The Law Commission of Canada (LCC) is pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Blaser, Marie-Pier Jolicoeur, and Leanna Katz have been selected as Emerging Scholars for the Spring-Summer 2026 term.
Kaitlyn Blaser is a doctoral candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and a Research Fellow with the Access to Justice Centre for Excellence. Her doctoral research engages the question of what a transformative and equitable approach to access to justice looks like, focusing on the intersection between societal inequality and the institutional structure of BC's civil justice system.
Marie-Pier Jolicoeur is a doctoral candidate in law at Université Laval, supervised by professors from Université Laval and the University of Ottawa. Her doctoral research examines the norms - including laws, guidelines, family practices, and others - that aim to prevent the consequences of problematic use of digital technology in early childhood.
Leanna Katz is a doctoral candidate at McGill University's Faculty of Law and a Schulich Fellow at Dalhousie University's School of Law. Her doctoral research analyzes the legal conditions in which investor ownership has grown in the childcare sector, and explores emerging regulatory responses.
Through the Emerging Scholars program, the LCC offers doctoral candidates an opportunity to share their research through community engagement. This may take the form of educational workshops, podcast episodes, community group roundtables, etc. In keeping with the LCC's mission and orientations, Emerging Scholars are encouraged to foster a public understanding of law and justice while completing their doctoral thesis projects.
