Amid turmoil, Lakehead University names non-Indigenous law dean – The Globe and Mail

The appointment of an Indigenous woman as the first dean of a law school in Canada was supposed to be a watershed moment for Lakehead University.

But it’s been nearly 18 months since Angelique EagleWoman resigned and subsequently sued the institution, alleging systemic racism at the Thunder Bay university. Now, Lakehead’s fraught search for a replacement has concluded with a non-Indigenous person being chosen as dean, beating out a First Nations man for the job.

Jula Hughes, a law professor at the University of New Brunswick who once clerked at the Supreme Court and practised labour and human-rights law, will assume the position on Oct. 1. She is a German-born legal scholar with expertise in Indigenous issues.

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