Dr. Brenda Cossman

Professor

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Biography

Brenda Cossman is a Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, having joined in 1999 and becoming a full professor in 2000. She served as the Associate Dean of Research and was the Director of the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies from 2009 to 2018. Professor Cossman holds an LL.M. from Harvard University, an LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. (Honors) from Queen's University. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, she was an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. In 2012, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received notable awards including the Mundell Medal in 2009 for her contributions to legal scholarship and the Lexpert Zenith Award in 2016 for her work in advancing diversity and inclusion within the legal profession. Her research and teaching interests include family law, gender, law and sexuality, and her recent publications include "New Sex Wars: Sexual Harm in the Age of #MeToo" (NYU Press, 2021) and "Sexual Citizens: Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging" (Stanford University Press, 2007).

Research Interests

Awards

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Lexpert Zenith Award

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Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Women’s Equality

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Lukwik Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

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Mundell Medal

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology