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Natasha Bakht holding a copy of her book, In Your Face. She has a medium skin tone and black hair, and she is wearing a white blazer.

In Your Face wins Huguenot Society of Canada Award

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Delve Books is thrilled to announce that Natasha Bakht’s book, In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada, is the winner of the 2020 Ontario Historical Society’s (OHS’s) Huguenot Society of Canada Award! The OHS Honours and Awards Committee writes: “The Huguenot Society of Canada Award honours the best book—or substantial article—published in Ontario within the last three …

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Book cover for In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada by Natasha Bakht. The cover shows a woman wearing a niqab face covering. Her eyes are smiling and her fingers are forming a peace sign.

RSVP for the In Your Face virtual book launch!

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Join Irwin Law and Delve Books in celebrating the release of our newest title, In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada by Natasha Bakht! Event: “In Your Face” Virtual Book LaunchWhen: Thursday, November 12, 2020Where: https://delvebooks.com/in-your-face-virtual-book-launch On the day of the launch, visit Delve Books to view exclusive video content, author discussions, and more! Be sure to follow us on Twitter and tweet your comments using the …

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Law Society Presents Honorary Doctorate to Women’s Advocate, Law Professor Elizabeth Sheehy

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Ottawa (July 13, 2005)– Women accounted for 66 per cent of lawyers called to the Ontario bar today by the Law Society of Upper Canada, at a ceremony in which an honorary doctorate was presented to well-known women’s advocate Professor Elizabeth Sheehy, of the University of Ottawa. Each year the Law Society confers honorary degrees upon select members of the …

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Author Constance Backhouse standing outdoors by a concrete wall. She is wearing a black dress with a leopard print scarf and smiling.

Constance Backhouse wins 2009 Canadian Association of Law and Society Book Prize

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Irwin Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Constance Backhouse is the 2009 recipient of the Canadian Law and Society Book Prize for her book Carnal Crimes: Canadian Sexual Assault Law, 1900-1975. The book prize will be awarded at the CLSA annual banquet on Sunday, May 24, 2009 in Ottawa. “This engaging and powerful book demonstrates the ubiquitous nature …

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Professors Vern Krishna and Nathalie Des Rosiers Honoured by Law Society

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Irwin Law takes great pleasure in congratulating Professor Vern Krishna, Q.C., FRSC, FCGA and Professor Nathalie Des Rosiers who have been awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degrees by the Law Society of Upper Canada at Call to the Bar ceremonies in Toronto and Ottawa. Professor Krishna, a former treasurer of the Law Society, is the author of Income Tax …

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