In the Canadian legal system, lawyers can graduate without learning Indigenous law. 

Call to Action 28 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada calls upon law schools to require all students to take a course about Indigenous Peoples and the law. However, many universities do not make this course mandatory. Without this knowledge, future lawyers may be unprepared to uphold Indigenous law and principles. This slows the reconciliation progress.  

For generations Indigenous Peoples have faced systemic injustice in the Canadian legal system. By educating future lawyers on the subject, more awareness can be brought to the historical inequalities between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples, helping reconciliation efforts. 

As students ourselves, we the undersigned find this to be a necessary effort to raise awareness and bring change to the education system. Therefore, we are calling upon all Canadian law schools to implement a mandatory course covering Indigenous people and the law. By signing this petition, you are supporting the implementation of Call to Action 28 to advance reconciliation.