Pnina
Alon-Shenker
SJD Candidate,
2005-Present
Email: pnina.alon@utoronto.ca
Dissertation
The Aging Workforce:
Addressing its Implications through a Development of a new Legal Account of the
Right to Age Equality in Employment
Members
of SJD Advisory Committee
Supervisor: Professor
Patrick Macklem
Committee Members: Professors
Morley Gunderson and Sophia Reibetanz Moreau
Fields
of Research
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Labour and Employment Law
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Labour Policy
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Age Discrimination
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Theories of Equality
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Retirement
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Pension Law
Additional
Research Interests
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Constitutional Law
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Feminist Legal Theories
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Jurisprudence
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Law and Film
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Law and Literature
Education
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SJD Candidate,
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LLM,
Thesis Topic: The Introduction of a Modified Model of German Works Councils
in
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LLM cum laude, The Hebrew University, Faculty of
Law (2001-2003)
Courses Intensive Program in Constitutional and
Administrative Law
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LLB summa cum laude, University of Haifa, Faculty
of Law (1997-2001)
Graduated First in Class
Professional
Experience
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Teaching Assistant in Employment Law Course,
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SJD Advisor,
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Research Assistant to Professors Shulamit Almog, Guy
Davidov, Brian Langille and Patrick Macklem (1999-Present).
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Research Assistant to the Task Force on Modernizing Income
Security for Working-Age Adults on Income Security and the Canadian
Constitution (2005).
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Associate Editor of
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Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Dalia Dorner, The
Supreme Court of Israel (2002-2003).
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Teaching Assistant in Labour Law, Constitutional Law and
Evidence Law courses in Israeli law faculties (2000-2004).
Publications
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"Works Councils in
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"The World Belongs to the
Youth: On Discrimination against Senior Workers and Mandatory Retirement",
in Liber Amicorum Dalia Dorner Book (forthcoming 2008) (Hebrew).
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ILO, Termination of Employment
Legislation Digest: Updated the profile of
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"Interview with Justice
Dalia Dorner" (2004) 1
Conference
Presentation
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"Revisiting the Legal Doctrine of Age Discrimination
in the Employment Setting" in the International Conference on Law and
Society in the 21st Century: A Joint Annual Meeting of the Law and Society
Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) (
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"The Introduction of a Modified Model of the German
Works Councils in Israel", at the Third National Conference on Social
Policy in Israel, Faculty of Health and Social Welfare, the University of Haifa
(Haifa, Israel, February 2006) (in Hebrew).
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"Works Councils in
Honors,
Awards, and Grants
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The Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of
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Connaught Scholarship, the School of Graduate
Studies,
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World Fellowship Grant, the Delta Kappa Gamma
Society International (2005-2007).
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The
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Yehoshua Governik, Judge (retired),
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The Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) Award for Excellence in Academic Studies
(2000).
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The Aptowitzer Foundation for
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First in the Faculty Award (1998-1999).
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The Meyerhoff Fund Scholarship for Excellence in Studies (1998).
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Dean’s list,
Community
Activities
þ
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Member of the Executive Committee, Graduate Students Law
Association (GSLA): Social Activities Representative, Information Services
Committee Representative, and International Advisory Committee Representative
(2004-Present).
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Volunteer at the Advocates for Injured Workers Legal
Clinic (
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Volunteer in Latet (“to give”), Israeli
Humanitarian Aid Organization (2003-2004).