Angela Fernandez
Professor
Faculty of Law & Department of History, University of Toronto
Angela Fernandez is a Professor of Law and History, as well as the Director of the Animal Law Program at the Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where she has been organizing a Working Group on Animals in the Law and Humanities since 2013. Starting in 2021, in collaboration with the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights, Law and Policy and the Animal Law Research Associate, she has supervised the production of the Brooks Animal Law Digest: Canada Edition. She is the author of numerous books and articles in animal law and legal history and frequently appears in the media on animal-related issues in Canada and the US. She was the 2023 inaugural Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Distinguished Animal Law Scholar in the Animal Law & Policy Institute and a Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law in 2026.Â
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