She is a leading international scholar who is widely respected for her research on children’s and adolescents’ knowledge, reasoning, perceptions, and experiences of the youth justice system, their understanding of rights, and their evolving legal capacities. With an outstanding record of research and publication, her work has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the federal Department of Justice, the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, and the Office of the Ontario Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth.