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John Borrows, the University of
Victoria’s Law Foundation Chair in
Aboriginal Justice and Governance,
is one of five Canadians appointed
a 2006 Trudeau Fellow by the Pierre
Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
Trudeau Fellows are selected by
nomination, not application, after a
rigorous peer review process. They’re
appointed for three years and receive
an annual stipend of $50,000 plus an
annual research and travel allowance
of $25,000.
“The Trudeau fellows program
recognizes and communicates connections
between issues of local and
international importance, and it is a
deep honour for me to join the foundation
in working toward these ends,”
says Borrows.
As the Trudeau fellows program
grows, it will build a network of creative
people working together from a
variety of perspectives to address
fundamental social issues.
Borrows is an internationally recognized
scholar in the field of indigenous
legal traditions and aboriginal
rights. Borrows is Anishinabe and a
member of the Chippewa of the Nawash
First Nation on Georgian Bay.
In 2003 he was one of four British
Columbians to receive a National
Aboriginal Achievement Award for
establishing university-level aboriginal
legal programs and writing extensive
legal texts.
Borrows developed programs in
indigenous research and teaching at
the University of Toronto, Osgoode
Hall Law School at York University,
the University of British Columbia,
and UVic. Most recently, he served as
a visiting scholar-in-residence with the
Law Commission of Canada, writing
a book about indigenous legal traditions
in Canada.
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
promotes outstanding research
in the social sciences and humanities,
and fosters dialogue between scholars
and policy-makers in the arts community,
business, government, the professions,
and the voluntary sector.
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