Paula Ethans

Lawyer, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Law

Feminism, intersectionality, human rights, international human rights, gender equality, migration policy, refugee law, women's rights, social policy

Media

The Unsung Heroes Who Created Canada’s First Women’s Shelters

The Climate Crisis Will Kill Women First

Biography

Paula Ethans is an associate lawyer with TDS in Winnipeg. She practices primarily in the areas of civil litigation, public, human rights, and administrative law. She was a legal fellow with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), in their migration section, and has previously worked with the national human rights law firm Champ & Associates; UNHCR Malaysia; Amnesty International; and ORAM-Organization from Refuge, Asylum & Migration. Ethans is the past co-Chair of the Canadian Association for Refugee Lawyers (CARL) UOttawa, the Founder and past Chair of the UOttawa Feminist Collective, and the past External Media Representative for #LawNeedsFeminismBecause. She is a freelance writer, and has been published in multiple publications, including The Tyee, kaur. space, ricochet, Ottawa Citizen, and Human Parts.

Expertise

  • Feminism
  • Intersectionality
  • International Human Rights
  • Gender Equality
  • Immigration/Refugee Law
  • Women's Rights
  • Social Policy