Hello, Goodbye: Reflections from Racialized & Indigenous Women Faculty at Allard Law

Event Description

"It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism."
― Angela Y. Davis 

This panel attempts to carve out space for Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour professors to share personal and professional reflections on navigating Allard Law as they contemplate their futures here at a time of intersecting crises, including the climate crisis. As an institution that has historically excluded and marginalized people, Allard Law has consistently fallen short in creating spaces that support racialized and Indigenous women, who are severely underrepresented across the academy. 

In the wake of the Walrus article, these professors will delve into the systemic barriers that hinder their work, and the emotional and intellectual labour required to survive in hostile environments at such a consequential moment. The conversation will centre on gaps between institutional promises of equity and the persistent inequities they face, and the importance of allyship and education at this fractious time in history. As these professors hit glass, bamboo, and concrete ceilings in their careers, attendees will gain valuable insights into the ways in which law schools and broader legal structures must evolve to address colonial misogyny, racism, and intersectional diversities to truly protect and reflect diverse voices. Small acts of resistance matter.

Lunch will be provided. Co-hosted by the UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Allard Centre for Law and the Environment

Speakers

Sara Ghebremusse

Dr. Sara Ghebremusse is an Assistant Professor and the Chair in Mining Law and Finance at Western Law and was previously an Assistant Professor at Allard Law. She has degrees from the University of Alberta, Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, and York University. She writes, researches, and teaches in the areas of mining law and governance, law and development, transnational law, and human rights. She has published in all these fields and has presented her research at conferences around the world.

Patricia Barkaskas

Patricia M. Barkaskas is Métis from Alberta and an Associate Professor at Allard Law. Her research focuses on the intersection of justice and law, including access to justice, clinical legal education, and decolonizing and Indigenizing law. She is particularly interested in examining the value of Indigenous pedagogies in experiential learning, clinical legal education, and skills-based legal training, and disrupting the normative violence of colonial legal education.

Andrea Hilland

Andrea Hilland, KC is a member of the Nuxalk Nation and an Assistant Professor at Allard Law. Her research examines the intersections of Indigenous laws, Aboriginal rights, and environmental regulation to challenge discriminatory theories of colonial supremacy and Indigenous inferiority that are perpetuated through the contemporary colonial legal system. Key objectives of her research are to support the resurgence of Indigenous laws and to demonstrate the potential of  Indigenous laws to enhance Canada's multi-juridical legal system. 

Carol Liao

Dr. Carol Liao is an Associate Professor at Allard Law and the UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the UBC Sauder School of Business. Her research focuses on corporate law and sustainability, climate governance, and social justice. She is the Co-Director with Professor Naomi Klein of the Centre for Climate Justice and is the Chair and Principal Co-Investigator of the Canada Climate Law Initiative, dedicated to advancing director knowledge on the latest in climate risk and fiduciary obligations.  

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