Shared Futures: The Reordering of Indigenous Justice

Through the lens of an anthropologist of legal consciousness, we take an ethnographic journey to the elusive grail of Indigenous-determined justice in Canada—a journey from the Marshall Inquiry, to RCAP, to the TRC Calls to Action, to the Indigenous Justice Strategy, and beyond.

Professor McMillan critically surveys both obstacles to and community initiatives in the reordering of Indigenous legal principles and practices. She will share what she has learned from Indigenous justice legends and warriors who demand sovereignty over legal processes that impact their peoples. Professor McMillan honours their teachings on how to build a Canada based on our shared futures, futures of mutual trust and healing, where the legal system is a tool, not an impediment, to rights reclamation, cultural reinvigoration, and justice for all.

On this storytelling journey, Jane McMillan shares 30 years of privileged experience and reflects on the costs, effectiveness, and humanity of justice transformation.