Kathleen Lahey is Professor and Queen's National Scholar, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Co-director, Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s, cross-appointed to Queen’s Gender Studies, and affiliated faculty, Queen's Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. She is a member of the Ontario and Illinois bars, Associate member, Garden Court Chambers, UK, sits on the boards of the UK-based Tax Justice Network and the steering committee of its global parent, the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, and specializes in tax, corporate, gender, international tax, property, and human rights law.

Her current research revolves around three core questions: Until substantive equality of outcomes for all individuals can be attained, how can societies eliminate deeply- rooted structural inequalities and discriminatory practices? How can the power and wealth concentrated in global 'north' corporations and individuals through unequal property, political, tax, and budget laws be replaced with redistributive programs that maintain individual sustain/abilities throughout life? And, what truths arise from Indigenous and diverse peoples' living knowledges and learnings about how to match rates of human innovation and development with the evolutionary rates of other members of the biosphere in order to increase the sustain/abilities of all forms of life?

She has pursued these questions while on numerous government commissions, while meeting with and advising governments, civil society, academic groups in Canada, across China and on every continent, as well as when working with the European Parliament, EU governments, the UN and other treaty bodies, international financial institutions, and with Indigenous, circumpolar Arctic, human rights, and diverse peoples' organizations, watching and learning how to expand current research and dissemination methods capable of addressing these increasingly urgent issues.

Current Research

  • Arctic/Northern and Indigenous Women: Situating Circumpolar Law and Justice in Substantive Equalities and Sustain/abilities, Kathleen Lahey (in progress), dedicated to engaging the work of Dr. Patricia A. Monture (1958-2010), Queen’s JD1988, Hon. LL.D. (Athabaska 2008 and Queen’s 2009), a proud Haudenosaunee seeker and teacher of living truths among the realities of truth-fragmenting colonial laws
  • "Gender Inequality and Canadian Fiscal Policy," in Who Pays for Canada? Taxes and Fairness, eds. Elsbeth Heaman and David Tough, McGill-Queen's University Press, in publication, ch. 11
  • "Women and the Economy: Gender Inequalities in the Tax System," in Unfinished Business: A Parallel Report [to the UN] on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Beijing +25 Review Network, Oct. 28, 2019, 51-54
  • “Using Human Rights to Combat Gender Inequalities, Poverty, and Income Inequalities in Fiscal Laws,” in Tax, Inequality, and Human Rights, eds. Philip Alston and Nikki Reich, Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2019, ch. 19
  • Gender, Taxation, and Equality in Developing Countries: Issues and Policy Recommendations, United Nations Women, NYC, Dec. 2018, 1-84
  • Gender Budgeting in Viet Nam: Gender Equality in Transport, United Nations Women, NYC, with Vu Phuong Ly, UN Women AsiaPacific, and the Asia Development Bank, Nov. 2018
  • "Feminist Judging for Substantive Gender Equality in Tax Law: Changing International and Comparative Constitutional Contexts,” in Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions, eds. Brigitte J. Crawford and Anthony C. Infanti, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2017, ch. 2, 22-52

Teaching Subjects

  • Gender Equality Law (all areas)
  • Law and Sexualities/Identities
  • Corporate Law
  • Property Law
  • Fiscal Policy and Law
  • Taxation
  • Comparative/International Tax Law
  • Feminist Legal Studies

Graduate Students

  • Mary Eaton, LLM 1991, Theorizing Sexual Orientation
  • Sharon McIvor, LLM 1995, Aboriginal Self-Government: The Civil and Political Rights of Women
  • Teressa Nahanee, LLM 1995, Gorilla in our Midst: Aboriginal / Women and the Inhumanity of the Canadian Criminal Justice System
  • Andrea Timoll, LLM 1996, The Erasure of Women of Colour from Canadian Jurisprudence
  • Emily Grabham, LLM 2000, Substantive Equality: A Comparative Analysis of UK, EC, and Canadian Law
  • Margaret Denike, LLM 2006, Sovereignty's Vengeance: Victims, Villains, and Saviours in the 'War on Terror'
  • Lisa Kayaga, LLM 2007, Tax Policy Challenges Facing Developing Countries: A Case Study of Uganda
  • Efua Opoku, LLM 2011, Human Rights Violations under the Guise of Counter-Terrorism Measures: Reconciling International Security and the Protection of the Fundamental Right to Life
  • Kuukuwa Andam, PhD expected 2020, Flowers without Fences: Female Sexual Minorities and Technology in Ghana

