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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Cecilia Hageman
LLB, LLM, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Forensic Science

Faculty of Science

Develop and teach undergraduate courses in forensic science, including forensic biology, population genetics, criminalistics and law. Mentor and supervise student research.

Contact information

Science Building - Room 4035
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

905.721.8668 ext. 2128
905 721 3304 (fax)

cecilia.hageman@ontariotechu.ca

Research topics

  • Law
  • Forensic Testimony
  • DNA Database

Areas of expertise

  • Forensic DNA Analysis
  • Blood Stain Pattern Analysis
  • Law

Background

Cecilia Hageman is a BSc (Genetics), PhD (Plant Sciences) and LLB graduate of the University of Western Ontario in London. She is an associate member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Call to Bar in 1991) and an LLM (Criminal Law) graduate of York University (Osgoode Hall). She was employed as a forensic biologist with the Centre of Forensic Sciences (MCSCS, Ontario) in Toronto beginning in 1991 and has been an expert witness in criminal proceedings in Ontario courts in the fields of body fluid identification, forensic DNA analysis and bloodstain pattern analysis. She was a member of CFS’s Biology Section management team from 1998 to 2013.

In July of 2013, she joined the Faculty of Science's Forensic Science Program, where she mentors and supervises undergraduate student research, and also develops and teaches courses in forensic biology, population genetics, criminalistics and law. Her publications include C. Hageman, D. Prevett & W. Murray DNA Handbook Butterworths (1st edition, 2002; 2nd edition, 2008), K. Johnston and C. Hageman “Blood and Bodily Substances”, Chapter 10 in Forensic Evidence in Canada 2nd edition (G. Chayko, et al. editors) Canada Law Book, 1999 and C. Hageman “Forensic Evidence” Chapter 10 in Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offences: A Practitioner’s Handbook (B.H. Greenspan & V. Rondinelli, general editors; Emond Publishing, 2018). She has been a member of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science's Board of Directors for many years, and the president of this organization for the 2018-2019 term.

Education

  • Honours BSc (Genetics) University of Western Ontario 1981
  • PhD (Plant Sciences) University of Western Ontario 1989
  • LLB University of Western Ontario 1989
  • LLM (Criminal Law) Osgoode Hall, York University 2009

Courses taught

  • FSCI 3010 (Criminalistics 1)
  • FSCI 3030 (Criminalistics II)
  • FSCI 3110 (Population Genetics)
  • FSCI 3120 (Forensic Biology)
  • FSCI4120 (Advanced Forensic Biology)
  • FSCI 4050 (Law for Forensic Scientists)
  • BIOL4040 (Applied Molecular Biology)
  • FSCI3150 (Forensic Investigation of Assassinations, International and Major Crimes, and Disasters).