Ghislain Otis, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Legal Diversity and Indigenous Peoples is pleased to welcome Me Charlotte Chicoine-Wilson who will present the conference “ La pratique du droit autochtone ”. After graduating with a degree in social sciences and a law degree from Ottawa University, she completed a Master of Law focusing on the judicial autonomy of indigenous peoples in Columbia under the guidance of Professor Otis. In 2015, she joined the law firm Dionne Schulze based in Montreal. She focuses her work on the questions of indigenous law, environmental law and governance for clients primarily from indigenous communities and organizations.
Professor Sergiu Mişcoiu will host Ghislain Otis, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Legal Diversity and Indigenous Peoples, during the international conference “Conflict Resolution and Customary Law”. This conference will take place at Babeş-Boylai University, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania March 8 and 9, 2019. It is part of the Legitimus project: “The State and Indigenous Legal Cultures: Law in Search of Legitimacy” directed by Professor Otis and financed by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Other collaborators of the Legitimus project will also take part in this conference such as Professor François Féral, Dr. Laura Herta and Dr. Clément Cadinot. It will end with a cultural visit to Alba-Iulia.
