1.0Department of Law and Legal Studies/lawHeather Plescia/law/author/heatherplescia/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7hAR0byw76"><a href="/law/people/julie-ann-kirkpatrick/">Julie-Ann Kirkpatrick</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/law/people/julie-ann-kirkpatrick/embed/#?secret=7hAR0byw76" width="600" height="338" title="“Julie-Ann Kirkpatrick” — Department of Law and Legal Studies" data-secret="7hAR0byw76" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/law/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> /law/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2025/08/Kirkpatrick-Julie-Ann-1-.jpg.jpeg8761207Julie 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 […]