Adelle Blackett

Adelle Blackett FRSC is a Canadian legal scholar working as a professor of law at McGill University Faculty of Law.

Adelle Blackett
Academic background
EducationQueen's University at Kingston (BA)
McGill University (BCL, LLB)
Columbia University (LLM, SJD)
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineLabour law
Human rights law
InstitutionsMcGill University

Education

Blackett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University at Kingston in 1989, a Bachelor of Civil Law and Bachelor of Laws from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1994, and a Master of Laws and Doctor of Law from Columbia Law School.[1]

Career

Blackett's scholarship focuses on labour law and human rights issues.[2][3] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020 and was awarded a fellowship by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2016.[4][5] Blackett has served as a commissioner of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse.[2] As of 2018, she held a Canada Research Chair in transnational labour law and development.[6]

Publications
  • Blackett, Adelle (2019). Everyday Transgressions: Domestic Workers' Transnational Challenge to International Labor Law. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-1577-8. OCLC 1054267220.[7]

References
  1. "Adelle Blackett". Faculty of Law. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  2. Montpetit, Jonathan (December 10, 2019). "Searching for Fred Christie, the Jamaican immigrant who tried to end legalized racism in Canada". CBC News. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  3. Wilton, Katherine (February 5, 2015). "Problems and challenges persist for black Quebecers". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  4. "Royal Society of Canada – Class of 2020" (PDF). Royal Society of Canada. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2020.
  5. "Adelle Blackett". Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  6. Chunn, John (November 21, 2018). "Expert panel members appointed to advance work of Court Challenges Program". The Lawyer's Daily. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018.
  7. Reviews of Everyday Transgressions:


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