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JOHN BORROWS CURRICULUM VITAE FULL TIME ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Victoria, Law School Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law, 2014-present Law Foundation Professor in Aboriginal Justice, (tenured) Faculty of Law, 2001-2011 University of Minnesota, Law School Professor & Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy and Society, Law School, 2009 -2014 University of Toronto, Law School Associate Professor (tenured), Faculty of Law, 1998-2001 University of British Columbia, Law School Assistant Professor, 1992 – 1994, Associate Professor, (tenured) 1996 - 1998 Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Assistant Professor 1994-1996 VISITING ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Indigenous Scholar in Residence, 2017; Senior Fellow, 2018-present McGill University, Tomlinson Distinguished Visiting Professor, 2017-2018 Nexen Chair in Indigenous Leadership, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Alberta 2015-present Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Visiting Professor, 2014-present Princeton University, L.G. Pathy Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies, Winter 2011 Brigham Young University, J. Rueben Clark Law School, Visiting Professor, Fall 2007 University of Waikato Law School, New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visitor, 2006 University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law, Visiting Professor, 2004 (Jan.-June) Arizona State University, College of Law, Visiting Professor, 2000-2001, Acting Executive Director, Indian Legal Program 1 DEGREES D.H.L University of Toronto, Victoria University (October 2019) Hons. LL.D. Dalhousie University (May 2014) Hons. Law Society of Upper Canada (June 2017) Osgoode Hall Law School at York University (June 2018) Queens University (November 2019) Simon Fraser University (June 2020) Ph.D. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 1994 LL.M. University of Toronto, 1991 J.D. University of Toronto, 1990 M.A. University of Toronto, 1996 B.A. (Hons.), University of Toronto, 1987 Graduated: With Distinction, Major: Specialist in Political Science & History AWARDS Officer of the Order of Canada (2020) Canadian Bar Association, President’s Medal (2021) Best Book, Subsequent, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) for Law’s Indigenous Ethics (2020) Best Book, Wes Pue Prize, Canadian Law and Society Association, (2020) University of Toronto Alumni Geography Alumni Award (2020) Governor General’s Innovation Award (2020) Rideau Hall Foundation Molson Prize, Canada Council for the Arts & SSHRC (2019) Lexpert Zenith Award (2019) Change Agent in Law Top 25 Most Influential Canadian Lawyer, Canadian Lawyer (2018) Killam Prize in Social Sciences, Canada Council for the Arts (2017) Donald Smiley Prize, (2017) & (2002) Best Book in Canadian Political Science (Canadian Political Science Association), Freedom & Indigenous Constitutionalism & Recovering Canada: Resurgence Fleck Fellowship, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (2016) Indigenous Peoples Counsel (I.P.C.), Indigenous Bar Association, (2012). Best Book, Canadian Law and Society, 2011, for Canada’s Indigenous Constitution, also shortlisted for Canada Prize and Donald Smiley Best Book in Canadian Political Science University of Victoria Law Students Society Teaching Award, (2009) F.R.S.C., Fellow, Canadian Society of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, (2007) Trudeau Fellow, Outstanding achievement Humanities and Social Sciences ($225,00) (2006) New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visitor (2006) International Fellow, Aust. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (2004) National Aboriginal Achievement Award, for outstanding accomplishment in the field of Law and Justice, National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (2003) 2 PUBLICATIONS 1) BOOKS 1. Indigenous Peoples & International Trade: Building International Trade & Investment Agreements (Cambridge University Press, 2020) with Risa Schwartz ed. 2. Wise Practices: Exploring Economic Justice and Self-Determination (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021) with Ryan Beaton, Robert Hamilton, Brent Mainprize, Joshua Nichols, eds. 3. Braiding Legal Orders: Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (McGill University Press; CIGI, Waterloo, 2019) with Larry Chartrand, Oonagh Fitzgerald, Risa Schwartz, eds. 4. Law’s Indigenous Ethics (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019). 5. Resurgence and Reconciliation: Responsibilities for Shared Futures (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018) with Jim Tully and Michael Asch, eds. 6. The Right Relationship? Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017) with Michael Coyle, ed. 7. Aboriginal Law: Cases and Materials, 5thth edition (Toronto: Butterworth’s, 2018) (co-edited with Len Rotman). 