Samuel Singer

Samuel Singer is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia. He is a member of both the Quebec and Ontario Bars. Samuel is a long-time advocate for trans people and frequently lectures on trans legal issues. Prior to his legal studies, he was an outreach worker for a trans health and advocacy organization in Montreal, ASTTeQ. In 2017, Samuel completed a comprehensive report for the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the development of trans rights in Canada. He founded the Trans Legal Clinic in Montreal in 2014 and served as its supervising lawyer. Samuel co-organized the SSHRC-funded conference, “On the Margins of Trans Legal Change” in May 2019, hosted by McGill University’s Faculty of Law and Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, in partnership with TRU Law. He is a member of Egale Canada’s Legal Issues Committee and the faculty advisor for TRU Outlaws.