Madam Justice Mary Southin Lecture: British Columbias Great Land Grab - 2023 Lecture

Madam Justice Mary Southin Lecture: British Columbia’s Great Land Grab: Exploring the entanglement of fee simple property and Hul’qumi’num jurisdiction on Vancouver Island Recorded on March 8, 2023 This lecture examines the historical and contemporary relationship between the doctrine of Aboriginal title, fee simple ownership, and Indigenous jurisdiction through the case of ‘privately-owned’ forest lands on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. In the late 19th century, a vast swath of unceded Indigenous territory was granted to the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Company in exchange for the development of a portion of railway on southern Vancouver Island. Speakers: Sarah Morales (Su-taxwiye), JD (UVic), LLM (University of Arizona), PhD (UVic), PostDoc (Illinois) Professor Estair Van Wagner, BA (University of Victoria), MES/JD (York/Osgoode), PhD (Osgoode) ▶️ Learn more at: