Heather Dianne Heavin

Heather Heavin joined the Faculty at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law in 2003. Her research has focused primarily on International and Canadian domestic trade and business law, and more recently in areas of risk assessment. She is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, and recently help establish the CREATE Justice research centre at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law. Heather chairs the Graduate Studies Committee at the College of Law, and serves on...See more

Heather Heavin joined the Faculty at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law in 2003. Her research has focused primarily on International and Canadian domestic trade and business law, and more recently in areas of risk assessment. She is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, and recently help establish the CREATE Justice research centre at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law. Heather chairs the Graduate Studies Committee at the College of Law, and serves on various committees at the University of Saskatchewan, including the Governance Committee of University Council, The Forensic Centre for Behavioural Science and Justice Studies, and Operations Committee for the SSRL (Social Science Research Laboratory). Heather clerked to Chief Justice E.D. Bayda of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (1996-1997), and practised law with the firm of MLT (now MLT Aikins) in their Regina office (1997-2002). Heather completed her LLM at Harvard (2003), her LLB (Magna cum laude, 1996) at the University of Saskatchewan (Gold Medalist) and her B.Sc. (Honours) in 1992, also at the University of Saskatchewan. Heather has been the recipient of the Law Student Association's Teaching Award (2007) and Provost Teaching Award (2014). In 2016, Professor Heavin, along with her colleague Professor Michaela Keet, were awarded the Gonthier Fellowship by the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice for their project on Ligation Risk Analysis. See less