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1 Faisal Bhabha AssistantProfessor OsgoodeHallLawSchool YorkUniversity,4700KeeleStreet Toronto,OntarioCanadaM3J1P3 Phone: E Mail:[email protected] EDUCATION,QUALIFICATIONS&AWARDS HARVARDLAWSCHOOL,Cambridge,(MA,UnitedStates) Master of Laws (LL.M.) Thesis Title: Culture, Rights, and Liberal Constitutionalism: Toward a Theory of Multiculturalism Under the Canadian CharterofRightsandFreedoms HarvardHumanRightsFellowship LAWSOCIETYOFUPPERCANADAPROFESSIONALSCHOOL,Kingston(ON,Canada) CalledtotheBarofOntarioasalicensedbarristerandsolicitor(2003) , QUEEN SUNIVERSITY,Kingston(ON,Canada) BachelorofLaws(LL.B.) CasselsBrock&BlackwellCentennialAwardinConstitutionalLawand HumanRights GeorgeNormanLeipnikAwardinInternationalLegalStudies J.S.D.ToryWritingAward LawSocietyofUpperCanadaEducationEquityAward FirstPlaceFactum,WilsonMootonEqualityLaw UNIVERSITYOFTORONTO(TRINITYCOLLEGE),Toronto,ON,Canada) BachelorofArts(B.A.Hon.)inHistoryandPoliticalScience GraduatedwithDistinction TrinityCollegeBursary(foroutstandingacademicachievement) ACADEMICANDRESEARCHEXPERIENCE 2011 Present OSGOODEHALLLAWSCHOOLOFYORKUNIVERSITY,Toronto(ON,Canada) AssistantProfessor CoursesTaught: EthicalLawyeringinaGlobalCommunity Law&SocialChange:CommunityActionAcrossBorders OSGOODEHALLLAWSCHOOLOFYORKUNIVERSITY,Toronto(ON,Canada) AdjunctProfessor CoursesTaught: Law&SocialChange:CommunityActionAcrossBorders DiscriminationandtheLaw 2007 UNIVERSITYOFTHEWITWATERSRAND,Johannesburg(SouthAfrica) VisitingResearcher,CentreforAppliedLegalStudies UNBOUND HARVARDJOURNALOFTHELEGALLEFT,Cambridge(MA,UnitedStates) Editor QUEEN SUNIVERSITY,DEPARTMENTOFPOLITICALSTUDIES,Kingston(ON,Canada) TeachingAssistant,IntroductiontoCanadianPolitics FAISAL BHABHA C.V. PAGE 1 OF 6

2 WOMEN SCENTREFORLEGALAIDANDCOUNSELLING,Jerusalem(Palestinian Territories) Researcher publicpolicyandadvocacyunit LAW THEPALESTINIANSOCIETYFORHUMANRIGHTSANDTHEENVIRONMENT,Jerusalem (PalestinianTerritories) Projectmanagerofinternationalacademicconference;editorofEnglishlanguagepublications PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE HUMANRIGHTSTRIBUNALOFONTARIO,Toronto(ON,Canada) Vice Chair AdjudicatedcasesbroughttotheTribunalundertheHumanRightsCode Conductedpublichearings,andalternativedisputeresolution,usinga varietyoftechniquestailoredtotheneedsandabilitiesofthepartiesin litigation Authoredmorethan150publisheddecisionsandconductednearly200 mediations BAKERLAW BARRISTERSANDSOLICITORS,Toronto(ON,Canada) Lawyer Workedonconstitutional,humanrights,civillitigationandadministrative lawmattersinpublicinterestlawfirm,focusingonequalityandantidiscriminationissues Appearedbeforevariousadministrativetribunalsandcourts Developedandmanagedthefirm sarticlingprogram;supervisedand mentoredstudents SACKGOLDBLATTMITCHELL BARRISTERSANDSOLICITORS,Toronto(ON,Canada) ArticlingStudent Workedonlabour,employmentandcivillitigationfiles NOTABLEADVOCACY 2008 Counsel to Egale Canada, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities(CCD), the National Anti Racism Council of Canada (NARCC), the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA),theDisAbledWomen snetworkofcanada(dawn RAFHCanada),theMetroToronto ChineseandSoutheastAsianLegalClinic(MTCSALC),theCharterCommitteeonPovertyIssues (CCPI),theWomen slegaleducationandactionfund(leaf)andthesouthasianlegalclinic ofontario(salco). Appeared in Federal Court seeking intervenor status in challenge to federal government s cancellationofthecourtchallengesprogram Counsel to Bob Brown, Complainant in human rights case against the National Capital Commission. AppearedinFederalCourtinsupportofajudicialreviewofaCanadianHumanRightsTribunal decisionfindingthatthencchaddiscriminatedagainstbrownandotherpeoplewithmobilityrelateddisabilities Co counselinclassactionlawsuitonbehalfofchildrenwithautismandtheirparents. Commenced class proceedings in Sagharian et al. v. Ontario et al., alleging failures by the provincialgovernmentandschoolboardstoaccommodateautisticchildreninpublicschools. AppearedbeforetheOntarioCourtofAppeal. FAISAL BHABHA C.V. PAGE 2 OF 6

