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Veronica Fynn Bruey

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Complex Research Methods, Design, and Writing
  • Discrimination and Oppressive (Settler) Law
  • Feminist Jurisprudence and Gender Relations
  • Forced Displacement, Migration, and Development
  • Global Public Health Law
  • Indigenous Law in Comparative Context
  • International (Human Rights) Law
  • Maternal and Reproductive Rights
  • Social Justice, Transformative Leadership, and Ethics
  • Systemic Violence and The Rule of Law

EDUCATION

  • BSc (Honours), Zoology and Biochemistry, University of Ghana
  • BA, Child Developmental Psychology, University of British Columbia
  • MPH, Public Health, University of Nottingham
  • LLM, Refugee Law, York University
  • LLB (Honours), Public Law, University of London
  • PhD, Indigenous Law, Australian National University

Biography

Veronica Fynn Bruey has over 25 years of research and teaching experience in some 30 countries. Dr Fynn Bruey holds six degrees: PhD (ANU), LLB (Hons) (London), LLM (Osgoode), MPH (Nottingham), BA (UBC), and BSc (Hons) (Ghana). She has authored five books, several book chapters, and journal articles. Her research is focused on Transnational Indigeneity, Patriarchy, and Displacement (t-IDP). Currently, she is an assistant professor of legal studies at Athabasca University; part-time lecturer at the University of Alberta; Director of Flowers University Global Health Science; faculty affiliate at Seattle University School of Law; and research affiliate at University of London’s Refugee Law Initiative. She’s held academic positions at the University of Washington, the University of Cape Coast, the University of London, the Australian National University, Georgetown University, the University of Witwatersrand, York University, and the University of British Columbia. Dr Fynn Bruey is the president of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration; founder/editor-in-chief of the Journal of Internal Displacement; co-lead of the Law and Society’s Collaborative Research Network-11: “Displaced Peoples”; lead of the Law and Society Association’s International Research Collaborative: “Disrupting Patriarchy and Masculinity in Africa”, co-Chair of the Africa Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, and the founder of the “Voice of West African Refugees” at the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana. Dr Fynn Bruey recently completed an Africa-Oxford Fellowship (2023-24); is a recipient of the Canadian Association of African Studies’ Pius Adesanmi Early Career Research Excellence Award 2024; Confederation of Alberta Faculty Association’s Distinguished Academic Early Career Award (2023); an Action Canada Fellow (2022-23); and the Australian National University International Alumna of the Year, 2021. She supervises and mentors some 40 students around the globe. Dr Fynn Bruey is an Indigenous Liberian war survivor and a global migrant.

Publications

Monograph

Veronica Fynn, Legal Discrepancies: Internal Displacement of Women and Children in Africa, (Kusterdingen: Flowers Books, 2011).Edited Books

Veronica Fynn Bruey (ed), Patriarchy and Gender in Africa (Lanham: Lexington, 2021).

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender (eds), Deadly Voyages: Migrant Journeys Across the Globe, (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020).

Veronica Fynn (ed), Documenting the Undocumented: Redefining Refugee Status (Boca Raton: Universal Publisher, 2010).

Children's Books

Veronica Fynn, Kebbeh Escapes Sande Bush for Child Abuse (Vancouver: EVRI Human Rights Series, 2012).

Veronica Fynn, Miatta & Kiazula Want to Have Education in Their Village (Victoria: First Choice Books, 2012).

Book Chapters

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Robert Fantauzzi, “Canada’s legal and political framework for forced migration,” in Christina R. Clark-Kazak (ed.), Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement (McGill-Queen Handbook, 2024), pp 117-127.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in African Conflicts” in Obert Mlambo and Ezra Chitando (eds.), Palgrave Handbook on Violence in Africa. Expected 2024 (Palgrave-Springer, 2024), pp745-777.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Sexual Harassment and the Law in Liberia” in Furaha-Joy Sekai Saungweme, Carol Chi Ngang, and Graham Towl (eds), Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa: Country and Regional Perspectives (Routledge, 2024), pp163-180.

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Heaven Crawley, “The enduring Impact of Slavery: A Historical Perspective on South-South Migration” in Heaven Crawley and Joseph Teye (eds.), Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality, (Palgrave-Springer, 2024), pp25-46

Veronica Fynn Bruey, "Reproductive Health Rights in Liberia: The Case of (Il)Legal Abortion" in Olanike S. Adelakun and Erebi Ndoni (eds), Reproductive Health Rights, Tourism and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Africa (Routledge, 2022 expected). Production-stage.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Police Brutality Against Liberian Refugees in Ghana: Assessing the Role of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice” in Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom, Michael Addaney, and Lydia A. Nkansah (eds), Democracy, Law, and Development Under Ghana’s Fourth Republic: Realities, Challenges and Prospects (Palgrave Macmillan - Springer Nature, 2022), pp353-383.

Heaven Crawley and Veronica Fynn Bruey, “‘Hanging in the Air’: The Experiences of Liberian Refugees in Ghana” in Joseph Teye (ed), Migration in West Africa: Changing Patterns and Development Impacts (IMISCOE Springer Migration Book Series, 2022), pp107-127.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Human Trafficking and the Law in Canada” in Elisha J. Dung and Augustine Avwunudiogba (eds), Human Trafficking: Global History and Global Perspectives (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021), pp107-132.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Forced Displacement and Racism: A Global Public Health Concern” in Norvy (ed.), Displacees and Health: Issues and Challenges (Chennai: Notion Press, 2021), pp 1-66.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Masculinity in the Academy: An Epicenter of Violence, Abuse of Power, and Humiliation” in Veronica Fynn Bruey (ed.), Patriarchy and Gender in Africa (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021), pp 195-226.

