PUBLICATIONS - REPORTS - SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
(Reverse Chronological Listing)
Professor Moira L. McConnell
March 2013
Edited Collections and Commissioned Reports
Moira L. McConnell (contributing author) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 Frequently Asked
Questions (Revised edition 2012) (International Labour Standards Department, ILO, 2012) (Also available as an online database <http:///www.ilo.org/mlc>)
Dierk Lindemann, Dominick Devlin, Moira L. McConnell , ILO Handbook: Guidance on implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 - Model National Provisions, (Geneva:
International Labour Standards Department, ILO, 2012). (Also available at
<http:///www.ilo.org/mlc>)
Moira L. McConnell (contributing author) , ILO Handbook: Guidance on implementing the
Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 – Social Security for Seafarers, (Geneva: International
Labour Standards Department, ILO, 2012). (Also available as an online database
<http:///www.ilo.org/mlc>)
Moira L. McConnell, (contributing author) to Governance of Arctic Marine Shipping (May
2008). Report prepared by the Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie Law School, for Transport Canada as part of Canada’s contribution to the Arctic Council’s Arctic Marine
Shipping Assessment (published as part of the AMSA studies, 2009).
Aldo Chircop, Scott Coffen-Smout, Moira L. McConnell, eds., Ocean Yearbook , Volumes 21 -
26 (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2007; 2008; 2009, 2010, 2011).
Aldo Chircop, Scott Coffen-Smout, Moira L. McConnell, eds., Ocean Yearbook , Volume 20
(New York: Transnational Publishers, 2006).
Aldo Chircop & Moira L. McConnell, eds., Ocean Yearbook , Volume 18-19 (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2004-2005).
Moira L. McConnell, (Contributing author/editor) to J. Richard Hodgson & David Henley,
Places of Refuge: Preparing the Way Ahead for Canada , Report to Transport Canada, October
2004.
Contributing author/editor, Strategic Brief prepared for the Minister’s Advisor Panel in the
Sustainable Management of Straddling Stocks in the Northwest Atlantic. Fisheries & Oceans
Canada, May 2005.
Moira L. McConnell, Constraints Affecting the Implementation of the 1982 United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Pacific Island States: A Report to the South Pacific
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Forum Fisheries Agency and other Pacific Regional Agencies, August 2003 (copy on file).
Moira L. McConnell & B. Blazkiewicz, Overview Report on the Development of Regulations for the Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides and Cobalt-Rich Ferromanagese
Crusts , Report to International Ocean Institute (IOI- HQ) and the Korean Ocean Research and
Development Institute, January 2003.
Moira L. McConnell, Globallast Legislative Review – Final Report , Globallast Monograph
Series I (London: IMO, 2002).
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Trade Regime Fisheries Case
Study: West Africa, M. L. McConnell, (final revision & ed) (IUCN: 2001) (online).
Attitudes- Skills-Knowledge: Proposals for Legal Education to Assist in Implementing a Multioption Civil Justice System in the 21 st
Century , Discussion Paper, CBA, August 1999. Editor and co-author (with members of Committee). Final Report published August 2000.
Moira L. McConnell & Erika Gerlock, eds., Environmental Spills.
(Carswells: Toronto
1993/94/95/96/97/98 /99 annually supplemented text).
E. Mann Borgese, Aldo Chircop, Moira L. McConnell, eds. Ocean Yearbook. Vols. 13 -17,
(Joseph Morgan was also a co-editor of Volumes 13 and 14) (Chicago; University of Chicago
Press, 1998 – 2002).
Dawn Russell & Moira L. McConnell, eds., After the Collapse, (1995) 18 Dalhousie Law
Journal (a special edition regarding the collapse of East Coast fishery).
G. Thompson, M.L. McConnell & L. Heustis, eds (and authors of several chapters)
Environmental Law and Business in Canada.
(Canada Law Book Company: Toronto 1993).
