Law360 Canada (July 31, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT) -- The Law Commission of Canada (LCC) has selected Kaitlyn Blaser, Marie-Pier Jolicoeur and Leanna Katz as Emerging Scholars for its spring-summer 2026 term.

The five-month program supports doctoral candidates at Canadian universities whose research relates to law and law reform. Each scholar receives $10,000 and shares their research with the public through activities such as workshops, podcasts and community roundtables.

According to the LCC, Blaser is a doctoral candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and a research fellow with the Access to Justice Centre for Excellence. Her research asks what a transformative and equitable approach to access to justice looks like, focusing on the intersection between societal inequality and the institutional structure of B.C.’s civil justice system.

Jolicoeur is a doctoral candidate in law at Université Laval. Her research looks at the norms — including laws, guidelines, family practices and others — that aim to address the effects of problematic use of digital technology in early childhood.

Katz is a doctoral candidate at McGill University’s Faculty of Law and a Schulich Fellow at Dalhousie University’s School of Law. Her research analyzes the growth of investor ownership in the childcare sector and explores emerging regulatory responses.

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