Applied Legal Pluralism (PDF)

Ghislain Otis holds a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge. Professor Otis is currently at the Civil Law Section of the University of Ottawa where he holds the tier 1 Canada Research Chair on Legal Diversity of Indigenous Peoples. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and leads major international research initiatives with indigenous peoples and traditional communities on legal pluralism. He has directed and co-authored several books and articles on indigenous peoples, human rights and legal pluralism. His most recent books include Kanak Aboriginal Title in New Caledonia (2021 French) The Intersection of Indigenous Law and State Law: Cooperation or Confrontation? (2019, bilingual); Contributions to the Study of Indigenous Legal Systems (2018 French)

Jean Leclair - LL.B. Montreal 1985; LL. M. Montréal 1990 (recipient of the Duff-Rinfret Scholarship). Full professor (Université de Montréal) since 2002; member of the Bar of Quebec since 1987. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation fellow 2013. Prix André Morel 2016-2017 for excellence in teaching. Member of the consultative council of the Groupe international de travail sur les peuples autochtones (GITPA) (institutional member of IWGIA).

Sophie Thériault is Full Professor of Law and Vice-Dean Academics, in the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section).