Shaheen Shariff, Ph.D., James McGill Professor grounds her work in the intersection of law and education, with a focus on human rights and constitutional issues, diversity, legal pluralism, and civil society
She is an Associate Member of McGill’s Law Faculty, and its Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and Affiliate Scholar at Stanford University Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. She is a founding Director of the Institute for Human Development and Wellbeing in McGill’s Faculty of Education. Professor Shariff is best known for her expertise on institutional responses and legal obligations to address intersecting forms of discrimination and reduce toxic learning environments that foster cyberbullying and sexual violence in institutional contexts, including social media. Her research and teaching are centered in law as it impacts educational policy and practice, critical legal and media literacy.
