Anne Levesque

Anne Levesque is an Associate Professor in the French Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa. She studied history and political science before receiving her LLB from the University of Ottawa (Programme de common law français) in 2007.   Anne obtained her Master’s in International Human Rights from Oxford University in 2016. Her research and her publications focus on human rights and public interest litigation.  

Anne is also a member of the Ontario Law Society and practices human rights law.  She has appeared before several administrative tribunals, Canadian courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and regional and international  human rights bodies.  Anne is one of the lawyers who represented the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society in its human rights case leading to a historic victory in 2016 which affirmed the right to equality for more than 165,000 Indigenous children.

As the founding Director of the Programme de pratique du droit (PPD) at the uOttawa (2014-2018), she participated in the creation of an innovative program of experiential training for law graduates to acquire practice competencies, become involved in their communities and promote access to justice in French. Anne is actively involved in her community.

She is a Research Fellow of the Broadbent Institute, has served as co-chair of the National Association of Women and the Law and Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. Anne is from Falher, Alberta.