We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.
The study of Indigenous law is uniquely interdisciplinary. In addition to legal materials, a researcher must draw upon scholarship and research from many disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, history, political science, and from cultural and artistic works in order to effectively understand and address the legal issues. The Bora Laskin Law Library’s Indigenous Perspectives Collection provides access to books and audio-visual materials representing Indigenous perspectives across a number of disciplines. This broad collection allows scholars to work in one library with both the legal materials and the interdisciplinary scholarship that informs and interprets the legal materials.
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"This book examines the diverse use of Indigenous customary rights in modern landscapes from a multidisciplinary perspective.
"Annotated Aboriginal Law: The Constitution, Legislation, Treaties and Supreme Court of Canada Case Summaries 2019 provides you with up-to-date legislation, constitutional documents, case law, and annotations.
"This book builds upon an inter-disciplinary body of literature to detail the centrality of European colonialism and imperialism in the constitution of modern international relations.
"This book is dedicated to informing social workers and other helping professionals in how Métis people are affected in the child welfare system. Métis peoples today negotiate a form of displacement that has occurred over generations although most Canadians are unaware of this history.
"This book analyses efforts to advance the rights of Indigenous People within peace-building frameworks: Section I critically explores key issues concerning Indigenous Peoples’ Rights (struggles for land, human, cultural, civil, legal and constitutional rights) in connection with key approaches i
"Indigenous peoples continue to enlarge their foothold on their traditional lands as well as to assert their place within the larger Canadian society. A series of Supreme Court of Canada decisions has opened the door for Indigenous input into resource development decisions.
Examines a broad range of child welfare policies impacting native children and their families in the U.S. and Canada, including foster care, child protection, adoption, services to keep families together and supporting data.