Professor Adelle Blackett receives 2020 CCIL Scholarly Book Award
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Everyday Transgressions: Domestic Workers鈥� Transnational Challenge to International Labor Law, by Professor Adelle Blackett, F.R.S.C., Ad. E., has received the Canadian Council on International Law鈥檚 (CCIL) .
This award recognizes the work of Canadian scholars of international law, specifically scholarly books that contribute substantially to the international law literature.
鈥淭he CCIL Selection Committee has noted that your book is an eloquent narrative on a novel subject,鈥� said CCIL President C茅line L茅vesque. 鈥淵our unique perspective of the story behind the creation of the ILO鈥檚 Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201 brings an innovative approach to the book.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 a remarkable book that, like the Faculty of Law鈥檚 distinctive approach to legal teaching and research, crosses many boundaries,鈥� said Dean Robert Leckey. 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to see this recognition of a work that is the fruit of many years of activism, scholarship, and teaching by our colleague.鈥�
Prof. Blackett is the Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development at the Faculty of Law, where she teaches and researches in the areas of labour and employment law, trade regulation, law and development, critical race theory and slavery and the law.