Aboriginal Law

Cat Criger (left), with student Lindsay Borrows at the 2012 Aboriginal Law Students’ Association Fall Feast

By Lisa Del Col, Aboriginal Law Program Coordinator

The Faculty of Law is pleased to highlight the work of the first four students to complete the requirements for the JD/Certificate in Aboriginal Legal Studies. Established in the 2012-2013 academic year, this certificate is for students who have a vocational or intellectual interest in the intersection between law and the history, politics, thought, or practices of Aboriginal Law. 

HIgh school students participate in a mock trial as part of the 2013 Justice Conference for Aboriginal Youth

By Lisa Del Col

The full webcast of the conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation & Settlement Processes is now available on this website. Each individual session has its own webcast. The conference features Chief Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations;  The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, former Supreme Court of Canada justice who led the settlement process; The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and many others involved in this historic agreement.

Prof. Douglas Sanderson appeared on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Jan. 22, 2013 as part of a panel discussion on "Moving Beyond the Indian Act."

Watch the discussion on The Agenda's website.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

   Cat Criger, Dean Mayo Moran, Phil Fontaine, Frank Iacobucci

In a commentary in the National Post, Professors Kent Roach and David Schneiderman analyze the legal situation behind the manner in which police are dealing with of injunctions against the aboriginal Idle No More protestors ("Police are right to be cautious with Idle No More protesters," January 18, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

Lessons learned from the Canadian residential schools context

Read coverage of the January 18, 2013 conference here.

By Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law / Illustration by Sebastien Thibault