About me
Maria Dugas is an Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. She teaches African Nova Scotian Legal History and Issues & Critical Race Theory, Tort Law and Damage Compensation, Copyright Law, Legal Research and Writing, coaches the Isaac Moot team, and guest lectures on anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system. She is the co-editor of the Canarian Journal of Law and Technnology.
Professor Dugas holds a JD and LL.M from Dalhousie University and is a proud graduate of the Indigenous Blacks and Mi’kmaq Initiative.
She was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2016 after articling in the Youth Criminal Justice Office at Nova Scotia Legal Aid in Halifax. In 2017, Professor Dugas became the first African Nova Scotian to clerk at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
Her research interests are rooted in critical race legal theory, most recently addressing issues of anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system and professional sport. Professor Dugas is a 2022 recipient of Dalhousie’s Belong Research Fellowship award. Her project looks to address the presence and effect of anti-Black racism in the child welfare system in Nova Scotia.
