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Thanks to the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program offered by Canada’s Department of Justice, Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law will receive up to $437,139 to launch an Indigenous Law and Justice Institute, Maamawi Bimosewag, They Walk Together, and expand the law program.
Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is not only the singular law school in Northern Ontario, but was one of only two law schools (the other being University of British Columbia’s Peter A.
Allard School of Law) that offered mandatory courses in Aboriginal law prior to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
The Thunder Bay Region Health Sciences Centre is opening a vaccination clinic this week at Lakehead University's Bora Laskin education building. Hospi.
Lakehead settles discrimination suit with former law dean
Former dean Angelique EagleWoman sued Lakehead for over $2.6 million, alleging racial discrimination and constructive dismissal.
Feb 8, 2021 11:09 AM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
Angelique EagleWoman resigned her position as dean of Lakehead s faculty of law in 2018. (File photo)
THUNDER BAY – Lakehead University has settled with the former dean of its law school, Angelique EagleWoman, who alleged she faced a culture of systemic racism.
EagleWoman filed a lawsuit seeking more than $2.6 million on the basis of constructive dismissal and Ontario Human Rights Code violations in 2018, months after resigning as head of Lakehead’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law.