About Michelle

Michelle is a senior lawyer who prepares and negotiates Specific Claims for Indigenous groups under Canada's Specific Claims Policy and Process Guide. She has negotiated settlements of numerous Specific Claims involving reserve creation, logging, roads, railways, rights-of-way and surrenders of Indian reserve land. Her broader Aboriginal law practice includes environmental assessment, treaty negotiation and Aboriginal rights and title litigation. She is a founding member of the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre and a member of the Canadian Bar Association. She earned her LL.B. from the University of Victoria and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1999.

Education & credentials

Law school
University of Victoria
Undergraduate
University of Western Ontario, BA

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