Julie-Ann Kirkpatrick
PhD Candidate
Julie Kirkpatrick completed a B.A. (Honours) and M.A. from Trent University, majoring in Canadian Studies and History. She attended Osgoode Hall Law School and ran her own practice for 20 years before returning to school to begin her PhD program in Legal Studies & Political Economy. Her longstanding focus on section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms informs her doctoral work today.
Julie successfully defended her comprehensive examination in May of 2026 under the supervision of Dr. Stacy Douglas. She resides in Victoria, B.C.
CONFERENCES AND SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
2025 鈥淚ndigenous Child Welfare and the Right to Psychological Integrity鈥 Temagami Colloquium (Temagami, Ontario, September 28th, 2025)
2025 鈥淭rust: The Canada Child Benefit and Children in the Care of the State鈥 Anser Conference (Toronto, Ontario, May 30, 2025)
2025 鈥淔air Process: The Right to Psychological Integrity under the Charter鈥 Law & Society Conference (Chicago, Illinois, May 22, 2025)
2024 鈥淭he 鈥淔ive Day鈥 Hearing: An example of opportunities and obstacles in the exercise of the constitutionally guaranteed right to psychological integrity鈥 Toward Ethical Public Affairs, Graduate Student Symposium, Faculty of Public Affairs, 杏吧原创 University (March 8, 2024)
2024 鈥淥vercoming Interpretive Limits of Section 7 of the Charter鈥 In/And/Or 鈥淐anada鈥: Positionings, Practices, Paradigms, Graduate Student Symposium, School of Canadian Studies, 杏吧原创 University (April 25, 2024)