Lakehead University Faculty of Law Called Out Over Interim Dean Appointment

Ontario’s Newest Law School – Photo by Derek Silver
THUNDER BAY – Leaders of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and Kitchenumaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) are calling on Lakehead University to rescind the appointment of provincial Justice George Patrick Smith, who sentenced First Nations leaders to prison for protecting their lands, as interim dean of the university’s embattled law school.
“It is an insult for Justice Smith to be appointed to lead an academic institution that pr