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Secwépemc Laws of K̓wséltkten and Secwépemc-kt Project
Secwépemc Laws of K̓wséltkten and Secwépemc-ktDescription of the Project The Indigenous Law Research Unit has been working in partnership with the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (SNTC) and the Secwépemc Sna7a Elders Council to explore Secwépemc laws of citizenship,...
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Better Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders
A reflection on our time spent with the Indigenous Law Research Unit A reflection by the Sierra Club BC on the Indigenous Laws Workshop run by ILRU. See the blog post.
$1.2 million grant to Indigenous Law Research Unit for revitalization of laws and legal systems
$1.2 million grant to Indigenous Law Research Unit for revitalization of laws and legal systems The Indigenous Law Research Unit has received a $1.2 million in core, unrestricted grant funding from the Law Foundation of BC to support the revitalization of Indigenous...
Toolkit Centres Salish Laws on Child & Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Toolkit Centres Salish Laws on Child & Caregiver Nurturance and Safety NIȽ TU,O Child and Family Services, in partnership with the Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), is excited to launch a new toolkit on Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety centred on Coast...
Report Examines Anishinaabeg governance and family law
Report Examines Anishinaabeg governance and family law The Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle is pleased to release a new report that shines light on Anishinaabeg kinship-centred governance and family law. The report aims to help Anishinaabeg and other...
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
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...
LEAF Edmonton Persons Day Breakfast 2020 featuring Dr. Val Napoleon
LEAF Edmonton Persons Day Breakfast 2020 featuring Dr. Val Napoleon Dr. Val Napoleon's talk is entitled, “Contested Legal Personalities: Indigenous Women." Dr. Napoleon explores how the combined conditions of violence as well as the various responses to sexualized,...
UVic’s new Indigenous Law Centre
Breakfast Television & CityNews Vancouver Val Napoleon was on Breakfast Television & CityNews Vancouver with Thor Diakow yesterday to talk about the upcoming national Indigenous Law Centre, where ILRU will be housed in future. See video
UVic Law to build a National Centre for Indigenous Laws
Uvic News “This physical structure represents a sanctuary where our laws, which enable us to be peoples, will be safe, and where both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students will learn about those laws, creating the foundation to a multijuridical Canada.” — Dr Val...
Val Napoleon & Jessica Asch – From the Indigenous Law Research Unit on Indigenous Law
Just in Canada In this interview Val and Jessica discuss the Indigenous Law Research Unit and the Joint Degree Law Program at University of Victoria. They also address reclaiming & rebuilding Indigenous Legal Orders; the Indian Act; Missing & Murdered...
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