Writing | Marisa Benjamin

ABOUT ME

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I'm a 1L student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Formerly, I was the Research Communications Officer at the Games Institute. I aim to become a litigator focused on issues related to human rights and civil liberties, making use of my experience as a rhetorician to give me an edge.

Contact me: marisabenjamin0@gmail.com

Case Comment: R v Nassri

R v Nassri Clarifies the Weight of Losing Immigration Rights in Criminal Sentencing Note: this legal writing sample is a case comment...

Sep 21, 2020
18 min

Choose-Your-Own-Romance

Exploring Female Agency in the Romance Genre Through a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story This is a research creation project I worked on...

Sep 17, 2020
1 min

Pipelies: Gamifying Pipeline Politics

Pipelies aims to educate players about the complex politics surrounding the building of pipelines across Indigenous lands on Turtle...

Sep 1, 2020
2 min

Writing Sample: Elevating Haptics

Originally published on the University of Waterloo Homepage, (July 31, 2020) Motivated by prior research that reports elevator buttons as...

Jul 22, 2020
1 min

Designing an on-brand Instagram theme

An artful Instagram theme with a cohesive, on-brand style elevates your presence and conveys what you're all about. This is my art...

Jul 21, 2020
4 min

Writing Sample: Iterative Brainstorming for VR Exergames

Originally published on the Games Institute Research Spotlights blog --- The Intelligent Technologies for Wellness and Independent Living...

Jul 21, 2020
5 min

The Story Behind the Games Institute Podcast

As the Research Communications Officer for the Games Institute, I tell stories about our research for interdisciplinary and non-academic...

GAMES INSTITUTE PODCAST

Listen to me as the host of the Games Institute podcast, translating academic research into publicly accessible conversations on an international stage via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

@MARISA.PAINT

I'm currently working on...

Through Pro Bono Students Canada, I'm working with METRAC, Action Against Violence, to develop public legal education presentations for women in shelters.

With the Criminal Law Students Association, I am planning events that connect students with leading Canadian criminal Crown and Defence lawyers in my capacity as 1L representative.

As an Associate Editor with the Indigenous Law Journal, I will be providing editorial review for articles discussing Indigenous perspectives about Canadian law.