Law and Lawyering: Inuit Perspectives
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism welcomes Elizabeth Zarpa and Joseph Murdoch-Flowers for a talk about their personal and professional experience of practicing law in Inuit territories. The discussion will be moderated by Professor S茅bastien Jodoin.听
Elizabeth Zarpa was born and raised in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. She is Inuit from Nunatsiavut. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science and international development from Dalhousie University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Victoria, and is currently working on her Master鈥檚 thesis in political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Bar and has legal experience in British Colombia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Her legal and academic experiences span across areas related to aboriginal law, criminal law, Indigenous legal orders and political science. Aside from academia, she is a daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and grand-daughter who enjoys travelling and reading in her leisure.
Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, BA 2008, LLB/BCL 2012, is originally from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador and Kuujjuaq, Nunavik. He has lived in Iqaluit, Nunavut for nearly five years. After clerking at the Federal Court, he worked as a defence lawyer with the Legal Services Board of Nunavut (Legal Aid) and as counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. He is currently working at the Quality of Life Secretariat for the Department of Health with the Government of Nunavut, where he focuses on men's wellness.
