Biographical Notes – Elizabeth Whitsitt

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Ms. Elizabeth Whitsitt is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. Her research is focused on the intersection of trade law and investment arbitration, with a specialization on the role that adjudicators play between international trade and international investment law regimes.

Ms. Whitsitt is part of a pan-Canadian research team analyzing dispute settlement mechanisms in international economic law. This project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). She is also the recipient of a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Killam Memorial Scholarship, and the Marc Lalonde Prize for Excellence in International and Commercial Arbitration.

Ms. Whitsitt is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the American Society of International Law, and the European Society of International Law. She is also on the boards of the Canadian Council on International Law and the Canadian Institute of Resources Law.

Ms. Whitsitt is currently a member of Canada’s Roster for the new NAFTA Chapter 10 Panels and is a member of the new NAFTA’s Joint Public Advisory Committee to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

Ms. Whitsitt received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Calgary in 1999, a Law Degree from the University of Calgary in 2004, a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies from New York University in 2007 and a PhD in International Economic Law from the University of Calgary in 2017.

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