χʷɛmaɬkʷu Laws Workshop

χʷɛmaɬkʷu Laws Workshop

χʷɛmaɬkʷu Laws Workshop From July 14-16, our team had the privilege of co-facilitating a two-day in-person workshop with Homalco First Nation. The workshop offered an introduction to ILRU’s approaches to engaging with Indigenous laws, using storywork, and...
Reinvigorating St’át’imc Stories

Reinvigorating St’át’imc Stories

Reinvigorating St’át’imc Stories Whistler, BC – The St’át’imc Chiefs Council, in partnership with the Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), hosted a two-day workshop, The St’át’imc Law Initiative, from October 22–23, 2024, in Whistler, BC. This event...
Fences and Teachings – Opening up to Indigenous Laws

Fences and Teachings – Opening up to Indigenous Laws

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...
Teaching Law 388A in a Time of Pandemic

Teaching Law 388A in a Time of Pandemic

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...