Biography
Dr. Tracie Lea Scott is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai.
She teaches undergraduate law and postgraduate courses for International Business Management, Business Administration, Finance, International Business Management and Accountancy as she is a qualified lawyer with a PhD in Law. She is Programme Director for MSc Business Strategy, Leadership and Change, MSc International Business Management with Finance, and MSc International Business Management with Human Resource Management.
Dr. Scott’s research interests include property and constitutional law, commercial law in a comparative context, human rights, social justice, and Indigenous rights. Her book, Postcolonial Sovereignty: The Nisga’a Final Agreement published in 2012 is considered to be an authoritative source on modern First Nation’s comprehensive treaties in Canada. Her work in human rights has attracted international attention, participating in several international conferences as a keynote speaker.
Academic leadership and affiliations:
In her 20 year long career, she has worked the interdisciplinary academic associations, such as the British Association for Canadian Studies. She is currently the Co-Editor of the British Journal of Canadian Studies, and continues to build networks for international, interdisciplinary scholarship.
Qualifications:
- Senior Fellowship - Advance HE - March 11, 2024
- Level 3 Islamic Finance Qualification - Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment - June 18, 2018
- Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language - International TEFL and TESOL Training - January 5, 2015
- Member - Bar Admission (currently inactive member) - Law Society of Alberta - July 21, 2011
- Fundamentals of Teaching Certificate - Birkbeck College - November 2005
- PhD - University of London - September 30, 2010 - The Meaning of Sovereignty in a Multinational State: The Implications of a Postcolonial Legal Analysis of the Nisga’a Final Agreement
- LLM (Master of Law) - University of Alberta, Faculty of Law - August 25, 2004 - The Indian, the Law and the Land: An Analysis of the Chippewas of Sarnia Case Using P.W. Kahn’s Cultural Approach to the Rule of Law
- LLB (Bachelor or Laws) - University of Alberta, Faculty of Law - June 11, 2002
- BA (Bachelor of Arts) with Distinction - June 15, 1999
Publications:
Books and book chapters
SCOTT TL. “Postcolonial Sovereignty: The Nisga’a Final Agreement” University of British Columbia Press, 184 pages, 2012
SCOTT, TL. “Aboriginal Rights: The Right to Self-Government v. The Right to Self-Determination” in Human Rights: Current Issues and Controversies, Toronto: University of Toronto Press edited by G. DiGiacomo chapter, 2016
SCOTT, TL. "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: Does Methodology Matter" in Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention edited by Johnson Oluwole Ayodele, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 24-39. 2020
Refereed articles
SCOTT, TL. “Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Canadian jurisprudence on First Nations’ Aboriginal rights and title” International Journal of Sustainable Society, 12:2, 136 – 150, 2020
SCOTT, TL. “The limits of the law: Aboriginal rights in the Canadian constitution/ Les limites de la loi - les droits Autochtones dans la Constitution canadienne” British Journal of Canadian Studies, 34:2, 171-187, 2022
SCOTT, TL. “Balancing Freedom and the Common Good in Human Rights Discourse: Judicial approaches to legal challenges relating to Covid-19 regulation and intervention in the UK” International Journal of Tourism, 7, 1-8, 2022
SCOTT TL. “Introduction. Indigenous peoples and Canada: Indigenous resurgence, decolonisation, and Indigenous academics” British Journal of Canadian Studies, 35:2, 113-122, 2023