[Wamvan] THIS THURSDAY (JAN 12) - Ghost Dancing with Colonialism @ VPL

[Meenakshi Mannoe]

	Canada’s record: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and
indigenous rights at the Supreme Court of Canada

Is the Supreme Court of Canada colonizing Indigenous peoples? Grace Li
Xiu Woo, BA, LLB, LLM, LLD takes a hard look at Anglo-Canadian legal
history, international law and S.C.C. reasoning. Her talk will explain
how her research can be used to diagnose the remnants of colonialism
that continue to haunt Aboriginal and Indigenous Canadians alike.

This event has been approved for the Continuing Professional
Development program of the Law Society of BC. This event will be
listed under Upcoming Courses on the Members website. After the event
has been held, it is available for selection under Record your Credits
on the Members website:
https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/apps/members/login.cfm (your password
needed).

About Dr. Woo's book. See the UBC Press webpage at:
http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173199

Review of the book: "This book has impressive scholarly depth, and in
a systematic and challenging way makes a major contribution to
understanding and assessing the Supreme Court's decisions-making with
respect to Aboriginal peoples in the quarter century since Aboriginal
and treaty rights have been formally recognized in Canada's
Constitution." -- Peter H. Russell, Professor Emeritus of Political
Science, U of T.

For more information about this event, contact Gail Davidson, Lawyers
Rights Watch, at 604-738-0338.

Alma VanDusen, Lower Level
Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.

This lecture is part of a series of law lectures on First Nations law
in Canada, the UN and the Inter-American human rights systems. The
lectures will examine gaps between law and practice in Canada.

Watch this space for more information about the lecture series.

Poster at http://www.lrwc.org/documents/Ghost%20Dancing%20with%20Colonialism.pdf