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Karen Busby (born 1958) is a lawyer and a former professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. She is most known for her research into queer issues, reproductive rights, constitutional law, and civil procedure.[1]
Education and career
editBusby studied law at the University of Manitoba and received her juris doctorate in 1981. In 1983, she studied French language studies at the Sorbonne and then in 1988 received her Masters of Law from Colombia University. She worked as a research assistant and clerk at the Federal Court of Canada from 1984 to 1987 and then started as an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba in 1988.[2]
Busby was an advocate for queer and women's issue. Her research in sexual violence was quote in the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Mills.[3] She went on to represent the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund in Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada, which challenged the validity of the Customs Act being used to ban the import of gay and lesbian literature on the grounds of obscenity.[4]
Busby was the founding director of the University of Manitoba's Centre for Human Rights Research, which was founded in 2012.[5]
Publications
editBusby is the founding author of the annotated version of the Manitoba Queen's Bench rules.[6] This publication is still maintained, now at the annotated version of the Manitoba King's Bench rules.[7]
In 2020, Busby along with Joanna Birenbaum published Achieving Fairness: A Guide To Campus Sexual Violence Complaints. The book discusses how to balance privacy concerns with transparency, when to involve the criminal process, and the design of "fair, efficient, and bias-free" campus sexual violence policies.[8]
In 2025, Busby contributed the opening chapter to Joanna Radboard's LGBTQ@+ Law: Practice Issues and Analysis.[9] Her chapter was called The Gay Agenda: A Short History of Queer Rights in Canada (1969–2018).
Recognition
editIn 2004, Busby was received the Hero award from the Canadian Bar Association's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference.
In 2015, she received the Dr. and Mrs. H.H. Saunderson Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In 2017, she received the Senate 150 medal.[10]
In 2025, she was the recipient of Richard J. Scott Award.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 "2025 Richard J. Scott Award Announcement". The Law Society of Manitoba. 2025-06-03. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ↑ "Karen Busby Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Manitoba. June 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ↑ "R. v. Mills - SCC Cases". decisions.scc-csc.ca. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ↑ "Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2000 SCC 69 (CanLII)". www.canlii.org. 2000-12-15. Archived from the original on 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ↑ Manitoba - //www.umanitoba.ca, University of (2020-06-20). "A Legacy of Human Rights Research". Retrieved 2025-11-08.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ↑ "Manitoba Queen's Bench Rules annotated. | Courthouse Libraries BC". www.courthouselibrary.ca. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ "Manitoba King's Bench Rules Annotated | Thomson Reuters". store.thomsonreuters.ca. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Busby, Karen; Birenbaum, Joanna (2020). Achieving fairness: a guide to campus sexual violence complaints. Toronto, Ontario: Thompson Reuters Canada. ISBN 978-0-7798-9229-7.
- ↑ Radbord, Joanna (October 2019). LGBTQ2+ Law: Practice Issues and Analysis. Emond Publishing. ISBN 978-1-77255-432-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "Senate 150 Medals". Patricia Bovey. Retrieved 2026-06-13.