Graduate Students

Lindsay Borrows

Lindsay Borrows

PhD Candidate
borrows@ualberta.ca

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

  • Indigenous law
  • Legal methods

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Borrows’ thesis focuses on the ways in which Indigenous peoples’ own legal traditions provide sophisticated processes, principles and patterns of decision-making and dispute resolution, and on how colonization has systematically weakened the transmission and operation of these important laws. Her work examines different methods for how Indigenous legal traditions can be revitalized and applied in contemporary contexts.

Awards and Achievements

  • Appointed assistant professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Law
  • Recipient of a Law Society of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship
Kimberly Wasylenchuk

Kimberly Wasylenchuk

LLM Candidate
wasylenc@ualberta.ca

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
  • Federalism
  • Constitutional law

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

The focus of Wasylenchuk’s research is on an assessment of recent federalism issues that have arisen involving 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ. Her thesis aims to show that, in 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ, federalism is political and not a legal issue.

Awards and Achievements

  • Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters
  • Recipient of the Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship
  • Recipient of the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Graduate Excellence Scholarship
  • Recipient of the Honourable ND McDermid Graduate Scholarship in Law
  • Published as a contributing author in the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Law Review Energy Law Edition – Vol. 60 No. 2 for the paper “Hydrogen Roadmap: Policy, Regulation, and Prospect for Future Developments in 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ” by Gavin Fitch, Michael Barbero, Kimberly Wasylenchuk
M.B. Rodriguez Ferrere

M.B. Rodriguez Ferrere

PhD Candidate
mbrodrig@ualberta.ca

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

  • Animals
  • Rule of Law
  • Enforcement

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Rodriguez Ferrere’s research focuses on underenforcement of animal welfare legislation as a constitutional problem. He argues that structural deficiencies in the way animal protection laws are enforced means they undermine the rule of law, making it a problem all of us should worry about – not just those who have the interests of animals front of mind. He focuses on two case studies – 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ and New Zealand – to show that a lack of resourcing and clear policy direction means that the law is routinely underenforced, and will attempt to provide clear routes for reform and improvement in the sector.

Awards and Achievements

  • Recipient of the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship
  • Presented his work at the Canadian Animal Law Conference and Helsinki Animal Law Conference.
Prince Ogunlana

Prince Ogunlana

LLM Candidate

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

  • Artificial-Intelligence regulation
  • Artificial-Intelligence Africa
  • Artificial-Intelligence policy

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Ogunlana’s research examines the legal frameworks for addressing artificial-intelligence-based tort feasance in Africa. It entails a functional comparative study of the treatment of the phenomenon in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.

Awards and Achievements

  • Recipient of the Foote Graduate Award in Law
  • Recipient of the Honourable ND McDermid Graduate Scholarship in Law
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Victor Olusegun

LLM Candidate
volusegu@ualberta.ca

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

  • Insolvency
  • Corporate restructuring

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Olusegun’s thesis seeks to examine the current framework of the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and its effectiveness in restructuring financially distressed entities. It will also involve a comparative study between the restructuring framework in the CCAA and Administration in the United Kingdom.

Awards and Achievements

  • Recipient of the 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Graduate Excellence Scholarship
  • Recipient of the Honourable ND McDermid Graduate Scholarship in Law

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

Indigenous Law
Legal Methods
Aboriginal Law

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Caines' thesis examines the role of family representation systems as a catalyst for revitalizing Indigenous governance and fostering community cohesion. It also addresses how navigating the intersection of governance and kinship may play a strong role in the ongoing renewal of Canada’s multijuridical legal landscape and assist in moving forward in reconciliation in the Canadian legal system.

Awards and Achievements

Foote Graduate Award in Law
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Graduate Excellence Scholarship

Lamia Farzin Ima

  • Lamia Farzin Ima

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    91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

    International Human Rights Law
    International Business Transactions
    International Trade and Investment Law

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Farzin Ima’s research interests focus on how international human rights mechanisms protect the basic rights of undocumented individuals and how effectively international law aligns with domestic law. She will examine the existing loopholes in these laws and propose recommendations for improvement.

Awards and Achievements

Honourable ND McDermid Graduate Scholarship in Law
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Graduate Excellence Scholarship
Licensed Lawyer at District and Session Judge Court, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jacob Schweda

  • Jacob Schweda

PhD Student
schweda@ualberta.ca

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

Labour and Employment Law
Constitutional Law
Law and Political Economy
Administrative Law

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

Schweda's research examines occupational mental injuries and how they are compensated. His work scrutinizes how the law facilitates and protects unsafe workplaces and what legal tools improve safety and justice in the workplace. He is particularly interested in critical legal approaches to workplace law.

Awards and Achievements

  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Graduate Recruitment Scholarship
    91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Graduate Excellence Scholarship
    Honourable N.D. McDermid Graduate Scholarship

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    Legal Counsel, Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge (on leave)

 

 

 

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

Indigenous law
Love
Community-led research methods
Access to justice

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

With reform of the legal system in mind, I ask: what might love as a legal principle teach us about renewing the multiple related legal orders in Canada, of both Indigenous and European roots? What if attention to under-explored legal principles like love can play a role in addressing the damaging impact of implicit bias and other ‘whole human’ decision-making that inevitably influences legal decision-making? To answer this question I consider love as a legal principle in Nehiyaw (Cree), Anishinaabe and European-influenced Canadian law.

 

Awards and Achievements

The Law Society of 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ - Viscount Bennett Scholarship 
Social Sciences and Humanities 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Council Canada (SSHRC) Graduate Scholarship
Foote Graduate Award in Law 
Walter H John’s Graduate Fellowship 
91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Recruitment Scholarship 

Rachel Weary

PhD Candidate
weary@ualberta.ca

 

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Interests

Debtor-creditor law
Guarantees law
Feminism and the law
Pseudolaw in the commercial context
 

91ÒùĸÊÓƵ Focus

My research is primarily concerned with debtor-creditor law and guarantees law, with a focus on consumer issues. I am particularly interested in the intersection of debt with social marginalisation, including such issues as relationship debt and financial abuse. I am also concerned with the issue of OPCA litigants and the phenomenon of “pseudolaw” in the commercial context.
 

Awards and Achievements

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (SSHRC)
Viscount Bennett Scholarship (Law Society of 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ)
Horace Harvey Medal in Law & Mr. Justice W.G. Morrow Memorial Prize (Highest Standing in Graduating Class)