Maira Hassan

Maira Hassan is pursuing a PhD in Law at Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, where she also completed her LLM as a recipient of the Allard Scholar Graduate Fellowship. She obtained her LLB (Hons) from Queen Mary University of London and completed her undergraduate degree in Media, Information and Technoculture (MIT) and French literature from the University of Western Ontario. Her previous research work and publications include topics such as women in international policing, women in Canadian peacekeeping, and legal perspectives on extraterritorial policing. Currently, her research focus is on aspects of consent in sexual assault law and how it might impact marginalized and racialized women in Canada. She is a recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral.