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Our ILRU team members and their innovative research are attracting public attention. Check out the ILRU stories in the news and interviews with our dedicated team members.
It’s Nothing like Law & Order
Everyday Reconciliation "On this episode of Everyday Reconciliation, host Elin Miller speaks with Val Napoleon, an activist, educator, and the interim Dean of Law at University of Victoria, about Indigenous legal frameworks, and how essential they are to...
A citizen’s guide to reconciliation
Policy Options Politiques Tara Williamson and Robert Houle, discuss the role that individuals play in advancing reconciliation, and what steps settlers can take to push for it in their everyday lives. Listen to podcast
Revitalizing Indigenous systems of law in Canada
On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko "Val Napoleon, a law professor at the University of Victoria and a member of the Saulteau First Nation, discusses how far Canada has gone to answering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 50." Listen to podcast
Val Napoleon, Law & Justice (2021)
Indspire Val Napoleon receives the Indspire Award for Law & Justice 2021. See article
This Land is Their Land
Weapons of Reason - The Conflict Issue "In British Columbia, the First Nations are at war with oil and gas companies intent on exploiting their indigenous lands, and with each other over governance and tensions between a “democratic” present and their ancestral...
Val Napoleon wins 2021 Indspire Award for Law and Justice
UVic News "Val Napoleon is one of Canada’s most influential Indigenous legal scholars. She’s also an artist, disruptor, activist, a Cree woman from the Saulteau First Nation and an adopted member of the Gitanyow (Gitxsan) Nation. Today, Napoleon received the 2021...
Indigenous law being steadily rebuilt in Canada, says UVic prof Val Napoleon
Saanich News Indigenous law is being recognized and rebuilt in Canada. Contributions to this shift come from the work of the Indigenous Law Research Unit and the JD/JID Joint Indigenous and Common Law Degree Program at UVic. See article
Exploring New Vistas and Indigenous Legal Orders: A Conversation with Val Napoleon
Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre "On this episode of Appointed, Dr. Val Napoleon, Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria, and Kim discuss the large role that law plays in our...
Indigenous lawyer Val Napoleon gets UNBC honorary degree
Indigenous lawyer Val Napoleon gets UNBC honorary degree ILRU Director, Dr Val Napoleon, is slated to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia in June 2021. See article
The Transitional Space to Learn Indigenous Law
Canadian Bar Association of BC: Bartalk Jessica Asch and Christina Gray discuss "the Transitional Space to Learn Indigenous Law" in this newly published article in the Canadian Bar Association of BC's Bartalk. Read article See Christina Gray website
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