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Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Penelope Simons studied French and Italian language literature at UBC before completing her LL.M. and Ph.D. in International Law at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. She earned her LL.B. from Dalhousie University. After being called to the British Columbia Bar, she practiced corporate commercial law with McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Vancouver before transitioning to the nongovernmental sector to focus on peace and disarmament issues. Notably, she participated in the Canadian Assessment Mission to Sudan (the Harker Mission), which was established by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs to investigate allegations of slavery related to oil development in Sudan. Prior to her appointment at the University of Ottawa in 2007, Professor Simons served as a Senior Lecturer in Law at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Her research primarily addresses the human rights implications of domestic and transnational business activities, particularly in the context of natural resource extraction. She is particularly interested in how to regulate these activities to protect human rights and mitigate adverse impacts. Her current work explores gender issues in resource extraction.
Department of History