Viscount Bennett Professor of Law
Constance MacIntosh is a Full Professor with Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, where she teaches immigration and refugee law, Indigenous and Aboriginal law, and contract law. She was the Director of Dalhousie’s Health Law Institute and a Domain Leader with the Atlantic Metropolis Project, and has served on expert panels concerning Aboriginal food security and hydraulic fracturing. Her research is informed by concerns about health justice and the role of legal categories in creating and perpetuating vulnerabilities.
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About Constance MacIntosh
Constance MacIntosh is a Full Professor with Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, where she teaches immigration and refugee law, Indigenous and Aboriginal law, and contract law. She was the Director of Dalhousie’s Health Law Institute and a Domain Leader with the Atlantic Metropolis Project, and has served on expert panels concerning Aboriginal food security and hydraulic fracturing. Her research is informed by concerns about health justice and the role of legal categories in creating and perpetuating vulnerabilities.
| Present | Viscount Bennett Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Law, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law ‐ Health Law Institute | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2016 - 2017 | Grant |
| Max Bell Foundation | |
| 2015 | Health Law, Ethics & Policy |
| CIHR Training Program | |
| 2011 | Grant |
| Metropolis Pilot Grant | |
| 2009 | Grant |
| NAWL Policy Research |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2000 - Present | Member, Bar of British Columbia | 2011 - 2019 | Pro Bono Supervisor, Legal Information Clinic, Immigrant and Settlement Association of Nova Scotia | 2014 - 2018 | Member, Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women | 2011 - 2017 | Director, Dalhousie Health Law Institute | 2014 | Expert Panel Member, Nova Scotia Independent Review of Hydraulic Fracturing (“The Wheeler Panel”) | 2012 - 2014 | Expert Panel Member, Expert Panel on Food Security Research in Northern Canada, Council of Canadian Academies | 2010 - 2011 | Leader, “Policing, Justice and Security Domain”, Atlantic Metropolis Centre of Excellence | 2005 - 2008 | Member, Public Health Law Improvement Network | 2003 - 2004 | Task Force Advisor/Steering Committee, Task Force on Newcomer Access to Health Care in Nova Scotia |
Honors and Awards
- Class of 1967 Teaching Award (2019)
- Elizabeth (Bessie) Hall Prize in Feminist Advocacy (2015)
- 2010-11 Recipient of the Dalhousie Law Students’ Society and Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award
- Law Commission of Canada, Legal Dimensions Initiative Award (2006)
Courses
- Indigenous Governance
| BA Honours, Class Gold Medalist, University Concordia | ||
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| MA, University of Alberta | ||
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| LLB, Class Gold Medalist, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Email: constance.macintosh@dal.ca
