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UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA

FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAE

February 15, 2015

Name: CALDER, Gillian Margaret

Faculty: Law

I. Degrees and Diplomas

Degree or Diploma Field Institution Granted

B.A. (Hons.) History U.B.C. 1993

LL.B. Law U.B.C. 1997

Dipl. in Univ. Teaching Pedagogy U.N.B. 2002

LL.M. Law York University 2003

Title of Thesis or Dissertation:

(LL.M.) Gender, Social Reproduction and the Canadian Welfare State: Assessing the Recent

Changes to the Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits Regime; defended October 25, 2002.

II. Positions Held Prior to Appointment at University of Victoria

1. Associate counsel, Mandell Pinder, Barristers and Solicitors, September 2002 – May

2004.

2. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick, July, 2001 – June,

2002.

3. Associate counsel, Russell & DuMoulin, Barristers and Solicitors, (later Fasken

Martineau DuMoulin LLP), September 1999 – May 15, 2000.

4. Articled Student, Russell & DuMoulin, Barristers and Solicitors, September 1998 –

September 1999.

5. Law Clerk to the B.C. Supreme Court, September 1997 – September 1998.

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III. Major Fields of Scholarly or Professional Interest

1. Constitutional Law and Theory

2. Family Law

3. Feminist Legal Theory

4. Critical Legal Pedagogy

5. Legal Ethics and Professionalism

6. Performance Theory

7. Law and Theatre

IV. Memberships and Offices Held in Learned and Professional Societies

1. Member, Law Society of British Columbia, March 1999 – present (currently non-

practising member).

2. Member, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, June 2005-present.

3. Member, Canadian Law and Society Association, June 2005-present.

V. Scholarships, Fellowships, Honours and Awards

1. March 2013, Terry Wuester Graduating Class Teaching Excellence Award.

2. February 2013, Murray and Anne Fraser Endowment Award, $2,900: “Performance,

Pedagogy and Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School Classroom.”

3. April 2012, Co-recipient First Year Teaching Award, UVic Faculty of Law.

4. July 2011, Single-year award, VPAC for contributions to the law faculty

5. June 2011, FMC Summer Student Fellowship Recipient: “Legal Ethics and

Professionalism in Canada: Empathy, Equality and Imagination.”

6. March 2011, Limerick Visiting Scholar 2010-2011: “Performance, Pedagogy and Law:

Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School Classroom.”

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7. Faculty Nominee for the Harry Hickman Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, May

2010.

8. February 2010, Murray and Anne Fraser Endowment Award, $3,000: “Teaching Legal

Ethics and Professionalism: Critical Legal Pedagogy’s Role in Stimulating the Ethical

Imagination of Law Students.”

9. June 2009, SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada 2009,

$16,850: “Critical Reflections on Polygamy.”

10. June 2009, MacCormick Fellowship, University of Edinburgh, Visiting Fellow:

“Performance, Pedagogy and Law.”

11. May 2009, Internal Research Grant, University of Victoria, $4,000.

12. April 2009, Law Foundation of British Columbia, Research Fellowship, $14,000: “‘To

the Exclusion of All Others’: Polygamy, Monogamy and the Legal Family in Canada.”

13. March 2009, Terry Wuester Graduating Class Teaching Excellence Award.

14. March 2009, Visiting Scholar, Emory University, Feminism and Legal Theory Project,

(shared with Sharon Cowan), March 16 – April 2, 2009: “Dancing with Dichotomies:

Equality and the Pregnant Man.”

15. March 2008, Terry Wuester Graduating Class Teaching Excellence Award, (shared with

John Kilcoyne).

16. January 2008, Borden Ladner Gervais Fellowship Recipient, May-August, 2008.

$10,000: “Discrimination and Care: Mapping Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits Law

onto a New and Shifting Understanding of Equality in Canadian Law.”

17. December 2007, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Scholar Travel Subsidy, for travel to

Jana Sanskriti Theatre Institute, Kolkata, India, December 27, 2007 - January 12, 2008.

18. May 2006, Visiting Scholar, Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Keele University,

U.K., May 1, 2006- June 30, 2006: “Personal or Economic? Recent Challenges to

Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada.”

19. June 2005, Parson’s Visitor, Sydney University School of Law, Sydney, Australia, May

30, 2005 – June 10, 2005: Maternity and Parental Leave in Canadian Law: Competing

Visions.”

20. May 2005, Internal Research Grant, University of Victoria, $5,000.

21. May 2002, National Association of Women and the Law: First Prize National Essay

Contest.

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22. September 2001, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Doctoral Fellowship (declined).

23. September 2001, Cornell University Entrance Fellowship (declined).

24. September 2000, Law Foundation of British Columbia Fellowship.

25. September 2000, Mary Jane Mossman Scholarship for Feminist Legal Theory.

26. September 2000, York University Graduate Fellowship for Academic Distinction

(declined).