Graduate Committees

  • Wendy Straker, LLM 1993, Issues in International Taxation: A Developing Country Perspective
  • Ruth Phegan, LLM 1994, The Family Mediation System: An Art of Distributions
  • Ruth Glenn, LLM 1995, Assessing the Potential and Limitatins of Canadian Pay Equity Reform as a Future Strategy for Women in Northern Ireland
  • Ellen Faulkner, PhD, Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 1999, A Case Study of the Institutional Response to Anti-Gay/Lesbian Violence in Toronto
  • Nathanial Lewis, PhD, Social and Health Geography, Queens's University, 2011, Moving 'Out,' Moving On: Gay Men's Migrations through the Life Course
  • Muhammad Abbas, PhD 2016, International Tax Equity: Distributive Justice concerns of International Tax Allocations between Countries
  • Stephanie Simpson, LLM 2019, Giving Shape to Silences: Exploring the Impact of Section 15(1) and Human Rights Jurisprudence in achieving Racial Justice, 2009-2018

Professional Recognition and Accomplishments

  • "Joint and Family Tax/Benefit Laws vs Fiscal Individualization in the EU: Gender equality policies and fiscal impact evidence," brief filed at request of European Parliament to secure adoption of European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2019 on gender equality and taxation policies in the EU calling for repeal of joint fiscal laws (2019)
  • Core faculty, Concordia University, First International Graduate Summer School on The Theory and Practice of Gender Mainstreaming, (2019).
  • Academic expert, United Nations CEDAW Committee (Geneva), briefings on International tax avoidance and Gender Equality Rights under the Convention (2017-)
  • Academic trainer, Sustainable transport, Asia Development Bank and Vietnam Ministry of Transport, Hanoi, (2017-2018)
  • Academic expert, Critical review and training re Gender budgeting and impact analysis, Federal/Provincial-Territorial Ministers for the Status of Women, (2015-)
  • Board of Directors and Senior Advisor, Tax Justice Network, UK (2016-)
  • Academic expert, Tax and Redistribution Policy, UN Women, Timor-Leste, Dili (2016-)
  • Academic expert, Taxation and Gender, Ministry of Finance and UN, Hanoi (2016-)
  • Visiting Professor in Fiscal Policy, Forum on Law and Society, funded by Umeå University, Sweden (2013)
  • Founding member, Tromsø-Umeå-Arkhangelsk-Kingston Arctic Circumpolar Network on Gender and Law, since inception (2011-)
  • Gender Budget Auditor, Adequacy of Government's Gender-based Analysis, Budgets 2005 and 2006, House of Commons, Standing Committee on the Status of Women Canada (2006)
  • Fiscal Policy Gender Advisor, House of Commons, Standing Committee on the Status of Women Canada (2005-2010)
  • Co-convenor, International Socio-legal Feminisms, Law and Society Association Collaborative Research Network (no. 38) [CRN38], (2009-) and International Research Collaboration (no. 19) [IRC 19] (2011-)
  • Hero Award, Ontario Bar Association Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee (2009)
  • Co-Founder and Co-Director, Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s, with Professor Bita Amani, (2008-)
  • Queen's Law Students' Society Teaching Award, Queen's University (1998)
  • Kathleen A. Lahey Feminist Legal Lecture Series Trust, established by Sen. Nancy Ruth and the University of Windsor Faculty of Law Women and Law Committee of Trustees, University of Windsor Faculty of Law (1998-)
  • Visiting Scholar, Harvard University International Tax Program (1986-87)
  • Founding editor, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue juridique"La femme et le droit" (1984-)
  • Visiting Lecturer, Monash University Faculty of Law (1980-81)
  • Legal Counsel, on behalf of B.C. Couples, Same-Sex Marriage Reference (SCC 2004)
  • Legal Counsel, on behalf of B.,C. Couples, Barbeau v. BC (AG) and Canada (AG) (BCCA 2003)
  • Member, Law Commission of Canada, Advisory Board on Adult Relationships (1999-2002)
  • Member, Ontario Fair Tax Commission, Working Group on Corporate Taxation (1991-2002)
  • Legal Counsel, on behalf of Metis National Council of Women, Intervenors, Lovelace v. Canada (AG) (SCC 1999)
  • Member, Ontario Fair Tax Commission, Working Group on Corporate Taxation (1999-2002)
  • Member, Ontario Fair Tax Commission, Working Group on the Taxation of Women (1991-2002)
  • Member, Ontario Advisory Council on the Status of Women (1988-1991)
  • Member of Litigation Group, Tomen v. Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, first sex equality case litigated under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15, with Mary Eberts, Florence Henderson, Catherine A. MacKinnon, Sheila McIntyre, Elizabeth Shilton, 1985-1989, documenting crucial role of substantive equality in all contexts, Div. Ct. through Ont. Court of Appeal
  • Member of Audit Group, Taxation and Gender Audit, Report on the Statute Audit Project, Charter of Rights Educational Fund (CREF), Toronto, 1983-1986, ch. I, 1-30.

