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e Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University is the only program in the world that off ers two mandatory courses in the fi rst year and one mandatory course in the second year that teach indigenous law. e Lakehead Faculty of Law dean, Angelique EagleWoman, says the school goes well beyond what the TRC called for last sum- mer. " e 94 Calls to Action are a blueprint for a major funda- mental societal change. e calls address all the areas that matter in bringing aboriginal people and mainstream Canadians into the idea of being permanent neighbours." She says non-aboriginal law students will benefi t greatly from the courses because they may not be aware of the kind of impact indigenous law has on their lives. "I think this generation coming through law schools right now are concerned about equality and human rights and knowing that everyone is being treated the way that they should be," says Eagle- Woman. "I have a lot of faith in these coming generations and their ability to help remedy the situations that have happened. And you can't remedy a situation unless you fully understand it, and you have to know the history to fully understand it." Call to Action #27 e National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation was created to answer the challenges that face reconciliation. e director of research for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and law professor Aimée Cra says the centre will focus on two primary areas that include the continuation of telling the truth about the Indian residential school experience and rec- onciliation. e national centre will collect documents that pertain to Indi- an residential schools. e centre will also house the thousands of witness statements from the seven TRC events in an archive and to work on active reconciliation through education, outreach, and research. "I think our big role at the national centre is to be a resource and to centralize information and resources that people can con- nect to, so that they can start to understand what's happening in other places," says Cra . "Even being able to allow them to under- stand what the questions are that they should be engaging with and thinking critically about when they try to do this work." Cra says "What is indigenous law?" is one of the most frequent- features 4S C A N A D I A N L a w y e r 4STUDENTS AUGUST 2016 57 Want a welcoming and supportive place to learn all you'll need to know to build your future? Join Dimock Stratton, a preeminent IP law firm with an impressive reputation, high-profile experience and penchant for shaping IP law. Dimock.com début here Untitled-4 1 2016-07-15 10:56 AM Untitled-1 1 2016-02-11 10:20 AM

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