Adelle Blackett Explained

Adelle Blackett is a Canadian legal scholar working as a professor of law at McGill University Faculty of Law.

Education

Blackett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University at Kingston in 1989, a Bachelor of Civil Law and Bachelor of Laws from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1994, and a Master of Laws and Doctor of Law from Columbia Law School.^[1]

Career

Blackett's scholarship focuses on labour law and human rights issues.^{[2] [3]} She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020 and was awarded a fellowship by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2016.^{[4] [5]} Blackett has served as a commissioner of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse., she held a Canada Research Chair in transnational labour law and development.^[6] In 2023, she received the Bob Hepple Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Labour Law Research Network.^[7]

Publications

• Book: Blackett, Adelle. Everyday Transgressions: Domestic Workers' Transnational Challenge to International Labor Law. Cornell University Press. 2019. 978-1-5017-1577-8. 1054267220. ^[8]

External links

• Profile at McGill University Faculty of Law

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adelle Blackett . 2023-04-22 . Faculty of Law . en.
2. News: Montpetit. Jonathan. 2019-12-10. Searching for Fred Christie, the Jamaican immigrant who tried to end legalized racism in Canada. CBC News. live. 2020-09-28. June 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622195722/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fred-christie-montreal-supreme-court-1.5390316.
3. Web site: Wilton. Katherine. 2015-02-05. Problems and challenges persist for black Quebecers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929031909/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/problems-and-challenges-persist-for-black-quebecers. September 29, 2020. 2020-09-29. Montreal Gazette. en-CA.
4. Web site: Royal Society of Canada – Class of 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929031910/https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/Class%20of%202020%20%282%29.pdf. September 29, 2020. Royal Society of Canada. 7.
5. Web site: Adelle Blackett. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929031911/https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/member/adelle-blackett. September 29, 2020. 2020-09-29. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
6. News: Chunn. John. 2018-11-21. Expert panel members appointed to advance work of Court Challenges Program. The Lawyer's Daily. live. November 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122030046/https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/8608.
7. Web site: Allemang . John . A more inclusive vision of law . McGill News . 28 March 2024 . August 2023.
8. Reviews of Everyday Transgressions:
   • Poblete. Lorena. August 2020. Review of Everyday Trangressions. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. en. 73. 4. 1026–1027. 10.1177/0019793920919062. 219070754. 0019-7939.
   • Urban. Andrew. September 2020. Review of Everyday Transgressions. Labor. en. 17. 3. 121–122. 10.1215/15476715-8349465. 221468765. 1547-6715.