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Access to Justice Week is October 28th – November 1st, 2024
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CBC Manitoba: Former high school football coach Kelsey McKay sentenced to 20 years for sexually abusing 9 high school football players
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Expanding experiential legal training northwards
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Winnipeg Free Press: ‘Awkward to have a foot in both worlds’ Loyalty, potential conflicts called key issues when government backbencher is defence lawyer
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The Globe and Mail: Canadian Medical Association apologizes for harms to Indigenous people
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CBC News: Winnipeg police officer with history of misconduct allegations accused of wrongful arrests
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Indigenous initiatives
The Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba (UM Law) has been working to meaningfully implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action #28, with the hiring of a new Indigenous Legal Studies Coordinator, Indigenization of the Juris Doctor curriculum, implementation of new courses, and introducing clinical opportunities for law students.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action 28
We call upon law schools in Canada to require all law students to take a course in Aboriginal people and the law, which includes the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
UM Law’s Faculty Council is committed to implementing CTA 28 and has taken the following action to do so:
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UM makes Indigenous Law course mandatory for all law students, and offers new concentrations this fall
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An Indigenous Oral History Reader moves law student training towards reconciliation
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Achieving reconciliation: Kawaskimhon Moot trains law students to advocate for Indigenous rights
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