A new graphic novel created by the 番茄社区鈥檚 Indigenous Law Research Clinic and drawing on work with seven different legal orders across Canada will help empower Indigenous communities as well as educate and engage legal practitioners鈥�
Two recipients鈥擲iddharth Akali and Sarah Fitzpatrick鈥攕hare the law faculty鈥檚 Ann Roberts Humanitarian Award this year. The prestigious accolade honours Ann Roberts, a highly respected alumna and ardent supporter of the law school, who passed away in 2009.
Professor Jeremy Webber is UVic鈥檚 incoming Dean of Law. His five-year term takes effect July 1, 2013. The Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at UVic since 2002, Webber is an internationally recognized scholar in the areas of cultural diversity, constitutional theory and Indigenous rights, and a Trudeau Fellow from 2009 to 2012.
Department of Writing student Aysia Law has been named the City of Victoria鈥檚 inaugural Youth Poet Laureate鈥攁 first not only for Victoria, but also in Canada. Law, who won UVic鈥檚 2011 Diversity Writing Contest, will be performing her work at a number of events throughout 2013 and receives a $1,500 honorarium, plus $1,000 to develop and complete a major project that engages youth through poetry. 鈥淪he's such a passionate and dedicated writer with a great sense of humour and a natural instinct for language,鈥� say Lee Henderson, one of Law鈥檚 writing professors. 鈥淪he鈥檚 the perfect choice as our first public voice for the city's young poets.鈥� Law will perform the first poem in her new position for Victoria City Council at City Hall on Jan.17.
