André Marshall Schutten

André Schutten serves as CLF’s Development Advisor. He is also an Assistant Professor of Politics at Redeemer University, where he teaches, researches, and writes on law and public policy, particularly from a Christian perspective, and conducts regular analysis on the impact of different government bills and court judgments. He has represented Christian groups in various court interventions, having made arguments before the Supreme Court of Canada in five cases and in five provincial courts of appeal. André has been published in a number of law journal collections on issues including constitutional interpretation, equality and disability rights, religious and associational freedom, and freedom of expression. His writing has been published in Canadian Diversity, the Supreme Court Law Review, and the National Journal of Constitutional Law , and has been cited in several Canadian court judgments. André has appeared before legislative committees of both the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada, and has presented on legal issues to groups such as the Ontario Bar Association. André also participated, by invitation, in the Ontario Human Rights Commission's Policy Dialogue on Human Rights, Creed, and Freedom of Religion (organized with the University of Toronto’s Religion in the Public Sphere Initiative and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law) and contributed to its resulting publication. André has a Certificate in Human Rights Law (Osgoode Hall, 2015), an LL.M. in Constitutional Law (Osgoode Hall, 2013), an LL.B. (uOttawa, 2010), and an Hons.B.A. in Classics and Religion (McMaster, 2007). He was called to the Ontario Bar on June 21, 2011. He, his wife Karyn and their four children live in Caledonia, Ontario, after having lived and worked in Ottawa for 16 years. They are active members in their local church. André has served as an ordained elder and a part-time, organist and is a former Infantry Reservist.