Aboriginal Law

As U of T's Patrick and Curtis Sobchak learned more about their family history, being Indigenous increasingly became an integral part of their identity (photo by Geoff Vendeville)

By Geoffrey Vendeville

Patrick Sobchak was one of the few Indigenous students in his law classes. So was his identical twin brother Curtis, who studied medicine. 

The June Callwood Fellowship in Aboriginal Law funded the partnership with the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD): Durhane Wong-Rieger, president and CEO of CORD, Natalie Day and Ian Stedman, fellowship supervisor and former CORD board member

By Natalie Day, JD 2019

PBSC students gather together in the atrium as part of the May 2018 training conference

Award comes with a US$100,000 grant to assist with two pilot clinics

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Mayo Moran looks at the role of museums in debates about the restitution of cultural objects seized during colonialism, and points to Canadian examples where such objects have been returned to First Nations ("The Macron Report and how we right history’s wrongs," December 21, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

The Macron Report and how we right history’s wrongs

By Mayo Moran

December 21, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail on the anniversary of the acquittal of Gerald Stanley for the killing of Colton Boushie, Prof. Kent Roach assesses what little has been done, and what more needs to be done, to ensure "Canadian justice does not continue to be experienced by Indigenous people as injustice." ("One year after the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, little has changed," February 9, 2019).

Rochelle Allan, left, acting manager of the Indigenous Initiatives Office, views the language installation with U of T law students

2019 is the United Nation's International Year of Indigenous Languages

Story and Photos by Lucianna Ciccocioppo