Dominique Clement, BA(H), MA, PhD, Royal Society of Canada (CNSAS)

Area of Study / Keywords

Human rights social movements social justice law state policy policing national security gender immigration labour

About

My areas of expertise include human rights law and activism; social movements and the nonprofit sector; inequality and discrimination in the workplace; immigration and settlements policies and practices; national security policies and counterterrorism; security and the Olympics; feminism and the women's movement; and freedom of information policy. In general, my scholarship is concerned with social and political change in Canada and the ability of marginalized people to challenge state power as well as the hegemony of law. I am an historical sociologist whose research crosses the humanities and social sciences with a particular focus on the sociology of human rights, labour studies, national security and counterterrorism, social policy, historical sociology, research methods, and comparative research.

My work includes extensive engagement with state agencies, community organizations, and academic associations in Canada and abroad. My public policy experience includes consulting for the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights among others. I have also been active in working with NGOs to develop public policy including as a former member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Centre for Constitutional Studies, and the John Humphrey Centre for Human Rights. In addition to my scholarship, my international experience includes serving as a Visiting Scholar in Australia, Belgium, China, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. I have published in American, Australian, British, Canadian, and Chinese journals. I have led research projects around issues involving EDI (such as studies on gender discrimination in the workplace) and, more recently, how the nonprofit sector can contribute to fostering engagement with democratic institutions. I am fluently bilingual in French and English with experience working in both languages.

I am a past or current Adjunct Professor in the Departments of History & Classics and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta as well as the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University.

My websites, HistoryOfRights.ca and statefunding.ca, serve as research and teaching portals on the study of human rights and social movements. For further biographical information.

There is also a recent piece in The Conversation that explores some of the themes arising from the State Funding for Social Movements project.

Teaching

SOC 102/203: Social Problems

SOC 260: Inequality and Social Stratification

SOC 343: Social Movements

SOC 496: Human Rights in International Perspective

SOC 519: Comparative and Historical Methods in Sociological Research

SOC 549: Social Movements 

SOC696: Human Rights in Theory & Practice

Canadian Studies 1150: Quebec Nationalism

Canadian Studies 1110: American Power in Canada

SOC 203 - Social Problems

Selected structural issues in various societies, including inequality, population growth, environment, and human rights. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in SOC 102.

SOC 533 - Research Design

SOC 605 - Seminar in Teaching and Professional Skills

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