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Biographical note
Adelle Blackett is a Professor of Law and the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transnational Labour Law and Development at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. She holds a BA in History from Queen’s University, civil law and common law degrees from McGill University, and an LLM and a doctorate in law from Columbia University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she is the recipient of several prestigious research grants and awards. She is widely published in English, French, and Spanish in the field of transnational labour law with a focus on decolonial approaches. Her 2019 book manuscript entitled Everyday Transgressions: Domestic Workers’ Transnational Challenge to International Labour Law (Cornell University Press) garnered the Canadian Council on International Law’s (CCIL) 2020 Scholarly Book Award. Her current SSHRC-funded research focuses on slavery and the law and supports her general rapporteurship for the International Academy of Comparative Law.