Indigenous Law in Context: Intensive (LAW710H1F)

This is a three-day intensive course taught at Cape Croker Park in Neyaashiinigmiing on the Bruce Peninsula.  The program introduces participants to Indigenous law from a land-based perspective, and they receive teachings from elders and other members of the community on Anishinaabe law and legal traditions, while immersing themselves in traditional practices. One of the primary reasons for the course is to invite the law school community to engage in thinking about important legal and historical issues in new ways.

The program involves participation by faculty, staff, and students from Queen’s Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor John Borrows (Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law) and Lindsay Borrows (Assistant Professor, Queen’s Law School), will lead the course. The class requires a willingness to learn in an immersive setting, where weather is variable and camp-like accommodations are provided. Students will travel to the site together on Thursday September 7^th, and camp as a group on the Cape Croker Park lands, returning Sunday September 10^th. 

Students can select this course in the course selection lottery.  The add/drop deadline for this course is Friday, September 1, 2023.