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Adelina Iftene is an Associate Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, and Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Certificate Program. She specializes in criminal law, evidence, sentencing, and prison policy, with a focus on prison health care, aging prisoners’ rights, and access to justice. Her research addresses systemic issues in Canadian penitentiaries, including compassionate release mechanisms, end-of-life care, and pandemic management.
Education:
- LLB (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)
- LLM (Queen’s University)
- PhD (Queen’s University)
- LLB Accreditation (Canadian Federation of Law Societies)
Research Interests: Prison law, sentencing reform, Charter rights of incarcerated individuals, medical assistance in dying for prisoners, and the intersection of public health and criminal justice during crises such as the pandemic.
Awards:
- President’s Research Excellence Award (2020)
- Hanna & Harold Barnett Teaching Award (2019)
- SSHRC Post-doctoral Fellowship (2015–2017)
Advising & Grants: Leads projects on sentencing vulnerability, prison mother-child programs, and pandemic policies. Holds grants from SSHRC and institutional funding for penal policy research. Supervises students in criminal justice and sentencing studies.
Labs/Teams: Member of the Dalhousie Health Justice Institute and the Prison Law Advisory Committee (Legal Aid Ontario). Active in advocacy roles like the Canadian Association of Prison Lawyers.
