Ottawa Law Prof Wins Award For Book On Niqab-Wearing Women In Canada
Canadian Lawyer reports that the Ontario Historical Society awarded the Huguenot Society of Canada Award to University of Ottawa law professor Natasha Bakht for her book in In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-wearing Women in Canada.
The award honours writing published in Ontario that brings public awareness to the principles of freedom of conscience and thought. The book was is Bakht’s first publication, and was a researched study of the lives and experiences of Muslin women in Canda who cover their faces with a veil.
