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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Adelle Blackett, FRSC, Ad E, has received an honorary doctorate of laws (LLD) from Queen鈥檚 University. She gave the commencement address at one of the University鈥檚 Fall Convocation ceremonies on 11 October.聽聽

鈥淎 prolific, world-class scholar in labour law and its interface with trade, [Adelle Blackett] is a key thinker behind the emerging field of transnational labour law, foregrounding decolonial approaches,鈥� Queen鈥檚 University highlighted upon sharing the news of the award.聽聽

Adelle Blackett is a full professor and holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transnational Labour Law and Development. She is the founding director of the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory (LLDRL) at 黑料不打烊, and was a founding steering committee member of the international Labour Law Research Network (LLRN). She holds a BA in History from Queen鈥檚 University, civil law and common law degrees from 黑料不打烊 University, and an LLM and a doctorate in law from Columbia University. She was appointed to the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Chapter 23 (Trade and Labour) roster of experts in 2018, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement鈥檚 List of Rapid Response Labour Panelists in 2020, and to the federal Minister of Labour to chair Canada鈥檚 new Employment Equity Act Review Task Force in 2021. A former official of the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva, she was the chief legal architect behind ILO's first comprehensive international standards offering protections and rights to more than 60 million domestic workers (Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201), and preparing a draft Haitian labour code.聽聽

鈥淚nspired by her mother, who came to Canada from the Caribbean as a domestic worker, Professor Blackett has said that her idea has always been 鈥榯o give real meaning to the dignity and value and art that the mostly women, mostly racialized women, who do this work, attach to it, while at the same time not glossing over the tremendous toll that this work takes on these women,鈥欌�� said Professor Mark Walters, dean of law at Queen鈥檚 University. 鈥淪he has applied [her innovative ideas] in very practical and concrete contexts with a quiet and dignified resolve, and in so doing has improved the lives of the vulnerable and the forgotten in powerful and lasting ways.鈥澛犅�

鈥淧rofessor Blackett鈥檚 career exemplifies the transformative impact that path-breaking scholarship and a staunch commitment to public service can foster in addressing some of our world鈥檚 most pressing challenges,鈥� said Dean Robert Leckey. 鈥淚 was delighted to see another alma mater of Professor Blackett鈥檚 recognize her scholarship and efforts to foster greater inclusion in the legal academy and profession.鈥澛