Biography: Dr. Richard Moon

Richard Moon is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Windsor. He is the author of The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression (U of T Press, forthcoming Spring 2024), Putting Faith in Hate: When Religion is the Source or Target of Hate Speech (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2018), Freedom of Conscience and Religion (Irwin Law, 2014) (2nd edition forthcoming 2024), and The Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression (U of T Press, 2000), editor of Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada (UBC Press, 2008), co-editor of Religion and the Exercise of Public Authority (Hart/Bloomsbury, 2016), Indigenous Spirituality and Religious Freedom (U of T Press, in press), The Surprising Constitution (UBC Press, in press), contributing editor to Canadian Constitutional Law (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th editions) (Emond-Montgomery, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2022). He has been the recipient of both the law school and university-wide teaching awards, the Mary Lou Dietz Award for contributions to the advancement of equity in the university and community, and The Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Distinguished Public Service Award (The Amadiyya Muslim Jama’at). He has held a number of academic positions including President of the Canadian Law and Society Association.