CREATE and College of Law host 5th Annual Research Poster Competition

The annual event took place virtually on March 15, 2021.

Rachel Loewen Walker, Bonnie Hughes and Heather Heavin acted as judges for the event and chose winners in the following categories:

  • Access to Justice Category – Rory Erickson “The Integration of Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression within Legal Education”
  • Criminal Law Category – Sarah Bree “Increasing Access to Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault via Reformed Police Protocols”
  • Civil Law Category – Isabelle McLean “The Effect of Linguistic Relativity on Inter-Temporal Decision-Making: The Implementation of Climate Change Legislation”

All posters are available for viewing here.

More than 35 alumni, Access to Justice stakeholders, students and faculty members also tuned in to watch the event.

The competition was an initiative of the College of Law and CREATE, the Centre for Research, Evaluation, and Action Towards Equal Justice. The purpose of the competition is to highlight the research (in all areas of law) being undertaken by JD, LLM and PhD students at the College of Law and promote access to legal information for all.