Recent Research

Books

  • The Alberta Disadvantage: Gender, Taxation and Inequality (Edmonton AB: Parkland Institute, University of Alberta), 1-102.
  • Editor, Women and Fiscal Equality / Les femmes et l'égalité fiscale. Special issue, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law / Revue Femmes et Droit (22)1: 1-326 (2010)
  • Same-sex Marriage: The Personal and the Political (Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2011) (with Kevin Alderson), 1-381
  • Are We Persons Yet? Law and Sexuality in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), 1-474 [short-listed for Walter Owen Book Prize]
  • The Case for Women's Equality: The Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (Toronto, Ontario: Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, 1996), 1-676 (with Mary Eberts, Florence Henderson, Catherine A. MacKinnon, Sheila McIntyre, and Elizabeth J. Shilton).
  • The Taxation of Women in Canada (Kingston, Ont.: Faculty of Law, Queen's University, 1988), 1-575
  • Corporate Taxation (Toronto: Emond-Montgomery, 1984), i-lx, 1-540.

Funded Research Monographs

  • Timor-Leste Proposed Tax Reforms: Gender and Poverty Impact, Income Tax, and VAT Options and Recommendations (Dili, TL: UN Women Timor-Leste, 2018), 1-84
  • Equal Worth: Designing Effective Pay Equity Laws for Alberta (Edmonton: University of Alberta Parkland Institute, 2016), 1-45
  • Gender Equality and Taxation in Vietnam (Hanoi: UN Women, 2016), 1-84 (with Professor Pham Thu Hien)
  • Canada’s Gendered Budget 2012: Impact of Bills C-38 and C-45 on Women (Kingston: FLSQ Working Paper, 2012), 1-207
  • Women and Employment: Removing Fiscal Barriers to Women's Labour Force Participation (Ottawa: Status of Women Canada Policy Research Trust, 2005), 1-95; Les femmes et l'emploi : Abolir les entraves fiscales à leur participation au march du travail (Ottawa : Fonds de recherche en matière de politiques de Condition féminine Canada, 2005), 1-110
  • The Impact of Relationship Recognition on Lesbian Women in Canada: Still Separate and Only Somewhat 'Equivalent' (Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 2001), 1-128; L'effect de la reconnaissance des unions sur les lesbiennes au Canada : encore distinctes et presque «équivalentes» (Ottawa: Recherche en matière de politiques de Condition féminine Canada, 2001), 1-144
  • Division of Powers and Jurisdictional Issues Relating to Marriage. Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 2000), 1-102 (with John Fisher, Laurie Arron, and Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere--EGALE); Le partage des pouvoirs et l' analyse des compétences enmatière de mariage (Ottawa : Commission du droit du Canada, 2000), 1-109
  • The Benefit/Penalty Unit in Income Tax Policy: Diversity and Reform (Ottawa: Law Commission of Canada, 2000), 1-155; La politique fiscale et l’unité d’imposition : Diversité et réforme (Ottawa : Commission du droit du Canada, 2000), 1-183

