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Jennifer Koshan, "Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia: Turning a Corner on Intimate Partner Violence?"
The Distinguished Speakers Committee (DSC), The Law and Feminism Research Group (LAF) and the Gender and the Law Association (GALA) are pleased to welcome Professor Jennifer Koshan to Western Law as a Distinguished Speaker.
On Thursday, Nov 12th 12:30 - 1:50 p.m. in the Moot Court Room (MCR) Professor Koshan will deliver a talk entitled: "Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia: Turning a Corner on Intimate Partner Violence?”
Professor Koshan is a professor at the Faculty of Law, Calgary, where she holds a UCalgary Research Excellence Chair in Family Violence.
She is a leading Canadian expert on equality rights and gender-based violence. Her scholarship was extensively cited in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, where the majority recognized a new tort of coercive control.
She worked with a number of organizations which intervened in the case, including West Coast LEAF, Rise Women’s Legal Centre, and the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL).
All are welcome.