Dr Tracie Lea Scott

Academic Leadership and Affiliations

In her 20-year career, Dr. Tracie Lea Scott has been involved with interdisciplinary academic associations, including the British Association for Canadian Studies. She is currently the Co-Editor of the British Journal of Canadian Studies and continues to build networks for international, interdisciplinary scholarship.

Qualifications

• Senior Fellowship
  Advance HE
  March 11, 2024
   
• Level 3 Islamic Finance Qualification
  Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
  June 18, 2018
   
• Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
  International TEFL and TESOL Training
  January 5, 2015
   
• Member - Bar Admission (currently inactive member)
  Law Society of Alberta
  July 21, 2011
   
• Fundamentals of Teaching Certificate
  Birkbeck College
  November 2005
   
• PhD
  University of London
  September 30, 2010
  Thesis: The Meaning of Sovereignty in a Multinational State: The Implications of a Postcolonial Legal Analysis of the Nisga’a Final Agreement
   
• LLM (Master of Law)
  University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
  August 25, 2004
  Dissertation: The Indian, the Law and the Land: An Analysis of the Chippewas of Sarnia Case Using P.W. Kahn’s Cultural Approach to the Rule of Law
   
• LLB (Bachelor of Laws)
  University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
  June 11, 2002
   
• BA (Bachelor of Arts) with Distinction
  June 15, 1999

Dr. Scott’s research interests include property and constitutional law, commercial law in a comparative context, human rights, social justice, and Indigenous rights. Her book, Post colonial Sovereignty: The Nisga’a Final Agreement published in 2012 is considered to be an authoritative source on modern First Nation’s comprehensive treaties in Canada. Her work in human rights has attracted international attention, participating in several international conferences as a key note speaker.

Books and Book Chapters:

• Scott, T.L. Postcolonial Sovereignty: The Nisga’a Final Agreement. University of British Columbia Press, 184 pages, 2012.
• Scott, T.L. “Aboriginal Rights: The Right to Self-Government vs. The Right to Self-Determination.” In Human Rights: Current Issues and Controversies, edited by G. DiGiacomo. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. Chapter Author.
• Scott, T.L. “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: Does Methodology Matter?” In Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention, edited by Johnson Oluwole Ayodele. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 24-39, 2020. Chapter Author.

Refereed Articles:

• Scott, T.L. “Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Canadian Jurisprudence on First Nations’ Aboriginal Rights and Title.” International Journal of Sustainable Society, 12:2, pp. 136-150, 2020.
• Scott, T.L. “The Limits of the Law: Aboriginal Rights in the Canadian Constitution / Les limites de la loi - les droits Autochtones dans la Constitution canadienne.” British Journal of Canadian Studies, 34:2, pp. 171-187, 2022.
• Scott, T.L. “Balancing Freedom and the Common Good in Human Rights Discourse: Judicial Approaches to Legal Challenges Relating to COVID-19 Regulation and Intervention in the UK.” International Journal of Tourism, 7, pp. 1-8, 2022.
• Scott, T.L. “Introduction: Indigenous Peoples and Canada: Indigenous Resurgence, Decolonisation, and Indigenous Academics.” British Journal of Canadian Studies, 35:2, pp. 113-122, 2024.