by Ellen Campbell | Nov 19, 2025 | Blog, News
Youth Workshop on Indigenous Laws with the Qwelmínte Secwépemc Knowledge Builders Program From July 28–30, the Indigenous Law Research Unit, University of Victoria team had the privilege of working alongside Qwelminte Secwepemc for a three-day gathering with youth...
by Ellen Campbell | Nov 5, 2025 | Blog, Current Projects, News
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...
by Kelly Weiling Zou | Oct 23, 2024 | Blog, News
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...
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...