Martin-Joe Ezeudu

Dr. Martin-Joe Ezeudu serves as an Associate Professor at Lakehead University's Bora Laskin Faculty of Law since August 2018, teaching Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, Business Organizations, and Natural Resources Law.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in international law and resource trade regulation from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
• LLM in commercial law from the University of Birmingham, England
• LLB from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria (graduated as valedictorian)

Ezeudu's research examines natural resource governance through critical lenses of mining law, sustainable development, and corporate accountability. His work bridges environmental law, human rights frameworks, and transnational corporate regulation, with particular focus on extractive industry impacts in Global South contexts and Canadian regulatory landscapes. He investigates tensions between corporate-commercial imperatives and community rights in resource conflicts.

His 2021-2024 publications reveal consistent analysis of corporate social responsibility mechanisms, resource trade governance, and legal accountability for transnational corporations, with case studies spanning Nigeria, Canada, and international jurisdictions. The scholarship demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement with legal theory, political economy, and environmental justice.

Award recognition includes:

• SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2022) for research on Canadian mining industry corporate social responsibility

As an active institutional contributor, Ezeudu chairs Lakehead University's Senate Nominations Committee (2023-2025) and serves on the Research Ethics Board. His SSHRC-funded research examines regulatory gaps in corporate accountability within global extractive industries.