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PODCAST: Systemic Change – Indigenous People and the Legal System

How Indigenous Law brings healing, growth, and community connection

1 June 2022

Check out this episode of Let's Talk Poverty. Jaclyn Silbernagel sits down with Sarah Sinclair, a Lawyer who leads the Indigenous justice program, Sahwoo mohkaak tsi ma taas (Blackfoot for “Before Being Judged”) at Calgary Legal Guidance. They discuss creating equal access to justice for Indigenous people, how Indigenous Law brings healing, and the need for systemic change in the legal system.

You’ll also learn more about the need for trauma-informed practice and the benefits of restorative justice programs and models.

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