News Archives - Indigenous Research Ethics Institute

Aboriginal-Canada Relations: From RCAP to 2016. 2016 Katherine A.H. Graham Lecture on Aboriginal Policy

lauragagnon — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 22:43:50 +0000

The speaker will address his experience serving on the federal Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), providing insights into the work of the commission including its public hearings. The approach and major recommendations of the RCAP will be elaborated in comparison with subsequent government policies and law and in comparison with current government policy statements and approaches. The issue of judicial development and interpretation of law pertaining to indigenous people outside the federal Indian Act will be considered in light of contemporary political action and litigation including the Daniels case.

Paul Chartrand, Indigenous Peoples’ Counsel (IPC) of Canada’s Indigenous Bar Association is a former Professor of Law. He is the author of numerous publications about the law and policy of states respecting indigenous peoples. He is currently writing a book that is critical of the judicial development of Metis rights, and practices law part-time. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Manitoba’s Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission and Canada’s Aboriginal Healing Foundation.

Indigenous Legal Perspectives as Policy and Research Foundation

anniemiller — Wed, 13 May 2015 02:52:45 +0000

Val Napoleon has been a community activist and consultant in northwestern BC for over 25 years, specializing in health, education, and justice issues. She is the Law Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, where she has worked with a number of projects relating to indigenous legal traditions, conflict management, education, and citizenship. Napoleon is from north east British Columbia (Treaty 8), a member of Saulteau First Nation, and an adopted member of the Gitanyow (Gitksan) House of Luuxhon, Ganada (Frog) Clan.

Presentation by Katherine A. H. Graham at The Working Better Together Conference

charlottebradley — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:15:25 +0000

Professor Katherine Graham, chair of the development committee for the �Ӱ�ԭ�� Institute on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous People, recently presented at the at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Her presentation entitled “Building Connections to Foster Ethical Research Through the �Ӱ�ԭ�� University Institute on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous Peoples (CUIERIP)” profiled the creation of the Summer Institute on Aboriginal Research Ethics Pilot during 2014 and how feedback generated through the pilot to guide the formation of the �Ӱ�ԭ�� University Institute on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous People.