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UPFRONT 10 www.canadianlawyermag.com New Lakehead law dean Q&A What are your goals in Thunder Bay? There is significant violence experienced by Indigenous people in this region and there are probably things the legal system can contrib- ute to addressing that, in consultation and collaboration with the community. I hope to see the law faculty here engaged in that work. Why do you think it's important for legal education to include teaching Indigenous legal traditions? Increasingly, the courts are recognizing that, in addition to the common law and civil law traditions, Canada has a wealth of Indigen- ous legal traditions that shape our law and are part of our law in an ongoing way. To be an effective lawyer in Canada in this period means learning those traditions and learning to meaningfully apply that law and bring it to the attention of the courts. If reconciliation is a key constitutional objective, lawyers today will have to learn and get immersed in Indigenous law. What are the most important areas for law schools to focus on right now? In Ontario, [there is] the very significant issue of the differential availability for arti- cles for racialized students. Those problems have been with us for a long time. There haven't really been a lot of solutions. The Fast Facts: • Starts as dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law on Oct. 1 • Previously a human rights and labour lawyer in Ottawa • Taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of New Brunswick since 2006 • Research focused on violence faced by Indigenous women and girls and racial and sexual minorities on the East Coast • Taught criminal law, constitutional law, public law, labour law, labour arbitration, human rights law, wrongful convictions and advanced criminal procedure Jula Hughes Dean BORA LASKIN FACULTY OF LAW ONTARIO UPDATE In two days, you will acquire a practical understanding of the operating framework and rules that you must know for TSX and TSX Venture Exchange listed entities, including: • Step-by-step listing requirements and key differences between the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange • Best practices: advising boards of directors, raising capital, getting listed, acquisitions, reverse takeovers and the use of social media • Prospectus offerings and private placements • Continuous disclosure Obtain a working knowledge of the fundamentals and listing requirements. THE INTENSIVE SHORT COURSE ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE & TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE Program Details Chair Charlotte Bell General Counsel's Office, TMX Group DATES AND TIMES November 6 & 7, 2019 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (EDT) In Person only Location Osgoode Professional Development 1 Dundas St. West, 26th Floor Toronto, ON Register today at: osgoodepd.ca/tsx practice programs that exist at Ryerson and Ottawa are ways for addressing those problems. I think particularly in the north, which is underserviced in terms of legal services, that can play a real role in making the pro- fession accessible.