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John Borrows, Canada Research Chair of Indigenous Law, has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada (O.C.) for his scholarly work on Indigenous rights and legal traditions, which have had a significant impact across Canada and abroad. Borrows, co-founder of the Indigenous law degree program at UVic, was among 62 new appointments to the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada. Since its creation in 1967, more than 7,000 trailblazers from all sectors of society have been invested into the Orderone of Canada’s highest civilian honours.

We're pleased to be co-hosting a webinar this Thursday, Dec 10th (Friday in China) on the future of Canada-China legal relations - in collaboration with Peter A. Allard School of Law, Centre for Business Law at UBC, UBC Centre for Asian Legal Studies, McMillan LLP, and Zhong Lun Law Firm:

In case you missed it - John Borrows was on Global News BC this morning talking about the federal government's proposed legislation to enshrine the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Canadian law. http://ow.ly/QjoO50CD3II

It’s Giving Tuesday at the University of Victoria! Last year our amazing community raised more than $165k! Help us do it again: http://ow.ly/PSfn50CzDce #AddSprinklesUVic #GivingTuesdayCA

Great article from UVic Law student Cate White about the Business Law Clinic and her thoughts on clinical education. "Access to justice and clinical legal education" https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/other/articles/22109

Join us for Statues, names, memories, and reconciliation: revisiting UVic’s Begbie Building. Hosted by UVic Graduate Student Law & Society Research Group on November 19 at 9am PST w/ Profs Rebecca Johnson, Reuben Rose-Redwood and moderated by Esteban Vallejo Toledo. https://www.uvic.ca//invitation_-statues-names-memories-an

John Borrows comments on the recent attacks on the Sipekne’katik First Nation and the controversy surrounding the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.

In this powerful article UVic Law Faculty members Gillian Calder and Ireh Iyioha discuss the need for an equitable, culturally safe, trauma-informed, health-care system in Canada.

John Borrows is highlighted in Policy Magazine as one of the Governor General's Innovation Award winners for his work on reconciliation through Indigenous law: "Celebrating Canadian Innovators, Now More Than Ever." https://policymagazine.ca/celebrating-canadian-innovators-/