Rate My Professor Sandrine Ampleman-Tremblay

Sandrine Ampleman-Tremblay is an assistant professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, a position she has held since 2023. She earned her LLB from Laval University, her LLM from the University of Toronto, and her doctor of civil law (DCL) from McGill University. Her research focuses on sexual violence, individual and collective responsibility, and legal rights, with particular attention to state accountability for police sexual violence and the tensions arising from section 33.1 of the Criminal Code between mental health advocates and victims of intoxicated violence. A current project on rethinking legal narratives and criminal responsibility in cases of extreme intoxication is supported by a SSHRC Insight Grant. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including the Manitoba Law Journal, the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, the Ottawa Law Review, the Dalhousie Law Journal, the Alberta Law Review, Settler Colonial Studies, and the Canadian Journal of Human Rights, as well as in book chapters on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

At the Faculty of Law, Ampleman-Tremblay teaches courses on criminal law, wrongful convictions, and legal history. She received the Faculty of Law’s Tevie H. Miller Teaching Award in 2025 and the Provost’s Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2026. Selected recent publications include “Police Sexual Violence as Psychological Detention: Making Full Use of Charter Rights” (2025) in the Dalhousie Law Journal, “Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence, and the New Section 33.1” (2026) in the Alberta Law Review, and “Understanding Police Sexual Misconduct: A Canadian Perspective” (2022) in the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law. Additional contributions address media coverage of police sexual violence in colonial contexts, legal accompaniment of victims in Québec, and developments in legal rights under the Charter.