Hester Lessard, University of Victoria

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Feminism, law and social change in Canada, 1967-1997: (re)action and resistance
SSHRC · 1998 · Co-investigator
$90,000

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Feminism, law and social change in Canada, 1967-1997: (re)action and resistance

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Women and Change

Principal investigators: Chunn, Dorothy

Keywords: feminism; law reform; social change; rights; family law; equity; resistance; strategies; socio-legal policy

$90,000

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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