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Supriya Routh is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Labour Law & Social Justice at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. He also serves as Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Holding educational qualifications including LLB from North Bengal, LLM from NUJS and Vanderbilt, and PhD from UVic, Professor Routh's academic career spans institutions in India, Canada, and international collaborations.
- Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (Current)
- Faculty of Law, University of Victoria (Former)
- West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India (Former)
Professor Routh's research focuses on the intersection of labour law, social justice, and postcolonial perspectives. His socio-legal research agenda bridges law, political philosophy, and sociology, with particular attention to informal workers in the Global South, Indigenous perspectives on sustainable livelihoods, and the reconciliation of labour law with ecological concerns. His current SSHRC-funded research examines Indigenous normative ideas on the relationship between livelihood activities and sustainability of nature with the Pehdzeh Ki First Nation in the Northwest Territories.
His publication record reveals a consistent focus on expanding the conceptual boundaries of labour law to include non-traditional work arrangements, particularly examining how legal frameworks can better recognize informal work, care work, and environmental considerations. His recent scholarship shows an increasing emphasis on decolonizing labour law and developing postcolonial legal imaginations that incorporate Indigenous knowledge systems.
- Canada Research Chair in Labour Law & Social Justice
- SSHRC-funded research on Indigenous perspectives on sustainable livelihoods
- Author of Labour Justice: A Constitutional Evaluation of Labour Law (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
- Co-editor of Workers and the Global Informal Economy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge, 2016)
Professor Routh actively supervises graduate students (LLM and PhD) in areas including sustainable development and law, labour and employment law, law and postcolonialism, and law and social justice. He is organizing a symposium on Restatement of Labour Law in Canada to explore possibilities of a postcolonial imagination of labour law. His current research collaborations with Indigenous communities reflect his commitment to developing legal frameworks that better integrate social, environmental, and economic considerations in understanding work and livelihood.