VI. Appointments at University of Victoria

a. Academic

Inclusive Years Rank Department

July 2010 – present Associate Professor Law

July 2004 – July 2010 Assistant Professor Law

b. Administrative

Inclusive Years Title Department

n/a

VII. Teaching Duties at the University of Victoria

a. Courses Taught

# of

Course Hours/Term/Year Students

2004-2005 (Half Teaching Release: Spring 2005)

Constitutional Law 100 Fall 26

Family Law 322 Fall 50

Legal Process Fall 21

Law 390 Fall 3

Law 399 Fall 1

Constitutional Law 100 Spring 25

Legal Process Spring 21

Law 399 Spring 2

Laskin Moot Supervision Spring 4

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Law 399 Summer 4

2005-2006




Law 390 Fall 1

Law 399 Fall 3



Wilson Moot Supervision Spring 4

Law 399 Spring 6

Law 399 Summer 2

2006-2007




Law 390 Fall 3

Law 399 Fall 3


Civil Liberties Spring 11


Law 390 Spring 2

Law 399 Spring 3

Law 399 Summer 3

2007-2008




Law 390 Fall 1

Law 399 Fall 5


Advanced Family Law 343 Spring 10

Law 390 Spring 3

Law 399 Spring 1

Law 399 Summer 2

2008-2009 (Teaching Release: January 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009)



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Civil Liberties Law 359 Fall 17

Law 390 Fall 5

Law 399 Fall 3

Law 399 Spring 1

2009-2010




Law 399 Fall 3


Family Law 322 Spring 27

Law 399 Spring 3

Wilson Moot Spring 4

2010-2011 (Sabbatical)

Legal Process Fall Guest Lecture

ALRW Fall/Spring Guest Lecture

On Leave

2011-2012


Constitutional Law Fall/Spring 57

Family Law Fall 50

Akitsiraq Spring 14

Sexual Orientation and the Law Spring 15

Law 399 Spring 1

Law 399 Summer 2

2012-2013



Family Law Fall 48

Sexual Orientation and the Law Spring 16

Law 399 Spring 1

Law 399 Summer 1

2013-2014

Legal Process Fall 105 (Director)


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Family Law Fall 40

Family Law Spring 35

Law 399 Fall 1

Law 399 Spring 9

Law 399 Summer 1

2014-2015

Legal Process Fall 110 (Director)


Family Law Fall 50

Law 399 Fall 1

b. Student Supervision

1. Ph.D. Co-supervisor, Qian Liu, “China’s One-Child Policy and Leftover Women.” July

2014-present.

2. LL.M. Supervisor, Daleen Thomas, “A Critical Study of a Child's Human Right to Legal

Counsel in British Columbia.” January 2013-May 2014 (completed).

3. Committee member, Ronnie Edward, “The Iban Customary Law: A Living Traditional

Wisdom?” September 2011-present.

4. Chair, Candidacy Examination, Raymond Lamont, “Aboriginal Title in Canada: Politics

and the Mediative Role of the Courts.” May 26, 2010.

5. Chair, Candidacy Examination, Gene Fraser, “Governing Madness: Coercion, Resistance

and Agency in British Columbia’s Mental Health Law Regime.” November 27, 2008.

6. External Examiner, Megan Purcell, M.A. Political Science, “Raising Healthy Children:

Re-interpreting Moral and Political Responsibility for Childhood Obesity and Chronic

Disease.” July 2008.

7. Law 399: 60 papers (Fall 2004 – Spring 2014).

8. Law 390: 25 papers (Fall 2004 – Spring 2014).

VIII. Scholarly and Professional Achievements

a. Publications

i. Books and Edited Volumes

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1. Gillian Calder and Lori G. Beaman, eds., Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs: Perspectives

on Harm, Family and Law (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2014).

ii. Refereed Journal Articles

1. “The Cultural and Economic Injustices of Marriage Discrimination: A Review of Nicola

Barker, Not the Marrying Kind: A Feminist Critique of Same-Sex Marriage (Palgrave

Macmillan, 2013)” (2014) 28(1) Canadian Journal of Family Law 113-134.

2. “Insite: Right Answer, Wrong Question” (2011) 19:2 Constitutional Forum 113-117.

3. “Guantanamo: Using a Play-reading to Teach Law” (2010) 142 Canadian Theatre

Review 44-49.

4. “Penguins and Polyamory: Using Law and Film to Explore the Essence of Marriage in

Canadian Family Law” (2009) 21(1) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 55-89.

5. “Embodied Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School Classroom” (2009) 1

Masks: An Online Journal for Law and Theatre 1-35.

6. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Re-imagining Equality: Meaning and Movement”

(2008) 29 Australian Feminist Law Journal 109-130.

7. “‘We the People of Constitutional Law 100 Y01’: Pedagogical Promise of a Classroom

Constitution in First-Year Law” (2008) 2 Canadian Legal Education Annual Review 39-

60.

8. Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Gillian Calder, Angela Cameron, Maneesha Deckha, Rebecca

Johnson, Hester Lessard, Maureen Maloney, Margot Young, “Postcards from the Edge

(of Empire)” (2008) 17(1) Social and Legal Studies 5-38.

9. Natasha Bakht, Kim Brooks, Gillian Calder, Jennifer Koshan, Sonia Lawrence, Carissima

Mathen, Debra Parkes, “Counting Outsiders: A Critical Exploration of Outsider Course

Enrolment in Canadian Legal Education” (2007) 45(4) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 667-

732.

10. “Federalism, Equality and Autonomy: Toward an Embedded Feminist Constitutional

Agenda” (2006) 44 Alberta Law Review 465-475.

11. “A Pregnant Pause: Federalism, Equality and the Maternity and Parental Leave Debate in

Canada” (2006) 14(1) Feminist Legal Studies 99-118.

12. “Recent Changes to the Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits Regime as a Case Study:

The Impact of Globalization on Social Programs in Canada” (2003) 15(2) Canadian

Journal of Women and the Law, pp. 342-366.

iii. Book Chapters

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1. “Conclusion: ‘To the Exclusion of All Others’: Polygamy, Monogamy and the Legal

Family in Canada”, in Calder and Beaman, eds., Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs:

Perspectives on Harm, Family and Law (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2014) pp. 215-233.

