University of Victoria law students attend an Indigenous law field course taught by Prof. John Borrows at Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary near Langford, B.C., on Monday. ( David P. Ball/StarMetro ) University of Victoria law professor John Borrows speaks to students attending an Indigenous law field course at Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary near Langford, B.C., on Monday. ( David P. Ball/StarMetro )“The Indigenous Law Program at UVic is a remarkable first for Indigenous peoples, Canada and the world,” Melanie Mark, herself a First Nations woman, said in a statement. “Indigenous law is the way that people organize their relationships in patterns,” he said in an interview during his Indigenous law field course on Monday. “It’s about how people live together — and like Canadian law, Indigenous law has systems that attempt to hold people to their highest standards.

Source: thestar September 26, 2018 01:30 UTC