A student writes: Indigenous Law in Context at Neyaashiinigmiing Cape Croker Reserve

Friday, October 13, 2017

By Meena Sundararaj, 2L / Photos by Amanda Carling, manager, Indigenous Initiatives Office

This September, about 30 staff and students from U of T Law went to Neyaashiinigmiing Cape Croker Reserve and learned from experts on Anishinaabe law. This was the second year of our school’s Indigenous Law in Context program.

Indigenous Initiatives Office Speaker Series - Jason Madden & Karen Drake: A Framework for Reconciliation with the Métis

Jason Madden, Partner at Pape Salter Teillet, and Osgoode Hall Law Professor Karen Drake will present their forthcoming paper, The Trifecta of Métis Law: A Framework for Reconciliation with the Métis

'A Meeting Place for All Our Relations': Something worth celebrating!

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

The artwork of Jay Bell Redbird, artist and member of the Wikwemikong First Nation, was unveiled to respect the Indigenous land upon which the Faculty of Law is located, and to anchor and promote a prominent meeting place for everyone in the Jackman Law Building 

By Amanda Carling, JD 2012 / Photos by Adam Pulicicchio

Unveiling of painting by by renowned Woodlands artist Jay Bell Redbird

A Meeting Place for All Our Relations: Time & Law’s New Home on Old Land

The Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto is fortunate to receive a painting by renowned Woodlands Artist Jay Bell Redbird. This painting will hang in the new Jackman Law Building in recognition of the land the building occupies and the fact Tkaronto was, and continues to be, a place where Indigenous people from across Turtle Island come to connect, grow, share ideas and give back to our communities.

Watch Convocation speaker Phil Fontaine's speech, and find out three things about him

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Prof. Douglas Sanderson hoods Phil Fontaine, as he accepts his honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Chancellor Michael Wilson

By Hannah James / photo courtesy of Fred Cattroll

When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report in 2015, it signified hope that Canada would begin to heal its relationship with Indigenous peoples.

For many years leading up to the commission, Indigenous leader Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine had been advocating for Indigenous rights in Canada.

Full coverage of the Class of 2017 Convocation Day

Monday, June 12, 2017

University of Toronto Faculty of Law bestows an honorary degree to TRC and Indigenous rights advocate and leader, Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine

The remarkably accomplished group that makes up Faculty of Law alumni now has more than 200 new members, as the Class of 2017 officially graduated on Convocation Day, June 9, and celebrated with their family and friends.

Second Beetz-Laskin Conference

To mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the second Beetz-Laskin Conference on Canadian Constitutional Law, co-organized by the Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal (Noura Karazivan, Jean Leclair) and the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (Patrick Macklem), brings together Canadian and foreign experts around four main themes:

(1) Repatriation, between myth and reality

(2) Federalism, between history and modernity

(3) Indigenous peoples and constitutional pluralism

Understanding reconciliation with the Blanket Exercise

Saturday, April 8, 2017

By Peter Boisseau / Photography by Lucianna Ciccocioppo

On an early spring day, dozens of students, faculty and other members of the University of Toronto law school community who have gathered in Rowell Room in Flavelle House listen quietly as they are warned that what they are about to experience will not be easy.

Alumna and Métis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh: "It's a beautiful time to be Métis"

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Métis Nation of Ontario President and alumna Margaret Froh, first row and second from left, with Indigenous students past, present and future.

Margaret Froh spoke at the Faculty of Law about the historical struggles of the Métis, recent legal victories, and what the future holds

By Peter Boisseau

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