rights and Federalism: Rethinking the Connections

Johanne Poirier & Colleen Sheppard, "Rights and Federalism: Rethinking the Connections" (2022) 26:2 Rev Const Stud 249.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 May 2024
Johanne Poirier and Colleen Sheppard
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University, Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Federalism, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Constitutional Rights

30.

Reducing Group-Based Inequality in a Legally Plural World

CRISE (Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity), Oxford University, 2010
Posted: 07 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law

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normative orders, legal regimes, customs, practices, intersections, systemic, structural obstacles, global context, community context

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Inclusion, Voice and Process-Based Constitutionalism

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol 50 N°3, 2013
Posted: 07 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law

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constitutional law, process-based values, constitutional rights and freedoms, democracy, institutions, workplaces, communities, procedures, accommodation

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Inclusive Equality: The Relational Dimensions of Systemic Discrimination in Canada

Inclusive Equality: The Relational Dimensions of Systemic Discrimination in Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010
Posted: 07 Jul 2013
Colleen Sheppard
McGill University, Faculty of Law

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Systemic discrimination, inclusive equality, remedies, inequality, exclusion, structural processes, constitutional law, legislation