Janine Benedet, University of British Columbia

Research

sexual assault violence against women constitutional rights equality criminal procedure violence against women and girls disability rights

Latest funding

The Criminal Law of Sexual Offences and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$67,586
The Criminal Law of Sexual Offences and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$22,425
Responding to Sexual Violence Against Women with Mental Disabilities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$29,400

All 5 grants and awards

The Criminal Law of Sexual Offences and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Benedet, Janine

Keywords: sexual assault; violence against women; constitutional rights; equality; criminal procedure

$67,586

The Criminal Law of Sexual Offences and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Benedet, Janine

Keywords: sexual assault; violence against women; constitutional rights; equality; criminal procedure

$22,425

Responding to Sexual Violence Against Women with Mental Disabilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Gender-Based Violence

Principal investigators: Benedet, Janine

Keywords: sexual assault; violence against women and girls; disability rights

$29,400

Sexual assault of women and girls across the lifespan: age-specific barriers to an effective criminal Law

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Grant, Isabel

Keywords: criminal law; violence against women and girls; sexual assault; aging; youth

$92,039

Yes means no: capacity, voluntariness and informed consent in Canadian sexual assault law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Benedet, Janine

Keywords: criminal law; sexual assault; sex equality; disability; youth; extortion

$47,404

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: sexual assault Dear Professor Benedet, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on sexual assault connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Criminal Law of Sexual Offences and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]