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KAREN DRAKE LAW - 3
Karen Drake, a Professor at the Lakehead University Law School joins me to share a bit about the history of aboriginal law in Canada in this there part series - Part 3.
The Trials and Tribulations of Ontario’s Mining Act: The Duty to Consult and Anishinaabek Law
Published by McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy
2015
R. v. Hirsekorn: Are Métis Rights a Constitutional Myth?
Published by Canadian Bar Review
2013
Researcher-Participant Privilege, Confidentiality, and the Jailhouse Blues
Published by McGill Journal of Law and Health
Forthcoming
Finding a Path to Reconciliation: Mandatory Indigenous Law, Anishinaabe Pedagogy, and Academic Freedom
Published by Canadian Bar Review
Forthcoming
‘The lands...belonged to them, once by the Indian title, twice for having defended them..., and thrice for having built and lived on them’: The law and Politics of Métis Title
Published by Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Forthcoming
Biography
Karen Drake is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Her research interests include the intersection between liberalism and Aboriginal rights, the duty to consult and accommodate Aboriginal peoples in the context of resource extraction, Métis legal issues, and the relationship between law and ethics when conducting research with human participants. She teaches Aboriginal Legal Issues, Indigenous Legal Traditions, Property Law, and Legal Philosophy. Drake is a Commissioner with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, a Commissioner with the Commission on Métis Rights and Self-Government,a member of the Board of Directors of the Indigenous Bar Association, and a member of the Thunder Bay Métis Council. She serves as Vice-Chair of Lakehead University’s Research Ethics Board, and as an alternate member of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s Research Ethics Board. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Lakehead Law Journal and was previously Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Indigenous Law Journal. Prior to joining Lakehead University in July 2013, Drake practised with Erickson & Partners, focusing on Aboriginal legal issues, human rights, and labour and employment law. Prior to that, she articled with Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. She completed a clerkship with the Ontario Court of Appeal, where she clerked for Justice Stephen Borins, Justice Susan Lang, Justice Harry LaForme, and Justice Gloria Epstein. She also served as a judicial law clerk to Justice Leonard Mandamin of the Federal Court.
Additional Titles and Affiliations
Thunder Bay Law Association : Member
Thunder Bay Métis Council : Member at Large
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s Research Ethics Board : Alternate Member Knowledgeable in Law
National Observatory on Language Rights within the Public Law Research Centre at the Université de Montréal : Special Correspondent
Ontario Human Rights Commission : Commissioner
Lakehead University's Research Ethics Board : Vice-Chair and Member Knowledgeable in Law
Law Society of Upper Canada : Barrister and Solicitor
Indigenous Bar Association : Member-at-Large of the Board of Directors
Commission on Métis Rights and Self-Government : Commissioner
Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining & Exploration at Lakehead University : Researcher
Past Talks
Why Do Aboriginal Rights Exist?
Presentation for The Speakers' School, Waverly Library
Thunder Bay, ON., November 30, 2015
Protecting Confidentiality: To the Limits of the Law and Beyond?
Presentation to the Canadian Association of Research Administrators
Webinar, September 3, 2015
Should Aboriginal Peoples have Special Legal Rights?
Lecture for the In Conversation Lecture Series at Waverly Library
Thunder Bay, ON., October 25, 2014
How Treaties Impact Our Community
Panelist, Kenora District Municipal Association’s 2015 Annual General Meeting
Ignace, ON., February 6, 2015
Aboriginal Rights
(Presentation for the Horizontal Aboriginal Relations Training (HART) Program hosted by Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Ministry of Transportation
Thunder Bay, ON., March 22, 2016
Research Grants
Connection Grant
Organization: SSHRCGrant amount: 13966
Details:
2016 To host a workshop entitled “Redefining Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and Canada” in conjunction with the Indigenous Bar Association’s 2016 annual conference Co-investigator
Community and College Social Innovation Fund College
Organization: SSHRC - Partnership Development GrantsGrant amount: 112936
Details:
2016 - 2018 “Negahneewin leading the way: supporting community development through Indigenous women's leadership” Co-investigator