Hadley Friedland

Hadley Friedland, LLB, LLM, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of Indigenous law, Aboriginal law, Family law and Child Welfare law, Criminal Justice and Therapeutic jurisprudence. Prior to law school, she worked in the Child and Family Services field for over a decade. 

Professor Friedland’s scholarship focuses on community-led research and the development of innovative methods for revitalizing Indigenous laws. She helped establish the Indigenous Law Research Unit [ILRU] at the University of Victoria and was its first Research Director. She has had the honour of working with many Indigenous communities across Canada to identify and articulate their own laws. She has published numerous academic articles as well as collaboratively produced Indigenous legal resources. Since 2019, Professor Friedland has worked extensively on public and continuing legal education related to Bill C92, An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families. 

Professor Friedland is Co-founder and Director of the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge, a dedicated research initiative developed to uphold Indigenous law through supporting community-led research. She is author of the book, The Wetiko (Windigo) Legal Principles: Cree and Anishinabek Responses to Violence and Victimization, University of Toronto Press, 2018.