Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre

Exploring New Vistas and Indigenous Legal Orders: A Conversation with Val Napoleon

Episode Summary

On this episode of Appointed, Dr. Val Napoleon, Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria, and Kim discuss the large role that law plays in our society, the importance and transformative power of Indigenous legal orders, and the need for us to have local conversations to create new narratives that foster and allow for inclusion, safety and equity for everyone. They also delve into questions of empathy, citizenry and self-government.

Episode Notes

Learn more about Dr. Napoleon here

Joseph Arvay Legacy Fund Information:

https://www.uvic.ca/law/home/news/current/joseph-arvay-legacy-fund.php

Other resources mentioned during the show and further reading:

https://adric.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Napoleon-Legal-Pluralism-published-version-2019-11.pdf

https://www.uvic.ca/law/admissions/jidadmissions/index.php

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/senator-says-new-liberal-sentencing-bill-needs-to-do-more-to-help-indigenous-women-offenders/

https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/pate-kim/interventions/545733/33

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-indigenous-and-black-people.html