Early Career
Russow received her BA and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of British Columbia. She received her PhD from the University of Victoria in Interdisciplinary studies.
Russow first gained attention in the "Lord's Prayer Case" which resulted in the banning of school prayer in public schools in British Columbia in 1989.
In collaboration with the professors in the Law faculty of the University of Toronto, Russow was the litigant in the Charter challenge of the first-past-the-post electoral system in Canada.
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