by Ellen Campbell | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog
Written by Ellen Campbell Indigenous Law Research Unit co-research director Tara Williamson and researcher Ellen Campbell, alongside Leslie-Ann Paige from one of our community partner organizations, NIȽ TU,O Child and Family Services Society, were grateful to have...
by editor | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
Nicola Lake (Photo: Diana Borges) Reflection by Simon Owen, ILRU Senior Researcher and Lawyer Working with Indigenous laws – especially as an outsider – often means seeing one’s own legal traditions and presumptions in a different light. This opportunity...
by editor | Nov 4, 2020 | Blog
Image: Jessica Asch (Research Director) and Tara Williamson (Senior Researcher), your eager instructors Written by Jessica Asch and Tara Williamson This summer, for the first time, the University of Victoria Faculty of Law contracted the ILRU to deliver the...
by editor | Oct 13, 2020 | Blog
Image: “Researching Raven,” painting by Val Napoleon ILRU aims to support and train students, the upcoming generation of legal professionals, in the work of Indigenous law through research placements at our unit. Despite the upheaval caused by the...
by editor | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog
Image: “Laptop,” Painting by Val Napoleon While much of the ILRU’s learning starts with paper (such as published stories, academic articles, background research), the heart of our research is the work we do with – and within – communities. By early...
by editor | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
Written by Rebecca Johnson (ILRU Associate Director) and Val Napoleon (ILRU Director) Difficult conversations. How do we have them, and have them in productive ways? This is a question that preoccupies many people who are trying to make sense of the ways that...
