Visiting Law speaker builds intercultural understanding – TRU

January 30, 2019

TRU Faculty of Law’s Visiting Speaker Committee hosts Dr. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Family and Child Caring Society of Canada, for presentations to the TRU community on Wednesday, January 30, and to first-year law students on Thursday, January 31.

Blackstock is an internationally recognized researcher and advocate for Indigenous rights, and a member of the northern British Columbia Gitxsan First Nation. She has authored over 60 publications, received more than 40 awards and honours and has 25 years of experience in child protection and Indigenous children’s rights.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action #28 asks law schools across Canada to require all law students to take a course in Aboriginal people and the law. TRU has responded by making this one of the university’s strategic goals, as well as continuing to improve intercultural knowledge, understanding, dialogue and respect. Blackstock’s presentation, The Spirit Bear Plan: Ending Inequalities for First Nations Children, contributes to building this intercultural understanding.

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