2. “Performance, Pedagogy and Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School

Classroom” in Zenon Bańkowski and Maksymilian Del Mar, eds., The Moral

Imagination and the Legal Life: Beyond Text in Legal Education (London: Ashgate,

2013) pp. 215-254.

3. Suzanne Bouclin, Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Playing Games with Law” in

Zenon Bańkowski, Maksymilian Del Mar and Paul Maharg, eds., The Arts and the Legal

Academy: Beyond Text in Legal Education (London: Ashgate, 2013) pp. 69-85.

4. Gillian Calder and Rebecca Johnson,“The Jane Doe Coffee Table Book about Rape –

Reflections on Rebellious Writing and Teaching” in Elizabeth Sheehy ed., Sexual Assault

in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women’s Activism (Ottawa: University of Ottawa

Press, 2012), pp. 331-353.

5. “‘Finally I Know Where I am Going to be From’: Culture, Context and Time in a Look

Back at Racine v. Woods” in Kim Brooks, ed., Justice Bertha Wilson: One Woman’s

Difference (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2009) pp. 173-189.

6. “The Personal is Economic: Unearthing the Rhetoric of Choice in the Canadian Maternity

and Parental Leave Benefit Debates” in Sharon Cowan and Rosemary Hunter eds.,

Choice and Consent: Feminist Engagements with Law and Subjectivity (London:

Cavendish Publishing Ltd., 2007), pp. 125-141.

7. “Human Rights” in Annual Review of Law & Practice (Vancouver: The Continuing Legal

Education Society of British Columbia, 1999) pp. 269-291 (with Shelagh Day).

8. “Everything you Always Wanted to Know (or Should Know) about Investigating

Harassment Complaints: Avoiding Common Procedural Pitfalls” in C.A.P.S.L.E. 1999

(Chateauguay: Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education, 1999)

(with Lori Price).

9. ”Human Rights of Women” in Take Action for Equality, Development and Peace: A

Canadian Follow-up Guide to Beijing ‘95 (Ottawa: C.R.I.A.W., 1996) (collaborative

chapter).

iv. Book Reviews, Case Comments and other Publications

1. “Assisted dying ruling is wise and compassionate,” The Times Colonist, February 7,

2015.

2. “Barbarism exists within our borders, too,” The Times Colonist, November 12, 2014.

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3. “UVic Law and the Debate over Accreditation of a New Law School at Trinity Western

University.” September 2014, The Advocate, 731-736.

4. Introduction (with Rebecca Johnson), Law, Film and Feminism, (2009) 21(1) Canadian

Journal of Women and the Law, www.law.uvic.ca/lawandfilm.

5. Call and Response (with assorted authors), Law, Film and Feminism, (2009) 21(1)

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 197-209.

6. “Dickie v. Dickie: Smells Like Family Law” (2007) 23(2) Canadian Journal of Family

Law 253-271 (with E. Llana Nakonechny).

7. “Federalism, Equality and Autonomy: Toward an Embedded Feminist Constitutional

Agenda” (2006) 44 Alberta Law Review 465-475.

8. “Families and the Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary by Mary Jane Mossman”

(2005) 22(1) Canadian Journal of Family Law 101-116.

9. “SCC to rule on parental leave” (2005) 25(19) The Lawyers Weekly 10, 16

10. The Impact of Globalization on Social Programs in Canada: Gender, Social

Reproduction, and Benefits for Maternity and Parental Leave (Ottawa: National

Association of Women and the Law, 2003).

11. Gender, Social Reproduction and the Canadian Welfare State: Assessing the Recent

Changes to the Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits Regime (2002) LL.M. thesis, York

University.

12. “Rethinking Status Under the Wills Variation Act” in Phantom Menace: Threatening

Issues in Estate Litigation (Vancouver: The Continuing Legal Education Society of

British Columbia, 1999) (with Helen Low).

13. “A Local Look at the Platform for Action: Beyond Beijing” (1996) 12(1) International

Insights 35-49.

v. Works in Progress

1. “Humanizing the Classroom: Sue Rodriguez, Gloria Taylor and Kay Carter.” In progress

for Jocelyn Downie workshop, Schulich School of Law, March 2015.

2. “To the Inclusion of All Others: Story-telling “Motherhood” with Katniss, Hermione,

Candy Quackenbush, Meggie, Tanya and the Warrior Cats.” In progress for Robert

Leckey ed., special edition of Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, forthcoming.

3. “Using ‘Mothering’ to Explore Law: Pedagogy in Practice.” Project in progress with

Patricia Cochran, presented at CALT, Victoria, BC June 2013.

http://www.law.uvic.ca/lawandfilm

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4. “8 the Play: Queerness, Whiteness, Pedagogy and Soccer Balls.” Project in progress for

Radically Rethinking Marriage Conference, Onati, Spain July 2015.

5. “Ethics and Professionalism in Canada: Empathy, Equality and Imagination.” Project in

progress, presented at Socio-Feminist Legal Workshop, Barbados, June 2010; Anne and

Murray Fraser Endowment Award; FMC Summer Fellowship 2011.

6. “Discrimination and Care: Mapping Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits onto a New

and Shifting Understanding of Equality in Canadian Law.” With Qian Mou.

b. Scholarly and Professional Activities

i. Papers, Lectures, Addresses

1. “New Law Schools in Canada.” Outlaws Panel, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law,

October 29, 2014.

2. “Access to Justice.” Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, Community Conference,

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, March 7, 2014.

3. “To the Inclusion of All Others: Story-telling ‘Motherhood’ with Katniss, Hermione,

Meggie, Tanya and the Warrior Cats.” Interpellations, Australian National University,

Canberra, Australia, December 6, 2013.

