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Jennifer Llewellyn
Dalhousie University
Chair in Restorative Justice, Schulich School of Law
Biography
Jennifer Llewellyn is Professor of Law, Chair in Restorative Justice and Director of the Restorative Research, Innovation and Education Lab at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, her teaching and research focus on relational theory, restorative justice, justice transformation, truth commissions, peacebuilding, international and domestic human rights law, public law, and Canadian constitutional law.
She has advised governments and NGOs and worked on many projects and programmes including the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Programme, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, the South African and Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This work additionally includes support to the United Nations and to the Governments of Colombia, of Jamaica, and of New Zealand. She was appointed as an expert on the United Nations mechanism to review the Basic Principles for the Use of Restorative Justice in Criminal Matters. Additionally, Professor Llewellyn facilitated the design process for the first restorative public inquiry and served as a commissioner for the Inquiry into the Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children.
Recognised for her contribution in the field of restorative justice, Professor Llewellyn was awarded the National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award from Correctional Services Canada in 2015 and was the 2018 recipient of the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council National Impact Award, the highest award for research achievement and impact in Canada. In 2019, she received the Dalhousie University President's Research Excellence Award for Research Impact.
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