C茅r茅monie de collation des grades de la Facult茅 de droit
Bravo 脿 nos finissants au DCL, LLM et BCL/LLB!
Cette ann茅e, l'allocution sera prononc茅e par Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, qui recevra un doctorat honorifique en droit.
La professeure Allison Christians, qui d茅tient la chaire Stikeman en droit fiscal, recevra le Prix d'excellence en enseignement Durnford de l'AED.
Mich猫le Lamarre-Leroux prononcera le discours d'adieu de sa promotion.
La conf茅renci猫re
(En anglais seulement) One of Canada鈥檚 most distinguished jurists of aboriginal descent, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is British Columbia鈥檚 first Representative for Children and Youth, an independent office of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, with a mandate to advocate for children and youth and protect their rights. She is currently on leave from the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, where she was appointed in 1998, at the age of 35, the first Treaty Indian to be named to the bench in that province. As an aboriginal rights lawyer, she worked on land claims with the Indian Law Resource Center in Washington D.C. and served as a key legal and constitutional advisor to aboriginal leaders. A graduate of Carleton University, York University and Cambridge University, Judge Turpel-Lafond also holds a doctorate from Harvard Law School.
