Professor Douglas Sanderson on “Truth Telling in the Academy – Getting History Right”
Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) is Beaver Clan, from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and currently holds the Prichard Wilson Chair in the Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He was managing editor of the inaugural edition of the Indigenous Law Journal in 2002 while a student in the JD program. He went on to earn his LL.M from Columbia University as a Fulbright Scholar. From 2004-2007 he was Senior Advisor to the Government of Ontario, first in the Office of the Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, and later, to the Attorney General. Professor Sanderson is an Associate of Trinity College.
Professor Sanderson’s research areas include Aboriginal and Indigenous legal theory, as well as private law (primarily property law) and public and private legal theory. Moving beyond the framework of common law property rights and constitutional land/treaty rights, his scholarship focuses on Aboriginal institutions, post-colonial reconciliation and rebuilding community. Professor Sanderson’s current research interests include the Peace and Friendship Treaties (1600-1763) and the early history of the fur trade in Canada, focusing in on the ways in which these historic relationships can serve as models for the present day.
His multiple prize-winning book Valley of the Birdtail, co-authored with Andrew Stobo Sniderman, is a national bestseller.
- When: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 3 pm to 5 pm
- Where: Trinity College, University of Toronto (6 Hoskin Avenue) in the Combination Room
- Registration required: Please register here!
Hosted by: The Ethics, Society, and Law Program at Trinity College