M.L. McConnell, "Law Reform in a Federal State". Paper commissioned by the Department of
Justice for a consultation on law reform, March 1993.
M.L. McConnell, ed., The Democratic Intellect.
(1992) 15 Dalhousie Law Journa l (special edition containing the proceedings of a Symposium in honour of Justice Bertha Wilson, former
Justice of the SCC).
M.L. McConnell & E. Gold, Comparison of State Responses To Oil and Chemical Spills With
Respect to Damages, Liability and Response Planning. Report for Transport Canada (Oceans
Institute of Canada 1989).
C. Lamson, M.L. McConnell, D. Russell & D. VanderZwaag, Canadian Options Regarding
Conservation of Straddling Stocks Outside 200 Mile EFZ . Report for the Fisheries Council of
Canada (Oceans Institute of Canada 1989; released 1990).
E. Gold & M.L. McConnell, The Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment.
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Background paper for the U.N. General Assembly (Oceans Institute of Canada 1989)
M.L. McConnell, ed., Lexicon to the 1982 United Nations Convention on The Law of the Sea
(Oceans Institute of Canada 1989).
M.L. McConnell, Non-profit organisations: A Nova Scotia Guide . T. Costello, ed., (Public Legal
Education: Halifax 1983).
M. L. McConnell, A Guide to Co-operatives and the Cooperative Associations Act (and
Regulations) of Nova Scotia . (Public Legal Education: Halifax 1982).
Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia Research and Writing
(As Executive Director of the Commission with responsibility for project research design and management, substantive research and writing in most projects, editorial review and publishing)

Matrimonial Property in Nova Scotia: Suggestions for a New Family Law Act
Discussion Paper April 1996, Final Report, February 1997.
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Agencies, Boards and Commissions: The Administrative Justice System in Nova
Scotia Discussion Paper, February, 1996; Final Report, December 1996.
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Violence in a Domestic Context Discussion Paper, March 1993, From Rhetoric to
Reality: Ending Domestic Violence in Nova Scotia Final Report, February 1995.
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Reform of the Laws Dealing with Adult Guardianship Discussion Paper, 1993.
Living Wills. Discussion Paper 1994. Reform of the Laws Dealing with Adult
Guardianship and Personal Health Care Decisions, Final Report, November
1995.
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The Legal Status of the Child Born Outside Marriage in Nova Scotia Discussion
Paper, Sept. 1993, Final Report, March 1995.
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Juries in Nova Scotia Discussion Paper May 1993, Final Report June 1994.
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Enforcement of Maintenance Obligations in Nova Scotia Discussion Paper July
1992, Final Report, November 1992.
Articles & Book Chapters
2012- 2013
Moira L. McConnell, General Report: “The Law Applicable on the Continental Shelf and in the
Exclusive Economic Zone” in General Reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International
Academy of Comparative Law/Rapports Généraux du XVIIIeme Congrès de L’Academie
Internationale de Droit Comparé, eds. D. Snyder & K. Brown (Dordrecht Heidelberg London
New York: Springer, 2012).
Moira L. McConnell, “Forging or Foregoing “the Genuine Link”?: A reflection on the Maritime
Labour Convention, 2006 and other strategies”, in The Regulation of International Shipping:
International and Comparative Perspectives. Essays in Honor of Edgar Gold.
Eds., Aldo
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Chircop, Norman G. Letalik, Ted L. McDorman, and Susan J. Rolston (Leiden/Boston: Martinus
Nijhoff, 2012).
2010 - 2011
Moira L. McConnell, Dominick Devlin, Cleopatra Doumbia- Henry The Maritime Labour
Convention, 2006 A Legal Primer to an Emerging International Regime (Leiden/Boston:
Martinus Nijhoff, 2011).
Moira L. McConnell, “The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 – Reflections on Challenges for
Flag State Implementation” (revised version of paper presented June 8, 2011)
WMU Journal of
Maritime Affairs, Vol.10. Issue 2 (2011) 127-141.
