University of Alberta law students take steps towards reconciliation
Lightning-Earle said there has been a shift since she went to law school in 2007. She noted there is now more focus on Indigenous issues.“Now this is mandatory for all first years. In the second year, upper year and third year they have a basket of classes that they have to take.”Lightning-Earle added this is the sixth year the blanket exercise has been offered, and it’s the second time being held in Enoch.Marty Fiorentino immigrated from Argentina.
“I think it’s a really good decision for the faculty of law to put us in a situation like this that really forces us to self reflect and to be aware and confront our ignorance if we have any,” Fiorentino said. He added it stood out to him when the facilitators started to kick in the blankets before removing them.
“It was a gradual and slow process for how they went from A to B, and I think that exercise helped us appreciate the hopelessness… Starting in a strong position and ending with only a few of us of the initial group in a small square of a blanket,” Fiorentino said.“We are the next generation of lawyers after all, and I think exercises like this will have a prolonged impact, not just today or next week, but our whole studies as lawyers and even our practices as a lawyer.
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