S2 E1: John Borrows and ILSA Co-Presidents

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In this episode, law students Elizabeth Hicks and Brianna Morrison speak with Professor John Borrows (Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law) about UofT's response to Call to Action #28: a new mandatory course for 1L students, Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian Legal System. In the latter half of the episode, Elizabeth chats with Tomas Jirousek and Hayley VandePol, co-presidents of the Indigenous Law Students Association at UofT.

This episode was recorded in December 2022.

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MIIGWETCH/NIA:WEN/MARSEE/WELA'LIOQ to this episode's guests: Professor John Borrows, Tomas Jirousek, and Hayley VandePol.
Thank you to the Indigenous Law Students Association and Indigenous Initiatives Offiice.

CREDITS
Interviewers:
Elizabeth Hicks is a 1L student in the Faculty of Law. She is of Mi'kmaw and settler heritage from Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the Program Assistant at the IIO.
Brianna Morrison is a 2L/MBA student and is of mixed Cree, Métis, and settler heritage from Edmonton, Alberta (Treaty 6).
Music by: Jordan Jamieson, Tyrell King, Mark Green, and Kathy Jamieson. Song mixed by Conlin Delbaere-Sawchuk.
Artwork: Miigwetch to the late Jay Bell Redbird for his painting, A Meeting Place for All Our Relations, and to Adam Kouri for assistance with the artwork for 28.
Admin: Julie Ann Shepard and Terry Gardiner
Producer/editor: Elizabeth Hicks