Congratulations to Professor John Borrows for being awarded the Canadian Law and Society Association’s 2020 W. Wesley Pue Book Prize for his book “Law’s Indigenous Ethics”. The prize is awarded to the best book on law and society in the past year.  “Law’s Indigenous Ethics” is available in law library in print or online.

Professor Borrows was also awarded the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Toronto Association of Geography Alumni.

Check out some more of Professor Borrows scholarship held in UVic Libraries Collections:

• John Borrows, Drawing Out Law: A Spirit’s Guide (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2010). Call number KIB190 B677 2010.  or online
• John Borrows. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2010). Call number KIB190 B673 2010 or online
• John Borrows, Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2016). Call number KIA20 C66B6738 2016.
• John Borrows, Indigenous Law and Governance: Challenging Pre-contact and Post-contact Distinctions in Canadian Law (Montreal, Les Éditions Thémis, 2017). Call number KI270 B67 2017.
• John Borrows, Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2002). Call number KE7709 B68 2002
• Michael Asch, John Borrows, & James Tully, eds, Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018). Call number KIB530 R47 2018
• John Borrows & Michael Coyle, eds, The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2017). Call number KIB129 R54 2017
• John Borrows, Seven Generations, Seven Teachings: Ending the Indian Act (West Vancouver, BC: National Centre for First Nations Governance, 2008). Electronic

Congratulations John!

Congratulations to Professor John Borrows for receiving the 2020 Governor General’s Innovation Award for his work with Indigenous law.  The award is given to recognize innovations that are transformative, exceptional and have a positive impact on quality of life.

The award recognizes John’s dedication to Indigenous law and innovation of the law, through his extensive teaching, research and writing, his work with communities to revitalize Indigenous laws, and his work as co-founder of the dual JD/JID program at UVic.

John’s newest work, “Indigenous Peoples and International Trade: Building Equitable and Inclusive International Trade and Investments Agreements“, edited by Professor Borrows and Risa Schwartz is available online.

Check out some more of Professor Borrows scholarship held in UVic Libraries Collections:

• John Borrows, Drawing Out Law: A Spirit’s Guide (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2010). Call number KIB190 B677 2010.
• John Borrows. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2010). Call number KIB190 B673 2010.
• John Borrows, Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2016). Call number KIA20 C66B6738 2016.
• John Borrows, Indigenous Law and Governance: Challenging Pre-contact and Post-contact Distinctions in Canadian Law (Montreal, Les Éditions Thémis, 2017). Call number KI270 B67 2017.
• John Borrows, Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2002). Call number KE7709 B68 2002
• Michael Asch, John Borrows, & James Tully, eds, Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018). Call number KIB530 R47 2018
• John Borrows & Michael Coyle, eds, The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2017). Call number KIB129 R54 2017
• John Borrows, Seven Generations, Seven Teachings: Ending the Indian Act (West Vancouver, BC: National Centre for First Nations Governance, 2008). Electronic

Congratulations John!

The Centre for International Governance Innovation recently published an essay series entitled “Environmental Challenges on Indigenous Lands”.

The essay series was inspired by a conference held in Banff, Alberta in 2018, during which Indigenous leaders, environmental activists, human rights lawyers, academics and advocates gathered to discuss ongoing efforts to hold industry and government responsible for environmental damage and the potential for Indigenous law to provide solutions to present and future environmental challenges.  The areas of discussion in the series include indigenous law applied to pipelines, resource management, human rights, indigenous environmental solutions and ecological restoration.

The essay authors include several of UVic Law’s current and former graduate students (Robert Clifford, Darcy Lindberg, Joshua Nichols, and Robert Hamilton) and faculty including Professor Sarah Morales.

Selected related resources in the library catalogue:

• Laura Westra, Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: International and Domestic Legal Perspectives (London: Earthscan, 2008). Call number: McPherson K3247 W47
• Thora Martina Herrmann & Thibault Martin (eds), Indigenous Peoples’ Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016). Electronic.
• Donald K. Anton & Dinah L. Shelton, Environmental Protection and Human Rights (Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011). Call number: K3585 A57 2011.
• Lawrence Watters (ed), Indigenous Peoples, the Environment and the Law: An Anthology (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2004). Call number: K3247 I52 2004.
• David Gordon & Shepard Krech (eds), Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2012). Electronic.

More publications by Sarah Morales in the library catalogue:

• Sarah Morales, Snuw’uyulh: Fostering an Understanding of the Hul’q’umi’num Legal Tradition (PhD Dissertation, University of Victoria, 2014) [unpublished].
• Sarah Morales, Reconciliation Beyond the Box (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2018).
• Sarah Morales, “Digging for Rights: How Can International Human Rights Law Better Protect Indigenous Women from Extractive Industries” (2019) 31:1 CJWL 58.
• Sarah Morales, “Locating Oneself in One’s Research: Learning and Engaging with Law in the Coast Salish World” (2018) 30:1 CJWL 144.
• Aimee Craft et al. UNDRIP Implementation: More Reflections on the Braiding of International, Domestic and Indigenous Laws (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2018).

More publications by Darcy Lindberg:

• Darcy Lindberg, kihcitwâw kîkway meskocipayiwin (sacred changes): Transforming Gendered Protocols in Cree Ceremonies Through Cree Law (LL.M Thesis, University of Victoria, 2017) [unpublished].
• Darcy Lindberg and Jessica Asch (eds), Gender Inside Indigenous Law Toolkit (Victoria: Indigenous Law Research Unit, 2016).

More publications by Joshua Nichols:

• Joshua Nichols, Sui Generis Sovereignties: The Relationship between Treaty Interpretation and Canadian Sovereignty (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2018).
• Joshua Nichols, Reconciliation and the Foundations of Aboriginal Law in Canada (PhD Dissertation, University of Victoria, 2016)
• Aimee Craft et al. UNDRIP Implementation: More Reflections on the Braiding of International, Domestic and Indigenous Laws. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2018).

More publications by Robert YELKATTE Clifford:

• Robert Clifford, WSANEC Legal Theory and the Fuel Spill at SELEKTEL (Goldstream River) (LL.M Thesis, University of Victoria, 2014).
• Robert Yelkatte Clifford, “Listening to Law”, (2016) 33:1 Windsor YB Access Just 47.

More publications by Robert Hamilton:

• Robert Hamilton, Indigenous Legal Traditions and Histories of International and Transnational law in the Pre-Confederation Maritime Provinces (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2018).
• Aimee Craft et al, UNDRIP Implementation: More Reflections on the Braiding of International, Domestic and Indigenous Laws (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2018).