Tamunobelema Itamunoala

Tamunobelema Itamunoala (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Law at the University of Victoria (UVic). As an active UVic community member, Tamunobelema has served as a Student Senator, Upper-Year Student Mentor, and Law Library Ad Hoc Committee member. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Afe Babalola University, Nigeria.

Professionally, Tamunobelema has worked as a Student Policy Analyst with the BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, a Legal Research Assistant at UVIC, and a legal intern at Ecojustice Ottawa. Before coming to Canada, she worked in the Department of Public Prosecutions in the Ministry of Justice in Nigeria and with a private law firm. Tamunobelema has received several awards, including the Roger Odlum Award, the BC Law Foundation Fellowship, and the UVIC Faculty of Graduate Studies Doctoral Fellowship. A member of the Canadian and Nigerian Bar Associations, Tamunobelema is committed to advancing environmental and human rights law and Criminal Justice.