Hiring Indigenous faculty priority for new Lakehead dean; prof questions school’s ability to fulfil mandate

By Amanda Jerome ( September 9, 2019, 2:34 PM EDT) -- The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University has experienced its ups and downs over the past year and a half with the departure of the much lauded Angelique EagleWoman, the first Indigenous woman law dean in Canada, and the appointment of its interim dean, Ontario Superior Court Justice Patrick Smith, ending after barely three months....