Articles and Chapters in Books

  • 'Tax Units in Canada and Gender: Ability to Pay, Equity, or Keeping Women in their Place?' in Income Tax at 100 Years: Reflections on the Income War Tax Act, eds. Jinyan Li, Brian Wilkie, and Larry Chapman (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 2017)
  • ‘The Politics of Income Splitting, Sex Equality, and Sex Role Stereotypes in Comparative Perspectives,’ in Caring for Children: Social Movements and Public Policy in Canada, eds. Rachel Langford, Susan Prentice, and Patrizia Albanese (Vancouver: Univ. of British Columbia Press, 2017) 37-72
  • “Uncovering Women in Taxation: The Gender Impact of Detaxation, Tax Expenditures, and Joint Tax/Benefit Units: 52: 2 (2015) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 429-461
  • “Women and Taxation” in Dan Hind, ed., The Greatest Invention: Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society (Oxford: Tax Justice Network, 2015)
  • ‘Gender Challenges and Human Capital in the North,” Arctic Yearbook 2014, 1-42
  • ‘Economic Crisis, Gender Equality, and Policy Responses in Spain and Canada,’ Feminist Economics 19(3): 1-36 (2013) (with Professor Paloma de Villota)
  • ‘At the Intersection of Global Economic Crisis and State Anti-feminism: Women in Canada, 2008-2009, Investigaciones Feministas / Feminist Research 2(1): 55-70 (2011)
  • ‘The "Capture" of Women in Law and Fiscal Policy: Implications for the Tax/Benefit Unit and Gender Equality,' In Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making: Comparative Perspectives, eds. Kim Brooks, et al. (London: Hart Publishing, 2011) 1-28
  • ‘International Transactions, Taxation, and Women: The Critical Role of Gender Analysis,’ University of British Columbia Law Journal 42(2): 363-417 (2010)
  • ‘Women, Substantive Equality, and Fiscal Policy: Gender-based Analysis of Taxes, Benefits, and Budgets,’ Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 22(1): 29-108 (2010)
  • ‘Same-sex Marriage, Transnational Activism, and International Law: Strategic Objectives Beyond Freedom to Marry,' American Society of International Law Annual Proceedings 2010:6
  • ‘Missing Women: Gender Impact Analysis and International Taxation,’ in Globalization and Its Tax Discontents: Tax Policy and International Investments, ed. Art Cockfield (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010) 153-17
  • Engendering Changes in Unpaid work in Canada,’ FedCan ‘Equity Matters,’ Malinda S. Smith (Apr. 15 2010)
  • What about Women? New Brunswick and Fiscal Policy (Fredericton: NB Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 2008): I: 1-45; II: 1-10: Tax Women Fairly - Or at Least ‘Do No Harm';  III: 1-13: Gender Impact Analysis of Alternative Tax Reform Measures for New Brunswick

Conferences Organized

  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, Gender, Equalities, Knowledges, Lands, and Sustain/abilities: Truths vs 'Climate Adaptations' for Life, (Mar. 6-7, 2020), with Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, Gender, Intersectionalities, and Sustainable Development: Food Security, Economic Equality, and Women's Empowerment (Mar. 8-9, 2019), with Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, (Re)Production: Inequalities of Gender, Racialization, and Class, (May 3-4, 2018), led by Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, Gender-based Analysis and Gender Budgeting for Equality, Inclusion, Development, and Democracy, (Mar. 10-11, 2017), with Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, Gender, Wellbeing, and the Politics of Imagination: Law, Culture, Compassion (Feb. 26-27, 2016), led by Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, Women and Tax Justice at Beijing+20: Taxing and Budgeting for Sex Equality, (2015), with Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, Arctic/Northern Women: Situating Law and Justice in Development and Equality: In celebration of Dr. Patricia A. Monture (1958-2010), (2014), with Professor Bita Amani
  • International FemLaw, Law and Society Association [CRN38], Hawaii (June 5-8, 2012)
  • International FemTax, Law and Society Association [ IRC19], Hawaii ( June 4, 2012)
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s, Women and Equality: Gender-based Analysis, Law, and Economic Rights (2010), with Professor Bita Amani
  • Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s, Women and Fiscal Equality (2009), with Professor Bita Amani
  • Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Feminism, Critical Theory, and the Canadian Legal System (June5-10,1988), with Professor Bill Conklin, co‐sponsored by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association

