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member of the Faculty of Law,
University of Manitoba to receive
one of SSHRC’s prestigious
Standard Research Grants.
She is a leading proponent
of gender-based analysis in
public policy-making and she
has championed the efforts of
Manitoba based United Nations
Platform for Action Committee
to implement gender-based
budgeting in Manitoba. She is
an internationally recognized
expert in analyzing the legal
framework within which women
carry out the work of mothering
and other caregiving, with a
particular focus on the way that
law treats the economic impact
of the dependency relationships
created by caring for children.
She is sought out as an expert
witness in a legal proceeding
at the federal level involving
issues of gender inequality in
public pensions. Dr. Turnbull has
led and contributed to various
initiatives with a number of
women’s groups at the national
and provincial level to address
women’s economic inequality
through law reform and litigation.
Dr. Turnbull is excited to have the
opportunity to work with all of
the members of the Robson Hall
community. She recognizes that
we are a law school that is known
for teaching lawyers and leaders
who promote access to justice for
all, firm in the knowledge that the
profession must serve the public
interest. She sees the faculty’s
commitment to its foundational
program as an important basis
for expanding our focus on
Aboriginal law, business law as
it applies to small and medium
enterprises, and human rights,
and looks forward to exciting
innovations in the program over
the coming years. She is also
tremendously enthusiastic about
the level of engagement Robson
hall students have had in their
communities, either through legal
endeavours such as being home
to the most engaged section of
Pro-Bono students in the country,
or through fundraising for local
and international causes. Such
a level of commitment to their
communities speaks well of the
kind of professionals they will be
upon graduation.
This year Dr. Turnbull has attracted
a significant grant from the Federal
Government to support access to
justice in both official languages.
While the money comes to the law
school, it will support students’
outreach into the francophone
community of this province,
helping to meet the legal needs
of franco-manitobans and new
Canadians whose mother tongue
is French. For the complete story
please see page 5.
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