When John Borrows’ ancestor signed a treaty with the Crown in the mid-19th century, he did so believing that huge tracts of land in southern Ontario would be held in trust for his descendants—that didn’t happen.

Dr. Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria, says he became interested in law partly as a result of his family history.

A member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, he will deliver a free public address entitled “Learning from the land: Outdoor legal education and Indigenous law,” Thursday, October 22, in the Moot Court, Ron W. Ianni Faculty of Law Building.

This event, the distinguished lecture of the Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, begins at 4:30 p.m. Organizers ask that those planning to attend confirm in advance by e-mailing Cristina Corio at ccorio@uwindsor.ca.