Education CV
Professional Admission
- Law Society of Ontario (2020)
Education
- PhD Candidate in Law - King's College, University of Cambridge (since 10/2020)
- BCL/LLB - McGill University (Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal)
- MPhil Development Studies - Wolfson College, University of Oxford
- BASc honours Political Science -McMaster University (Summa cum laude)
Legal Professional and Teaching Experience
- Supervision Leader (Public International Law) - Wolfson College, University of Cambridge [Cambridge, UK] (2022-2023)
- Course Instructor (The Osgoode Certificate in the Law of Emergencies) - York University [Toronto, ON] (2022)
- Course Lecturer (Disasters and the Law) - McGill University [Montreal, QC] (2021)
- Judicial Clerk to The Hon. Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella - Supreme Court of Canada [Ottawa, ON] (2019-2020)
- Research Assistant to The Hon. Louise Otis [Ottawa, ON] (2019/03 - 2019/05)
- Research Assistant to Prof. Payam Akhavan - McGill University [Montreal, QC] (2017/01 - 2019/02)
- Summer Student - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP [Toronto, ON] (2018/05 - 2018/08)
- Student Judicial Clerk to The Hon. Yves-Marie Morissette - Court of Appeal of Quebec [Montreal, QC] (2017 - 2018)
- Legal Intern - Maliiganik Tuksiiniakvik Legal Services [Iqaluit, NU] (2017/05 - 2017/08)
Humanitarian & Development Professional Experience
- Supernumery Professional - École Nationale d’Administration Publique [Montreal, QC] (2017 - 2018)
- Consultancy into Humanitarian Effectiveness - Save the Children UK [Niamey, Niger] (2015/05- 2015/08)
- Sahel Regional Technical Advisor on Disaster Resilience - Save the Children International [Niamey, Niger; Dakar, Senegal] (2013 - 2015)
- Disaster Resilience Consultant - Save the Children UK [London, UK] (2012/10 - 2013/05)
- Research Associate - King's College London [London, UK] (2012/03 - 2012-09)
- Graduate Intern - UK Government Office for Science Foresight Program [London, UK] (2011/08 - 2012/02)
Select Scholarships & Awards
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship - University of Cambridge (2020-2024)
- Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal - McGill University (awarded to the student who completes the McGill BCL/LLB Program with the most distinguished standing upon graduation)
- Nathan - Cotler Memorial Prize in Human Rights Law - McGill University (awarded to the graduating student who achieves the highest standing in the field of Human Rights throughout the program)
- Cheryl Rose Teresa Doran Award - McGill University (awarded to a deserving graduating student on the basis of academic merit, steadfastness, and dedication to the profession of law)
- Runner-Up Best Memorandum Claimant / Honourable Mention Memorandum Respondent [Team Award] - Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
- Allan Neil Assh Memorial Award (awarded to the student having the highest standing in the basic course in the law of Business Associations)
- Canadian Centennial Scholarship - University of Oxford
- Valedictorian Arts and Science Program and Faculty of Humanities - McMaster University
Fields of research
Humanitarian Assistance, Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, Disaster Resilience, Access to Justice, Judicial Institutions
Research centres and interest groups
Supervisors
Professor Eyal Benvenisti & Dr Sandesh Sivakumaran
Start Date
Oct 2020
Publications
Articles
"International Criminal Justice in the Context of Fragile States: The ICC Self-Referral Debate" [2022] Human Rights Quarterly 44(2), 233-256
Citation:
[2022] Human Rights Quarterly 44(2), 233-256
Published: May 2022
"Imagining Resilient Courts: From COVID to the Future of Canada's Court System" [2022] Canadian Public Policy 48(1), 186-208.
Citation:
[2022] Canadian Public Policy 48(1), 186-208.
Published: Mar 2022
"Towards a Legal Toolkit for Disaster Resilience & Transformation" [2021] Disasters 45 (2)
Citation:
[2021] Disasters 45 (2)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12430
Published: Apr 2021
"Humanitarian Access Through Agency Law In Non-International Armed Conflicts" [2020] International and Comparative Law Quarterly 69 (2), 451-497
Citation:
[2020] International and Comparative Law Quarterly 69 (2), 451-497
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589320000020
Published: Apr 2020
"Enabling Strategies and Impeding Factors to Urban Resilience Implementation: A Scoping Review" [2020] Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 28 (1), 83-102
Citation:
[2020] Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 28 (1), 83-102
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12283
Published: Mar 2020
"What Justice for the Yazidi Genocide?: Voices from Below" [2020] Human Rights Quarterly 42 (1), 1-47
Citation:
[2020] Human Rights Quarterly 42 (1), 1-47
DOI:
10.1353/hrq.2020.0000
Published: Feb 2020
"Short Circuit: A Failing Technology for Administering Justice in Nunavut" [2018] Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 35, 379-400
Citation:
[2018] Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 35, 379-400
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22329/wyaj.v35i0.5787
Published: May 2018
"Pathways for Transformation: Disaster Risk Management to Enhance Resilience to Extreme Events" [2016] Journal of Extreme Events 3 (01), 1671002
Citation:
[2016] Journal of Extreme Events 3 (01), 1671002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345737616710020
Published: Oct 2016
"Disaster Risk and its Reduction: An Agenda for Urban Africa" [2015] International Development Planning Review, 37(1), 33-43.
Citation:
[2015] International Development Planning Review, 37(1), 33-43.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2015.4
Published: Jan 2015
"Positioning Resilience for 2015: The Role of Resistance, Incremental Adjustment and Transformation in Disaster Risk Management Policy." [2015] Disasters, 39(1), 1-18
Citation:
[2015] Disasters, 39(1), 1-18
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12107
Published: Jan 2015
"Adaptation and Transformation" [2014] Climatic Change, 133, 113-127
Citation:
[2014] Climatic Change, 133, 113-127
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1303-0
Published: Dec 2014
Book Chapters
"Even the River Has Need of Its Tributaries: An Exploration of Humanitarian Effectiveness in the Slow-onset Context of Niger" in Fernando Espada (ed(s)), Essays on Humanitarian Effectiveness (The Save the Children Fund, 2016), pp. 55-88
Publisher:
Pages:
55-88
Published May 2016
Book Reviews
A Federal Human Rights "Moon Shot"? Reviewing Alex Neve's Closing the Implementation Gap [2023] PKI Global Justice Journal
Giovanni Mantilla, Lawmaking Under Pressure: International Humanitarian Law and Internal Armed Conflict (Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY, 2020), ISBN 9781501752582, 264 pp, USD 42.95 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies
Published Forthcoming
Blog Posts
Conference Papers
"The Global Humanitarian Corporation and International Law " (Global Corporations and International Law)
Conference:
Global Corporations and International Law
Published: Dec 2022
"The Legal Life of Disasters" (#NoNaturalDisasters Conference)
Conference:
#NoNaturalDisasters Conference
Published: Sep 2022
"Searching for a Pluralistic Humanitarian" (Gates Cambridge Annual Weekend of Research: The Next 20 Years Global Challenges of the Future)
Conference:
Gates Cambridge Annual Weekend of Research: The Next 20 Years Global Challenges of the Future
Published: May 2021
"Defining Non-State Humanitarians in Law" (Society of Legal Scholars PhD Workshop on International Law)
Conference:
Society of Legal Scholars PhD Workshop on International Law
Published: Apr 2021
Reports
Disaster Vulnerability and Resilience: Theory, Modelling and Prospective
Body / Institution:
UK Government Office for Science: Foresight
Published: Nov 2012