Pearl Eliadis is an Associate Professor (professional) at the Max Bell School of Public Policy and teaches at the Faculty of Law. She is a practising lawyer specializing in human rights, national institutions a democratic governance and divides her time between her practice and 91˿Ƶ. In her law practice, Pearl has served as a senior consultant to the UN and successfully led complex, global projects with the UNDP and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has also served in China, Ethiopia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Timor Leste, and has worked on human rights projects for Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Canada, Pearl has a decade of experience in the Ontario and federal public services and served on the advisory council to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. She has several publications on human rights, public policy and democratic governance. Her 2014 monograph, , won the Huguenot Society of Canada Award and remains a leading text on human rights commissions and tribunals in Canada. She is currently on the Steering Committee of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Policy Collaborative and serves on the federal government’s Expert Committee of the Court Challenges Program.
Pearl is deeply engaged with civil society and is a full member of 91˿Ƶ’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. She has received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Canada 125 Commemorative medal. She was named “Human Rights Change Maker” in 2017 by Equitas and in 2024, received the Distinguished Service Award (91˿Ƶ, Alumni Association). A member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Quebec Bar Association, she began her career at a national law firm. She was named president of the Quebec Bar Association’s human rights committee and continues to serve on its expert group on human rights.
Courses offered:
Core Policy Course:Law, Human Rights and Public Policy
Policy Case Study:Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda
Policy Case Study: Preventing Homelessness in Quebec
Previous Courses offered:
Policy Case Study:Preventing Violence Against Women and Children in Kenya
Policy Case Study: Racial and Social Profiling
Degrees:
B.C.L. (Oxon.) University of Oxford, Law
LL.B., B.C.L. 91˿Ƶ, Law
B.Sc. 91˿Ƶ, Biology
Recent publications:
- "Turning Off the Tap: Preventing Homelessness for Victims of Violence" in J. Hughes (ed.)(Lorimer, 2024).
- (Routledge, 2023) (with Indran A. Naidoo and Ray Rist eds.)
- "Human Rights Evolution: Reflections on 75 Years of Canada’s Human Rights History" in,Canadian Themes / Thèmes canadiens Fall/Winter 2023.
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