Invited Advisory Briefs and Conference Papers

  • State Responsibility for the Impact of Domestic and Extraterritorial Tax Abuse on Women: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 72nd Session, Geneva, pertaining to the Eighth periodic report submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with Liz Nelson, Andres Knobel, Tax Justice Network, 2019
  • 'When Most of the Poor are Women and Most of the Rich are Men: Using Human Rights Laws to counter Abuse of Fiscal Policies and Promote Economic Equality,' Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, King's College London, 2019
  • 'Consumption vs Progressive Taxes and "Ability to Pay" -- Gender, Poverty, Basic Needs, and Sustainable Development,' IMF/World Bank, Civil Society Policy Forum Annual Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, 2019
  • ‘Gender Equality, Taxation, and Developing Countries: Issues affecting Rural Women,’ sponsored by Coalition for Tax Justice, Tax Justice Network, and Feminist Legal Studies Queen's, UN Commission on the Status of Women, International Women's Day Conference, NYC, 2018
  • ‘Who Pays for Canada? Gender Inequality and Tax/Transfer Policies,’ MISC 2018 Conference, McGill University, Montreal, 2018
  • 'Tax Justice, Gender Equality, and the Banality of Evil: Recovering Public Revenues from Fiscal 'Black Holes,' King's Transnational Law Summit: The New Human Condition: Creating Justice for Our Future, King's College London, 2018
  • 'Gender, Race, Indigenous Peoples, and Tax/Revenue Laws: Poverty, Equality, and Development Issues,’ (Re)Production: Inequalities of Gender, Racialization, and Class Feminist Legal Studies, Queen's International Women's Day Conference, Kingston, 2018
  • 'Gender, Taxation, and Equality in Developing Countries: Key Issues and Solutions,' Latindadd, FES, and Tax Justice Network Conference: Paradise Lost? Inequality and Tax Justice, Lima, 2018
  • 'From Taxing for Growth and Tax Competition to Taxing for Sex Equality,' Law and Society Association Conference [CRN38], 2018
  • 'Gender-Based Analysis and Gender Budgeting: History, Purposes, Methods, and Outcomes,' Ontario Public Service Gender-Based Analysis Engagement, Chestnut Conference Centre, Toronto, 2018
  • 'Gender Budgeting and GBA in Canada and Internationally: History, Purposes, Methods, and Outcomes,' GBA+: Developing Expertise for Gender-Based Analysis Plus, Conference, Infonex, Ottawa, 2018
  • ‘Gender Equality, Human Rights, and Financial Transparency: Women, Developing Countries, and Corporations in Transnational Narratives,’ Financial Transparency Conference, Financial Transparency Coalition, Helsinki, 2017
  • ‘Financing for Development and Taxing for Sex Equality: Finding the Gender Impact of Domestic and Transnational tax laws,’ Tax Justice Network, Financial Transparency Coalition, ActionAid, Women's Working Group on Financing for Development, Christian Aid, and Government of Ecuador, United Nations, Financing for Development Forum, United Nations NYC, 2017
  • ‘Taxing for Sex Equality: How Domestic Tax Policies increase Women's Economic Inequality,’ Tax Justice for Women's Rights, Tax Justice Network and Global Alliance for Tax Justice, UN Commission on the Status of Women International Women's Day Conference, New York, 2017
  • ‘Resource Development and Revenue Issues and Policies: Gender Impacts and Policy Options,’ Women’s Rights and Tax Justice Convening, FES, Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Tax Justice Network, and PSI, Bogata, 2017
  • ‘Discriminatory Tax Regimes and Gender Equality: International, Regional, and National Dimensions,’ Women’s Rights and Tax Justice Convening, FES, Global Alliance for tax Justice, Tax Justice Network, and PSI, Bogata, 2017
  • ‘Transforming Taxation to achieve Gender Equality by 2030,’United Nations AsiaPacific Region and Ministries of Finance, Bangkok, 2016
  • ‘Tax Justice and Tax Theory: Designing and Evaluating Gender-Equal Tax Systems,’ Symposium, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 2016