4. “Apples, Oranges and Pineapples: Rethinking Evaluation as Critical to How Students

Learn.” Let’s Talk About Teaching, University of Victoria Learning and Teaching

Centre, August 30, 2013.

5. “Apples, Oranges and Pineapples: Rethinking Evaluation as Critical to How Students

Learn.” Faculty Seminar, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, August 21, 2013.

6. “‘8’ (the play): Queerness, Whiteness, Pedagogy and Soccer Balls.” Canadian Law and

Society Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, July 2013.

7. “Using ‘Mothering’ to Explore Law: Pedagogy in Practice.” Canadian Association of

Law Teachers, Victoria, BC, June 5, 2013.

8. “New Law Schools in Canada: Another Way to Think about a Law School at TWU.”

Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Victoria, BC, June 4, 2013.

9. Gillian Calder, “To the Inclusion of All Others: Story-telling “Motherhood” with

Katniss, Hermione, Candy Quackenbush, Meggie, Tanya and the Warrior Cats.”

Presented at “Beyond Equality,” McGill University, April 12, 2013

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10. Gillian Calder, “Beyond Text: The Role of Art in a Legal Education.” UVic Community

Conference, “Calder: 40 Years of Reconciliation?” UVic, March 15, 2013.

11. Director, “8” (the play), Fraser Building, UVic Law, March 13, 2013.

12. Gillian Calder, “To the Inclusion of All Others: Story-telling “Motherhood” with

Katniss, Hermione, Candy Quackenbush, Meggie, Tanya and the Warrior Cats.”

CLSA/LSA, June 4, 2012, Honolulu, Hawaii.

13. Gillian Calder “‘To the Exclusion of All Others’: Polygamy, Monogamy and the Legal

Family in Canada.” Panel presentation for UAWL and the Radical Law Club, February

28, 2012, UVic Law.

14. Gillian Calder, “Legal Ethics and Professionalism: Empathy, Equality and Imagination.”

Canadian Initiative for Law, Culture and the Humanities, Carleton University, October

21, 2011.

15. Gillian Calder, “Playing Games with Law.” Faculty Research Seminar, University of

Victoria, July 27, 2011.

16. Gillian Calder, Miranda Johnson, Emily Snyder, and Kirsty Gover, “Performing apology:

Being/saying/feeling/hearing/knowing sorry.” Native American and Indigenous Studies

Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento California, May 19, 2011.

17. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Image Theatre: The Ethical Imagination.” School of

Law, University of Edinburgh, March 18, 2011.

18. Gillian Calder, “Performance, Pedagogy and Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law

School Classroom.” School of Law, University of Limerick, March 10, 2011.

19. Gillian Calder, “Law, the Family and Performance: Visioning with the Cowichan

Tribes.” Cowichan Tribes Research Gathering, December 12, 2010.

20. Gillian Calder, “Gestures for Justice: Using Theatre to Enact the Law in First Year

Orientation.” Community Engaged and Community Based Research Workshop Series,

November 3, 2010.

21. Gillian Calder, “Marriage, Polygamy, Monogamy: Coded Words, Embodied Silence.”

Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities, Carleton University, Ottawa,

October 24, 2010.

22. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Performance: Rethinking Equality.” Canadian

Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities, Carleton University, Ottawa, October 22,

2010.

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23. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “The Card Game.” Exploring the Boundaries: An

International Dialogue on Socio-Legal Feminisms, McGill Institute, Holetown, Barbados,

June 9, 2010.

24. Gillian Calder, annie bunting, Margaret Denike and Penny Andrews, “Polygamy and

Discrimination: Feminist Responses.” Exploring the Boundaries: An International

Dialogue on Socio-Legal Feminisms, McGill Institute, Holetown, Barbados, June 10,

2010.

25. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Reinvigorating the Ethical Imagination: A

Conversation about Compulsory Courses and Feminist Research.” Exploring the

Boundaries: An International Dialogue on Socio-Legal Feminisms, McGill Institute,

Holetown, Barbados, June 10, 2010.

26. Gillian Calder, “Active Silence: Confronting/Naming Oppression in the (Law School)

Classroom.” Teaching Race and Gender: Beyond Diversity, University of Oregon, May

7, 2010.

27. Gillian Calder, “In-Site: Right Answer, Wrong Question.” Faculty Forum, University of

Victoria, Faculty of Law, January 25, 2010.

28. Gillian Calder, “Penguins and Polyamory: Using Law and Film to Explore the Essence

of Marriage in Canadian Family Law.” OUTlaws/UAWL sponsored lecture, November

3, 2009.

29. Gillian Calder and the Hon. Justice Heino Lilles, “Movie Matinee: Kikkik.” National

Judicial Institute Conference, Victoria, B.C., August 17, 2009.

30. Gillian Calder, “Performance, Pedagogy and Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law

School Classroom.” MacCormick Visiting Fellow Lecture Series, Edinburgh, Scotland,

June 25, 2009.

31. Gillian Calder, “Embodied Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School

Classroom.” Beyond Text Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 21, 2009.

32. Gillian Calder and Suzanne Bouclin, “Equity Norms and Practices: Engaging Students on

Classroom Climate.” Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Annual Conference,

Ottawa, ON, May 26, 2009.

33. Gillian Calder and Rebecca Johnson, “The Jane Doe Coffee Table Book About Rape –

Reflections on Rebellious Writing and Teaching.” Law Culture and the Humanities,

Annual Conference, Boston, MA, April 4, 2009.

34. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Dancing with Dichotomies: Equality and the

Pregnant Man.” Feminism and Legal Theory Project Lecture Series, Emory University,

Atlanta, GA, March 26, 2009.

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35. Gillian Calder, “A Passion for Teaching and Research.” UVic Academic Women’s

Caucus, International Women’s Day Colloquium, March 9, 2009.

36. Gillian Calder and Rebecca Johnson, “The Jane Doe Coffee Table Book About Rape –

Reflections on Rebellious Writing and Teaching.” Jane Doe Conference, University of

Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, March 7, 2009.

37. Gillian Calder and Qian Mou, “Discrimination and Care: Mapping Maternity and

Parental Leave Benefits on a New and Shifting Understanding of Equality in Canadian

Law.” International Conference on Feminist Constitutionalism, Queen’s University,

Kingston, ON, March 1, 2009.


Classroom.” Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, November 14, 2008.

39. Gillian Calder (with Rebecca Johnson, Ummni Khan, Diana Young, Christiane Wilke

and Christina Spiesel), “Theatre as Pedagogy.” Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and

the Humanities, Pedagogical Encounters, Carleton University, October 5, 2008.

40. Gillian Calder and Anna Escher (with Sherry Baxter, Jessica Derynck, Anna Johnston,

Sonya Pighin and Ari Wormeli), “Act Now! Forum Theatre at UVic Law.” Masks: Law

and Theatre Conference, U.B.C., June 18, 2008.


Classroom.” Masks: Law and Theatre Conference, U.B.C., June 17, 2008.

42. Gillian Calder (with Nicola Barker, Andrée Boisselle, Suzanne Bouclin, Sharon Cowan

and Julie Lassonde), “Embodied Law: Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School

Classroom.” Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, June 1, 2008.


Classroom.” Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Meeting, May 28, 2008.


Classroom.” Social and Legal Studies Lecture Series, UBC Law, May 2, 2008.

45. Gillian Calder, “‘Finally I Know Where I am Going to be From’: Context, Culture and

Time in a Look Back at Racine v. Woods.” Wilson Book Workshop, Montréal, April 20,

2008.

46. Gillian Calder, “‘Finally I Know Where I am Going to be From’: Context, Culture and

Time in a Look Back at Racine v. Woods.” Law, Culture and the Humanities, University

of California at Berkeley, March 28, 2008.

47. Gillian Calder, Jessica Derynck and Sharon Fox, “Embodied Law: Theatre of the

Oppressed in the Law School Classroom.” Critical Conversations About Diversity,

University of Victoria, February 6, 2008.

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48. Gillian Calder, “Counting Outsiders: A Critical Exploration of Outsider Course

Enrolment in Canadian Legal Education.” Lunchtime Lecture Series, UVic Association

of Women and the Law, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, October 24, 2007.

49. Gillian Calder, “The History of Second Trimester Abortions in Canadian Law.” National

Abortion Federation, Annual Risk Management Conference, Victoria, B.C., October 15,

2007.


Classroom.” The Canadian Initiative on Law, Culture and the Humanities, Carleton

University, Ottawa, ON, October 14, 2007.

51. Gillian Calder, “Counting Outsiders: A Critical Exploration of Outsider Course

Enrolment in Canadian Legal Education.” Faculty Research Seminar, University of

Victoria, Faculty of Law, September 27, 2007

52. Gillian Calder, “The Popularity of the Penguins: Using Law and Film to Unearth Shifting

Understandings of Marriage in Canada.” Exploring Key Concepts in Feminist Legal

Theory: The Family, Feminist Legal Theory Workshop, Emory University, Atlanta,

September 8, 2007.

53. Gillian Calder, “It ‘Seems to have Worked’: Contextual Understandings of Maternity and

Parental Leave in Canada.” Law and Society Association Annual Meetings, Berlin,

Germany, July 27, 2007.


Classroom.” Law and Society Association Annual Meetings, Berlin, Germany, July 25,

2007.


Classroom.” Gender Unbound, Keele University, England, July 9, 2007.

56. Gillian Calder and E. Llana Nakonechny, “Smells Like Family Law: Some Critical

Reflections on Dickie v. Dickie.” International Society of Family Law, North Ameican

Regional Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., June 19, 2007.

57. Gillian Calder, Jennifer Koshan and Carissima Mathen, “Is Enrollment in Feminist

Courses in Decline? Exploring the Past, Present and Possible Future of “Outsider” Law

Courses.” Canadian Law and Society Assocation Annual Conference, Saskatoon, SK,

June 1, 2007.

58. Gillian Calder and Julie Lassonde, “Theatre of the Oppressed in the Law School

Classroom.” Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Saskatoon, SK,

May 29, 2007.

59. Gillian Calder, “Challenges to Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada: Federalism and

Equality.” Incubator Workshop, U.B.C., April 30, 2007.

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60. Gillian Calder and Sharon Cowan, “Reimagining Equality: Dancing with Dichotomies.”

Law, Culture and the Humanities, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2007.

61. Gillian Calder, “Penguins and Polygamy: The Essence of Marriage in Canadian Family

Law.” Esquimalt High, Women’s Studies, February 23, 2007.


Law.” Women’s Studies 323, Guest Lecturer, January 30, 2007.


Law.” Feminism and Law Workshop; Diversity Seminar, University of Toronto, Faculty

of Law, November, 17, 2006.

64. Gillian Calder, “Penguins, Polygamy and Pop Culture: The Use of Documentary Film as

Feminist Legal Methodology.” Why and How? Theoretical and Methodological

Directions in Law, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Workshop, Centre for Feminist

Legal Studies, U.B.C., August 25, 2006.

