Bio | Courses Taught | Research Interests | Publications
Margot Young
Associate Professor
B.A. UBC 1983; LL.B. Toronto 1986; M.A. Toronto 1987; M.A. Berkeley 1991
Contact
E-mail: myoung@law.ubc.ca
Phone: 604.822.9685
Fax: 604.822.8108
Office Location: Curtis Building Room 243
Bio
Professor Young began her teaching career at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria in 1992 after doing graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley in the fields of feminist legal theory and reproductive technologies. Her focus quickly shifted to the areas of constitutional law, in particular, equality law and theory, and social welfare law. She has continued to teach and research widely in these areas. Professor Young is very involved in work with a number of non-governmental groups working on issues of women's economic equality and justice. She has authoring alternative reports for the National Association of Women and the Law for the last two of Canada's periodic reviews under the United Nations ICESCR and ICCPR. Recently she co-authored and presented to the United Nations CEDAW Committee in New York NGO reports on Canada's and British Columbia's failure to comply with obligations under the Women's Convention.
Courses Taught 2010-2011
Law 100: Canadian Constitutional Law
Law 305: Law, Society and State
Law 372: Poverty: Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activism
Research Interests
- Equality law and theory
- Social and Economic Rights
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Social Welfare Law
- Canadian Social Union
Publications
Publications on UBC Law Library Website