Moira L. McConnell, “The MLC, 2006 – Reflections on Challenges for Flag State
Implementation”, Presentation to The Company of Master Mariners of Canada, International
Congress, Shipping and Environmental Issues in 2011: What more can be done?, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada, June 8, 2011, Published on-line in the papers of the Congress.
Moira L. McConnell, Featured guest article, “The ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 : filling a gap in the law of the sea” MEPIELAN – E-Bulletin, April 2011 < http://www.mepielanebulletin.gr
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Moira L. McConnell “Observations on the Law Applicable on the Continental Shelf and in the
Exclusive Economic Zone: A Comparative View” in Ocean Yearbook , eds A Chircop, S. Coffen-
Smout, Moira McConnell, Vol 25 ( Leiden/ Boston:, MartinusNijhoff, 2011) 221-248.
Moira L. McConnell, “Observations on Compliance and Enforcement and Regional Fisheries
Institutions: Overcoming the Limitations of the Law of the Sea”, Chapter 4 in D. Russell and
D.VanderZwaag, eds.,
Strengthening Canada’s Regional Fisheries Management Arrangements in Light of Sustainability Principles , (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2010) 71-98.
1999- 2009
Moira L. McConnell, “‘A few more spokes’ to the wheel: Reasonableness, Fairness and Justice in Bertha Wilson’s approach to contract law”, in
Justice Bertha Wilson: One Woman’s
Difference. Kim Brooks, ed., (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2009) 74-91.
Moira L. McConnell, “‘Making labour history’ and the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006:
Implications for international law making (and responses to the dynamics of globalization)” in A.
Chircop, T. McDorman, S.Rolston eds. The Future of Ocean Regime-Building: Essays in Tribute to Douglas M. Johnston, Aldo Chircop, Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/ Brill, 2009) 349-384.
Moira L. McConnell, “Responsive ocean governance: the problem of invasive species and ships’ ballast water – A Canadian study Understanding and Strengthening EU-Canada Relations in Law
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of the Sea and Ocean Governance
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in T.Koivurova, A.Chircop, E.Franckx, E. Molenaar and
D.VanderZwaag, eds, Understanding and Strengthening European Union – Canada Relations in
Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance , 35 Juridica Lapponica (Rovaniemi;U of Lapland, 2009)
433-469.
Moira L. McConnell, Book Review of: David Anderson, Modern Law of the Sea. Selected
Essays .
Vol. 59 Publications on Ocean Development , Gen. Editor, V. Lowe, (Leiden/Boston:
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008. Review will appear in Ocean Yearbook , Vol 23, 521- 527 (in press 2009).
M. Doelle, M.L. McConnell, D. VanderZwaag, “Invasive seaweeds: global and regional law and policy”
Botanica Marina 50 (2007): 438–450.
Cleopatra. Doumbia-Henry, Dominick Devlin, & Moira L. McConnell, “The Maritime Labour
Convention, 2006 Consolidates Seafarers’ Labour Instruments” (2006) Vol 10, Issue 23, ASIL
Insight (electronic publication).
Moira L. McConnell, “Introduction of Harmful Organisms from Ships to be Regulated by Feds,”
The Lawyers Weekly , October 6, 2006, Vol. 26, No. 21.
Moira L. McConnell, “Conflict Prevention and Management: Designing Effective Dispute
Resolution Strategies for Aquaculture Siting and Operations” paper presented March 2004,
Aquaculture Law and Policy Workshop, Halifax, Nova Scotia, published in Aquaculture Law and Policy: Towards Principled Access and Operations, D. VanderZwaag, & G. Chao, eds
(London & New York: Routledge Press, 2006), 171–206.
Moira L. McConnell, “Shipping and Sustainability-Problems & Principles: Developing a principled approach to shipping regulation” printed Article No. 25. Part IV.1 Chapter I. Strategy of Management Development, Ocean Law and Policy of Vietnam (Centre of Sea and Marine
Law, Vietnam National University, Judicial Publishing House, Hanoi-2006) (translated to
Vietnamese).
