BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260525T051942EDT-5426HOKUWs@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260525T091942Z DESCRIPTION:Sponsors: Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF)\, McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism\, McGill Muslim Law Students’ Association and La Semaine de la sensibilisation musulmane (SSM) Muslim A wareness Week (MAW)\n\nSix years ago\, Law 21 revoked the right to wear re ligious symbols at work for certain public servants in Quebec\, including teachers\, police officers\, and prosecutors. Quebec’s religious communiti es have been disproportionately impacted – most significantly\, women who wear headscarves commonly referred to as “hijabs”. These women’s career pr ospects have now been severely restricted in Quebec. The effects of the la w have also reverberated outward\, shaping Canadian public debates on Isla mophobia\, rights\, freedoms\, and national identity. As the legal challen ge to Law 21 heads to the Supreme Court of Canada\, we cordially invite yo u to learn more about the religious symbols ban in Quebec. What have the i mpacts of Law 21 been on Muslim women and on Quebec society at large? Who gets to define what feminism and “social harmony” look like in Quebec? Who supports the law\, and who is contesting it? What does it mean to “win” w hen it comes to defeating Law 21? And how does the notwithstanding clause fit into all this?\n\nOn January 31st\, 2025\, please join us in welcoming Prof. Nadia Hasan\, Me Frédéric Bérard and Idil Issa for a bilingual inte rdisciplinary dicussion panel moderated by Me Cee Strauss on the material  impacts of Law 21 and the making of a new normal.\n\n \n\n16:30 – 18:30 - Panel & Questions\n\n18:30 – 19:00 – Refreshments\n\nPanelists\n\nMe Frédé ric Bérard is a Doctor of Laws and Constitutional Law Litigator. He holds an M.A (McGill) in Political Science and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law\; he d id post-doctoral studies in Philosophy. He is the author of a number of wo rks\, including his monograph on the story of Omar Khadr\, J’accuse les to rtionnaires d’Omar Khadr\, finalist for the Governor General's Award\, sho rtlisted for the Prix des libraires and bestseller\; and On nous tuera dou cement (Éditions Somme toute\, 2024).He is a regular political and judicia l columnist and guest commentator.\n\nAfter working at Stikeman Elliott an d Woods\, Me Bérard joined Gattuso Bouchard Mazzone in 2017\, where he is a partner. Practicing constitutional and administrative law\, Me Bérard ha d carriage of an appeal to delimit the use of notwithstanding provisions b y legislators in the context of challenges to Bill 21. Founder and Directo r of the National Observatory for Language Rights\, Me Berard is also a re searcher in the Research Center on Public Law at the Université de Montréa l and a trainer accredited by the Barreau du Québec.\n\n \n\nDr. Nadia Has an is an assistant professor in the School of Gender\, Sexuality and Women ’s Studies and Director of the Islamophobia Research Hub at York Universit y. Her research and community work focus on systemic racism and Islamophob ia in legal\, administrative\, and discursive regimes and their relation t o Muslim life. She has led major public advocacy campaigns against Islamop hobia in Canada and directed research initiatives that are grounded in com munity organizing against racism\, hate and discrimination.\n\nDr. Hasan i s co-author of the WAGE-funded community-based study\, “Social Discord and Second-class Citizenship: A Study of the Impact of Bill 21 on Quebec Musl im Women in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” She also co-authored the SSHR C-funded report on systemic Islamophobia at the Canada Revenue Agency\, “U nder Layered Suspicion: A Review of CRA Audits of Muslim-led Charities”. D r. Hasan is also co-director of a SSHRC-funded project\, 'Uncovering Syste mic Islamophobia in Canada' in partnership with the Institute of Islamic S tudies at UofT.\n\n \n\nIdil Issa is the co-founder of Mouvement Montréal and founder of Femmes Musulmanes Contre le Racisme\, has worked extensivel y in the nonprofit and startup sectors across Qatar\, Malaysia\, South Afr ica\, and Canada. She is a regular contributor to prominent publications s uch as The Globe and Mail\, Esquire Malaysia\, COLORS Magazine\, and Maiso nneuve Magazine\, writing on topics at the intersection of race\, religion \, and gender. Idil is also a frequent media commentator on CBC and CTV\, where she advocates for the rights of marginalized communities\, with a pa rticular focus on the experiences of racialized Muslim women. She is curre ntly pursuing a law degree at McGill University.\n\n \n\nMe Cee Strauss is a Senior Staff Lawyer at the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEA F). They contribute to the development and management of LEAF’s cases. The y also conduct legal and other research in support of LEAF’s work on litig ation\, law reform\, and public legal education. Cee was proud to work on LEAF’s interventions both in the Law 21 challenge at the Quebec Court of A ppeal and in the pronoun law constitutional challenge currently at the Sas katchewan Court of Appeal (which is now considering Saskatchewan’s use of the notwithstanding clause).\n DTSTART:20250131T213000Z DTEND:20250131T233000Z LOCATION:Room 100 Maxwell Cohen Moot Court  SUMMARY:The Era of Law 21: Impacts on Muslim Women and the Making of a New Normal URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/fr/channels/event/era-law-21-impacts-muslim-w omen-and-making-new-normal-362653 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR