From Principle to Implementation: Indigenous Rights, the Constitution and UNDRIP in Canada
The Indigenous Law Association/L’association de droit autochtone is proud to welcome Dr. Hayden King and Dr. John Borrows to the Faculty of Law to lead an in-depth discussion regarding Canada’s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Both speakers will look at the ways in which the Canadian government is moving towards affirming the inherent nature of Indigenous rights and self-governance.
The evening event will conclude with a Q&A period where audience members can join in on the discussion. This conference is accredited for 1 hour of continuing legal education by a recognized provider.
This event is part of the 7th Annual Indigenous Awareness Week, taking place September 18-22, 2017. See the full listing of events.
About the Speakers:
Hayden King is Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation on Gchi’mnissing in Huronia, Ontario. Hayden has been teaching Indigenous politics and policy since 2007 and is currently the Director of the Centre for Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University, an Adjunct Professor (research) at Carleton University, and Senior Fellow at Massey College. Hayden's analysis and commentary on Indigenous nationhood and settler colonialism in Canada is published widely. He has also served as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Aboriginal Affairs, Director of Research at the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Conference Board of Canada. He is the co-founder of the language-arts collective, The Ogimaa Mikana Project. Â
John Borrows, B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Osgoode Hall Law School), LL.D. (Hons., Dalhousie & Law Society of Upper Canada) F.R.S.C., is the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria Law School in British Columbia. His publications include Recovering Canada; The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Donald Smiley Award for the best book in Canadian Political Science, 2002); Canada's Indigenous Constitution (Canadian Law and Society Best Book Award 2011); Drawing Out Law: A Spirit's GuideÌý(2010); Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism (Donald Smiley Award for the best book in Canadian Political Science, 2016); The Right Relationship (with Michael Coyle, ed.), all from the University of Toronto Press. John is Anishinaabe/Ojibway and a member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation in Ontario, Canada.