Moira L. McConnell, review of Brian Jones and Neil Parpworth, Environmental Liabilities
(Kent, England: Shaw & Sons Ltd, 2004) published in (2004) 15 Journal of Environmental Law
219.
E. Raftopoulos & Moira L. McConnell, eds.,( and authors of several chapters) Contributions to
International Environmental Negotiations in the Mediterranean Context, MEPIELAN Studies in
International Environmental Law and Negotiation – 2 (Athens, Greece: Ant. N. Sakkoulas
Publications, Brussels: Bruylant, S.A., 2004). (Author of chapters: “The Convergence of
Security Defence Interests and Regional Environmental Protection and their Impact on
Environmental Negotiations” The Relationship Between Science and Politics in Environmental
Negotiations”.)
Moira L. McConnell, “Ballast & Biosecurity: The Legal, Economic and Safety Implications of the Developing International Regime to Prevent the Spread of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and
Pathogens in Ships’ Ballast Water” 17 Ocean Yearbook (Chicago: U. of Chicago Press: 2003)
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213.
Moira L. McConnell, “Inter-Agency Collaboration or Inter-Agency Competition - A Challenge for the UN System”. Paper prepared for the International Conference on Marine Environmental
Law, Bremen, Germany, April 17-19, 2002 published in International Marine Environmental
Law , A. Kirchner, ed., (The Hague, New York, London: Kluwer Law International, 2003)
Chapter 7.
Moira L. McConnell, “Capacity Building for a Sustainable Shipping Industry: A Key Ingredient in Improving Coastal and Ocean and Management”. Paper presented at “Oceans & Coasts,
Rio+10”, Conference at UNESCO, Paris, December 2-7, 2001, published in (2002) 45
Ocean &
Coastal Management 617.
Moira L. McConnell, "Neighbourly Relations: Jurisdiction and Crime on the High Seas"
Proceedings 1996 , Canadian Council of International Law Annual Conference. Reprinted a s one of 25 selected papers in Selected Papers in International Law: Contributions of the
Canadian Council on International Law . Eds. Y. Le Bouthillier, D. McRae, D. Pharand (Kulwer:
1999) 501.
Moira L. McConnell, “Globalisation and the Rules of Law, Justice and Force”, paper presented at the International Forum, The Challenges of Globalization, Humanities and Social Sciences
Federation of Canada, July 6-8, 1999 ( published in the Proceedings)
Ronald Mitchell, Moira L. McConnell, Alexi Roginko, & Ann Barrett, “International Vessel-
Source Oil Pollution” Chapter 2 in
The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes:
Causal Connections and Behavioural Mechanisms., ed. Oran.Young (MIT Press: Cambridge,
MA. 1999 ) 33. (Part of a larger regime theory research project funded by the Ford Foundation)
Moira L. McConnell, "From Relationships to Rules: A Comment on China's Accession to the
WTO" presented at the 27th Annual Commercial and Consumer Law Conference, Oct 1997 updated and published in (1999) 3 Canadian Business Law Journal 463 .
1985- 1998
Moira L. McConnell, “Corpor (r)eality: a comment on Alan Hyde, Bodies of Law, (Book
Review)(1998) 21 Dalhousie Law Journal 249.
Moira L. McConnell, ""Forward this cargo to Taiwan": Canadian Extradition Law and Practice and Crime on the High Seas" (1997) 8 Criminal Law Forum 335.
Moira L. McConnell, "Nukes Aren't Green" (1997) 23:3 Alternatives 6.
Moira L. McConnell, "Nuclear weapons, the ICJ and the limits of permissible violence: The "SS
Lotus" rises once again" (1997) 55 The Advocate 365.
