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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
Conversations on Calls to Action 28 – Going to school
Canadian Bar Association: The Every Lawyer "President Brad Regehr meets with Dr. Val Napoleon and Sigma Daum Shanks to discuss Call to Action 28, which calls on law schools to require students to take a course in Aboriginal people and the law." Listen to podcast
“Full Fledged Tricksters”: Val Napoleon & the Indigenous Law Research Unit
RAVEN Trust "On this episode, we took a walk with the director of the world’s first Joint Degree Program in Indigenous and Common Law, Val Napoleon, and her colleague Rebecca Johnson. Meet Julianna Alexander, a Secwepmec elder and research partner with the Indigenous...
Walking a path of partnership and friendship
UVic Dean's Lecture Series "In June 2015, after seven years of collecting evidence on the history and legacy of Indian residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released its 388-page Executive Summary (the "report"). This...
ILRU Researcher
ILRU Researcher We are seeking to hire an ILRU Researcher. This is a full-time, one-year contract position to work alongside the whole ILRU team on different ILRU projects in a collaborative, dynamic environment. Please note that our priority is to hire a person who...
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