  • ‘Gender Responsive Budgeting: Taxation and Fiscal Policies,’ Three-day training for Vietnam National Institute of Finance, Ministry of Finance Vietnam, Embassy of Canada, and UN Women, Hanoi, 2016
  • ‘Fiscal Reform Options for Timor-Leste: Gender and Poverty Implications,’ Rede Feto and UN Women, Dili, Timor-Leste, 2016
  • ‘Women, Taxation, Equality, and the Transnational,’ International Sociolegal Feminisms Panel [CRN38] and Gender, Development, and Fiscal/Economic Policy [IRC19], Law and Society Association Conference, New Orleans, 2016
  • ‘Gender and Taxation in the EU – From Taxing for Growth to Taxing for Sex Equality,’ European Parliament Greens/EFA Conference, Brussels, 2016
  • ‘Economic Gender Equality in Canada: Market, Care, Tax, and Benefit Issues and Solutions,’ Training session, Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women, Edmonton, Alberta, 2016.
  • ‘Human Rights, Gender Equality, Poverty, and Taxation,’ NYU Law School Human Rights Clinic Conference, New York, 2016
  • ‘Using Human Rights Laws to combat Gender Inequalities, Poverty, and Income Inequalities in Fiscal Laws,’ Closed roundtable, NYU Law School Human Rights Clinic, New York, 2016
  • ‘Gender, Anti-Corruption, and Tax Administration in Africa,’ International Centre for Tax and Development Conference 'Gender and Tax in Africa,' Accra, Ghana, 2016
  • ‘Gender Budgeting in the AsiaPacific Region: Opportunities and Challenges,’ National Institute of Financial Management, Government of India, and UN Women, Jaipur, India, 2016
  • ‘Achieving Economic Security for Women in Alberta: The Role of Taxes, Expenditures, and Policy Development,’ Gender and Economic Security in Alberta, Interdisciplinary Symposium, Congress, University of Calgary, 2016
  • ‘Gender Justice and Tax Justice,’ International Strategy Meeting of the Center for Economic and Social Rights, Lima, 2015
  • ‘Gender Equality, “Taxing for Growth,” and Income Inequalities,’ Funding Democracy Summit, Public Service Association of Canada, Ottawa, 2015
  • ‘Tax/Transfer Policy and Sex Equality: What Australia, Canada, and the UK should Learn from Experience,’ Workshop, Tax/Transfer Policy Institute and the Gender Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, 2015
  • ‘Taxing for Equality: Uncovering the Gender Impact of Tax and Benefit Policies,’ Meeting convened by Ministry of Finance, Thailand, and UN Women, Bangkok, Thailand, 2015
  • ‘Taxing for Gender Equality: Gender Impact of Fiscal Policies at Macro, Meso, and Micro Levels,’ Macroeconomic Expert Roundtable, UN Women East and Southern Africa Region, Nairobi, Kenya, 2015
  • ‘The [UN CEDAW Platform for Action] PfA calls for Taking Back the Budget and Taxing for Equality – Not for Detaxation and "Tax Cuts or Growth", Roundtable, Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women, NGO Forum Beijing+20, UN ECE Regional Review, Geneva, 2014
  • ‘Gender Equality and Taxation: Key Fiscal Issues in Financing for Development,’ Closed UNWomen Expert Gender Meeting, London, UK, 2014
  • ‘Sex Equality and Off-Budget Governance: Detaxation, Tax Expenditures, and Joint Taxation,’ International Socio-legal Feminisms [CRN38], Law and Society Conference, Boston, 2013
  • ‘Critical Tax Policy: Uncovering Women in Fiscal Policy,’ Osgoode Hall Law School, Tax Policy for a Better Tomorrow, Workshop in honour of Neil Brooks, Toronto, 2013
  • ‘Challenges in the Arctic: A Gender Perspective,’ Arctic Council, Kiruna, 2013
  • ‘Comparative Studies on Gender Equality in the Arctic Region,’ Tromsø-Umeå-Arkhangelsk-Kingston Network on Gender and Law Conference, Gender and Arctic Directions, Umeå, 2013
  • ‘Detaxation, Demodernization, and Inequality: Gender Impacts,’ NordTax Workshop, Forum for Studies on Law and Society, Umeå University, Umeå, 2013
