Dr. Funmilola Ayotunde

Dr. Funmilola Ayotunde

Assistant Professor

Dr. Funmilola Ayotunde (PhD) joined the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, as an Assistant Professor in July 2024. Prior to joining the faculty, she was an Assistant Professor at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. Earlier, she worked in different capacities with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission as a lawyer, privacy officer and systemic advocacy investigator. She also has experience working with private organizations as an in-house solicitor and labour relations advisor. She is a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Dr. Ayotunde holds an LLM and PhD in Law from the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on human rights law, transnational advocacy, natural resources development, Indigenous rights, international environmental law, and business and human rights. Her research has explored issues such as transnational Indigenous advocacy and procedural environmental rights, frameworks for multi-stakeholder participation in oil and gas management and protection of host communities’ rights in natural resource extraction. Her works have been published in the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy and the Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights.