“Our judicial system is still weighed down by myths and stereotypes about women. The concept of ‘no means no’ is still a problem.” | image: Shary Boyle

Ideas

the Jane Doe decade

by Moira Farr | March 25, 2009

In March 2009, the University of Ottawa held a conference called Sexual Assault Law, Practice and Activism in a Post-Jane Doe Era. It marked the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking case of Jane Doe v. the Metropolitan Toronto police. The conference also celebrated the work of the Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé. As a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, she helped shape landmark equality-rights rulings.  read more