Windsor Law to host World Indigenous Law Conference 2018

Windsor Law, in partnership with Sunchild Law, will host the World Indigenous Law Conference this November.  

The title and theme of the conference is: “Wawiiatanong Ziibi: Where the River Bends, The Application of Indigenous Laws in Indigenous Communities and in the Courts,” and will be held on Windsor’s waterfront at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts.

Conference co-chairs are Windsor Law Professor Beverley Jacobs (Kanienkehaka – Mohawk Nation) and Lawyer Eleanore Sunchild (Nehiyaw – Cree Nation) who both practice their respective Indigenous legal traditions within their territories and nations and teach/practice law within the western contemporary legal systems and institutions.

The event will bring together lawyers, judges, academics, Knowledge Keepers, policy experts, community leadership, community advocates, students and all interested parties to embark on and share in conversation and discourse about the implementation of Indigenous Law into western contemporary legal systems and highlighting Indigenous Laws that already exist in Indigenous communities and Nations.  This is the fourth bi-annual global conference represented by the North on Turtle Island and held on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy which is comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa and the Potawatomi. 

The conference will create a platform for dynamic change and is focused on concentrating on Indigenous Law in a holistic and collective manner in order to address critical issues facing Indigenous Peoples and communities in an international context.

The Planning Committee is seeking submissions of conference papers and concurrent sessions that address the theme of this year’s conference while also providing innovative and forward-thinking strategies to apply and implement Indigenous Laws. Submissions are due June 30.

To register or submit a conference paper visit: uwindsor.ca/law/WILC