Sonya Sabet-Rasekh

Sonya Sabet-Rasekh serves as an Adjunct Professor and Visiting Faculty member in the Labour Studies Program at Simon Fraser University, specializing in employment law, labour law, human rights, defamation law, and civil litigation. She maintains active professional affiliations with the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers, Canadian Bar Association, and Trial Lawyers Association of B.C.

Her educational qualifications include:

• J.D. from the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
• B.A. in International Relations and Human Geography from the University of British Columbia

Her research focuses on Labour Law and Employment Law with significant contributions to Human Rights Law, Civil Litigation, Poverty Law, Indigenous Law, and Collective Bargaining. Practical experience stems from volunteer legal advocacy at North Shore Community Services and prior clinical work with Aboriginal clients at UBC First Nations Legal Clinic.

She currently teaches LBST 313 E100 Introduction to Canadian Labour Law (Fall 2025) and LBST 309 E100 Labour and Collective Bargaining (Spring 2026), building on her experience as a legal advocate at North Shore Community Resources addressing poverty law and family law issues.