Impacts to address sexual violence in Canada and internationally

Abstract

Impacts to address sexual violence in Canada and internationally Shaheen Shariff, Ph.D. is James McGill Professor and Project Director of iMPACTS, which focuses on addressing sexual violence in Canada and internationally. Led by Professor Shaheen Shariff, Ph.D., iMPACTS is a multi-year, multi-million dollar Partnership Grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The overarching goal of iMPACTS is to unearth, dismantle, and prevent sexual violence within universities and, ultimately, in society, through evidence- based research that informs sustainable curriculum and policy change. Professor Shariff is James McGill Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at the Faculty of Education at McGill University, and she is the Project Director of this SSHRC Partnership Grant. Professor Shariff grounds her work in the intersection of law and education, focusing on human rights and constitutional issues, diversity, legal pluralism, and civil society.