DATE TBD – ILSA & the IIO welcome AAJU PETER: ANGRY INUK
What: Angry Inuk Film Screening and Teaching with Aaju Peter
When: Note that we had to reschedule this event as the speaker was unable to travel in February - we are making efforts to set a new date now
Who: Aaju Peter
Where: Jackman Law J250 (Moot Court Room)
Details: This award winning film explores a topic that should be important to all law students in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report and calls to action: what happens when lawyers and legislators make laws that impact people they do not know, and whose culture and way of life they do not understand? Inuk Lawyer, activist and designer Aaju Peter will speak after the film.
Aboriginal Justice Systems: Envisioning First Nations Community Courts - Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was’teWin)
November 2, 2017
Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was’teWin) was the first Indigenous Law Dean in Canada and the second Dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation in North and South Dakota.
Indigenous Legal Traditions - Professor Sákéj Henderson
January 5, 2017
In this lecture, Professor Sákéj Henderson discusses the importance of Indigenous legal traditions and shares teachings from Mi'kmaw law. This was a guest lecture in Kerry Wilkins’ class, Aboriginal People and the Canadian Law.
First Nations Governments in Canada - Maggie Wente
January 10,2017
In this lecture, Maggie Wente discusses: The landscape of First Nations governance in Canada; The legal personality, rights and powers of First Nations governmental bodies; How governance units are individuated or identified - Tribal Councils, Chiefs Councils, Treaty Associations, Provincial-Territorial Organizations (PTOs) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Maggie Wente is a partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, a member of the Serpent River First Nation and an alumna of the U of T Faculty of Law.
The Métis: Past, Present and Future - Margaret Froh
January 31, 2017
In this talk, Métis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh discussed: The Métis identity and the Métis Nation of Ontario; Daniels v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) 2016 SCC 12; and Reconciliation with the Métis and her vision for the future of the MNO.
Residential Schools, Reconciliation and "Recognition to Action" - Phil Fontaine
February 7, 2017
In this talk former National Chief Phil Fontaine discusses reconciliation and his campaign to have Indigenous peoples recognized as part of the founding peoples of Canada.
Law 370: Annual Indigenous Law Presentation - Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
January 11, 2018
This talk took place at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law on January 11, 2018 in Professor Kerry Wilkins' class, Indigenous People and the Canadian Law.
Constituting Colonialism: Indigenous Nations, Treaty Rights and US/CA Nation-Building - Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
January 12, 2018
This talk took place at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law on January 12, 2018 as part of the Indigenous Initiatives Office Speaker Series. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria. She is the Director of the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Nationhood and the Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-led Engagement (CIRCLE)
Practicing Onakonigewin: Anishinabe Law and Relation - Dawnis Kennedy
January 11, 2019
Join Minnawaanigogiizhigok (a.k.a. Dawnis Kennedy) as she considers the challenge and value of practicing onakonigewin (Anishinabe law) today. In particular, she explores how concepts of treaty, governance and law are understood differently within the practice of onakonige.
