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Charles-Emmanuel Côté is Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs and Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of Université Laval in Quebec City, as well as a member of the École supérieure d’études internationales (ESEI). He teaches Public International Law, International Economic Law, and Constitutional Law. He holds a doctorate degree in law from McGill University and is a lawyer called at the Quebec Bar. He is Vice-President of the Société québécoise de droit international (SQDI), and a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL). Full Bio

Alexandra is a commercial litigator regularly appearing before various courts and tribunals, including international and domestic commercial and sport arbitration panels, Superior Court of Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC). In addition to general commercial including judicial review, Alexandra’s practice embraces dispute resolution in the areas of procurement in the context of Canada’s domestic and international trade agreements, copyright, white-collar crime, and various commercial litigation matters involving CBSA regulatory regime. She has also advised on such matters as accession to the WTO, subsidies regimes, and Brexit issues / disintegration from the EU.

Alexandra earned a Master’s of Law degree in 2003 from the University of Ottawa focusing on investment arbitration and international trade law. Alexandra is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Canada Arbitration Committee. She also sits on the Board of Directors of the Ottawa chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL), the Membership Committee of the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA), and has authored the Parliamentary section of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law since 2003.

Alexandra speaks several languages, including English, German, Belarusian, Russian, and French, and also has a working knowledge of Polish and Ukrainian.

Justin is Counsel at the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section of the Department of Justice and an LL.M student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. He obtained a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management degree from Carleton University in 2009, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ottawa in 2013, and a Master of Arts in International Affairs from Carleton University in 2013. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2014.

Prior to his role at the Department of Justice, he has held positions at Amnesty International Canada (English Section), the Federal Court of Canada, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Peace Brigades International and the Library of Parliament.