Reflections from the JD/JID Program
Hello Friends, One of remarkable things about being in the first cohort of the JD/JID program — joint degree program in Canadian Common Law...
Author: Lisbeth Haigh-Turner
Postcard from Fraser
Aaniin Friends! It’s been awhile; did you think I got the boot? I wouldn’t blame you; 1L (first year law) had some pretty rough moments....
Zhing(aate: it shines, the light of it is seen)sidoun / spread it out in the sun
Zhingaatesidoun Zhing(aate: it shines, the light of it is seen)sidoun / spread it out in the sun April at the University of Victoria can...
Mino Oshki Biboon/Happy New Year
Aaniin (I see your light) friends! Are you well? How does the New Year feel so far? For myself, last year belonged in a dumpster...
Minobimaadiziwin / The Good Life
My grandfather was a good man. His life was guided by the principals embedded in Minobimaadiziwin, ‘the good life’’ Anishinaabe teachings tell us that...
Manaajidiwin/Go Easy on Each Other
Every week I go to the language table at First Peoples House to learn Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and talk like a toddler. The folks that...
Aaniin = I See Your Light
As I saw the yellow school bus pull up outside the Fraser building, I made the slow realization that I was about to knowingly...
Launching a World First: Indigenous & Common Law Program
Aanii! As the mother of four young sons, I am used to being the bossy boss lady who has answers. As an Ojibwa Metis...