Cecilia Hageman
LLB, LLM, PhD

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.