Rebecca Bromwich
Adjunct Professor
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About
Dr. Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich is an Adjunct Professor in Carleton University’s Department of Law and Legal Studies and a lawyer whose work bridges academia, practice, and policy. In her law practice, she represents a small, carefully curated group of business clients whose work aligns with her commitments to advancing social justice, economic reconciliation, and gender equality. Many of these clients are Indigenous- or women-led enterprises, and her representation focuses on supporting ventures that generate sustainable community benefit and foster inclusive economic growth.
Rebecca’s professional background includes union-side labour and human rights advocacy as a Labour Relations Officer with the Association of Justice Counsel, policy work for the Law Society of Nunavut, and leadership in equity, diversity, and inclusion as the former Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at Gowling WLG. She also brings extensive experience as a mediator and negotiator, holding credentials from Harvard Law School and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University.
A Carleton alumna and the first graduate of its Ph.D. program in Law and Legal Studies, Rebecca has also taught at the University of Ottawa, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Cincinnati. Her scholarship and publications span corporate social responsibility, youth justice, feminist theory, and restorative justice, reflecting her dedication to legal innovation in the service of equality.
Through her combined roles as educator, advocate, and practitioner, Rebecca works collaboratively with others to create pathways wherelaw is a tool not only for resolving disputes, but for building fairer, more inclusive communities and economies.”
Recent Publications:
- Battaglia, Judy, Bromwich, Rebecca and Redela, Pamela, Mothers, Mothering and Sport: Experiences, Representations, Resistances (Toronto: Demeter Press, 2018)
- Hughes-Miller, Hager, and Bromwich, Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations, and Resistance. Toronto: Demeter Press, 2017.
- Looking for Ashley: What Re-Reading What the Smith Case Reveals About Governance of Girls, Mothers and Families in Canada
- Mothers, Mothering and Sex Work, an interdisciplinary collection featuring new Canadian writing as well as works by Alice Munro and Maya Angelou, co-edited with Monique Marie DeJong. This book was published in July, 2015.
- Youth and the Law: New Approaches to Criminal Justice and Child Protection, an Emond Montgomery textbook co-authored with Susan Reid and Sarah Gilliss.
- Incarcerated Mothers: Oppression and Resistance, co-edited with psychologist Gordana Eldjupovic, released in 2013.