Funmilola Ayotunde
Assistant Professor
Accepting graduate students
- Contact:
- fayotunde@uvic.ca 250-472-4078
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- Credentials:
- PhD (University of Saskatchewan), LLM (University of Saskatchewan), Bachelor of Laws (Nigerian Law School), LLB Hons (Olabisi Onabanjo University)
- Area of expertise:
- Natural resources development, business and human rights, international environmental law and international human rights law
Biography
Dr. Funmilola Ayotunde (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, 樱花影视. She was a faculty member at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. Earlier, she worked in different capacities with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission as a lawyer, privacy officer and systemic advocacy investigator. She also has experience working with private organizations as an in-house solicitor and labour relations advisor. She is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and Saskatchewan and barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Dr. Ayotunde holds an LLM and PhD in Law from the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on natural resources development, business and human rights, international environmental law and international human rights law. Her research has explored issues such as transnational Indigenous advocacy and procedural environmental rights, frameworks for multi-stakeholder participation in oil and gas management and protection of host communities’ rights in natural resource extraction.
Education
- PhD (Law), University of Saskatchewan
- LLM, University of Saskatchewan
- Certificate of Qualification, National Committee on Accreditation, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
- Bachelor of Laws, Nigerian Law School
- LLB (Hons), Olabisi Onabanjo University
Selected publications
- “Rights-Based Approach to Consultation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada” in Paul Haslam, et al, eds, Contested Consultations in the Extractive Industries: Rights, Processes, and Tensions (working title, forthcoming)
- “Multi-Stakeholder Participation in Biodiversity and Nature Conservation in the MENA Region” in Damilola Olawuyi and Riyad Fakhri, eds, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa Region (Cambridge University Press: 2025) 316-337;
- “Evaluation of Indigenous Peoples’ Influence During the Drafting Process of UNDRIP” in Dwight Newman, ed, Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022) 56 – 73;
- “Oil Production and Host Community Relations in Nigeria: The Limits of the Utilitarian Approach” (2018) 9:2 Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy 125;
Graduate supervision
Business and Human Rights
Natural Resources Development
Accountability of Multinational Corporations