65. “Postcards from the Edge (of Empire).” Why and How? Theoretical and Methodological

Directions in Law, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Workshop, Centre for Feminist

Legal Studies, U.B.C., August 24, 2006.

66. “Challenges to Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada: Federalism and Equality.”

Capitalism, Sovereignty and Social Movements, University of Colorado, School of Law,

August 18-19, 2006. (Paper submitted, conference cancelled, rescheduled for February

2007).

67. “Reimagining Equality: Dancing with Dichotomies.” Revisiting Equality Workshop,

Onati, Spain, July 11, 2006. (with Sharon Cowan)

68. “Reimagining Equality: Dancing with Dichotomies.” Up Against the Nation-States of

Feminist Legal Theory, Kent University, England, June 30, 2006. (with Sharon Cowan)

69. “Challenges to Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada: Federalism and Equality.” Up

Against the Nation-States of Feminist Legal Theory, Kent University, England, June 30,

2006.

70. “The Personal is Economic: Federalism, Equality and Choice in the Recent Challenges to

Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada.” Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Keele

University, June 14, 2006.

71. “The Personal is Economic: Unearthing the Rhetoric of Choice in the Canadian Maternity

and Parental Leave Benefit Debates.” Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Kent

University, June 1, 2006.

72. “Penguins and Polygamy: The Essence of Marriage in Canadian Family Law.”

Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, May, 26, 2006.

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73. “Penguins and Polygamy: The Essence of Marriage in Canadian Family Law.” Keele

University, Staffordshire, England, May 23, 2006.

74. “Commentary on Vanessa Munro, ‘Beyond Twelve Angry Men?: Freedom, Capacity and

Reasonableness under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.’” University of Edinburgh, Rape

Reform Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 28, 2006.

75. “Penguins and Polygamy: The Essence of Marriage in Canadian Family Law.” Law,

Culture and the Humanities, Syracuse, New York, March 17, 2006.

76. “Personal or Economic? Recent Challenges to Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada”

Deans’ Lecture Series, Victoria B.C., February 10, 2006.

77. “Maternity and Parental Leave at the SCC: A Critical Reflection.” University of Victoria,

Faculty of Law, Victoria, B.C., October 26, 2005.

78. “The Personal is Economic: Equality, Federalism and Choice in the Maternity and

Parental Leave Debate.” Presented to RCSL Working Group on Gender and Law,

Annual Workshop, Stilbaai, South Africa, July 8, 2005.

79. Roundtable: Postcards from the Edge (of Empire), Canadian Law and Society

Association Annual Meeting, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., June 28, 2005.

80. “Rethinking the Domestic/International Dichotomy: Lessons Learned,” Roundtable:

International Law and Feminism in an Age of Empire, Canadian Law and Society

Association Annual Meeting, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., June 28, 2005.

81. “The Personal is Economic: The Paradox of Federalism in the Maternity and Parental

Leave Debate.” Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Meeting, June 22, 2005.

82. “The Personal is Economic: Equality and Federalism in the Maternity and Parental Leave

Debate.” The University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia, June 2, 2005.

83. “Challenges to Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada: Competing Visions.” Canadian

Journal of Women and the Law, Young Feminists Workshop, Vancouver, B.C., May 3,

2005.

84. “Twenty Years of Bliss: Pregnancy and the Charter.” Women’s Rights and Freedoms

Conference, Burnaby, B.C., April 29, 2005.

85. “Law as a Tool for Social Change: Equality, Anti-Violence and the Charter.” Tools for

Change: Anti-Violence Skill-Building Conference, University of Victoria, April 2, 2005.

86. “The History of Abortion Law in Canada: Contextualizing Choice.” The University of

Victoria Student Society Presentation, February 8, 2005.

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87. “The Courts’ Ineffectual Role in High Conflict Family Law Disputes.” Presentation to

the Ontario Court of Justice, Judicial Development Institute (written with the Honourable

Justice Grant Campbell; presented by Justice Campbell), January 19, 2005.

88. “No Leave for Lesiuk: Women, Work and Formal Equality.” Warwick University,

Faculty of Law, May 12, 2004.

89. “Rethinking the Treatment of Federally Sentenced Women in a Substantive Equality

Context.” Paper submitted to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, February 5,

2003.

90. “Little Sisters vs. Big Brother: The Movie.” Panel presentation in conjunction with a

screening of “Little Sisters vs. Big Brother,” Student Union Building, U.B.C., November

19, 2002.

91. “Gender, Social Reproduction and Care: Feminist Interventions in Maternity and Parental

Leave in Canada.” Panel Presentation: 2002 Joint Annual Meetings of the Law and

Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, June 1, 2002.

92. “Advancing Women’s Equality through Law: Section 15 Analyses at the Turn of the

Century” (prepared for West Coast LEAF’s National Conference, and presented

November 6, 1999) (with Sarah Lugtig).

ii. Editorial Activities

1. Editor, Canadian Legal Education Annual Review, July 2013 – present.

2. Co-editor of manuscript on polygamy for UBC Press, with Lori Beaman.

3. Special Guest Editor, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (2009) 21(1), with

Rebecca Johnson.

4. Book Review Collective, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (2008-2012).

iii. Academic Refereeing

1. Appeal, faculty review, January 2015.

2. Appeal, faculty review, December 2014.

3. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, peer review article, October 2014.

4. University of New South Wales, peer review article, August 2014.

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5. Supreme Court Law Review, peer review article, July 2014.

6. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, peer review article, October 2014.

