This free public seminar series, which can also be taken by law and graduate students for three credits through law or soil sciences, will be offered at 1 p.m. in Room 206, Robson Hall, 224 Dysart Rd., Fort Garry campus, University of Manitoba, unless otherwise specified. Topics and speakers are subject to change so check back a few days before each presentation for the latest information.
Sept. 13, 2017: An Overview of the Scope of the Problem and Legal Frameworks (Prof. Karen Busby)
Written summary / Podcast: Part 1 & Part 2 / Presentation slides
Required reading for students (see link at bottom of page): Gunn, White et al., Bradford
Suggested reading: Human Rights Watch, Suzuki Foundation
Suggested listening: Redsky, Settee, Global
Sept. 20: Decolonizing Methodologies (Dr. Josée Lavoie) and Working with Communities to Identify Problems and Solutions (Wendy Ross)
Required reading: Craft (2017), Bharadwaj, O’Gorman
Suggested reading: Black, Waldner, Human Rights Watch, or David Suzuki Foundation
Suggested listening: Lavallée, Bharadwaj
Sept. 27: Research with Indigenous communities (Prof. Karen Busby)
Required reading: Macintosh
Suggested reading: AFN, Taylor
Suggested listening: Winnipeg Free Press
Oct. 4 @ 3 p.m.: Contaminants in Drinking Water Sources in First Nations (Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst & Dr. Ayush Kumar)
Summary / Podcast: Part 1 and Part 2 / Slides
Required reading: Farenhorst, Fernand, Li
Suggested reading: WWFC, Black
Oct. 11: Canadian Constitutional Law and Statutory Approaches (Prof. Karen Busby)
Summary / Podcast: Part 1 and Part 2
Suggested reading: Busby, Busby, Chalifour, Meier, Schif, Jeffords, R. Anderson,
Suggested listening: Borrows
Oct. 18: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People: An Introduction (Prof. Brenda Gunn)
Summary / Podcast: Part 1 and Part 2
Required reading: Gunn, Beck
Suggested listening: Phare
Oct. 25: Getting People to Care (Dr. Katherine Starzyk)
Summary / Podcast: Part 1 and Part 2
Required reading: Clement
Suggested reading: Boyd
Suggested listening: Failler et al.
Nov. 1 @ 1:30 p.m.: The Relationship Between Litigation, Political Organizing and Resistance (Byron Williams, Public Interest Law Centre)
Summary / Podcast: Part 1 and Part 2 / slides
Required reading: Craft (2014), OIWWC
Suggested reading: K. Anderson, Cave, McGregor, Ipperwash Inquiry
Suggested listening: Milton Lightening
Nov. 8: The Human Rights Watch Campaign (Amanda Klasing via Skype) and Anishinaabe Nibi Inaakonigewin: Indigenous water law (Prof. Aimée Craft)
Summary / Podcast: Part 1 and Part 2
Required reading: Human Rights Watch and SCC decision in Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia
Suggested reading: David Suzuki
Suggested listening: Human Rights Watch
Nov. 15: The Cost of Inaction (Dr. Melanie O’Gorman via Skype)
Required reading: O’Gorman, Perry
Suggested listening: Redsky
Summaries of selected student papers:
- “Canada’s Complicity in Water Discrimination on Reserves: The Case for a Complaint under the Canadian Human Rights Act,” (Daniel Reimer, law student)
- “Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act: Recommendations on Amendments to Respond to First Nations Concerns,” (Alyssa Bird, law student)