Moira L. McConnell, "Violence Against Women: Beyond the Limits of the Law" (1996) XXI
Brooklyn Journal of International Law 889.
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Moira L. McConnell, "Commentary on the coming into force of the United Nations Law of the
Sea Convention and its impact on States' environmental protection responsibilities" (1995) 4
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Moira L. McConnell, "Centralization-Decentralization of Environmental Governance:
Constitutive Tensions in a Transnational Interdependent Era" paper presented at World Jurist
Conference, Montreal, August 1995 (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Environmental Liability", a paper presented at CLE Conference on
Corporate Liability, Halifax, November 1995 (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Spills and Releases", a paper presented at CLE/CBA Conference on the
Environment Act , Halifax, June 1995 (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Comments on the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia's Report on the Legal Status of the Child Born Outside Marriage" paper presented to CBA Family Law
Conference, Halifax, Nov.1995 (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Reproductive Technology and Pre-conception Contracts", paper presented to N.A.W.L. Conference, Newfoundland, May 1995, (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Not a Woman's Story: The Queen, Henry Morgentaler and the Supreme
Court of Canada, 1975-1993", published as "Abortion - Provincial Legislation - Control Over
Health Care: R . v. Morgentaler (1994) 74 Canadian Bar Review 417.
Moira L. McConnell, "The Sound of One Hand Clapping: The Environment, Stewardship
Ownership and the Ethos of Care" a paper presented at the Women, Politics and Environmental
Action Conference, Moscow, June 1-3, 1994 (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Land-Based Ocean Pollution: Canadian Perspectives", Chapter 16 in The
Environment Global Problems, Local Solutions. J. Hickey, Jr. & L. Longmire eds., (Greenwood
Press: London 1994) 165.
Moira L. McConnell, "The New Protectionism and Environmental Barriers to International
Trade Liberalization: Assessing the Bona Fides of Government Action" (1993) 2 Kansas Journal of Law and Policy 43.
Moira L. McConnell, "Feminist Analysis as the Embodiment of Marginalization" in
Reconceiving Reality: Women and International Law (1993) 25 Transnational Legal Studies
A.S.I.L., 61
Moira L. McConnell, " The Politics of Abortion " , (Book Review) (1993) 19 Queens Law Journal,
455.
Moira L. McConnell, "Professionalization of the Director and Personal Liability" a paper presented to CBA Corporate Counsel Section, Annual Meeting, Halifax, 1994 (published in the
Proceedings).
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Moira L. McConnell, "The Relationship Between Theories About Women and Theories About
International Law" Proceedings 1993, Canadian Council of International Law.
Moira L. McConnell, "The Duty to Report (Spills)", a paper presented to CBA Conference
(Environmental Law Section), Halifax, October 1993 (published in the Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell, "Too Hot to Handle: The Law and Policy of the Carriage of
Dangerous/Hazardous Goods/Wastes" Chapter 12 in Canadian Ocean Law and Policy . D.
VanderZwaag, ed., (Butterworths: Toronto 1992) 289.
Moira L. McConnell, Corporate and Municipal Environmental Law by H. Poch, 1990, (Book
Review) (1992) 71 Canadian Bar Review 183.
Moira L. McConnell, "Nonliving Resources of the Ocean", Chapter 7 in Marine Affairs
Handbook (2d). E. Gold, ed., (Longmans: London 1991) 204.
Moira L. McConnell, "The Law of the Sea", Chapter 2 in Marine Affairs Handbook (2d). ed. E.
Gold, ed., (Longmans: London 1991) 9.
Moira L. McConnell & Edgar Gold, "The Modern Law of the Sea: Framework for the Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment", (1991) 23 Case Western Reserve Journal of
International Law 83.
Moira L. McConnell, "IPSCO Inc. & IPSCO STEEL Inc. v. The United States and Lone Star
Steel Company", (case comment) (1991) 70 Canadian Bar Review 180.