Veronica Fynn Bruey “Deadly Voyage of African Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean: AU-EU Law and Policy Response” in Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender (eds), Deadly Voyages: Migrant Journeys Across the Globe, (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020).

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “The Liberian Public Health System” in George Klay Kieh Jr. (ed), Liberia in the Twenty-First Century: Perspectives and Issues, (Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, 2019), pp 207-248.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Indigenous Women and International Law” in Susan Harris Rimmer and Kate Ogg (eds), Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019), 499-524.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Maternal and Reproductive Rights - Ebola and the Law in Liberia” in David Schwartz, Julienne Anoko and Sharon Abramowitz (eds), Pregnant in the Time of Ebola: Women and Their Children in the 2013 West African Epidemic (Switzerland: Springer, 2019), pp 219-242.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Redefining the Role of African Women in International and Regional Law: The Case of Pre- and Post-war Peacebuilding in Liberia” in Seema Shekhawat (ed), Gender, Conflict, Peace, and UNSC Resolution 1325 (Lanham: Lexington, 2018), pp 21-42.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Africa Union Agenda 2063: Aspiring for Justice and the Rule of Law in Liberia” in Azubike C Onuora-Oguno, Wahab Egbewole, and Thomas Kleven (eds), Education Law, Strategic Policy, and Sustainable Development in Africa: Agenda 2063 (Cham: Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), pp 215-247.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Veronica Fynn Bruey, and Colin Grey “Rewriting African Jurisprudence: Febles v Minister of Immigration Canada, 2014” (2024) 43 Refugee Survey Quarterly Special Issue 2, 144-168.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, Jessica Hambly, Eve Lester, Kate Ogg, and Matthew Zagor, “Rewriting Refugee Law: Centring Refugee Knowledges and Lived Experience” (2024) Refugee Survey Quarterly Special Issue, 115-126.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Development-induced displacement and homelessness in Seattle, Washington,” (2019) 18 Artha: Journal of Social Sciences 2, 1-25.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Fatal Journeys of Displaced African Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean: International and Regional Effort and Response” (2018) 8 Journal of Internal Displacement 1, 45-82

Veronica Fynn, “Forced Migration and Displacement During the Arab Spring” (2012) 2 Journal of Internal Displacement 2, 2-14.

Veronica Fynn, “Liberian Refugees: Access to Health & Education in Exile” (2011) 35 Liberian Studies Journal 1 and 2 (2010), 98-127.

Veronica Fynn, “Africa’s Last Colony: Sahrawi People – Refugees, IDPs and Nationals?” (2011) 1 Journal of Internal Displacement 2, 40-58.

Veronica Fynn, “Around the Fringes of Internal Displacement: Trending Mass Movements of Aboriginals in Canada” (2011) 1 Journal of Internal Displacement 1, 46-76.

Reports

Fynn Bruey, Veronica; Matthews, Deanna; Maynard, Merryn; Sanders, Benjamin; Trinh, Anh-Khoi; and Verjee, Zainub; On the Edge of Affordability: Increasing Access to Affordable Housing for Low-to-Moderate Income Renters in Canada (Ottawa: Public Policy Forum/Action Canada, 2023).

Glenn Scott Davis, Chris Klaeysen, Kelly Richburg, David Kaz, Veronica Fynn, Linda Faaren, José Ramón Fernández-Peña, Rebecca Craig, Laura DiZazzo, Alexandra Olins, and Vy Nguyen, Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Career Pathways to Economic Stability and Quality Jobs for Seattle’s Immigrant and Refugee Workers and Professionals (Seattle: City of Seattle Office for Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, 2017).

Veronica Fynn, UBC Africa Census: The State of Africa at UBC (Vancouver: Vice President Research and International, 2012).

Editorials 

Veronica Fynn Bruey, Jasmin Lilian Diab, and Paul Norby, “Climate Change and Environmental Displacement: A Call for Comprehensive Action” (2025), 1 Journal of Internal Displacement 15, 2-9.

Blog Posts/Articles 

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Eleven Publications Over 12 Months in 2024 Alone!” (Veronica Fynn Bruey Official Blog, (2 March 2024) http://veronicafynn.blogspot.com

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “Sexual Harassment and the Law in Liberia – Updates”, Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, (13 November 2024) < https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/sexual-harassment-and-the-law-in-liberia/> 

Fynn Bruey, Veronica, “Flipping the Narrative on Border Externalisation: An African Migrant Perspective”, Externalizing Asylum (Academic, 26 August 2024) <https://externalizingasylum.info/flipping-the-narrative-on-border-externalisation-an-african-migrant-perspective/>

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “A closer look at child trafficking in Africa: The case of Victoria Climbie”, The Association of Commonwealth Universities Global Challenges, (29 September 2020) online: https://www.acu.ac.uk/news/a-closer-look-at-child-trafficking-in-africa-the-case-of-victoria-climbié/. 

Veronica Fynn Bruey, “The myth of democracy: A series of the United States Role in Destabalising African countries”, Veronica Fynn Bruey Official Blog, (22 September 2019) online: http://veronicafynn.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-myth-of-democracy-series-on-united.html