Indigenous Initiatives' Amanda Carling and Prof. Kent Roach co-authors of "Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolution"

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Amanda Carling, Manager of Indigenous Initiatives, and Prof. Kent Roach are among the co-authors of a commentary in the Globe and Mail calling on the federal government to amend the criminal code to allow judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences if they give specific reasons for doing so, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ("Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolution," January 2, 2018).

IIO Speaker Series Presents Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

Photo: Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark teaching U of T Law Students, Faculty and Staff at the 2017 Indigenous Law in Context Camp at Neyaashiinigmiing (Cape Croker)

This is a public lecture. All are welcome. A light lunch will be served.

Indigenous People and Human Rights: A Dialogue with James Anaya

The Indigenous Initiatives Office is thrilled to welcome the Ontario Human Rights Commission as they present this conversation with Dean James Anaya, part of a larger dialogue on Indigenous people and human rights.

All are welcome. More information coming soon. Time subject to change. 

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Debwewin Summer Internship Program Info Session

In his 2013 report on First Nation Representation on Ontario Juries, Justice Frank Iacobucci made the following recommendation:

Recommendation 6(d):

After obtaining the input of the Implementation Committee, the Ministry of the Attorney General provide broader and more comprehensive justice education programs for First Nations individuals, including...

Special issue of U of T Law Journal on Prof. Patrick Macklem's "The Sovereignty of Human Rights"

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The new issue of the The University of Toronto Law Journal presents a collection of papers that were first given at a symposium on Prof. Patrick Macklem’s book, The Sovereignty of Human Rights. The symposium includes a response by the author to the revised papers and is introduced by Prof. Karen Knop, who sets Macklem’s book and the different papers in the context of his work as a whole.

A student writes: Indigenous Law in Context at Neyaashiinigmiing Cape Croker Reserve

Friday, October 13, 2017

By Meena Sundararaj, 2L / Photos by Amanda Carling, manager, Indigenous Initiatives Office

This September, about 30 staff and students from U of T Law went to Neyaashiinigmiing Cape Croker Reserve and learned from experts on Anishinaabe law. This was the second year of our school’s Indigenous Law in Context program.

Indigenous Initiatives Office Speaker Series - Jason Madden & Karen Drake: A Framework for Reconciliation with the Métis

Jason Madden, Partner at Pape Salter Teillet, and Osgoode Hall Law Professor Karen Drake will present their forthcoming paper, The Trifecta of Métis Law: A Framework for Reconciliation with the Métis

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