Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law hosting Aboriginal Justice Systems Conference

February 22, 2018 – Thunder Bay, ON

The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is hosting an Aboriginal Justice Systems Conference on Friday, March 2 from 9 am to 4 pm in the third floor auditorium at PACI.

Please join us for this informative and timely event on justice forums for Aboriginal Peoples. Presentations will be provided by the Akwesasne Court, Provincial Court of British Columbia – First Nation Court, Penobscot Nation Judicial System, and Indigenous Peoples’ Court of Thunder Bay, among others.

Lunch will be provided. There is no cost but space is limited. Register by clicking here.  The final day to register is Friday, Feb. 23. The conference will also be livestreamed through the faculty’s website.

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Lakehead University has approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent students and 2,000 faculty and staff in 10 faculties at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead is a fully comprehensive university: home to Ontario’s newest Faculty of Law in 44 years, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and faculties of Engineering, Business Administration, Health & Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Management, Education, and Graduate Studies. Maclean’s 2018 University Rankings place Lakehead University among Canada's Top 10 primarily undergraduate universities, as well as first in Total Research Dollars, second for Citations, and third for Scholarships and Bursaries. In 2017, Research Infosource named Lakehead Research University of the Year in its category for the third consecutive year. Visit www.lakeheadu.ca.