  • ‘Designed to Fail: Aboriginal Governance, Federal Funding, and Attawapiskat,’ Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s Conference, Bodies of Law: Women’s Health and Equality, Kingston, 2013
  • ‘Women and Equality in 21st century Canada,’ Women’s Forum des Femmes, Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, 2012
  • ‘Women in the Arctic Region: Key Economic, Governance, and Budgetary Issues, International Arctic Feminist Workshop, Northern, Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Jun. 26 2012
  • ‘Taxation, Fiscal Fictions, and Male “Capture” of Wealth, International Socio-legal Feminisms, International Law and Society Conference, Honolulu, Jun. 7 2012
  • ‘Identifying the Gender Impact of Tax, Benefit, and Fiscal Policies, International Sociolegal Feminisms Preconference Workshop, International Law and Society Conference, Honolulu, Jun. 4 2012
  • ‘Sex, Money, and Gender Budgeting for Justice and Equality,’ Association for Women’s Rights in Development [AWID] Conference, Transforming Economic Power, Istanbul, Apr. 19 2012
  • ‘Tax Fairness, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Women,’ Canadians for Tax Fairness Conference, Fair Tax Summit, Ottawa, Mar. 30 2012
  • ‘Financing for Gender Equality: Taxes, Budgeting, and Recessions in Comparative Context,’ United Nations, Committee on the Status of Women, 56th Session, NGO Conference, NY, Mar. 6 2012
  • ‘”Going for Growth” and “Tackling Inequality” – Why Gender Equality always Matters,’ Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s Conference, CEDAW and Moving Forward, Kingston, Mar. 2 2012
  • ‘Globalizing Fiscal Policy and Disappearing Equality: Economic Crises, Taxes, and Spending,’ International Socio-legal Feminisms, Law and Society Conference, San Francisco, June 11 2011
  • ‘Taxation, Budgeting, and Canadian Social Security Structures,’ University of Tromsø Faculty of Law, Workshop on Gender and Law, Tromsø, May 2011
  • ‘Gender Equality, Taxation, and Crisis Policies: The Difference Politics can Make,’ Universidad Complutense, Applied Economics, Workshop on Fiscal Gender Analysis, Madrid, May 2011
  • ‘Gender Impact of Canada’s Crisis and Recovery Policies,’ Feminist Alliance for International Action [FAFIA], Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Feb. 2011
  • ‘Gender, Economic Crisis, and Fiscal Policy: Canada and Spain, 2008-2011.’ Association of Feminist Economists, Annual Conference, University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Economics, Argentina, Jul. 2010
  • ‘A Latchkey of her Own: Women and Economic Equality.’ International Feminist Conference, Challenging Inequality, Barbados, Jun. 2010
  • ‘CEDAW, Gender-based Analysis, and Sex Equality in Canada, 2010.’ University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Kathleen Lahey Annual Lecture Series, Windsor, Feb. 2010
  • ‘Sex, Gender, and Equality in 2010: Canada’s Role in the World,’ House of Commons, Symposium on Women and Equality, Ottawa, Jan. 2010
  • ‘Sex, Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Equality: Losing Ground in Canada,’ Memorial University Women’s Studies, Annual Speaker Series, St. John’s Nfl, Jan. 2010
  • ‘”Sexism in the Treasury” – Gender-Based Analysis, Tax Expenditures, and the Joint Tax/Benefit Unit,’ Osgoode Hall Law School Conference, Tax Expenditures, Toronto, Sept. 9, 2009
  • ‘Sexuality, Gender, and Marriage: The Tax on Queer Marriage,’ 2nd World OutGames, International Human Rights Conference, Copenhagen, Jul. 28, 2009
  • ‘Women in Law and Fiscal Policy.’ International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Conference, Oñati, May 14, 2009
  • ‘How the Tax System affects Women’s Access to Paid Work,’ Adva Center, Women's Budget Forum, Tel Aviv, Nov. 2008
  • ‘Making Tax Reforms Work for Women,’ International Development Research Centre, International Women’s Day Program, Ottawa, Mar. 2008
  • ‘Tax Policies and Women in Canada's Modern Economy,' United Nations, Committee on the Status of Women, 52th Session, NGO Conference, NY, Mar. 2008

