In the fall of 2020, media attention in Canada turned to rising tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous lobster fishers in Nova Scotia. Characterized as a “dispute”, reporting positioned the treaty rights of the Sipekne’katik First Nation as conflicting with non-Indigenous concerns around over-fishing and depleting valuable lobster stocks. Many students and teachers were left with questions about this account and how historical treaties, legal decisions and issues of Indigenous sovereignty might change the story.

Please join OJEN with panelists Bryce Edwards (Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP) and David Walders (Indigenous Innovation Initiative) for a session exploring how the history of contact informs notions of legitimacy and sovereignty in discussions around honouring treaty rights.

OJEN offers special thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario, whose funding made this webinar and so many other crucial projects possible. For more OJEN webinars, please visit: ojen.ca/en/training/teachers/professional-development