7. Canadian Journal of Family Law, book review, July 2013.

8. Alberta Law Review, peer review article, July 2013.

9. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, peer review article, May 2013.

10. Journal of Law and Social Policy, peer review article, April 2013.

11. Appeal, reviewed article for student editors, December 2012.

12. Masks: On-line Journal of Law and Theatre, peer review article, August 2012.

13. Canadian Journal of Family Law, Allan Falconer student essay competition, February

2012.


15. Canadian Journal of Family Law, peer review article, August 2011.

16. Masks: On-line Journal of Law and Theatre, peer review article, February 2011.

17. Masks: On-line Journal of Law and Theatre, peer review article, December 2010.


19. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, peer review article, September 2010.

20. Canadian Journal of Family Law, peer review case comment, May 2009.

21. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, peer review manuscript, March 2009.

22. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, review editing, Law, Film and Feminism,

January 2009.

23. UBC Press, peer review manuscript, January 2009.

24. Appeal, reviewed article for student editors, January 2009.

25. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, peer review article, November 2008.

26. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, peer review article, September 2008.

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27. Ottawa Law Review, peer reviewed article, July 2008.

28. Canadian Journal of Family Law, peer reviewed article, June 2008.

29. Masks: On-line Journal of Law and Theatre, peer reviewed article, June 2008.

30. Masks: On-line Journal of Law and Theatre, peer reviewed article, April 2008.


32. CLEAR, peer-reviewed article, December 2007.

33. Sexualities, peer-reviewed article, September 2007.

34. Canadian Bar Review, peer-reviewed article, August 2007.

35. Atlantis, peer-reviewed article, May 2007.


37. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, peer-reviewed article, December 2006.

38. U.B.C. Law Review, peer-reviewed article, November 2005.

39. U.B.C. Law Review, peer-reviewed article, July 2005.

iv. Other Scholarly and Professional Activities

1. West Coast LEAF, Family Law Advisory Committee, May 2013 – present.

2. Board of Directors, West Coast LEAF, September 2012 – present.

3. Advisor, National Abortion Federation, Inter-provincial billing project, September 2011 –

present.

4. Advisor, B.C. Law Institute Family Status Legal Research Project, May 2011 – June

2012.

5. Member, Research to Practice Network of the Family of Community Services – May

2011 – present.

6. Editorial Board, Masks: The Online Journal of Law and Theatre, February 2011 –

present.

7. Board of Directors, Puente Theatre, January 2011 – January 2012.

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8. Teaching and Learning Day, Program Chair, CALT Annual Meeting, University of

Victoria, June 21-22, 2010.

9. Member, LEAF subcommittee, SCC intervention: Withler v. Canada, January 2010.

10. Director, Victoria Cool-Aid Society, July 2009 – April 2010.

11. Past-President, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, May 2009 - present.

12. President, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, May 2008 – May 2009.

13. Program Chair, CALT Annual Meeting, Carleton University, May 25-27, 2009.

14. Teaching and Learning Day, Program Chair, CALT Annual Meeting, Carleton

University, May 26, 2009.

15. Case Monitoring Project – Family Law Research, Academic Advisor, LEAF, March 2009

– present.

16. Guest Lecture, Geography 491: Indigenous Geographies, November 24, 2008.

17. Guest Lecture, Poli Sci 433/533: The Politics of Health; November 20, 2008.

18. LEAF Subcommittee member, SCC intervention: Rick v. Brandsema, June 2008 –

present.

19. Attended Jana Sanskriti Theatre Workshop, Kolkata, India, December 2007 – January

2008.

20. Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, Conduct Review panel, January 2008 –

present.

21. Vice-President, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, June 2007- May 2008.

22. Legal Advisory Team, “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” Law Foundation funded

community project, June 2007 – present.

23. Attended Gonzaga Institute Law Teaching Conference, Boston, MA, June 2007.

24. Attended “Theatre of the Oppressed” Workshop, New York, NY, June 2007.

25. Counsel for LEAF, Supreme Court of Canada Intervention, Dickie v. Dickie, January 17,

2007.

26. Board Member, Canadian Journal of Family Law. January 2007 – present.

27. Member University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre Board of Directors –

September 2006 – present.

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28. Puente Theatre, Facilitator Training, “Act Now Against Racism,” September 1 – October

1, 2006.

29. Board Member, the Boulders Climbing Society, September 2006 – March 2009.

30. Canadian Association of Law Teachers Executive, June 2005-present.

31. Member of LEAF subcommittee, Intervention application in D.B.S. v. S.R.B., December

2005- January 2006.

32. Member of National Association of Women and the Law Working Group on Maternity

and Parental Leave, January 2004- present.

33. Supervisor, Westcoast LEAF, Family Law Courtwatch project, July 2005 – present.

34. Advisor to Community Access Project, Victoria, Maternity and Parental Leave, January

2005.

35. Board Member, International Advisory Committee, Centre for Feminist Legal Studies,

U.B.C., May 2000 – present.

36. Member of the National Legal Committee, LEAF, August 2000 – January 2004.

37. Member of planning committee and assistant to Madam Justice Lynn Smith, NJI

Conference on Evidence and Fact-Finding, Kananaskis Alberta, August 2003; Kelowna

British Columbia, July 2004.

38. Presentation to the Canadian Human Rights Commission in conjunction with their

inquiry into the treatment of federally incarcerated women in Canadian prisons, February

2003.

