Marie-Alice D’Aoust

Lawyer

514-842-0748 ext. 242

Year of call: Quebec Bar, 2018

Marie-Alice D’Aoust joined Dionne Schulze in January 2018 as an articling student and, since August 2018, as a lawyer. She is notably involved in First Nations specific claims, citizenship, and election matters. She also works on civil and administrative litigation, including class actions for institutional abuse and land issues.

During her studies, Marie-Alice worked at the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations, where she was involved in human rights and Aboriginal rights files at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and at the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse.

Extended Bio

Marie Alice was also engaged in activist and human rights organisations abroad, including the Kenyan section of the International Commission of Jurists in Nairobi, the Human Rights Law Network based in New Delhi, and the Landless Workers’ Movement in Brazil. She continues to work in her community, notably through palliative accompaniment and within various artistic and militant organizations.

Education

B.C.L./LL.B., McGill University, Montreal, 2017
B.A., International Studies, Hispanic Studies, Music, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, 2014

Professional and Volunteer Activities

Association des juristes progressistes, member (2019-...)

Awards & Honours

Publications & Papers

“Indigenous Class Actions“, workshop presented as part of the course LAWG 552 Law Focus Week Workshop, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 2024
« Protéger les savoirs traditionnels et les cultures autochtones en modifiant les lois de la propriété intellectuelle : une proposition de marque d’authenticité autochtone » (2023) 35:3 Les Cahiers de la propriété intellectuelle 463 (with Élisabeth Patterson) (in French only).

“Sexual and Gender-based Violence in International Criminal Law: A Feminist Assessment of the Bemba Case” (2017) 17:1 International Criminal Law Review 208