Moira L. McConnell, " Sui Generis: An Inquiry into the Legal Nature of the Foetus in Canada",
(1991) 70 Canadian Bar Review 548.
Moira L. McConnell, "Protecting Public Places: Prostitution, Pollution and Prohibiting a
Perfectly Legal Profession", (1991) 2 National Journal of Constitutional Law 197.
Moira L. McConnell, Lorenne Clark & Christine Boyle, "Commentary on Bill C-43, An Act
Respecting Abortion", (1991) 14 Dalhousie Law Journal 81.
Moira L. McConnell, "Is law becoming too complex for one top court to handle?" Financial
Times. April 23, 1990 (editorial) (1000 words).
Moira L. McConnell, "Reaction to Wilson Talk Alarming and Amazing'" (Forum) The Lawyers
Weekly. 13 July, 1990, 1. (1000 words).
Moira L. McConnell & James B. Wooder, "International and National Regulation of the
Transportation of Hazardous and Dangerous Substances" a paper presented at the Canadian
Institute Conference on the Environment, Halifax, October, 1990 (published in Proceedings).
Moira L. McConnell & David VanderZwaag, "Sustainable Development and Marine
Environmental Protection", in Sustainable Development in Canada: Options for Law Reform.
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(Canadian Bar Association 1990) 180.
Moira L. McConnell, "The International Regulation of Atmospheric Pollution", in Sustainable
Development in Canada: Options for Law Reform.
(Canadian Bar Association 1990) 166.
Moira L. McConnell, "The Baby Machine: The Commercialisation of Motherhood", (Book
Review) (1990) 4 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 331.
Moira L. McConnell, " Competence and Human Reproduction, Report No. 52", (Book Review)
(1990) 69 Canadian Bar Review 411.
Moira L. McConnell, "Capricious, Whimsical and Aborting Women: Abortion as a Medical
Criminal Issue (Again)", (1989-1990) 3 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 661.
Moira L. McConnell, "Even by Commonsense Morality: Morgentaler, Borowski and the
Constitution of Canada." (1989) 68 Canadian Bar Review 765.
Moira L. McConnell, "Abortion and Human Rights: An Important Canadian Decision" (1989) 38
International and Comparative Law Quarterly 905.
Moira L. McConnell & Lorenne M.G. Clark, "Do we need ANOTHER Abortion Law?" Status of
Women News (Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women 1989) 4.
Moira L. McConnell, "Cabotage and the Colonial Corset: The Great Australian Bind" (1988) 5
Journal of the MLAANZ 1.
Moira L. McConnell, "Business as Usual: An Evaluation of the 1986 United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships" (1987) 18 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 435.
Moira L. McConnell, "Darkening Confusion Mounted Upon Darkening Confusion: The Search for the Elusive Genuine Link" (1985) 6 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 365.
Selected Presentations
Expert Presentations on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 to the ILO Hemispheric
Conference on Rapid & Widespread Ratification and Effective Implementation of the Maritime
Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 – 10 September 2009.
(Electronic) Special lecture on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and the Inspection of
Work conditions to the Forum ( Class) of Universidad Maritima Del Caribe, in Venezuela ( 23
July 2009).
“Economic dynamics of international labour standards: implications for international labour law and practice” Special Presentation, to the Workshop on the Economic Dynamics of International
Labour Standards, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-22 June 2007 (edited version published as an
ILO paper for its Governing Body meeting November 2007).
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University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, Parsons Fellow, March 2007 Graduate and Continuing
Education lecture “The (proposed) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006”.
“The Barcelona Convention System: An Analysis of its Law and Policy Aspects”, Presentation
Oct 26, 2006 to the MEPIELAN/ MIO-ECSDE Seminar, “The Legal Aspects of the Barcelona
Convention and its Protocols” A Mediterranean seminar on the practical aspects of implementation, Athens, Greece
“The Convergence of Security Defence Interests and Regional Environmental Protection and their Impact on Environmental Negotiations” Lecture-Workshop Presentation at the MEPIELAN
Seminars on International Environmental Negotiation and its Application in the Mediterranean,
February 18-21, 2002.