IX. Other Contributions

2004-2005

1. Tenure and Promotion Committee, September 2004 – December 2004

2. Moot Selection Committee, September 2004

3. Laskin Moot Coach, October 2004 – February 2005

2005-2006

1. Appointments Advisory Committee, September 2005 – February 2006

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3. Wilson Moot Coach, October 2005 – March 2006

4. Legal Research and Writing, Open Memo Supervisor

5. Cascadian Feminist Conference Organizer, October 2005

6. Faculty Advisor, International Women’s Rights Project

7. Faculty Advisor, Dean’s Women’s Advisory Committee

2006-2007


2. Wilson Moot Coach October 2006 – March 2007

3. Faculty Advisor, Dean’s Women’s Advisory Committee

4. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, DACEC; UAWL

5. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, Faculty Retreat.

6. Assistant Coach, Client Counselling Competition.

7. Board Member, Environmental Law Centre

8. Legal Process Development Workshops, Summer 2007.

9. Legal Research and Writing, Moot Court Judge.

2007-2008

1. Tenure and Reappointment Committee.

2. Chair, Anti-Discrimination Committee.

3. Faculty Advisor, UVic Association of Women and the Law.

4. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, Legal Process.

5. Board Member, Environmental Law Centre

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6. Legal Research and Writing, Moot Court Judge.

7. Client Counselling Competition, Client.

8. Client Counselling Competition, Judge.

9. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, UAWL.

10. Facilitator, Extraordinary Townhall Meeting, March 2008.

2008-2009

1. Member, Faculty Association Equity Committee, May 2009-present.

2. Legal Research and Writing, Open Memo.

3. Coordinator, Legal Process Session: Equity Norms and Practices, Forum Theatre Session.

Workshops: July 18 and 25, 2008; September 10-11, 2008

4. Liaison, Peer Helping Program, UVic Law’s inaugural session.

5. Faculty Advisor, ABA Negotiation.

6. Curriculum Committee member.

7. Board Member, Environmental Law Centre.

8. Panellist, “Beg(bie)ing the Question” November 2008.

9. Committee Member, Bachelor of Indigenous Laws, December 2008 – present.

10. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, UAWL and DACEC, January 16 and 23, 2009.

11. Guest Lecture, Advanced Legal Research and Writing, February 2, 2009.

12. Moot Judge, Gale Moot, February 2009; Consultation with Wilson Moot team, February

2009.

13. Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Parental Leave Committee, June 2009 - present.

2009-2010

1. Acting Chair, Faculty Association Equity committee, January 1, 2010 – present.

2. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop, Legal Process, July 18, 2009.

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3. Theatre of the Oppressed facilitation and session coordination, Legal Process September,

2009.

4. Member of Steering Committee, Academic Women’s Caucus. July 1, 2009 – present.

5. Member, BIL committee, April 2009 – present.

6. Member, ADC committee.

7. Faculty Advisor, UAWL.

8. Faculty Board Member, Environmental Law Society.

9. Guest Lecture, Advanced Legal Research and Writing, September 2009, January 2010,

May 2010.

10. Graduate Seminar Workshop, March 5, 2010.

11. LRW moot judge, March 2010.

2010-2011 (On Research Leave)

1. Guest Lecture, Advanced Legal Research and Writing, September 2010, January 2011.

2. Coordinate Theatre of the Oppressed for Legal Process, August and September 2010.

3. Set and marked supplemental examinations in Constitutional Law 100.

2011-2012

1. Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop: Image Theatre, Saturday July 30, 2011; Forum

Theatre, Saturday August 20, 2011.

2. Member, Financial Aid committee.

3. Member, JID/BIL committee.

4. Faculty of Law Member, Senate (elected position).

5. Member, Faculty Association Equity Committee (elected position).

6. Faculty Board Member, Environmental Law Society.

7. Guest Lecture, Advanced Legal Research and Writing, September 2011, January 2012.

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8. Member, Honourary Degrees Committee (Senate).

9. Presentation to Graduate Students, “Getting Published.” February, 2012.

2012-2013

1. Theatre of the Oppressed workshops, August 2012.

2. Member, Equity and Diversity Committee.

3. Member, BIL/JID Committee.

4. Member, AAC Committee: CAPI Chair Search Committee.

5. Supervisor, Student-led Community Conference.

6. Supervisor, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Exhibit Inquiry.

7. Faculty Board Member, Environmental Law Centre.



10. Member, Family Law Practitioner in Residence Search Committee.

11. Supervisor, Faith Calendar Project.

12. Media interviews, introduction of Family Law Act, CKNW.

13. Media interviews, “8” (the play); Times Colonist, CBC Radio Victoria.

2013-2014

1. Chair, JID committee.

2. Member, AAC committee (until October 2013).



5. Member, Honourary Degree Committee, Senate.


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6. Media interviews, Globe and Mail, Trinity Western University.

2014-2015

1. Co-chair, Ad-Hoc Curricular Review committee.



4. Member, Honourary Degree Committee, Senate.

5. Member, Senate Committee on Planning, Senate.


7. Radio interview, CFAX, Trinity Western University.

8. Ad-hoc Committee, Faculty Position on Trinity Western University.

9. Radio interview, CFAX, Carter decision.

10. Television interview, CTV Vancouver Island, Carter decision.

X. Other Information

1. Community Scribe, Maladjusted, Headlines Theatre, January 31, 2015.

2. Twitter presence, July 2013 – present.

2. Director, “8” the Play, March 13, 2013.

3. Promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure), July 1, 2010.

4. Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor granted: February 12, 2010.

5. Cast Member, The Vagina Monologues, February 2008.

6. Reappointed: January 14, 2007.

7. Counsel, Dickie v. Dickie, Supreme Court of Canada, January 17, 2007.

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