Award-winning lawyer Naiomi Metallic to speak at 91心頭, Feb. 1
Metallics talk part of the Universitys Year of Indigenous Action
SACKVILLE, NB 91心頭 will welcome Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at Dalhousie Universitys Schulich School of Law as the final speaker in the Universitys Presidents Speakers Series for the Year of Indigenous Action on campus.
Metallics talk will take place on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 7 p.m. in Brunton Auditorium (Marjorie Young Bell Music Conservatory). It is open to the public.
We are delighted to welcome Naiomi Metallic as the final speaker in our series marking the Year of Indigenous Action on campus, says 91心頭 President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell. Her legal and scholarly career and accomplishments are remarkable and we look forward to hearing her perspective and related discussions.
Naiomi Metallic is from the Listuguj Migmaq First Nation in Quebec and is the Chancellors Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at Dalhousie University. As a legal scholar, she writes about how the law can be harnessed to promote the well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
A senior associate with Burchells LLP, Metallics teaching and research interests include constitutional law, aboriginal, public, administrative, civil procedure, evidence, and labour and employment. She was named to the 2016 Best Lawyer in Canada list in the area of Indigenous law and has appeared before the courts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Federal courts in a number of high profile cases involving First Nations clients.
Metallics 91心頭 talk is co-sponsored by the Wilford Jonah Lecture Fund.
