Present | Assistant Professor of Law; Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Member of Board of Advisors, Yellowhead Institute for Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University | 2017 - Present | Board Member, Indigenous Bar Association | 2016 - Present | Member, Dalhousie University’s Indigenous Advisory Council | 2016 - Present | Co-chair, Schulich School of Law, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Committee | 2014 - Present | Founding Director, Listuguj Aboqonmadultinech Community Foundation | 2008 | Member, Nova Scotia Bar |
Honors and Awards
- Canadian Lawyers’ Magazine 2018 Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in the area of Human Rights, Advocacy and Criminal law
- The Best Lawyers in Canada - Aboriginal Law – 2015 to 2019
- The Best Lawyers in Canada - Halifax Aboriginal Law “Lawyer of the Year” – 2018 & 2019
- The Best Lawyers in Canada - Administrative and Public Law – 2019
- Class of 1967 Teaching Excellence Award for 2019 (along with R. Devlin, J. Baxter and C. MacIntosh)
- L'Ordre du mérite de la Section de droit civil, Université d’Ottawa 2019
- Dalhousie Law Alumni Association and Law Students’ Society Award for Excellence in Teaching (2018)
Courses
- Indigenous Law as Practice: Applying Mi’kmaq Legal Traditions
- Advanced Aboriginal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Rights Moot
- Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
- Indigenous Governance
2014 | LLM, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University | |
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2006 | LLL, University of Ottawa | |
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2002 - 2005 | LLB, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law | |
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1998 - 2002 | BA, Dalhousie University ‐ English and Philosophy | |
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Contact Information
Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Email: naiomi.metallic@dal.ca