8. Canadian Constitutional Law, 5th edition (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2017) (co-editor) and author pp. 545-670, 5th ed. 9. Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism (Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, May, 2016). 10. Drawing Out Law: A Spirit’s Guide (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010) 318 pp. 11. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010) 472 pp. 12. Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002) (312 pages). IN PROGRESS 13. Indigenous Voice, Cultural Appropriation, and the Place of Non-Indigenous Academics (with Kent McNeil ed.) 15 authors (in progress). 14. Opening and Closing Relations: Indigenous Spirituality in Canada 15 authors (with Paul Bramadat, David Seljak, Heidi Stark, eds.) (in progress, U. of T. Press). 15. Patterns (212 page manuscript). 3 2) REFEREED ARTICLES 1. “Earth Bound: Reconciliation and Resurgence”, Reconciliation and Resurgence (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018)). 2. “Origin Stories and the Law: Treaty Metaphysics in Canada and New Zealand” in Carwyn Jones, ed., ‘Kimihia te kahurangi: Historical, Legal, and International Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi’. 3. “Indigenous Constitutionalism: Pre-existing Legal Genealogies in Canada” in Nathalie Des Rosiers, Patrick Macklem, Peter Oliver., eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). 4. “Seven Gifts: Revitalizing Living Laws Through Indigenous Legal Practices” (2016) 1 Lakehead University Law Review 1. 5. “Heroes, Monsters, Tricksters and Caretakers” (2016) 61 McGill Law Review 795. 6. “Learning from the Land: Outdoor Indigenous Legal Education” (2016) 32 Windsor Yearbook on Access to Justice 1, Guest Editor for Entire Volume, 10 articles in volume. 7. “Challenging Historical Frameworks: Aboriginal Rights, Agency and Originalism” (2016) Canadian Historical Review 114. 8. “Canada’s Colonial Constitution”, The Rights Relationship: Reimaging the Implemenation of Historic Treaties (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017). 9. “Unextinguished: Rights and the Indian Act” (2016) 67 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 1. 10. “Aboriginal Title and Private Property (2015) 68 Supreme Court Law Review 91. 11. “The Durability of Terra Nullius: Tsilhqot’in v. the Queen (2015) 48 University of British Columbia Law Review 701. 12. “Indigenous Love, Law and Land in Canada’s Constitution” in Arthur Schfar, Steven Lecce, eds., Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights in Global Context (London: Oxford University Press, 2016). 13. Legislation and Indigenous Rights, in Patrick Macklem and Douglas Sanderson eds., Section 35 @ 25 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016). 14. “Gender and Violence: Drawing on Indigenous Legal Resources” (2014) 47 University of British Columbia Law Review, with Emily Snyder and Val Napoleon. 4 15. “Residential Schools, Respect, and Responsibilities for Past Harms” (2014) 64 University of Toronto Law Journal 1. 16. “Law Schools and Indigenous Legal Traditions”, in Brian Klopotek and Brenda Child, eds., Indigenous Education in the Americas (Santa Fe., NM: SAR Press, 2014). 17. “Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Violence Against Women” (2013) Osgoode Hall Law Review 699. 18. “An Analysis of and Dialogue on Indigenous and Crown Blockades”, in Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, eds., Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogues (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). 19. (Ab)Originalism and Aboriginal Rights (2012) 58 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 352-398. 20. “Physical Philosophy: Mobility and the Future of Indigenous Rights” in Shin Imai, Kent McNeil and Ben Richardson, eds., Indigenous Peoples and the Law: Comparative and Critical Perspectives (Hart Publishing: Oxford, 2009). 21. “Living Law on a Living Earth: Aboriginal Religion, Law and the Constitution” Constitutional Law, Religion and Citizenship in Canada (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008). 22. “Aboriginal Political Advocacy and the Canadian Constitution” in Garrick Bailey, ed., Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 2: Indians in Contemporary Society (Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 2008). 23. “Let Obligations Be Done” in J. Webber, H. Foster and H. Raven, eds., The Calder Case (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007). 24. “Ground Rules: Indigenous Treaties in Canada and New Zealand” (2006) 22 New Zealand Universities Law Journal 188. 25. “Indigenous Legal Traditions in Canada” (2005) 19 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 167. 26. “Practical Recolonization: Indigenous Rights in Australia” (2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Review 614. 27. “Tracking Trajectories: Aboriginal Governance as an Aboriginal Right” (2005) 38 U.B.C. Law Review 285. 28. “Creating
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