Renewed Canada Research Chairs for two Faculty members
The Faculty of Law is delighted to share that Professor SĂ©bastien Jodoin and Professor Aaron Mills were reappointed as Canada Research Chairs for a new five-year term.
An associate professor, Sébastien Jodoin, BCL/LLB’05, holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Human Rights, Health, and the Environment. His research focuses on three broad themes: the relationship between human rights and the climate crisis; transnational and comparative climate law and policy; and the role of disability rights in addressing complex environmental and health issues and challenges. He is the founding director of the Disability-Inclusive Climate Action Research Program (DICARP), a pioneering initiative to generate, co-produce, and translate knowledge at the intersections of disability and climate justice. Professor Jodoin is serving a three-year term as associate dean (research) for the Faculty of Law.
An assistant professor, Aaron Mills (Anishinaabe, Couchiching First Nation) holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Indigenous Constitutionalism and Philosophy. Mills’ approach to practice, theory, and method in Indigenous law is informed by 15 years of education with Anishinaabe elders from Treaty #3 and from southern Manitoba. His teaching and research are oriented around three connected projects: (1) theorizing and communicating Indigenous law on its own terms; (2) imagining how Indigenous law so understood can inform contemporary Indigenous law revitalization projects; and (3) examining how those projects can impact upon internal (or settler) colonialism and on Indigenous-settler relationships more broadly. To these ends, Professor Mills frequently partners with Indigenous elders and knowledge-holders, in support of Indigenous governments and service organizations.
The Canada Research Chairs Program is part of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in research and development. It invests up to $311 million per year to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds. 91ÉçÇř Law is home to seven Canada Research Chairs, a remarkable representation that is one of the highest among Canadian law faculties.
“I’m proud to see our colleagues’ outstanding scholarship recognized with these impressive appointments, which will continue to provide robust support for their innovative research,” said Dean Tina Piper. “Professor Mills and Professor Jodoin have made critical contributions to advancing reconciliation and climate crisis response, two of our society’s most pressing issues. I look forward to their continued engagement.”