3 2006 Co counseltocair CANandtheCanadianMuslimCivilLibertiesAssociation. AppearedasintervenorbeforetheSupremeCourtofCanadainCharkaoui,AlmreiandHarkat,a jointconstitutionalchallengetoindefinitedetentionpursuanttosecuritycertificates Co counsel to Amnesty International and the International Human Rights Law Clinic (UniversityofToronto). AppearedinFederalCourtseekingintervenorstatusinsupportofrefugeeappealbyAmerican armydeserterinhinzmanv.canada Co counseltodemocracywatchandthenationalanti PovertyOrganization(NAPO). AppearedasintervenorsbeforetheSupremeCourtofCanadainHarperv.Canada,anelections advertisingcaseinvolvingcharterissuesoffreedomofexpressionandequality. PUBLICATIONS JournalArticles DisabilityEqualityRightsinSouthAfrica:Concepts,InterpretationandtheTransformation Imperative (2009)25S.AfricanJ.Hum.Rts.218 BetweenExclusionandAssimilation:ExperimentalizingMulticulturalism (2009)54McGillL.J.3 NavigatingtheSpheresofMulticulturalism,BilingualismandFederalism:Theoretical,Doctrinaland ConstitutionalPerspectivesonthe ReasonableAccommodation Debate (2008)43Sup.Ct.L.R.(2d) 499 InstitutionalizingAccesstoJustice:Judicial,LegislativeandGrassrootsDimensions (2007)33 Queen sl.j.139 TheChillSetsIn:NationalSecurityandtheDeclineofEqualityinCanada (2005)54U.New BrunswickL.J.191 UniversalityandMedicalNecessity:StatutoryandCharterRemediestoIndividualClaimstoOntario HealthInsuranceFunding (2004)13HealthL.Rev.25(co authoredwithdavidbaker) Tracking Terrorists orsolidifyingstereotypes?canada santi TerrorismActinLightoftheCharter s EqualityGuarantee (2003)16WindsorRev.Leg.&Soc.Issues95 BookReviews AccesstoJusticeasaHumanRightbyFrancescoFrancioni,ed.(2008)24WindsorRev.Leg.&Soc. Issues87 TechnicalReports&PolicyPapers PlainLanguageGuidetotheAccessibilityforOntariansWithDisabilitiesAct,2005 CommissionedbytheGovernmentofOntario,March2008 HumanRightsIssuesinNationalSecurity:AnInventoryofAgencyConsiderations [co authored] ReportfortheCanadianHumanRightsCommission,June2007 Second ClassWorkers,Second ClassMothers:TheExclusionofSelf EmployedWomenfrom EmploymentInsuranceSpecialBenefits CaseDevelopmentReportpreparedfortheCourtChallengesProgramofCanada,July2006 NationalSecurityandAnti Terrorism [chapter] FAISAL BHABHA C.V. PAGE 3 OF 6

