🚨SCC Alert!🚨

The Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge will be co-hosting an online panel on the SCC’s recent C92 decision with the Centre for Constitutional Studies!

For more information and to register for the panel, check the link in the bio. #wlgl #C92

Join the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge in welcoming the Honourable Leonard S. (Tony) Mandamin for his final installment as our Scholar in Residence!

Want to learn more about our Scholar in Residence? Check the link in our bio. #WLGL #ScholarinResidence

Please join the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge in congratulating one of our Fellows on her new publication: “Five Linguistic Methods for Revitalizing Indigenous Laws” by Naiomi Metallic!

To read the article, click the link in our bio.
#indigenouslaw #wlgl #legalcommentary

The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on the monumental Bill C-92: An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Children, Youth, and Families this Friday, February 9th, at 9:45 AM ET (7:45 AM MST).

Check the link in the bio to access our resources. #BillC92

Join University of Alberta Faculty of Law professor Anna Lund and Lincoln Alexander School of Law on Jan. 18 at 12 p.m. for a talk on the power of storytelling in litigation, not only as a tool of resistance but as an act of love. Register here: bit.ly/48MIu9s

A big moment. We hosted our first bar call University of Alberta Faculty of Law in June. Thanks to Justice Cochard, Justice Mandamin, Eileen Sasakamoose & all who made this historic event possible. Congrats to new lawyer Hero Laird & big thanks to their principal, Koren. More-> tinyurl.com/2ubvc39v

Being an Indigenous woman is not synonymous with struggle.
I refuse it.
I declare sweet, unapologetic, Indigenous joy over my life. We have suffered enough.

Thank you to our summer visitors at the Lodge, University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan and his team and University of AlbertaLaw Dean Barb Billingsley for coming into the Lodge . We appreciated the chance to share our vision for wahkohtowin and law with you, and imagine how we can grow together!

When your best friends come to help out your campaign from all over this country, you know you’re loved. kinanaskomitin ekwa kisahkitin nitotemak 🧡🥹 #aBetterFuture #AbLeg #AbPoli

Thanks Brittlestar!

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I'm Cam Heenan and I want to represent Leduc-Beaumont in the legislature as your MLA. I have been working hard for the past year to get to know you and our community better and I'm asking for your vote on May 29th. Thanks!

Thrilled to share news of SSHRC funding for a 4 year research project addressing access to justice & safety for Indigenous WGT2S+persons.
Learn more at: ualberta.ca/.../news/2023/…
We'll be working with Standing Together & other amazing thinkers U of Saskatchewan , UniversityOfVictoria & University of Windsor.

We honour and remember all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLBGTQI+ People. Today, and always. #RedDressDay #MMIWG

Today and every day, the National Indigenous Law Students Association honours and remembers our missing and murdered relatives, mothers, sisters, and friends. We wear red to show our solidarity with our relations across Turtle Island and demand justice. No more stolen sisters.

Ready for the new fiscal

An important read on why we need accessibility legislation in Alberta - Chris Ryan, an Alberta lawyer, outlines how the lack of affordable, reliable transportation options have been an continuing challenge in his professional life

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

There is only one way. In May, don’t vote UCP.
#ableg

We asked #UAlbertaLaw alumni to share their top tips and recommendations for navigating law school -- and their responses cover everything from dealing with imposter syndrome to building lifelong friendships. Check out their advice here: bit.ly/3KkTNfv.

On Monday, Amy Kasper (University of Alberta Faculty of Law 3L) & I will be speaking to the CBA Alberta Elder Law Section on the transfer from hospitals to long term care. Adrian wagg from UAlberta Med & Dent will join us to discuss the health practitioners' perspective. cbapd.org/details_en.asp…

Empowering Indigenous youth has been a driving force for #UAlbertaLaw student Gavin Cazon-Wilkes.

That commitment has earned the third-year Dehcho Dene law student the 2023 Hon. Cecilia Johnstone Equality Award. Congratulations, Gavin!

Read more: bit.ly/3nr0yU0