“The Relationship Between Science and Politics in Environmental Negotiations” Lecture-
Workshop Presentation at the MEPIELAN Seminars on International Environmental Negotiation and its Application in the Mediterranean, February 18-21, 2002
“Ballast & Biosecurity: Evaluating the Legal, Economic and Safety Implications of the
International Regime on Ballast Water Management” Presentation at the 2 nd
International
Conference on the Safety of Maritime Transport, June 2001, University of the Aegean.
The Administrative Justice Reform Report of the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia” a presentation to the Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals Annual Conference,
“Governance and Ethics”, Ottawa, June 1998.
“The Lawyer as a Human Relations Professional: Law as Therapeutic Intervention”, Panel
Presentation, April 17, 1999 at the Symposium in Honour of the former Chief Justice of Nova
Scotia, Lorne Clark (Panel on Dispute Resolution) Halifax, Nova Scotia.
“The Dynamic Relationship Between Law and ‘ADR” a paper presented to the International
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Melbourne. Public talk co-sponsored by the
Victorian Association for Dispute Resolution, Melbourne, July 1998.
Co-facilitator, “ADR teaching: an experiential workshop” CALT annual meeting, Ottawa, June
1998.
“Of Champagne and Water: Law as an Essential Human Experience”, Lansdowne Lecture
University of Victoria, January 1997 (available on video).
“Risky Business: Corporate Directorship, Liability and Controlling Corporate Culture”
(presented to Client seminar, AAH, Sydney, Australia, 1997)
Regulation of Tobacco Company Advertising and Arts Sponsorship in Canada. Presentation and resource person for Canadian Arts Council Workshop, February 1996.
“Anglo-Canadian Legal Concepts and Aboriginal Care-giving Practices: And if the Shoe Does
Not Fit?” a paper presented to Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop, Columbia University,
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May 1994.
“Being Born Female is Life Threatening”, Public Lecture, Saint Mary’s University, Human
Rights Course - Gender and International Human Rights, March 10th, 1994,
“The Wandering Uterus & Other Tissues of Lies: Evaluating Medicalization of Events Women
Experience as a Strategy for Legal Change”, Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop, Columbia
University, June 1993.
Selected Misc. Publications & Other Activities
Programme and curriculum design, case study development and facilitation of skill development workshops in a University Certificate (as well as contract work for the Programme with government) in the Dalhousie Negotiation and Conflict Management Programme (1996-2000).
M.L. McConnell, “Scent and Sensibility” Sydney Morning Herald , July 15, 1997, 15.
“Foreign correspondent” comment for the Edmonton Bar Association Bulletin, May 1999.
Facilitator, Funding Issues, Canadian-US Coast Guard, Transboundary Response Workshop,
December 6-8, 1994., Dartmouth, N.S.
“The Human Dimension of the Environment, International Law and the Environment”, session leader Summer Training Institute, Royal Society of Canada, New Brunswick, July 1994.
“A Uniform Court System and Domestic Violence” workshop leader at Conference on Domestic
Violence organized by Strong Women United for Change, Sydney, Nova Scotia, May 1994.
Panel Presentation, Acadia University, March 1994 on The Legal Alternatives for a Woman
Who Is Assaulted By Her Spouse, Commentator on NFB film “ When Women Kill”
Uniform Juries Reform, The Case for Uniformity, presented to ULCC at 75th and 76th Annual
Meeting, 1993, Proceedings, 218. Jury Reform in Canada, Report to the Annual Meeting of
ULCC, August 1994 and August 1995.
Revision of “The Code of Conduct for Subsidies”, Simulated Negotiation for GATT training programme. (1989FF) (Working with then Professor G. Winham, Department of Political
Science, Dalhousie University (now Professor Emeritus)).
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