4 RacializedCommunitiesinCanada:TheStatusofCompliancebytheCanadianGovernmentwiththe InternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights NationalAnti RacismCouncilofCanada(NARCC)submissiontotheHumanRightsCommitteeofthe UnitedNations,October2005 ProtectingSeniors Self DeterminationinEmployment:TheCanadianHumanRightsActand MandatoryRetirement ReportpreparedforCanada sassociationforthe50 Plus(CARP),September2005 LegalConsiderationsforEstablishingaTherapeuticResidentialFacilityforAdolescentswithMental Healthand/orAddictionsIssues ReportpreparedfortheTorontoAdolescentRecoveryCentre,April2004 UNPUBLISHEDWORKANDAPPEARANCES AcademicConferences,PresentationsandPapers TowardsaPedagogyofDiversity ConferenceoftheInternationalJournalofClinicalLegalEducationandGlobalAllianceforJusticein Education Panellist,July13,2011(Valencia,Spain) CriticalSelf ReflectionintheClassroom OsgoodeCourseDesignInstitute(OCDI) Panellist,InnovativeTeachingMethods,June17,2010(Toronto,Ontario) DisabilityEqualityundertheSouthAfricanBillofRights HarvardLawSchool GuestLecture,DisabilityReadingGroup,April21,2008(Cambridge,Massachusetts) ExperimentalizingMulticulturalismundertheCanadianCharterofRightsandFreedoms UniversityofToronto,FacultyofLaw Panellist,TorontoGroupfortheStudyofInternational,Transnational,andComparativeLawConference, January11 13,2008(Toronto,Ontario) TheLimitsofConstitutionalBorrowing UniversityoftheWitwatersrand,LawSchool Presentation,CentreforAppliedLegalStudies(CALS),November2007(Johannesburg,SouthAfrica) AccesstoJusticeinCanada:AComparativePerspective HarvardLegalAidBureau,HarvardLawSchool Panellist,ComparativePovertyLaw,April11,2007(Cambridge,Massachusetts) TheInfluenceofU.S.ConstitutionalLawattheSupremeCourtofCanada AmericanConstitutionSociety,HarvardLawSchool Panellist,ComparativeConstitutionalLawRoundtable March20,2007(Cambridge,Massachusetts) ReconstructingtheThirdWave:Transformation,EntrenchmentandDeliberationinAccesstoJustice OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity FacultyPresentation,January25,2007(Toronto,Ontario) FAISAL BHABHA C.V. PAGE 4 OF 6

5 Non AcademicPresentationsandPapers HumanRightsAdjudicationinOntario OntarioJusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN) SummerLawInstituteforSecondarySchoolTeachers,August31,2010(Toronto,Ontario) ALongandWindingRoad:EnforcingHumanRightsforChildrenwithDisabilities SMILE AdvocacyforChildrenwithDisabilities Keynoteaddress,AnnualGalaDinner,April16,2010(Toronto,Ontario) DiversityintheLegalProfession MinistryoftheAttorneyGeneralforOntario SouthAsianHeritageMonth,May15,2008(Toronto,Ontario) TheRightsofDomesticWorkersUndertheEmploymentStandardsAct Presentationtothe22 nd Newcomers OrientationProgramforFilipinoImmigrants,ContractWorkers andtheirdependents,november19,2005(toronto,ontario) TheDutytoAccommodateEmployeeswithDisabilities PresentationtoEpilepsyToronto,JobSeekersGroup,September22,2005 AccommodatingEmployeeswithEmotionalDisabilities [co authored] TheCanadianInstitute,NationalForumontheDutytoAccommodate,April2005 UniversalityandMedicalNecessity:StatutoryandCharterRemediestoIndividualClaimstoOntario HealthInsuranceFunding [co authored] OntarioBarAssociationContinuingLegalEducation HealthLawandMedicalMalpractice:EssentialDecisions,March2004 MEDIA AuthoredNewspaperOp eds Don tfearreligiousschools NationalPost(August24,2007) WhatCanadashoulddo TorontoStar(July26,2006) Don tisolatethepalestinians TheGlobeandMail(April17,2006) NewspaperInterviews Fightingtorestorelegalfunding bykrishnarau,xtra(december20,2007) Wardodger ssupportersrallyoutsidecourt CTVTelevisionNews(February8,2006) TwohumanrightsgroupstosupportU.S.deserter bycolinperkel,canadianpress(february6, 2006) Interest in Islamic law creating opportunities for Muslim lawyers by Sarah Efron, The Law Times (August12,2005) Willredefiningmarriageopenthedoortopolygamy? byterryo Neill,TheWesternStandard(March 14,2005) COMMUNITYSERVICE 2011 Present PARKDALECOMMUNITYLEGALSERVICES,Toronto(ON,Canada) Member,BoardofDirectors FAISAL BHABHA C.V. PAGE 5 OF 6

6 LAWSOCIETYOFUPPERCANADA(LSUC),Toronto(ON,Canada) Member,EquityAdvisoryGroup(EAG) INTERNATIONALDEVELOPMENTANDRELIEFFOUNDATION(IDRF),Toronto(ON,Canada) Member,ProgramCommittee PEERREVIEW 2011 WindsorReviewofLegalandSocialIssues 2010 Queen slawjournal 2009 Law&SocialInquiry LANGUAGES ConversationalFrenchandbasicArabic FAISAL BHABHA C.V. PAGE 6 OF 6

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