Club objectives
- Provide a social and support network for Aboriginal Students at the Faculty of Law;
- Create professional networks and provide opportunities for Aboriginal students and other students interested in practicing in the area of Aboriginal Law;
- Advocate for the inclusion of Indigenous laws in the curriculum, programming and in resources at the Bora Laskin Library at the Faculty of Law; and
- Raise awareness on Aboriginal legal issues among students at the Faculty of Law and in the broader legal community.
Activities and Opportunities
Yearly activities and opportunities include:
Informal social and cultural outings
Organizing a Fall Feast/ potluck at the school
Hearing from invited speakers and practitioners in the field of Aboriginal law
Attending and hosting conferences relating to Aboriginal peoples and the law
Providing input to Faculty on courses and programming
And much more.
ALSA also works closely with the Indigenous Law Journal at the Faculty of Law and is a point of contact for the larger Aboriginal community and services provided in Toronto.
Contact Information
For more information about the ALSA, or about student life and activities as an Aboriginal law student in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, please contact one of ALSA's Co-Presidents, Promise Holmes Skinner (promise.holmesskinner@mail.utoronto.ca) and David Bach(david.bach@mail.utoronto.ca).
For information about applying to the Faculty of Law as an Aboriginal student, please contact Lisa Del Col, Aboriginal Law Program Coordinator (lisa.delcol@utoronto.ca) or Jiffin Arboldela (jiffin.arboleda@utoronto.ca) in the Admissions Office.