Selected Briefs Requested by Parliament of Canada Standing Committees

  • ‘Gender Impact of Canadian Controlled Private Corporation Tax Planning Strategies and Assessment of Proposed Legislative Amendments’ (House, Finance, 2017)
  • ‘Gender and Economic Equality: A Matter of Human Rights’ (Senate, Human Rights, 2016)
  • ‘Budget 2015 Priorities: Women’s Economic Equality’ (House, Finance, 2015)
  • ‘Income Inequalities in Canada: Fiscal and Gender Dimensions’ (House, Finance, 2013)
  • ‘Improving Economic Prospects for Canadian Girls’ (House, Status of Women, 2012)
  • ‘”Shared Prosperity and a High Standard of Living for All” must Include all Women Equally' (House, Finance, 2011) ‘Cancellation of the 2011 Mandatory Long Form Census and Unpaid Work Questions: Impact on Women’s Equality in Canada’ (House, Status of Women, 2010)
  • ‘Budget 2010: Still Leaving Women Behind’ (House, Finance, 2010)
  • ‘The “Male Breadwinner” Model of Unemployment Insurance: Gender Analysis of Regular Benefits’ (House, Status of Women, 2009)
  • ‘Canada’s Budgets 2006-2009: Designed to Leave Women Behind’ (House, Status of Women, 2009)
  • ‘Critique of the Department of Finance "Gender Analysis of Tax Measures in Budgets 2006 and 2007"' (House, Status of Women, 2008
  • ‘Gender Analysis of ‘Tax-free Savings' and Income Splitting with TFSAs' (House, Finance, 2008)
  • ‘Where are the Women? Gender Analysis of Direct Expenditures, Tax Revenues, and Tax Expenditures in Budget 2008' (House, Status of Women, 2008
  • ‘The Gender Budget: Gender-based Analysis of Revenues and Expenditures' (House, Status of Women, 2007)

Research Funding

  • Current Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant funding (2015 through 2024): $708,994:
    • Insight Grant, "Canada’s Fiscal Regime Changes, 1995-2015: Comparative perspectives on gender gaps and income inequalities, ‘tax cuts for growth,’ and ‘taxing for equality’": $189,740, 2015-2020
    • Partnership Engage Grant, with Oxfam Canada, "Economic Gender Equality, Childcare, and Pay Equity in Canada: Making the case for public policies that can matter": $25,000, 2019-2020
    • Partnership Development Grant, with Inter Pares, Global Alliance for Tax Justice Africa, GATJ Gender and Taxation Working Group, and Tax Justice Network, "Taxing for Gender and Economic Equality in Ghana: Mobilizing fiscal policy impact analysis and recommendations for reform": $197,750, 2019-2023
    • Insight Grant, "From 'Tax Cuts for Growth' to 'Gender Equality for Growth': Comparative perspectives on the crucial role of 'taxing for gender equality' in fiscal governance": $211,504, 2019-2024
    • Partnership Grant, Stage 1, "What is the Best Policy Mix for Diverse Canadian Families with Young Children? Reimagining childcare, parental leave, and employment policies": $75,000, 2019, for use in preparing application invited into Stage 2 competition, seeking potential $3 million over five years for international research consortium; K. Lahey to co-lead three components of Stage 2 project if successful (SSHRC decision due Jan. 17, 2020).
    • SSHRC QROF grant, "The Impact of Tax and Expenditures Laws in Developing and Developed Countries: Expanding the use of tax-transfer microsimulation to assess poverty, distributional, and gender effects on fiscal policies," $10,000, 2019-2020
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  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant funding (1986 through 2015):$625,300

Total SSHRC funding (1986 through Dec. 15, 2019): $1,334,294

  • Other Canadian or overseas public agency grants and funding for research project costs (eg, Law Commission of Canada, Law Foundation of Ontario, Status of Women Canada Policy Research Trust Fund, CREF, international research bodies, 1983 through 2015): $201,000
    • Total all SSHRC plus public funding (1983-Dec. 15, 2019): $1,535,294
  • International funding agency consortium and collaboration grant applications drafted and funded as at Dec. 15, 2019 (but not spendable via Queen's due to status of Canada in these funding programs):
    • EU Horizon2020 grant, "FairTax": Euro2.04 million (Can$3 million), 2015-2019.
    • Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, ReTax - Rethinking tax neutrality – a multiple gender critique of fiscal structures and processes": SEK 6,500,000 (Can$900,000), 2016-2020