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Scott Franks

Scott Franks is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. His LLM research investigated barriers and opportunities to the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action in law schools. Franks continues to do research in the areas of Canadian Aboriginal law, Indigenous legal orders, constitutional law, legal professionalism and ethics, and Indigenous and interdisciplinary research methodologies. He also writes in criminal law and procedure, administrative law, and in other legal areas relevant to Indigenous-settler relations.
  • Policy Brief | Social Policy
Does the Honour of the Crown Apply to Funding Agreements? Case Comment – Quebec (Attorney General) v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, 2024
by Scott Franks
  • January 15, 2025
  • Policy Brief | Indigenous Governance
The Supreme Court of Canada’s Child Welfare Ruling: Short and Long-Term Implications
by Scott Franks
  • February 20, 2024

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