We are honoured to host this event as part of Massey's Indigenous Heritage Week. For Status and Membership: The Long Battle to Repair the Destruction of the Indian Act, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell will describe the experience of litigating her landmark case, and the work she has done preparing a membership code for the Chiefs of Ontario. Mary Eberts will provide a brief account of the long arc of cases challenging the Indian Act status provisions and legislative changes made as a result. Dr. Dawn Lavell-Harvard will consider the recent Bill S-3, aimed at eradicating all past discrimination against women and their descendants under the Act, and present efforts to secure implementation of S3.
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Participants:
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, plaintiff in Canada’s first Supreme Court decision on the status provisions of the Indian Act, Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell [1974] SCR
Mary Eberts, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Counsel in several cases challenging status provisions
Dr. Dawn Lavell-Harvard, President of Ontario Native Women’s Association, Director, First Nations House of Learning, Trent University
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