Beginning Monday, July 05, 2004, Larry Chartrand joins the University as Assistant Professor of Politics & Director of The University of Winnipeg’s Aboriginal Self-Governance Program.
Chartrand’s main research efforts are in the field of Aboriginal rights including self-government, treaty rights, Métis rights, Aboriginal health issues, and international human rights as they pertain to indigenous peoples. He obtained his B.Ed. from the University of Alberta in 1986, his LLB from York University in 1989, was called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1990, and obtained his LLM from Queen’s University in 2001. He is the past president of the Indigenous Bar Association and an arbitrator for the Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claim Agreement. Professor Chartrand is also a scientist with the Institute of Population Health, and Advisor to the First Nation Governance Institute. Most recently, Chartrand was a professor of law at the University of Ottawa.
