鈥婣 new program in Indigenous nationhood that is the first of its kind in Canada will train the next generation of leaders, scholars and researchers in how law, politics and governance intersect at a critical time for Indigenous relations in Canada.
鈥婳n Saturday, the Indigenous versions of the Douglas Treaties鈥攏ever before available in the local languages鈥攚ill be presented in a ceremony at the Songhees Wellness Centre (during a three-day gathering) to the Royal BC Museum to be kept in perpetuity.
The presentation of the first-ever translations in the local Indigenous languages of the original Douglas Treaties of the colony of Vancouver Island is a pivotal element in a historic event taking place Feb. 24-26 in Victoria as part of UVic's Canada 150 celebrations.
UVic law professor Donald Galloway is available to media to discuss Canadian law professors' renewed call to the government to immediately halt enforcement of the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement.
UVic Law PhD student Aaron Mills received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Talent award鈥攐ne of its five 鈥淚mpact Awards鈥濃�攁t a ceremony in Ottawa today. Mills鈥� work is at the forefront of the movement to restore and revitalize Indigenous systems of law, one of the central recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.
UVic Law PhD student Aaron Mills was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Talent award. The award is given to a single student each year across all the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences in Canada whose research "brings forward ideas that help us understand and improve the world around us." Mills' work is at the forefront of the movement to restore and revitalize Indigenous systems of law.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has named the finalists for the 2016聽Impact Awards. UVic was the only school with two finalists鈥攍aw PhD candidate Aaron Mills and historian Dr. John Lutz. Separately, UVic Vice-President Research Dr. David Castle has joined the board of CANARIE.
Escalating water challenges in BC, including consecutive droughts, unprecedented floods and strikingly low levels in rivers and streams require a better understanding and coordinated work to avoid future crisis, says a new report by researchers at the POLIS Water Sustainability Project at UVic.
One of Canada's best known music theorists and an internationally acclaimed expert on constitutional law are the 番茄社区's two newest Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Election to the academies of the RSC is Canada's highest academic honour and signals that the scholar, scientist or artist has made remarkable lifelong contributions to their field and to public life.
As the federal government moves forward with legalization of cannabis, many lessons can be learned from the Canadian experience with legalization of alcohol. As 13 researchers from the 番茄社区鈥檚 Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) point out in their co-authored submission to the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation in Canada鈥攑ublished today as a publicly available research bulletin鈥攃annabis, like alcohol, is no ordinary commodity. A delicate balance is needed between the pressures for liberalization and addressing potential public and individual harms.
This June, UVic Distinguished Professor Dr. Susan Boyd was named to the nine-person federal task force on marijuana legalization and regulation.
An inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada was announced yesterday, and 3 of the 5 appointed commissioners have close ties to UVic Law.
The following 番茄社区 expert is available to media to discuss Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum鈥檚 announcement regarding proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act. Donald Galloway (Law) specializes in immig鈥�
The following 番茄社区 expert is available to media to discuss the recent Federal Court decision to strike down federal regulations preventing medical marijuana patients from growing their own cannabis. Lynne Belle-Isle (Centre for Add鈥�
Victoria city council has selected Environmental Law Centre legal director Calvin Sandborn (law) and Bernie Pauly (nursing, psychology) as two of the city's 14 honourary citizens for 2011. The award was presented on Jan.19 by Mayor Dean Fortin, in recognition of Sandborn's contributions to environmental protection and sustainability education on Vancouver Island and Pauly's community work on social issues, including homelessness.
Summarizing and reviewing court transcripts for the defence. Analyzing evidence and disclosure from the prosecution to the defence. This might seem like a typical day of work for a law intern, but when you鈥檙e doing it at The Hague鈥檚 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, it鈥檚 anything but normal.聽
