Welcome to the Decolonizing Canadian Constitutional Law

Date: 18 September 2020

Time: 12:00pm EST

To view the reading list for this workshop, please click HERE.

 Panel Video #1 

Panel Video #2

Panel Video #3

Dr. J.B.D. Nichols ’Teaching s. 91(24) and s. 35: Sparrow’s Background'

18 September 2020

12:00 to 1:15 p.m. EST

Session 1: Colonialism

Moderator: Darlene Johnston (UBC)

Speakers:

• Jeffery Hewitt (Osgoode Hall): ‘Indigenous Considerations on Constitutional Law’
• Johnny Mack (UBC): ‘The Stories That We Tell’
• Aaron Mills (McGill): ‘The Place of Indigenous Constitutional Law’

1:15 to 1:30 pm EST

Break

1:30 to 2:45 pm EST

Session 2: Federalism

Moderator: Patrick Macklem (Toronto)

Speakers:

• Aimée Craft (Ottawa): ‘Connecting sections 91(24) to 35: The Reconciliation Conundrum’
• Naiomi Metallic (Dalhousie): ‘Reimagining s. 91(24) to Make Space for Indigenous Jurisdiction’
• Joshua Nichols (Alberta): ‘Teaching s. 91(24) and s. 35: Sparrow's Background’

2:45 to 3:00 pm EST

Break

3:00 to 4:00 pm EST

Session 3: Rights

Moderator: David Schneiderman (Toronto)

Speakers:

• Brenda Gunn (Manitoba): ‘UNDRIP and Rights Interpretation’
• John Borrows (Victoria): ‘The Charter and Indigenous Law’